Now that I’m done with the Valentines for Suraya’s classmates and teachers and with a cookie decorating itch, what do I do with the extra cookie dough? Well, make more cookies of course and do some experimenting. I finished off the rest by making more hearts and a few square shaped cookies. Some of the dough I decided to dye pink. As for the squares, I had an idea I wanted [...]
Over the weekend I joined my friend Veronica for an Annie Sloan paint demonstration over at Nest Vintage Modern. I haven’t had the opportunity to use Annie Sloan paint yet, but I have seen so many amazing transformations using the paint all over blog land. We both enjoyed the demo; we learned some great tips. After the demo, I was so psyched to find a project that calls for this awesome paint. I [...]
For this year’s winter mantel, I wanted to highlight my grandmother’s embroidered pillow cases. As I shared in the previous post, my mother had passed them on to me. I chose to frame the pillow cases to preserve my grandmother’s lovely work. To keep the focus on the pillow cases, I added simple pieces that create a subtle winter theme to the mantel. Are you surprised that there’s a hint [...]
I love the look of rag quilts. I made one a couple years ago and did enjoy putting it together. I made it in the traditional method of using squares. Even though it wasn’t as difficult as I expected, it definitely was time consuming! I have been wanting to make another one… Every time I see a rag quilt online, it tempts me into wanting to make one, but then [...]
Suraya was the vintage inspired, and for Susu it was retro! Actually, the dress being retro inspired is quite accidental… but I love that it does look retro! I used Anna Maria Horner’s Evening Empire Dress pattern. I had come across this pattern a couple years ago, but I considered myself a novice sewer (and still do) and didn’t have the confidence of taking it on at that time. As [...]
It’s no secret that I love anything vintage and anything vintage inspired. A few months ago, I had received vintage style fabric as a gift from a dear friend of mine… a friend that apparently knows me well enough to even think of buying me fabric as a gift! I should add that this friend does not sew but knows good fabric when she sees it. She sent it all [...]
Remember the gold clutch I purchased from the Randolph Street Market Festival? I told you that if I do a makeover to it that I would share it. Well, here it is! The new look I gave the clutch was actually accidental. I had purchased a vintage looking gold and ivory lace headband from Hobby Lobby, but it was too tight. Boy was I disappointed. Out of disappointment, I just [...]
Randolph St. Market Festival is America’s Biggest Urban Market. Well that’s what their flyer says. If not America’s, it’s definitely Chicago’s. It’s held one weekend every month not too far from Harpo Studios (Oprah’s studio). It’s the place where you will find antique vintage goodies. Yup, it’s vintage heaven! This was my first trip to the market, and definitely not my last! It’s a good thing for my hubby that [...]
A few weeks ago I had gone shopping at a resale shop in the downtown of a nearby town. It’s called the Carousel Shop. I love this little shop because you can find vintage pieces at thrift shop prices! It’s fairly small, but almost every time I do go there I find some wonderful treasures. On this one trip, a couple of my treasures consisted of a vintage glass light [...]
I did a little experimenting with tinting glass to make them look vintage. If you’ve been following my blog, you may know I love anything vintage or vintage looking. Also, you may have figured out that I love mason jars and that I always recycle jars. There all sorts of things… practical and beautiful things… that can be done with jars. One of them is tinting them to look like [...]
