Vintage Flair

My favortie things

I was catching on on my favorite blogs last night and Heather's post caught my attention.  She posted all of her favorite posts of 2008 by month.  She is so smart!  So I thought I would do the same.

Here we go....

January

My daughter's valentines....We had so much fun making these and I am going to have to keep up the tradition.  (Sorry the photos are off, when I switched to my new format the photos were way to big.)

February

Artsy Mamma'sValentine swap and this is what I received from my partner Cerri.....I still love it!

 

March

I bought this sweet image from  Layla of Dollface Design.  I have it hanging in my craft room and I just love it.

 

April

I was Heather's partner for her junk in the trunk swap and I loved wrapping her present.  I wish I would of made one of these bows for myself.

 

May

I announced that I was expecting child #3.

 

June

I just loved all of these treasures I found, especially the vintage hat.  Ahhh...there is nothing better than vintage millinery.

 

July

My good friend Amy moved away and my family and I went to visit her.  She and I made this inspiration board or her craft room.  I had a great time going through her vintage goodies.  I was so glad that I was able to put a little piece of me in her craft room.

 

August

I bought this vintage jewelry box and stored a few of my favorite pieces in it.  I love to be organized and have it look pretty at the same time.

September

I made this paper doll shadowbox while everyone was gone and the house was quiet.  I don't think I need to say anything else....what would I do for one hour alone right now!

October

Ahhh...I just love how this banner turned out for Lucy.  Every time I walk into the nursery, it makes me smile.

November

These are my favorite collages that I have made all with photos of the same little girl.  I think I have two more photos left of her and I need to make a few more.  Oh....I should also say another favorite post was when Lucy finally did arrive.  I wouldn't be a good mother if I didn't mention that.

December

I embellished this journal I had laying around the house.  I think it is one of my favorite journals.

 

Well there you have it.....2008.  It was fun going through my old posts.  I forgot about some things and loved to reminisce about other posts. 

I am looking forward to another great year full of surprises.   In 2009, I am going to try and work on a few things.  I am writing these down so at the end of year I can see how many I actually did accomplish.

1.  GET MORE SLEEP!  I have a newborn and I am SO SLEEP DEPRIVED.

2.  Be more patient....I rush way to much.  I need to relax and smell the roses.

3.  Understand when to let go.  I have a hard time knowing when it is time to move on.  Friendships change and when those relationships do change, I need to know how to adapt to those changes.

4.  I need to keep up the one night a month out with my husband.  That is an important one.

5.  I need to eat more healthy and exercise to get rid of that extra 25 lbs. from the pregnancy.  My fat pants don't even fit.  ugh!

6.  Don't interrupt.  That is one of my bad habits.  I get so excited to say something I can't wait.  Not a good habit.

7.  Spend more one on one time with each of my children.  It is so important now that we have a third child.

8.  I need to teach my children more about volunteering or helping others less fortunate.  I need to be more of a role model in that dept.

9.  Be more focused at work and not thing about my next project I want to work on during meetings.

10.  When I am crabby....don't be so short temperated...count to five then respond.

There you have it, my list for 2009.  I am optimistic that I can accomplish or work on all of them.

Take care,

Lori

Coffee filter flowers

 

I bet you can't tell that I used coffee filters to make these flowers?  I can't....it looks like I used natural colored tissue paper.  While the kids made glittered snowflakes using white coffee filters, I used natural coffee filters to make these flowers.  I used some vintage book scraps to make the stems and leaves.  I only had time to make two and then Lucy started to fuss.  I plan on making a large bouquet of them and putting them in one of my favorite McCoy vases.  It will have to wait until the kids go back to school.  It is hard to get stuff done, spend time with the kids, craft and take care of a baby.

   

Anyway...my time is ticking.  Lucy is fussing and I need to go change her.  I hope you all had a great Christmas.  Take care.

Happy Holidays

      

Happy holidays from my family to yours!

Ice skates

Since both of my girls figure skate, I made these ice skates for their coach for Christmas.  I got the idea from another blog but for the life of me, I can't remember which one.  I really hate when that happens!  Who ever it was, they were so kind to post the template for the ice skate so you could make your own.  If you are reading my post and it was blog, please leave me a comment.  Your skates were way cuter than mine.  Anyway...we are off to go to Santa's house with the girls.  Some local couple decorates their house and dresses up like Santa and Mrs. Claus and passes out candy to the kids.  Cute!  Have a great night.

A little gift from Momma

 

I try and make or buy something special for my girls every year and this year I am going to give this sweet little box to my oldest, Olivia for Christmas.  I found this great vintage green jewelery box for $1.00 and it has pink satin in the inside.  When I saw it, I thought to myself...oohhh, this needs a pink rose on the top and then it will be prefect.  My girls love little boxes to store all of heir stuff in.  Not sure where they accumulate all of their stuff but they sure do accumulate it.  At least I can look at a pretty box instead of all of her junk laying on her dresser.  Then we will be both happy.  I had this rhinestone heart from a broken bracelet and I tied it on the front with some bakers twine. 

 

I hope she likes it......I now need to figure out what I am going to make the other two ladies in my life.

Have a great day. Lori

A sweet collage

 

A couple of days ago I received this sweet collage for my precious new baby Lucy from my friend Heather.  I had to take a photo of how it was packaged, so sweet.  I just adore the tag she made and I love the pink vintage millinery flower on the top.  Heather is a girl after my own heart.  It is so nice when people completely get you.  There are plenty of people who don't....I am sure you know what I mean.  Here is a close up of the collage.

I have hung it on Lucy's nursery wall and it looks great....Thanks again Heather.  Today is a busy day of holiday parties at my girls school.  I am not sure how I will manage with the baby and all of the germy kids.  Have a great day....Lori

Embellished vintage ledger

 

I almost forgot I had this wonderful ledger from the 1920's filled with the best newspaper clippings of old movie stars.   I was looking through it the other day and I decided that these fabulous movie stars needed a fancy journal cover....I couldn't leave it plain.  So, I decided to decorate the front cover with some scraps of lace, vintage trims and millinery. I figured it would be a quick project while Lucy was taking her nap.  I was originally going to take the journal apart and use the images in my art but, I am just going to leave the pages alone because I think they are perfect just the way they are.  Someone long ago took the time to put this journal together and I am going to preserve it.  Just look at these images....and yes there are many more images in journal.

             

I almost forgot to show you a full shot of the ledger.

 

Well take care....I am going to enjoy the afternoon with my girls on a walk in our favorite park.

This is why I can't get anything done

Just look at this sweet baby....every night I think to myself....OK I am going to do this, this and this tomorrow.  Well, it just isn't working out that way.

 

I did manage to go to an estate sale this morning and I bought this sweet little handmade ornament for .25.  I love the vintage millinery flowers at the bottom. I also bought a huge bag of old doll clothes for $3.00.  I love to use the fabric or trim in my art.  This pink satin dress has the best tulle edging on it.  I will give the rest to my girls and their American Girl dolls will love it.  You guys are going to have to hang in there with me....I forgot how time consuming a newborn is.  I am hoping that I will be able to get going on some projects this weekend.  I just need to go with the flow.  Take care.  Lori

A little local shopping

   

I am a big fan of holiday window displays and these windows are from one of my favorite local shops in the downtown Fayetteville square.  I just love what they did with the chairs...don't you?  I took these at night so please forgive the quality.  We drove by these windows and the vintage chandelier's were glowing and I told my husband to STOP...I had to go and take a peek at them.  So pretty.

         

I have a few projects that I am trying to get done but every time I try and start them, Miss Lucy is either fussing or needs to be fed.  Oh well....another day!

Our Christmas tree

   

I am back from my little break from blogging.  I was feeding Lucy at 2:00 am and I turned on the lights on the Christmas tree and it was so peaceful (yes...as peaceful as it can be at 2:00 am).  So, I thought I would share some photos of our tree.  Every year our tree is gold, silver and cream...I am not sure why?  I thinkI am just drawn to those colors because they remind me of the holidays.  Here are some of my favorite things on our tree.

       

        

Here is a photo of the entire tree, it is tall (I think it is 10 feet) and skinny.  The tree skirt is my old Ballard Design burlap fringed table cloth that mysteriously got a hole in it.  It works perfectly as a tree skirt.  I have to go....Lucy is fussing and I think she needs to be changed.  Take care.