Thrifty Thursday Vol. 64: Dream Pets, Pyrex, and Lots of Sheets

Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. As you read this, Phillip and I are heading down to Disneyland for our long-awaited trip for to celebrate his 30th birthday! I’m so excited to see everything decorated[Read more]

October and November in Instagrams

A peek into my life these past couple of months, via Instagram: 1.  I was so excited about the color of this pumpkin: it was the prettiest pinky-peach! 2. I bought a set of hot rollers after seeing something about them in a magazine. I thought they might be a[Read more]

DIY Vintage-Style Felt Ornaments

  Thanksgiving is over and the holiday season is officially upon us, everyone! In honor of that fact, I made my first holiday craft of the year last weekend: some little vintage-inspired felt ornaments to decorate my Christmas tree. Read on if you’d like to learn how to make your[Read more]

Pattern Shop Revamp and Black Friday Sale!

Hi guys! I recently did a little bit of changing and re-vamping of my Etsy shop. After trying out a variety of vintage and handmade items, I’ve been selling mostly vintage patterns for awhile now and decided to officially separate my vintage pattern shop from that of my handmade items[Read more]

Antique Space Update: Christmas Time is Here!

This last weekend we decided it was high time for Christmas in our antique space. We’ve been hoarding vintage Christmas finds all year long and it was great to dig those boxes out of the garage and get some of this stuff out to see the light of day (and[Read more]

Sewing Project: Feather-Print Sheet Dress (Butterick B5708)

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend! Can you believe it’s already the middle of November? I’m going to try yet again to hand-make as many Christmas presents as possible, so I’d better get on that ASAP… I found these pictures on my computer this past weekend-[Read more]

Thrifty Thursday Vol. 62: That’s One Big Santa!

Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store/swap meet/estate sale finds. The finds for this week are actually all from the week before last or earlier, as I spent most of my free time over the last week or so[Read more]

Craft Fair: Round Three

Do any of you sell at craft fairs? I had a booth at a local one (the Halcyon Store Craft Fair) this past weekend. My aunt owns the store and it was my third time selling there (See here, and here for my posts on the past two times). This[Read more]

My Halloween Costume: Lady Sherlock Holmes

  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]