tiny stocking garland

Everyone knows that I love a tiny version of something… So, it shouldn’t be a shock to know that I fell in love with this tiny stocking garland project the minute I saw it on Martha’s website. I love to browse her website any chance I can and I came across this project with instructions and a template!

I made mine slightly different, she has you sew around and then trim the outside seams but I just made mine by putting right sides together, sewing around the edge and turning them right side out. I hung them on a chunky piece of yarn I had and used tiny clothes pins to hang them.

(please excuse the mess that's on our shelves!)

So cute right?! And really easy. I just used a bunch of my green, red and white scraps.

Check out the whole thing at martha’s website here. Happy decorating!

our first tree!

The weekend is here! And Evan has agreed to go cut down our very first Christmas tree together this Sunday. I can hardly contain my excitement. I am looking forward to starting traditions with us and I hope this will become one! We are going to put up some christmas lights on the house also and I am going to make up a few big bows to hang in the windows. It's going to be a fun-filled Christmas weekend and I can't wait! What are your plans?! Do you already have your tree up for the holidays?

Funny story for you... I was home for Thanksgiving at my Dad's house and I walked into our front room and their tree was up and looking beautiful! I was quite impressed with them until I looked at my Dad who was laughing out loud... Apparently, they had never taken their tree down from last year! Oh my.. ha ha

I hope we'll find a bigger tree than Charlie's...but how cute is it? :-) Happy Weekend!!

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

Well, it is that time of year again....my most favorite time of year! I love decorating and getting ready for the holidays. This year is extra exciting because now that I have a house I have a huge space to decorate.

 

I have always loved wreaths! I love them in all shapes and sizes, all colors and textures, made with any materials. I guess they just feel warm and cozy to me when I see a beautiful wreath hanging on a door or in a home somewhere. So - this year I decided I wanted to make my own! I found a few inspirational pictures and headed to Michael's with one of my good friends Brittany. I picked out a bunch of different berries and branches, got some wire and just a plain brown base for my wreath. At first I was trying to wire everything on but soon discovered that my hot glue gun was the way to go! What do you think?!

I really love it and I was so happy it turned out just about exactly how I wanted it to. Lucky for me there was already a nail in the fireplace, a perfect spot to hang my wreath!

 

Of course I wanted to share some of the awesome wreaths I found as my inspiration. Enjoy and Happy December 1st everyone!

i love those dark berries!

left over yarn wreath?! how cool!

love all the fruit on these.

i love this color palette!

simple and sweet

i love this scene! i'd love these in my house.

more berries...can you see a theme here?

both of these beauties from martha

gorgeous!

i love the grey and this beautiful door too! ha

pretty snowflakes

wall of wreaths!

i love fall!

Fall is most definitely my favorite time of year! i love the crisp weather, i love apple cider, i love the leaves falling, i love sweaters, i love the colors, i just love fall! i have been on a fall loving etsy shopping spree and I want to share my favorite fall finds with you! I hope you'll love them all as much as I do.

handmade velvet pumpkins

more handmade pumpkins!

this is so cute! a pumpkin pie recipe card framed...i'd like to hang this in my kitchen!

i think this wooden "bake" would also look nice in my kitchen!

i really love riding my bike in this lovely weather!

how cute is this felt pumpkin pie slice?!

caramel apple stamp!

you all know how much i love inedible jewelry - and of course they have fall items now!

such amazing detail - i love these caramel apples!

isn't this wreath amazing?! i love the black berries in there and the beautiful fall colors!!

lace and fall colors - i love nothing more!

pumpkin colored twine

the most beautiful hand dyed yarn!

i have a special place in my heart for vw bugs - and i love this old orange bug photo with those pumpkins in the background!

I've convinced Evan to go pumpkin picking with me today so we are off to the orchard! i'm so excited to paint and carve my pumpkins later tonight!! happy fall everyone!

new ink.

a few weeks ago I was working at spool and my boss came in and said the appointment had been made! we were all going to get our tattoos. we had been talking about how much fun it would be to all (everyone who works at spool and loop) go get tattoos inspired by fabrics that we loved. there are so many beautiful choices in our lovely fabric shop but i was drawn to this one below.

I combined the two flowers in the middle of each picture and came up with my fabric inspired tattoo!

I placed it on my right side just below my collar bone. i absolutely love it! it healed nicely and i've gotten so many compliments! and now we are a real family... ha ha I can't wait to get my next one!!

things I'm happy about this week!

wow - it's been a while since I've posted on here! i do hope to update more often but things around my life have been crazy lately! I started a new job, my best friend moved across the globe, i'm preparing for my first craft show and i'm still trying to settle into this home! as i always say though, i'd rather be busy than not!

I decided to post about some happy things today on this rainy tuesday! Enjoy!

cutest name tag idea ever!

aren't these table decorations so cute?

what a fun idea for portable utensils - i love the little salt and pepper!

i'd like beautiful bread bin this to sit on my kitchen island!

when I have a garden, I will most certainly have these!

how great is this mat?!

i need some outdoor furniture for my roof deck, don't you think these would be great up there?! i do!!

you know i am a sucker for this inedible jewelry!

and aren't these little caramel apples the cutest for fall?!

made by hank

Of course I am a total sucker for a great hand bag! A few months ago I came across an amazing etsy shop that I must share with you! Made by Hank is an awesome little shop with bags like I've never seen before. Katie is the artist and she's even from south philly! (maybe another reason why I think it's so great, I love to support local people) She is a self taught sewer who has been around creative people her whole life...hmm that sounds like me! :-) Check out her featured seller interview on etsy!

I've chosen a few of my favorites but really I love all of her bags, it was hard to choose just a few. Enjoy and definitely check out the rest of her stuff!!

(I have this bag! and I love, love, love it!!)

So fun and creative right?!

Happy Labor Day everyone!!