there's gonna be a hitchin

welp our really great friend Michael is getting married this weekend.
so here is a sneak peak of the making of his presents.
here is are the samples i am going by.
mine will be way more personalized.
i plan on decorating their door to welcome them to their first home.:)
here's the link for credit
here's the link for this one.
this is a cheap, quick and easy gift for anyone.
i think this can go just about anywhere.
i love baby food jar crafts.

i will also be making them a love birds painting for over their bed.
i am hoping they love it.
we are off the nc for the wedding this weekend.
yay mini vacay.

busy week this week.
i'll post pics of my finished projects.
xo

conGRADulations!

here are some cupcakes that i made for a great friend of mines graduation party!

they are fun and everyone loved them.

the one below on the far right is supposed to have curly looking hair.

her hair is a curly blonde. can you see it?

they also have cherrios for ears.

i did some with chocolate sprinkles on top of chocolate frosting.

there is one in the back that has big red for hair.[that one was the hardest]

i did some chocolate frosting in ziplocks to make it look more like hair.

then i made two with cherrio hair.

the reese cup turned upside down is between the cupcake and the cookie.

the cookie is a chocolate covered peanut butter cookie i was able to find at the grocery.

on top of the cookie is a mini m&m and i made my own blue frosting out of white frosting and food coloring

for the tassle. which i also squeezed out using a ziplock.

i hope i got these out in time for you to take a try at them for your grad!

hope ya'll enjoy!

first friday florence, alabama

on may 7, 2010 i participated in florence's first fridays.

i wasn't in florence. i just sent a ton of my crafts for my moma to sell.

so i guess it's kinda a big deal that this was my first craft show.[eventho i wasn't there]

my mom said that the fabric flowers & button flowers were a big hit!

which is awesome to know that my creation was loved.

thanks to all that supported me! i couldn't have done this without ya!

the picture below are my gran's hand knitted purses than are boiled wool.

cool, hu? if you are interested in them contact me!

[that little lady behind the figure in the pic is my mommy.:)]

this is one of my earring frames.

with this piece you can get your earrings up on a wall and displayed as art in your room.

these are a few more of the earring frames.

if you are wanting a certain color or style we can work on that together.

these frames are all recycled.

all these photos were taken by a first fridays photographer.

here is a link to there site. http://www.firstfridaysflorence.com/index.html

a big thanks to my moma & gran that worked the table!

be ready pittsburgh! i will be selling my crafts at the bryant street festival (in highland park) on Sun June 6th.

xox.

obession..

ok. as a kid i always remember my mom dragging me to flea markets.
it was kinda cool to go because my thoughts were always.."what will she buy me?"
now as an adult i find myself drawn to them and other places to find "treasures".

i am most def obsessed with yard sales, estate sales, flea markets, consignment, thrifting
and anything vintagely awesome and retro.
i have yet to pick a era that i just love.
i am drawn to the 50s, 60s and 70s.
while at the same time the 80s being when i was born always brings back cool memories.

soo for this blog i wanted to let you in on three things i stumbled upon recently.
first being flea market style the magazine.
my wonderful husband searched high and low for the best magazine for my easter basket.
flea market style is what he stumbled upon.
they also have a blog you should def check out.
http://fleamarketstylemag.blogspot.com/
the magazine has all sorts of cool re purposing that you can easily do and also some
cool crafty ideas.
if you happen to find a copy of it snatch it up!

the next thing i found recently is a second hand store called...common thread.
http://www.commonthreadpgh.com/
it's a cute little shop on butler street in lawerenceville.
which is just down from where we live.

the last place i found was one of the coolest i have ever seen.
a store called who new?
http://www.who-new.com/index.html
the mister and i went and explored in there yesterday and we were hooked.
i told him he could get all my birthday gifts from there. ha

i plan on hitting some flea markets soon and also keeping up with all other sales of vintage
things around us in pittsburgh.
i would have to say one of my favorite things about pittsburgh is we are

always finding new and fun things to do and see.

have a great week ya'll!
xo

creative creations..

this is my favorite of my latest creations.

its a teal headband with a pink flower topped with a big white button.

there is a theme here i guess.

the theme being flowers.

this is was my first of this type of flower.

see its leaves :)

here is a floppier flower i made that will probably be a pin

or go on a headband. i made my sister a headband with a flower just like

this on it for easter. she loves it and so do her buds down in auburn, al.

this is my second favorite thing i have made lately.

its a sweet little bobby pin with a fabric flower on it

topped with a baby blue button.

both this and the very top project are made from recycling an old tshirt.

ok. so i am not a photographer as you can tell by my pictures. i get frustrated by the whole time consuming uploading process. i feel like until we get a real deal camera and a tad more space this may improve.

i love making these little flowers. they are so sweet and look great in your hair. shea even said that they look awesome which is saying alot since he's a boy.

i have two big craft things coming up. in may my moma and gran will be selling my crafts at first friday. which is sooo much fun. all you florence folks go check them out and buy all of it! :)

then June 6th i will have a table at the bryant street festival. it should be really hot fun. i think i am going to bring some sweet tea to give away to people that want it.:)

yesterday my friends and i went up to the craft fair imadeit. it was awesome. a ton more venders than i had seen at ones in the past. i got these sweet yellow flower earings. i think you could say i am on a yellow kick. when we left imadeit we went to construction junction. i hit the motherload. i found two different huge pieces of tule to make tutus out of. then got some solid fabric scraps, a painters palette for my cupcake bday this year and last some bright green wrapping paper. all of that was only $6.75. which is a great price and what is also great is it was unwanted unused craft supplies. i am in love with that area of construction junction. i can't wait for my moma to see that place one day.

ok i hope this makes up for keeping you out of my crafting loop. hope you enjoyed it.

xo

nepal goodies as promised..

so everywhere we go we collect a christmas ornament.

this is a nepalese bell.

cute, hu?

this is one of like 4 pencil pouches i got.

this one is green my favorite color!

this is my most favorite thing shea brought back.

i can't exactly tell if its an all black watercolor or if its ink.

either way its fabulous and i can't wait to add it to our art

collection. he did so good with this one!

so shea, jon, james and robby went to nepal to check on the state of the church there. they were gone for 2 whole weeks.(which felt like forever) they had a great time and learned alot. this mission trip changed these men for the better and i am so glad they were able to go. i am so thankful to have them all home, esp shea cole!! shea brought back some super cool stuff. these were just a few of my favorite things.

xo

a little of this a little of that..

by:bumblebird@etsy.com
i want one of these for my future kiddo. sooo freaken cute.
two of my great friends here have had kids this week. so i was just searching..
this inspired me!! i saw a fabric one in a store but i am going to look into making a paper one tomorrow. this photo came from makentake@etsy.com

[we have a giant window that faces the apts courtyard. this banner would look amazing hanging in it.:) i am so stoked about making it]

here is a wreath i made for spring. i took some peaches and cream yarn about one and a half of the smaller sizes it comes in. i wrapped it tightly around a straw wreath. then topped it off with some ribbon made into a bow. this is my first project for our easter decor. i really like spring/easter decorating. the stuff is almost as cute as christmas.

by:bumblebird@etsy.com
i want one of these for my future kiddo. sooo freaken cute.


in the cole household which consists of shea, cooper and i. we will dye eggs, bake cupcakes and give each other easter baskets. no hunting eggs that will come when the kiddos do. shea isn't use to holiday celebrating so i have to help him along. :)

outside today it is a beautiful springy day. the temp is in the mid 60s!

go out and play!!

p.s. my next blog will be of all the cool cool things shea found me in nepal!!:o]