What I Wore

Dress, long sleeved tee, tights and boots: Target

Cardigan: thrift

Pin: Pretty Posh Posie Pin made by me

Headband: Claire's (gift from my girl)

Thrifty Finds

 Happy Day at the thrift store! 

I found a super cute vintage bank

and I just love it to pieces! 

And I found a wonderful red skirt

( to go with the blouse and shoes of course).

Good finds I'd say!

Bye for now!

Wish I Was There

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Favorite Things

Here are more vintage cards from my collection. 

Don't you just love this sweet little elephant? 

I  just love everything about this one!

Cute little bears and mushrooms, 

can't go wrong with that!

 This last one I received as a little girl,

I love those big eyes! 

Which one is your favorite?

Bye for now!

Thrifty Finds

I was so excited to find these finds

at my thrift recently!

The peasant blouse was found in the vintage section,

and appears to be hand made. 

I just love the colors!

Then I found the red shoes.

Cute and comfortable and red! 

I really have a hard time buying shoes anymore.

I developed a (gasp) bunion on my left foot!

I hope I didn't just gross out anyone,

but all they really are is a bump on the side of the foot

just below the big toe. 

But they can make shoes uncomfortable,

especially narrow shoes. 

So now, not only can I not wear high heeled shoes anymore

(they make my feet scream). 

I can't wear anything too narrow anymore either. 

Really makes shoe shopping difficult!

And for the record I hate the word bunion! 

Anyway, I plan on altering the shoes just a bit, 

and I will show that when I'm done. 

Bye for now!

What I Wore

I got two different compliments on this outfit,

that made my day!

Skirts and jacket: thrift

Boots, top and tights: Target

Belt: Dots

Necklace: Pretty Posh Posie made by me

  

I forgot to include the pix of the birthday balloons

and presents. 

I just love all the colors!

Bye for now!

Happy 11th Birthday!

Well, it was a busy weekend in our house,

since my daughter had a sleepover

birthday party!

Can't believe she is 11 years old!

And as you can see taking pix was a challenge.

These girls would not sit still!

I guess I did capture the energy of preteen girls!

The theme was rainbows, 

which kind of came together by accident.

I was really just going for lots of bright colors. 

 She got lots of great gifts and no sleep,

so it was a success!

Bye for now!

Favorite Things

 I'm dreaming of spring lately, 

so I thought I'd show off

my paper doll collection

all dressed for spring!

 These are modeled after the Flatsy dolls! 

They are my favs!

 And, these are Kiddle paper dolls. 

The clothes are a bit more babyish, 

but still so cute! 

Bye for now!

Make Your Own Flower Loom

 Before I was able to find a vintage flower loom 

I devised my diy version

that works great for simple flower loom flowers.

I love my vintage looms, 

because they are so versatile.

But I still use my diy version 

to make a bigger sizes than I can with the vintage.

So here goes.

You will need:

*Cutting mat

*Exacto knife

*Foam core (corugated cardboard might work 

but wouldn't be as sturdy)

*Nails with no heads

*Pen or pencil

* Something round to use as a template

 I used a vintage flower loom as my template.

It measures about 4 1/2 - 5 inches across.

 It's easier to cut out one corner at a time

rather than the whole circle at once.

And it doesn't have to be perfect!

It really helps to have an inside circle,

for when it comes time to weave the middle of the flower.

This is also when you should mark the nail positions,

twelve evenly spaced.

 Add numbers 1-12.

Insert the nails at the tick marks.

Now you can make flowers galore!

For a tutorial on that go to this great site.

Science Fair

Last week my little girl (that's her on the right) 

had a science project for the science fair

at school.

She worked on it with one of her best friends

(that's her on the left).

They chose an experiment on freezing water

and they had lots of fun doing it!

Bye for now!

What I Wore

 I'm not really happy with these pics this week,

I was arguing with my daughter!

Arguing and taking self portraits don't mix!

Oh, well, anyway...

Skirt: thrifted

Sweater set, tights and boots: Target

Coat: Steve and Barry

Purse and scarf: Vintage from Ebay

Bye for now!