I’m so excited to finally share my Halloween costume with you all! I spent the last few weekends working on it, and in my typical fashion, I was putting the finishing touches on right up until the night before Halloween! I told myself last Halloween, after wearing my cowgirl[Read more]
Hi everyone! First of all let me apologize for the radio silence around here over the past week. I was hit pretty hard with a nasty cold last Sunday and for the life of me I couldn’t muster up the energy or motivation to blog (in fact I could barely[Read more]
So, I finally figured out what I’m going to be for Halloween and I’m (slowly) getting started on making my costume! Sorry, I won’t tell yet because I want it to be a surprise. But, in the meantime, here are some adorable and inspiring vintage Halloween images from around the[Read more]
I was recently contacted by Hart’s Fabric to create a tutorial using some of their fabrics. I got into the spirit of the season and came up with this skull pillow set that’s perfect for Halloween! I’m calling it the “Boy Meets Ghoul” pillow set- check out the tutorial at[Read more]
Here’s a rather belated last installment of the Christmas crafts I made this year. I found this adorable vintage ornament printed handkerchief at a local antique shop and I knew it would look perfect with our Christmas decor and especially our tree. After some debate of whether to frame it[Read more]
I realize this post is coming a little late, being as it’s now the second week of January, but anyway here’s my post-Christmas post. We had a very good but busy Christmas between Phillip’s and my families. We started off at my aunt’s house Christmas Eve for my Mom’s side of[Read more]
I made this stocking for my friend Allison’s one year old son. I’m embarrassed to admit that I was supposed to finish this project last December. Hey, at least it only took me a year! Anyway, I made the pattern for it myself, based on some designs that Allison said[Read more]
Have I mentioned that my boyfriend, Phillip, is an amazing artist? After our last trip to Disneyland, I mentioned that it would be cool if they made Christmas ornaments based on the “Small World” ride (which is pretty much the most adorable thing on earth). They didn’t, of course,[Read more]
I have to admit I’ve been on something of a Christmas buying spree lately. I just can’t resist all of the vintage Christmas decor that’s just so plentiful at this time of the year, especially now as it gets later in the season and things are often marked down. This[Read more]
Here’s another Christmas craft I whipped up this year…a handmade snowglobe! (Water-free of course). I was inspired by several other snowglobes I’d seen around the net, such as this one and this one. When I found this little bell jar while out thrifting I knew I had to make my[Read more]