Tattered Rose Hat & Tote

I am loving these new hats for summer !!

Pair them with our Flea Market Mini Totes

and you are ready to go ~

{The hats come in black and khaki }

You can find them here ~

Black, White & Cream

It has come upon me sort of slowly but I think it

has hit ~

My love of decorating with the color black !

I have almost completely redecorated my house in creams

and whites but I am thinking that I am going

to add some black accents here and there ~

Yesterday was fun because I worked with some

black and white ticking ~ I love how the colors

look with vintage rusty stuff and

tarnished silvers ~

I will be adding more to my website soon !!

Dallas Home & Gift Market Gorgeousness!!

Yesterday my girls and I

went to the Dallas Home & Gift Show ~

Oh my goodness to say that I LOVED

the style of so many places is a total

understatement !!! It was somewhat

overwhelming ~

Here are just a few pictures of some of the

yummy stuff !!

The pictures are with my Iphone so they aren't

very good but I couldn't resist taking some ~

There is no way to see it all

in one day so I am ready

to hit the road to go back as soon as I

am done blogging :)

Stephanie and Kristin ~ My babies !

Dang they grow up quick!!

Drop Cloth Ruffled Bag

I am reposting this from January because

I LOVE Drop Cloth fabric and am participating in

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia's

Blogger Block Party !

I have been ruffling the world lately with

my awesome ruffler for my Bernina

(which I love too !)

There have been some wonderful tutorials

and ideas for drop cloths because

it is the coolest fabric with such a vintage look

and a great price !

Who would have known that drop cloths were good

for bags too !

Hats, Cuffs, Crepes and Puppies

Today is one of those random days where I do

nothing in particular but hop from

one thing to another ~

These are just a few pictures from

my day today ~

I LOVE these hats and cuffs all together so I

had to take a picture of them ~ they are a

special order and look pretty all stacked up ~

As I was working on these I was looking

out the window at the BEAUTIFUL Crepe Myrtles

in our backyard ~ Oh my goodness they are

so pretty this year ~

We have about 12 trees so I need to start picking

the blooms to enjoy some inside too ~

It is also a puppy walking day so my girls

and I took the whole gang for a walk ~

Between the 3 of us we have 5 puppies that are

so cute dang cute together ~

Katie ( the one yawning ) thought all this

picture taking was a tad bit boring :)

Okie dokie back to my random day ~

Bye for now !

Easy & Inexpensive Ruffle Curtains

I just wanted to show you a quick, inexpensive

and super duper easy ruffle curtain ~

This is what I am working on

today so I thought I would

show you the steps as I go ~

Curtains like these have been shown in

blogland before but

I am not sure where so if

you know let me know :)

Ikea was my spot to get the curtains because

they are a great price and

the fabric is awesome !

They say not to dry them in the dryer but

I did and the fabric came out kind of like a

lightweight drop cloth feel ~

First I cut the white set to the length

I needed because they come real long ~

Then I ripped 2 lengthwise strips of

the darker about

9 inches wide and sewed them together

to get the correct length for gathering ~

Then I used my handy dandy ruffle foot and

pleated them ~ If you don't have a ruffler just

gather any way that you would like ~

Next I measured and pinned

the ruffle to the bottom

and sewed it on to the curtains ~

I left the edges raw on the ruffle

because I like them like that ~

For the ruffle it just took one of

the darker panels

so I have another one left which is tons

to make pillows out of ~

It would be cute to add another ruffle too !

These are actually for my bedroom but

I would love some outside too !

The pictures kind of look weird but

I was having fun in grittiness with picnik :)

Later today:

I made a pillow with the extra

curtain panel ~

I love the ruffles and rose

{I bet it was hard to tell I LOVE ruffles :) }

You can find it on my website ~

Summer Lovin Junkin'

It was one of my most favorite times of the month

last weekend .......... Canton!!!

What is it about junkin' that is

sooooo much fun ???

I LOVE it !!

Canton is full of junk places to dig

through stuff and

full of places to get beautiful things that

are displayed gorgeous!!

This month I went with my two girls,

Kristin and Stephanie

and our friend, Bethany ~

Our first stop was Laurieanna's Vintage Home

which is always amazing !!

She has such a wonderful talent of making

her shop over the top gorgeous!

I am kind of

wondering why this guy

never unloads his trailer ~

I think I have taken the same

picture before ..... like maybe 2 years ago ~

See that fence gate wayyyyy on the bottom..... I want it !

I am not thinking that this bike cuts

it for my beach cruiser ~

But there were tons of them

and they would be super cute

in the yard with flowers ~

I bought some flowers here because she

had them displayed in old stuff and they were so cute!!

Two of the 3 girls ended up with puppies ~

We wanted to "save" them all but couldn't ~

I have been adding some of the things

I got at Canton and to my shop and

will continue to this week ~

I already can't wait until next month !!