Toddler Style

One of the many joys of having children is getting to dress them, right?! 

I love this look for my little man

What a rascal! He rocks this thrifted look! I think the key to making this look masculine is the super-hero themed shirt. Also wearing the shirt a little big balances the tight leggings. 

Shirt- yardsale, leggings- children's orchard, moccasins- ebay

Emmy

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I'm serious ask your grandpa can I have his hand-me-downs?

Random-ness for the day:

This shirt and jeans were both my mom's- stole them out of the attic. I'm not going to lie- these jeans are uncomfortable but I love them!

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Thrifting

This summer/fall i did a lot of yard saling and I got tons of good stuff. I am addicted, it's bad. But soo good! Lately it's been cold and there are no yard sales so I have been going to the thrift stores around town and cleaning up!  First exhibit: double knit quilt top

2nd exhibit: cute little lamp that I put a flicker bulb in- fun fun! There is so much more but I can't post it all because then you would know that I'm a hoarder! Plus I have been doing my darndest to get it tagged and put in my new booth at Funtiques- did I tell you the Homemade Housewives started a booth? It's just temporary but you should go check it out!

Emmy


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Floral Sheets

I have been hoarding floral sheets lately- mostly vintage but some just pretty. At first I was just buying them for fabric but then I've been starting to want to use them. Actually all of my bedding is "pre-owned". 

Recently I was going to look for a coffee pot at the thrift store and my hubby asked me not to because he thought it was gross to buy a used coffee pot, to which I said "you do realize that all of our bedding is used, right?" I relented though and bought a coffee pot from the store- marriage is all about compromises people. 

I had the great idea for this particularly gorgeous twin size sheet to use it to make a pillow case for my body pillow so that it can remain a beautiful part of my bedding rather than being shoved in my closet because it is ugly. 

Turned out great, don't you think?!

Emmy

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Red Lipstick Kind of Day

I got this denim jumper in a fill a bag sale at the thrift store the other day- this was my first attempt at styling it. It's slightly too big but adding a belt and a cardigan takes care of that. I think it will be a great staple piece in my wardrobe, plus you can't beat the price!

Emmy



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baby shower craftiness

My sister in law had a baby shower last Sunday so I made baby Gunner a few gifts for his cowboy/farm nursery.

I made him this burlap banner using a freezer paper stenciling technique. I also had a lot of fun putting together this little basket of baby things; I made a blankie that is cow print fur on one side and baby blue minky on the other side, and I found some vintage little golden books that were cowboy or farm themed. Wish I had some better pictures- Curse you, Canon! I didn't mean it, come home soon camera, I love you.

I also made this bulletin board for her a while back if you remember. Baby stuff is too fun! 

Emmy

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DIY Fabric Blinds on the Cheap

Ok, you probably noticed in my post from yesterday that I have new curtains- just nod...

Well I'm pretty proud of them, but it was hard to get a good photo of them so I hope you can see the glory from these. I got this idea from some lady named Martha Stewart, you probably haven't heard of her. 

Ok, I will tell you the secret of these curtains- there are a few so listen up:

A. You need 4 pressure rods
B. You sew a tube at the top AND bottom of the curtain compared to normally you would just need a tube at the top
C. Put a rod through the top and bottom tubes, and insert the top into your window- then you have to decide if you want them open as pictured put the bottom pressure rod in the center of the window, or if you want them closed put it at the bottom.
D. The final and most exciting (to a tight-wad like me) feature of these curtains is that I used a 25 cent garage sale table cloth to make them. Plus $2.17 per pressure rod brings this to a grand total of (hang on while I get the calculator) $8.93!


Emmy


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table re-do or re-don't???

I got these awesome old wood nursery chairs from a church rummage sale and decided it was time to get a coffee table so Huck could sit and color (eat crayons) and I have seen some fun chalkboard tables on pinterest that can act like a coffee table and a kid's activity table at the same time

like this one

I found this table the other day for $15 and the chairs were $2 each. But now I can't decide if I want to paint it or not. It looks so clean and nice now. hmmmm..... 

If I don't paint it with chalkboard paint where will Huck sit to eat chalk???

What do you think? Re-do or re-don't?

Emmy

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I drank too much coffee...

Have you guys ever made cucumber water? It is so easy and amazing! I'm amazed anyway- drinking it right now, going to keep it on hand all summer!
Instructions: Slice up a cucumber and a lemon, put it in a pitcher of water in your fridge- keep adding water as you go- it really is that easy, and the flavor is really intense!

I am getting ready to launch some vintage items in our Etsy shop and I'm so excited! I actually don't want to sell them, but then again I do- it's a conundrum. You need to go check them out.

Also I'm super excited about how photographic the new color in my living room is!

Oh and I'm in LOVE with the freezer paper stenciling we did for craft night- the girls made some great things!

Well, those are the things I'm high on for now- have a great weekend!

Emmy


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Glorious Garage Sale

I found the best garage sale a .few weeks ago- here are some of my treasures:

little wooden produce baskets

vintage jewelry box and flower brooch

vintage hand mirror- I love hand mirrors for some reason

awesome old lunchbox

Don't look at how messy my room is, but isn't this mirror awesome?!
$5- yeah

This isn't even half of what I bought from that guy... Now where will I put it?

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Dress Re-fashion

 I got this dress at a garage sale a few weeks ago. I thought it was really cute, but when I got home I saw it was a little girl's size and when I tried it on I saw that it was really tight on the chest and flattened my boobs, and I could barely breathe. So I either wanted to make it into an apron or a skirt.

As you can see I decided skirt. All that had to be done was to cut off the top and sew under the waistband. I cut off the zipper and reattached it at the top, but didn't put any stoppers at the top so when I zipped it up the zipper came right off. So in the end we (my sister was over helping me) had to put in a new zipper.

I love the result! The design was already so cute, it just needed a little tweaking for me.

What do you think?

Emmy



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Apron Curtains

My recently thrifted vintage aprons make adorable curtains, don't you think? Originally I was going to sew loops on and put them on a rod, but for now they are just pressed in with thumb tacks (I will never add loops and a rod, let's just be honest).

I think I need to search for another sheer apron. I'm still considering adding 2 more aprons at the top of the window as well. 

What do you think?

Emmy

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Mother's Day 2013

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. We got up, got Lox Bagels and Turtle Lattes from the Brown Egg, went shoe shopping, then headed to church.

After that we went to my in-laws for a delicious dinner of bacon wrapped grilled chicken, pasta salad, potato salad, and baked beans- all of which I didn't help with at all.

 Huck enjoyed playing with his aunts, uncles, and cousins and playing outside. He was being so sweet to this kitten at first giving it kisses and nuzzling it, but then he started trying to bite it and crush it's skull- sorry little kitty...it's fine by the way.

Oh, and I wore an awesome outfit- my thrifted skort that I hemmed up, a lace backed cardigan, and my new mother's day shoes!

Great day all in all!
Emmy


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Date Night Outfit

Last night the hubbs and I took advantage of $5 movie night at our local theater, and my dear friend who loves to babysit, and had a date night- which meant I got to dress up which rarely happens for me these days.

It has been really fun for me lately to thrift for clothes with an open mind as to what a garment could look like with a little tweaking. I have done a little "tweaking" lately and I finally got a photo taken! 

Now all I did was hem this skirt up a bit, but that was all it took to take it from this old lady ensemble into an on-trend look. Floral skirts are great for spring AND it has pockets, yay! 

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Weekend of Hats

It was a good weekend for hats in our house. We spent Saturday at our friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party, and picked up this little cowboy hat at a garage sale for a quarter. That little ginger needs a straw hat anyway or he'll fry up like a piece of bacon. In other news I made a large Etsy sale to a lady who is a buyer for some boutiques in Arizona yesterday and I'm super excited- she bought almost all of my wine stoppers and 20 pairs of button earrings. Quite a blessing! 

that's all I know for now, hope your day is stellar!

Emmy

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He who dies with the most stuff wins

Ready to go garage-saling in the snow

Totally worth it! $2 circus train- Bubby approved! Heading back tomorrow with the truck- hoping the vintage toy box with the indians painted on it will still be there. 

Emmy

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