kid's room inspiration

Please excuse my absence. If I tell you we are being audited will you forgive me? I spent all day yesterday figuring out what we did wrong when we filed last year, and with a lot of help from the very nice accountants at my work we now owe a whole lot less than the IRS thought we did - hallelujah! What a headache though, have you ever been audited? This year we are hiring someone to help us with our taxes.

Needless to say I haven't been up to anything worth blogging about this week, but I have been day dreaming about re-painting the Little Miss' room and making it more toddler friendly. I never put the nursery together in a satisfactory way (to me), so every time I walk in there I think about what little projects I never got around to doing, or what pictures are still not hung up... I would much rather feel happy and satisfied, not to mention have an organized space.

I've been finding a lot of inspiration in this nursery I loved last year, and from these rooms pictured below from Retro Villa. Aren't they awesome? They make me want to wallpaper everything.

(pictures from Retro Villa, found via)

new in the shop!

I just added these adorable clothes and many others to the etsy shop - you can check them out here! Thanks!
And...
Just because I'm so glad it's Friday enter "happy weekend" in the message to seller box for 20% off your order before shipping today through Sunday (3/12-3/14)!

Have a wonderful weekend! I'll be busy getting ready for tomorrow.

health and wholeness expo

If you live in the Salt Lake City area and are interested in learning more about natural health and wellness, check out the Healing & Wholeness Expo this Saturday at Thanksgiving Pointe. I will be at the Real Foods Market booth with information on locally produced raw milk, grass-fed beef, free-range eggs, organic produce, RealSalt, Redmond Clay, etc... so come say hello and grab some samples and coupons!

There will be speakers throughout the day as well as free workshops. It should be very informative as well as fun! Go here to get a coupon for $2 off admission.

Hope to see you there!

thrifted goodies

Some recent finds:

I love this painting, it's so beautiful in person. I'm hoping to find more like it.

When I spotted this globe I remembered how much I loved to play with our globe growing up - they are educational while being eye candy at the same time. Then when I brought it home my father looked it over and started giving us a history lesson in 1950-60 geography (with some internet research help). I had no idea it was so old.

I have such a soft spot for old patterns. I love the art on the covers. I want to frame my favorites to put up as decor in my craft room. I do plan on using these if all the pieces are intact.

And last but not least two vintage house dresses. I plan on using these to make the Little Miss some summer frocks. House dresses are perfect because they are not very tailored so you can get large pieces of fabric out of them, and you have vintage buttons to match!

Do you love old things too?

baby quilt

Here is the rag quilt I made for my newest little nephew, the handsome BCH. I used the Wheels collection by Riley Blake. Now I just need to make one more for my niece who is on her way in a couple of months. I am loving all of these new babies in our family, but how did it come around to my turn again so soon!?

p.s. Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway - I announced the winner here!

fabric ring necklace

Remember how I loved this necklace? I just got around to making my own, here's how:

Supplies: one fat quarter or fabric scraps cut into five 1" wide strips (preferably use a fabric with a small print), five rings*, string/yarn, glue gun

*Now let me start by saying that I searched every nook and cranny of the craft store before I finally found some rings. Tucked away in the back corner clearance section (of course the last place I looked) these button covers caught my eye so I grabbed them and ran.
Then Husband asked me why I just didn't get shower curtain rings.

No comment.

So, since my rings were a little flat in the back I decided to wrap them with some batting first to give them a plumper effect.

I feel a bit silly telling you how to do this because it's so simple - all you have to do is glue your fabric to the ring and start wrapping, then glue the end in the back where you won't see it. Use the string or yarn to bind the rings together in the shape you want and then use more string/yarn or some pretty lace to make the chain.

Easy peasy.

i may get carpal tunnel

My self-healing mat and rotary cutter have been my faithful companions this week (although I shouldn't leave out my sewing machine, scissors, or wonderful Husband). I'll be able to show you what I've been working on soon, but seeing as some of them are gifts I can't spoil the surprise just yet. But, I did finally decide my vintage sheets/fabric pile was growing too big so in the midst of my other quilt projects I took on an unnecessary third. Why do I do this to myself? Good question.

I have grand plans in my head for the fabric above. It's about half-way there (I did finish the other two first, I have priorities thankfully) and I think what I have in store for it will surprise and thrill you.

And on that mysterious note, I am off to gift one of my quilts and see my newest little nephew who fit in a baseball glove when he was born.

p.s. don't forget to enter the giveaway below!