zzzzz

I'll be the first to admit this blog has been a snooze-fest lately. I've felt so uninspired and my ideas for posts have been fresh out. But today I saw this pretty necklace and I was instantly inspired to do two things. One, make it. And two, take all my vintage clothing pictures against a white wooden background. I feel a little stirring of my creative juices so hopefully I'll get out of this slump soon and have something to show for myself. In the meantime, thanks for hanging in there. I'm trying to whip something fun up for next week!

coming soon...

It's been a little slow going for us this year. We've already had our first bout of sickness take each of us down one at a time but now that we are all recovered I feel like the year is finally beginning. And that's pretty exciting because even though its still the dead of Winter and my feet are freezing, Spring is slowly getting closer and that makes me happy.

Here is a sneak peek at some vintage clothes I'll be putting in my little shop this week. One of my resolutions was to be more consistent about updating my shop so hopefully this is just the beginning of many new additions to come. Thanks for taking a look!

dear new year,

We hope you find yourself at home in our little family. We can't wait to dive into January and get to know you better and we're curious to find out what experiences you hold in store for us throughout the year - hopefully more good than bad. We've made some plans and anything you could do to help them happen would be appreciated, but we'll do our best all the same. So here's to 365 days to live better, and love more. Welcome 2010.

weekend snapshot

We had a magical Christmas and hope you did too! This is as close as the Little Miss got to Santa Claus but he still granted half of her (my) Christmas wish and gave her one front tooth! I just noticed its appearance yesterday but I am sure she woke up with it on Christmas morning as her first present. So now she has her lower front left tooth and her upper front right tooth - it looks a little off kilter but cute as can be!

merry christmas!

I wanted to take pictures outside with real snowflakes falling and beautiful scenery as our backdrop but sometimes in life you take what you can get... in this instance a snapshot at Husbands grandmother's birthday bash earlier this month in front of a black curtain.

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday. I am planning on wearing pajamas as much as possible, sleeping in whenever I get the chance, and spending lots of quality time with loved ones.

Merry Christmas!

thrifty gifts

I had planned to make the Little Miss quite a few simple handmade gifts for Christmas, but my schedule has been much fuller than I anticipated this month and I am not the type to stay up late, lose sleep, and stress myself out - I know she will love the few toys we bought her from the store.

So I felt especially lucky when I found some great handmade toys that creative mothers of Christmases past did have the time to make. My sanity is saved and I still get to gift some handmade goodies that are more fun and creative than what I would have made anyway - win-win! They just needed a little washing and mending to give them new life and now they are ready to be loved by another sweet little girl.


The mouse house is probably my favorite. I stalked the worker who was putting it out when I spotted it on her cart and grabbed it immediately before I even knew what was in it. To my delight it was an adorable mouse family complete with a bed and couch! There was some writing in marker on the roof so I covered it with the address Husband thought up - '1234 Hole in the Wall St.' They live in the financial district of Squeakville USA and I am sure they will have many adventures with us for years to come.


The Little Miss is actually the one who found Charlotte Piggybottom (more than once she has grabbed something off the shelf that we end up taking home with us - she has a good eye already)! Charlotte needed some of her stuffing put back in and after about 75 stitches she was good as new and healed up quite nicely.


And finally, this basket of vegetable softies has already proven to be a big hit. I haven't been able to wrap them up because the Little Miss carries the basket around on her arm all day putting them in and out, in and out - she has always loved her vegetables!

button calendar

I love the look of this fabric button calendar from I Love Patchwork. Only problem - it wouldn't help with the whole 'I usually always forget birthdays' syndrome I suffer from since I couldn't write on it... and yes I know that is neither a real syndrome nor correct word usage.