Halloween Decorations

I have loved decorating for the upcoming holidays with little girls art work! Nothing makes me smile more than seeing something that she's made, I think that's her favorite part about school, either that or music as she loves to dance! I don't know what I'm going to do when Halloweens over, as I know that I'm not going to want to take them down. Maybe I'll just have to put a Santa Clause hat on her pumpkins:)

An Afternoon at the Pumkin Patch

Last Saturday we spent a lovely afternoon at the pumpkin patch! We enjoyed watching little girl ride the tractor and explore the pumpkin patch. I had a cute little vintage fall outfit all ready to go for our adventure to the patch, but after a few pee-pee accidents that occurred earlier in the day that outfit didn't make out for the adventure:)

I think her favorite part must have been the tractor ride, as she started to run towards it once she saw it! Either that or she was afraid it was gong to leave her out in the pumpkin patch:)

I took this picture after she had just woke up from a long car ride to the pumpkin patch. That's the reason for the "why am I sitting in a pile of pumpkins look!" LOL

On the way to the pumpkin patch I do believe I saw a little slice of heaven in the way of a country estate sale!! My heart began to beat faster as I drove by and saw all the goodies piled in the front yard! To bad the sale wasn't until 1:00 the next day...drats:(

Vintage School Prints

My sister found these fun little vintage school prints some time ago but I had yet to hang them up as I hadn't really decided what I wanted to "do" with them. Then I read over on Rachel's blog that she had found some vintage slack hangers that she intended to use to hang her prints up with, and I thought what perfect way to hang up a few of my own prints! I already had several of these hangers as I use them at my shows, so it was just a matter of getting them hung and I'm glad I finally did!! Thanks Rachel for the fabulous idea!! Also, as a little tip for others who may want to use this idea. I used a little sticky tack on the back of each of the hangers so as to make them hang a little straighter:)

DIY Vintage Toy Makeover

 I found this super fun vintage toy phone for little girl a few months ago but had yet to let her use it as it wasn't really in the best shape. It was missing most of it's stickers and was looking a little "under the weather." So I decided to give it a quick little makeover, you can use this same idea with many vintage toys that may need a little TLC:)

SUPPLIES:
Extra Hold Heat and bond
Fun fabric of your choice
Non toxic glue that is good for non-porous surfaces, I used " Crafter's pick, the ultimate non-toxic glue
HINT: you will only need glue if you have tight areas that can not be ironed

Here's a before Picture:

 Project Steps:
1.Create and cut out paper templates that fit the areas of the toy you would like to cover.

2.Iron heat-and-bond to the back side of your fabric
3.Trace your templates onto the heat-and-bond.
4.Cut out your pieces and iron onto your toy. Make sure to keep the iron heat low enough so as not the burn or melt the plastic.
*for smaller pieces that can not be ironed you can use your glue instead:)
*You can also glue all of the pieces instead of using the heat and bond, however I think it had a much more finished and durable look and feel when I used the heat-and-bond:)
5. (if needed) I took a fine sharpie paint pen and re-painted the letters, I really loved how easy it was to use!!

Your Finished!!

New Obsession...Retro Phone's

After my sister recently found her fab retro yellow phone I've stated a new obsession with retro phones! I mean how could you not, there so wonderfully simple and come in so many fun colors! Nothing like today's boring black and silver button phones. Here are a couple of fun inspiring retro phones I found to share! I've got a fun little vintage toy phone project coming tomorrow!

Also, I would like to apologize for not posting as much the past couple of weeks:( I'm still working on this  whole family balance thing, I really don't know of some of you do it!! Please share your tips:) Tomorrow I will be launching a new blog schedule, I'm really not a schedule type of person but I think this kind of schedule will be sort of fun!! I will have a different post scheduled for each day!! 

Vintage Kid's Clothing Finds

The floral blouse is my favorite!! I so wish it were little girls size!

Remember these...banana seats and spoke charms

Something today got me thinking about those super fun spoke charms that I use to have on my pink banana seat bike! I can remember that my Mammaw bought it for me at a yard sale when I was little. We use to ride up and down the small country road visiting various family members, and then maybe we would stop to pick a few grapes or such along the way.

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Craft Shows

Here are just a few pictures I took while at my last couple of shows:) One show was super rainy, windy, and cold while the other was 93 degrees in the middle of October....we have such wacky weather!

Tights for Fall

Even though I don't actually own any? tights are one of my favorite accessories for fall! I found a few fab tight wearers to share with you. I think I will be making a trip this week end to purchase a few pairs:) On another note, I'm very sorry to be gone so long, thank you so very much for all of your concerns they mean so much to me:)!! We have all been doing well except for a few more cases of the sniffles and a few more unexpected trips to the doctor that I blame on the crazy weather and living in allergy city:) I've also been trying to squeeze in a few shows that I'll hopefully be able to share a few pics of soon, I've got tons of new kids clothes that I've been debuting at a few of the shows. I've also been working on filling consignment orders with a few new shops so if your local you'll soon be able to browse my children's clothing items in a brick and mortar shop as well, I'm very excite about this!! More details will be coming soon:)

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