Uncommon IPhone Cases

I love a pretty iphone case and these cases by Uncommon are especially pretty.  Oh and you can upload your images to customize your very own case.  I think Zoe would look fabulous on an iphone.  I may need to treat myself.  Get yours

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Lake Charles Mini-Vaca

This past weekend, Ben and I went to Lake Charles to visit Kirby, Dawn, Danielle and Kyle.  It was a fun weekend filled with strawberry beer, better thrift stores, 2 sweet dogs, a super hero poet (really a poet who writes about super heros among other things),  lakes a plenty, great food and friends who live too far away.  When we got home, I was overjoyed to find these flowers waiting on me. I love that the previous owners of our house planted these bulbs.  Honestly I need to plant some more.  They put me in...

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I heart my new Oxfords!

My new oxfords were waiting for me on my porch swing yesterday when I came home for lunch.   Nothing beats coming home to realize you have a package!  Especially when you were not expecting it until the next day. I have only had them for a day, but I really heart them.  Plus I found them on sale

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Handmade Valentine’s Day Cards

Happy Valentine's Day!  I have been having so much fun making Valentine's Day cards for my friends and family. Here are a few of the Valentine's Day Cards I made this year: After scanning the vintage early readers for cute images, I used my sewing machine to sew the images onto cardstock that I had previously folded and scored using my bone folder. Next I glued patterned paper to the inside of the Valentine using rubber cement to cover the exposed string and make the Valentine look more neat and clean. For this Valentine, I printed off  a Niagara Falls WPA poster image...

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10 Items I Fancy for Valentine’s Day

Valentine's Day is just around the corner!  I can't wait.  I love love Valentine's Day. These are a few items I fancy for Valentine's...

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Before & After: Jewelry Organizer

Last night I decided to make a jewelry organizer for my bathroom, since I have a habit of getting knots in my necklaces and misplacing my pretty pins.   I found this old picture frame in my craft room.  It was missing the glass and I have been holding on to it for just such an occasion.

First, I wrapped a piece of cardboard in pretty tissue paper.  Next I added ribbon and Chantilly lace and  secured everything on the back with duct tape.

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I was in The Reflector!

This past Friday, The Reflector (Mississippi State's student newspaper) did an article on me and my blog!  I am so excited and honored that they chose to write about me!  Read the article here.  And to make matters even better, they also wrote an article about my husband's band, Poacher which was in the same issue.  Friday was a good day all around.  Read the article  about Poacher

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