I am so excited to see
the Farmhouse Style as
one of the top trends for
2012! I am thinking it doesn't
really surprise me though :)
Romantic Homes magazine has a
couple of our products featured for
the Farmhouse style ~
{the two bucket things }
These are now out of stock but
we did get in other items that
I love and will continue
to get more things all the time ~
❤
I am off to get caught up
from Christmas fun!
Last night I got to go
to Lisa's house for a
Christmas crafting night ~ It is
so much fun to get together with
people who "get" the same stuff that
you do ~
Her house was recently in the
Dallas Morning News with some
beautiful pictures of her holiday decor ~
Well needless to say I knew that
I would pretty much not get any crafting
done because I really wanted to
look at all of her beautiful
Christmas decorating and awesome
vintage vignettes everywhere ~
Here are just a few of them ~
~ this is above the bathtub ~
~ over a doorway ~
~ this is the top of her headboard
with a mirror above it ~
It ended up that everyone pretty
much admired her home in awe, ate, chatted
and watched Charlene make
a necklace for Lisa out of some
of Lisa's vintage finds ~
I have been wanting to make a
necklace with an old coin purse
for awhile so it was really fun to watch ~
Right before we left Cindy
had Lisa autograph her copy
of the newspaper ❤ ~
We were totally goofing around
with having her sign the paper
just because it was too fun ~
You've gotta love crafting with friends!
Oh my gosh I had to share with you this
AWESOME week of giveaways at
Are you wanting to make your pictures better?
There are 5 days of giveaways that you can
win to do just that !
In total he is giving away
$800 in products ~
All you have to do
is leave a comment! Sooo easy!
Our sale is extended!!
It is time for a
Pillow Sale !!
All of the pillows on my website
have been marked down 20%
until
December 26th ~
With every order
{not just pillows }
You get a free handmade tag ❤
When I saw the Pottery Barn
in a catalog I really wanted some!
but when I saw them in real life I
decided I kind of wanted some that
were more vintage looking ~
So I went to Graphics Fairy found
an image and made some that I love!
Here is a quick how to on
how I made my own ~
{ they are really too easy for
a tutorial :) }
But .... here goes ~
First I copied the image and sized
and duplicated it in Photoshop ~
Printed it on matte photo paper
or heavy card stock ~
Cut and glue with a glue stick
to another piece of heavy card stock
and cut around image ~
For a more vintage look I
added a little stamp pad ink
around the edges ~
Then put a little glue on the edge
and then glitter ~ I used
German Glass Glitter because I
love how it ages ~
They would be a cute little gift
tied with jute and put in
a small burlap bag ~
I love how they look in my tree ❤
I am linking to
My sister and niece have
been visiting me in Texas for
the last week ~ They live in California
and so we try and go back and forth
as much as we can ~
We hit the road shopping all week
starting with Canton's First Monday
{never can get enough junk!! }
Then as much shopping and
crafting as we could squeeze in ~
It was really cold and rainy most
of the time so we spent one day in
front of the fireplace watching movies
and Chelsey ( my niece ) taught
us all to crochet ~
{below is my daughter Stephanie and above
is a good friend Bethany, my niece Chelsey and
daughter Kristin } 
Kristin added a rose and I just
love it !!
One day we decided to go
to the Gaylord Texan Hotel because
it is just gorgeous at Christmas ~
{ my sister Kim & I }
{my niece Chelsey, sister Kim, son in law James
daughters Kristin & Stephanie }
It is always fun to have them come
visit and sad when they leave!
I miss my family in California like crazy!!
I guess it is time for us to take
a trip there again soon ~
