The Blog Guidebook 2012 calendar

Have you heard of the The Blog Guidebook?

 If not, you must go there now! 

They're a great resource for blogging with tons of tips and resources for blogging and you can have your blog listed in the guidebook and search for other blogs by category! 

Last year they had a calendar for 2011 available for download, that I LOVED and this year, they've done it again! It is so pretty! You can either download it or order a printed copy. 

Check it out here: The Blog Guidebook 2012 calendar!

My shirt dress was featured!!

 

my cute dress tutorial

as seen here in this post!

Every Thursday she has a link up party to show off all of your diy fashions!

Go check it out!

I was featured!

Millie's bulletin board that I made using vintage sheets

http://vintagesheets.blogspot.com/2011/06/vintage-sheet-cork-board.html

frame memo boards

These are going into the booth at Serendipity Market next week!

vintage frames turned memo boards, painted by moi'...

I used aqua paint and whitewashed this one

allowing some of the antique-y gold to show through

each has a few clothespins stamped with vintage script...

now I need to make one to keep!

"pillow of the week" at BeColorful!

My pillows and Etsy shop were graciously featured on BeColorful!!

 How awesome is that to have a "pillow of the week"! She also paints amazing furniture, not to

mention she's a cute little, sassy girl!! Thank you so much!

You must go there. now.



snowed in projects

with all this cold weather & snow & having to stay in (because of  the

weather and taking care of two sick girls-blech!), I've been able to get

some things done. This is one of them...

I spent hours dying and drying coffee filters in the oven.

{my family keeps asking why are we having filters for dinner}

trying to achieve the perfect shades of blush-y pink and coffee-stained cream

hung with off-white vintage-y looking seam binding

I think it was worth the effort...

love it

I'll be adding one to my shop

& putting one in Millie's room

feelin' the LOVE

are these cute or what?! Yes, I know they are...I love them.

I made a set for the booth at Serendipity Market and I'm making a set for my Etsy shop...

and I think I'll have to whip up a set for my 13-year-old's room(they look pretty 

cute on her bed, don't ya think? :) 

an old project

this is a project I LOVE that I did a long time ago but have never shared.

The chairs were found at Curb-mart (i.e. fancy way to say the curb) via my mom. Good eye, Mom!

I set them up and took a picture to give you the visual...

oooh! Someone's throwing away those chairs!

My amazing daughter could do something sweet with those!

Thanks chair-throwing-away-people!

I'll take 'em!

I put them side-by-side & gave them a light coat of matte mod podge

to keep the paint at just the right chippy-ness.

I found the perfect board/door thing combing the my grandma's attic

I added some padding and fabric to the board and finished it with black braided trim.

I bought this great black & white houndstooth suiting fabric at a

garage sale and covered a rectangle pillow form.

I love the way this pillow turned out.

Is this not the cutest little bench?!