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Vintage Uprising

January 4, 2013

Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe we’re in 2013? Crazy! I’m sure your New Years Eve plans didn’t surpass mine…Jealous? Well let me just give you a play by play of my evening… Starting around 3:30 pm Lyla {daughter} starts bawling and will not stop. I’m talking like you would’ve thought someone just punched her right in the stomach type of cry. Well, the crying did not stop until around 10 pm and even then I just dwindled down to a constant whine. So my friends, I rang in the New Year with a toddler that had a stomach virus. Womp, Womp, Womp. {Let me just drown in my sorrows now.} I was dying to get out and celebrate with everyone but hubs had to work and I was cooped up in germ fest. Ahhh… I love my girl DEARLY but it was not the best New Years Eve I’ve ever had, that’s for sure. I am incredibly thankful for that little princess though. I wouldn’t change the fact that I did get to spend it with her and got lots of cuddles so I really can’t complain.

Anyways, enough of that… Jake {hubs} was snooping around at Goodwill Outlet recently and found an AMAZING, vintage dresser for $15. {What a steal!!} They literally were bringing out the dresser as he was walking in. He texted a pic to me and asked what I thought about it. I’m like, are you kidding?! That’s freakin’ mine! I wasn’t about to pass that baby up! I mean seriously… I’ve been scoping out Craigslist and every Flea Market around for a vintage dresser I could make over. I know it would be a lot easier to just hand over a few hundred bills {or more} on a “vintage inspired” dresser but I love a project aaand what’s a vintage project when it’s not even technically vintage…? Well this pure vintage piece got a little modern touch added to it. Check out the before and after…

>>>> This is the pic I received from hubs when he was at Goodwill Outlet…

>>>>>>> a little spray paint later and voila…

I am stoked about this vintage beauty! Hubs got a couple extra brownie points on this one.

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DIY Fabric Flower {Burlap & Lace}

October 6, 2012

Hey everyone! I just wanted to pop in for a moment and share a fun,
new DIY! As a Pinterest addict I can say first hand that I've seen my
fair share of fabric flowers floating around. They're all the rage! I
can't help but be obsessed with them just as much as the next bloke
soooo indeed... I made a fabric flower! I believe I'll be making a
couple {or 20+} more.   Here's the tutorial...

ITEMS NEEDED:
2 6x6 in fabric squares (same or different fabric)
1 Marble
Twine
1 Rubber band
Scissors
Measuring tape
Glue gun

HOW TO:
1.}} Cut a 6x6 in. square out of your FIRST fabric.



2.}} Fold in half making corners meet {creating a triangle}.

3.}} Fold again.

4.}} AND again. {Turn the fabric making the folded part at the
bottom and the open folds at the top.}

5.}} Cut in the shape of an ice cream cone. {Notice in the above picture a
faint white line. Cut along this shape.} Lay out fabric.


6.}} Repeat steps with your second fabric.

7.}} Lay your second fabric on top of the first.

8.}} Place your marble in the center.

9.}} Holding the marble in place, tie the rubber band around the marble.



11.}} Hot glue your twine around the marble. 

Aaaand Ta-dah! You're finished! I fell in love with it and decided to
glue it on a headband for my little girl. Check.it.out!  




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Inspired by: The Tidy Nest

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Prime Vintage

May 5, 2012

It’s a ~~nice~~ {more like} beautiful Saturday! Lovin’ the weather in the 80′s {feels like summerrrr!}

Over the course of this week we {Hubs & I} have done quite a few projects and I thought I would share …just one {for now}!

About seven months ago I purchased an old vintage stereo. It was not a gem to look at or anything but I saw potential and for $20 well, I just had to buy it! {Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture. It was way before I started my blog. It was all the brown color you see on the front.} Jake & I decided to paint it this coral color but it was… a fail. Neither of us were blown away by the look of it. We attempted to do a second makeover {painted it white and beat up the edges to look “antique-ish”}.

We liked it but it was a little simple for us. Onto the third makeover {I know, we are crazy}….

I wanted Chevron on the top to add a little pizazz sooo I measured out the width of how far apart I wanted the Chevron to be and taped that bad boy out!

I kept the furniture white and painted over the tape with black. I let it dry {which seemed to be an eternity long wait} and pulled off the tape.

A couple more things were still in need for the look we desired. I ripped out that fabric covering the speakers and painted it black inside and painted the nobs black for a bold look. Here is the final product….DUN-DUN-DUN….