happy mothers day!

when i think of mothers these are the ladies i see...

my super silly fun moma.
my mom has taught me so much and i am still learning w/her helping me along.
iloveyoumommy.

my gran.
my hero where i learned what crafty is.
she is the most incredible person and no matter what she is tops!
look how beautiful she is!!
loveyougran.

my grandmaw who is 90 & 1/2 years old.
she has always been a source of wonderful laughter in our family.
i miss your house as much as you do grandmaw.
iloveyou.
my mawmaw.
who makes the most beautiful quilts.
i am so blessed to have such a talented lady in my life.
she took such good care of me while i lived in tennessee.
loveyoumawmaw.
my mother-n-law rene.
who is teaching me with every visit more & more about my
new family.
iloveyourene.
i am so blessed with so many wonderful women in my life.
as examples and as guides in my day to day.
they are such keepers!
happy happy day of mothers!!

diy first birthday decor...

if you know one thing about me you should know

i love party planning!

any type really but esp birthdays.

in march the twins turned one which is a big birthday deal.

there mom and dad wanted a low key party because they had so many folks coming.

the first idea i had was this banner i made from brown grocery bags

i taped them on yellow yarn and it was a big hit!

i think this was my favorite idea.

this hung on their front door and greeted the party guests.

i read it like this alexander & sebastain are one!

i posted the pictures on fun craft paper then put all the pieces on a thick ribbon.

this was the most time consuming but i felt a must have.

little yellow and blue ones for the cupcakes.

also i baked all 50 of the cupcakes w/help from the hen man.

this is just one of the eight windows that a clothes line of pictures is on.

i say is because their moma liked it so much she is leaving them up for a while.

yay cute!!

so i did themed windows the one be low is tiny newborn.

there is also a window of sleeping friends.

which has the friends and family members taking naps w/the boys.

as you can see i used clothes pins and yarn for this.

these one onesies turned out way awesome.

they weren't identical the one below is navy blue and orange [war eagle] ;)

the other was brown and baby blue.

these boys will probably wear these babies for a few more months.

[fyi for his party he did wear pants, i know you were worried]

then for their gift i made them silhouettes of each of the boys.

i will do a separate post for those. :)

i love that their mom just let me do whatever and she loved all of it!

the other decor i did was display their bday cards

all over the entertainment center.

i also picked up 12 balloons for the kiddos at the party to take home.

xo

kate

happy resurrection sunday/easter!

the cooper bunny would like to wish you a happy happy easter! :)

during easter i often miss my family.

it is such a big celebration & i just feel it is a time to be with family.

however today was busy & fun

shea preached at the 7am sunrise service & in my opinion did grrreat!

then we had a breakfast at church at 9

then shea did the 11 o'clock service while i read & rested.

then we went to lunch at our friends house with a group of folks.

i will admit in our house we give easter baskets.

i think it is helpful so when we have kids it will be something we've always done.

i think for next easter we will hide eggs around the house for one another.

i miss hunting easter eggs!

when thinking about easter it is amazing the blessing we have as Christians

to be given a gift like Jesus death & resurrection.

so today i am thinking of the other blessings the Lord has given our family.

•having amazing loving family.

•working a job i love for people i love.

•living in a city & being kept safe daily.

•a great group of friends that are always loving.

•down time when shea & i get to just be together.

•the constant challenges in our faith that help us grow.

•the time and ability to create & be creative.

these are just a few of the ways we are blessed but man the Lord has been good to us.

He is Risen! i am so thankful!!

my little goodies...

ok. so here are some of my antiques i have acquired.

this is one of my favs. my hedgehog planter.

i found at an flea market for .50.

random but precious!

this was a killer find.

i got these two cans that are full of circular puzzles.

i found the three of these at a yard sale for $1 a piece.

the lady i bought them from was like these i prob worth something...

you should take them to the antiques road show. [awesome!]

on the left is an andy warhol then a woodstock on the right.

also there is a third can that is a bee hive. i gave it to my baby sister.

i found the middle planter on the side of the road.

i found the candle sticks at a mississippi flea market for $2

my goal is to collect yellow glass as pieces to display all together as set one day.

these awesome books about sewing i found for $1 each at construction junction in the burgh.

the red book doesn't have a date in it but the pictures inside are 50s looking.

then the yellow book is from 1922.

welp ya'll i hope you loved a peek into my collection.

also all photography was done by shea cole.

he had a blast!

xo

flop...

welp the flea market antique sale was a flop and here's why.

the weather was super cold, extremely windy & they were calling for snow.

there was about 15 vendors there when it is usually 50+.

they also starting packing up at 10am after getting there at 8am.

to their credit. they had some unique amazing antiques.

i will go back but not until may.

so due to no newbies to blog about i'll show some of my favs.

one. this amazing lockit that i love.

two. this dress. the shape & style wow.

three. old books. oh geez my new obsession.

four. this arty bright card set.

five. vintage pittsburgh, awesome! go bucs!

i hope this post was fun.

i am planning on getting pictures of some of our other little vintage items soon.

so stay tuned.

also we are headed to hunt some estate sales. fingers crossed for treasures. :)

love.

katie

sources.

one. two. three. four. five.

the weekend..

well considering it's wednesday we are only three days away from the weekend!

i normally have very low key weekends.

not this weekend though.

this weekend my friend caroline, her son & i will the traveling to washington, pa

for a HUGE antique flea market.

here is the link to the site for the fair.

i have been waiting since last fall to go to this baby and i am stoked!

also this weekend my sweet babies alexander and sebstain are turning one!

there birthday was planned by yours truly and i will be posting all the items i cooked up for them.

ilove love love birthdays!!

and the last thing going on this weekend is going to a big kiddo consignment sale!!

i know it may be weird but i have been collecting vintage baby clothes for our kiddos.(who aren't here yet)

it is super fun to find things and i feel like it is better to slowing collect over time.

i am beyond ready for the weekend!

what are ya'll getting into?

xo

vintage findings..

so this past weekend shea and i explored a new town.

uniontown, pa

it was amazing! such a cute town and full of thrift & antique stores.

here were some of our finds.

this is an awesome lamp.

it is now at my bed side and i love it!

it was a steal at $4.50

i have started collecting kids books for our future kiddos.

if i find any oldies or ones that pertain to something i love then i snatch it up.

[perfect example is the Pucasso book]

each of the books above was $1.25 each.

this i didn't find in uniontown but i had to share.

this is a set of childrens books that were marked $5 each.

i asked if i could get them all for a set price and paid $25.

it may sound like a lot but these stories were some of my favorite as a kid.

ever heard of "bere rabbit" ?

it is a tough book to find and it is included in this set.

it is currently my favorite vintage item.

these frames will soon go to the twins.

for their first birthday i am giving them silhouettes of themselves.

it prob is a lame gift but they will get plenty of gifts this is a treasure gift.

i am so stoked about starting this project.

each of these were $1.99

these ball jars were soooo stinkin cheap.

we decided to only get two but it was hard.

we are starting a collection to use as drinking glasses.

they were $1.00 each.

our vintage collection is growing.

if it were up to me i'd sell most of my newish housewares and get vintage.

they are so well made and the style is right up my alley.

xo