Yesterday was one of those rare days when Phillip were both off of work at the same time, so, after debating if we should use the time to move new cabinets into our antique space or just do something fun, we ruled in favor of fun.I suggested we go to[Read more]
Hello all and welcome to this week’s edition of Thrifty Thursday, where I share my weekly thrift store (and sometimes estate sale, yard sale, or flea market) finds! We found (and were gifted) some pretty awesome stuff this week. Pictured above, an old bobbin box and some pretty floral fabric,[Read more]
I sold at my second craft fair on Mother’s Day weekend. Here are some pictures of my booth and the items I sold: Not my favorite picture but it’s the only one I got of me in my booth! I was lucky in that it was a nice, sunny weekend[Read more]
I got the news this afternoon that I won two prizes in the Laurel Contest! My blue and white dress got First prize for the “Reader’s Choice” category and my coral dress won second prize for “Best Use of Color.” I had spent the morning obsessivily checking my RSS reader[Read more]
Hello everyone! Welcome to the latest edition of my Thrifty Thursday posts, where I share my thrift store/garage sale/flea market finds for the week. We found some great stuff for our space this week! A mid-century clay bottle with a funny face and a tiki brasier (unfortunately missing the grill[Read more]
I had the best surprise this morning when I woke up and checked my Google Reader: the entries for Reader’s Choice in the Collette Patterns Laurel competition are up and my Blue and White Laurel dress is one of them! I’m so excited that my dress was chosen for voting[Read more]
I turned 29 last Wednesday! Boy, does time fly! I can’t believe I’m in my last year of my twenties, but I have to say it really was a great birthday. Here’s how it went:First, I went to work where my boss had bought bagels for everyone! Each person gets[Read more]
Hello friends! As I mentioned previously, I’ve been hard at work the last couple of months preparing to sell at my second craft fair (find out about my first one here), and I’m happy to share a peek of some of the things I’ve made to sell this weekend: Fabric[Read more]
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week’s Thrifty Thursday post, where I share my thrift store (or sometimes estate sale, flea market, or yard sale) finds for the week. This week was a fruitful one on the thrifting front, which is great because as I mentioned last week, we now have[Read more]
A reader recently asked me how I made the origami flowers that I have featured in my blog header, and I thought “why not make a tutorial”? I made these years ago when I worked at Achievement House. Part of the work we did involved recycling the paper from old[Read more]