Reading, playing with my three "birdies", creating, listening to vinyl and my husband pounding away on his 1930's Underwood. My life in a whirlwind of thread, fabric, joy, and family. Life is good.
Michelle: About Me
Attempting to capture the style and simplicity of the 50's in new found loves of baking, sewing, and crafting in the quiet mountains of Montana.
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On Mondays: a photo of some treasure I have discovered in the deep recesses of a thrift store or estate sale, either listed in my shop or now part of my house... Join along and show me some of your great finds.
A "detective hat" I picked up somewhere along the way...now perfect for examining small mysteries, such as "what is in my fingernail" and other wonders of the world.
Feel free to leave your link below of your great vintage finds!
As I'm sure everyone who reads this blog knows I'm a tad bit sick of winter. This has caused general laziness and lack of motivation...at least that's my excuse! But I can post a hundred beautiful pictures of crafts and vintage stuff and the reality looks a lot more like this.
And not to get philosophical but isn't that how life works too? Outward beauty, organized house, and put together family when inside it might look a lot like my craft room. Messy, chaotic and in need of a good spring cleaning. Here's to the blessing of being able to wake up every morning to a new day and a chance to start afresh.
I am having a hard time getting into crafting these past few weeks. I think the cold weather and incessant wind is making me cranky and lazy. So just some small knitting markers I made to help me think of spring! Spring I need you to come quick before I lose all semblance of sanity!
On Mondays: a photo of some treasure I have discovered in the deep recesses of a thrift store or estate sale, either listed in my shop or now part of my house... Join along and show me some of your great finds. No thrift shopping for me this weekend, so something from the shop today. A great toddlers mid-century coat! The family went on a small vacation and enjoyed a reprieve from snow and frigid temperatures. It was wonderful to play outside and enjoy the sun! Now I'm enjoying some snow and cold weather again. Here's hoping you get some sun today.
Feel free to leave your link below of your great vintage finds.
I have had one of those weeks where all things mechanical in my life have decided to start making all sorts of horrid noises. This topped with general exhaustion and lack of motivation has me looking fondly toward the weekend and a small trip away. Last night my husband, the musician aficionado, played this glorious music video for me and did a great job of lifting my spirits. Adele: Rolling in the Deep.
There may be hope for some small accomplishments toward the end of the week if I just listen to this song on repeat!
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We keep it pretty low key at our house but I do have a strawberry poke cake, (signing up for the free trial is worth it for this recipe from Cook's Country), planned for our family dinner tonight. Yum!
On Mondays: a photo of some treasure I have discovered in the deep recesses of a thrift store or estate sale, either listed in my shop or now part of my house... Join along and show me some of your great finds.
I found these great aprons at the thrift store this weekend! I originally had bought them to reuse the fabric but now I'm torn and I'm thinking I need to get some cute hooks to display them in my kitchen. Any opinions, reuse or display?
The girls are really getting into Valentine's this year and we have some card making planned for this evening. In an effort to be a bit more frugal for class parties I opted for some homemade crayons instead of Valentine candy. I got the crayon tutorial from here. It worked perfectly and did a nice job of using up all of our small crayon pieces.
Please head on over to kootoyoo and check out some fabulous creative spaces.
On Mondays: a photo of some treasure I have discovered in the deep recesses of a thrift store or estate sale, either listed in my shop or now part of my house... Join along and show me some of your great finds. While at the thrift store this weekend, looking for a dress for myself, I found this great vintage Liberty of London tie. I fell in love with the soft cotton fabric, the colors and the pattern. So even though I've never actually known my husband to wear a variation of pink I quickly purchased it. Unfortunately, I was unable to convince him that he could swing the tie. Sigh I guess I'll have to put it up in the shop, darn it!
Today is Day 1 of the Men's Shirt Sew-Along. I have to admit I am a bit nervous about it all and I'm just hoping to have a shirt with only a few errors and it will fit well enough to actually be worn. Here is the fabric I picked out. It's flannel shirting and when I touch it I just want to wrap myself up in it, which I hope bodes well for a cozy shirt. I am doing the pattern with muslin ie: vintage sheet, first to catch the mistakes I am bound to make, so hopefully by the time I get to the real fabric I have worked out any bugs! Anybody else out there doing the shirt sew-along?
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