we're moving!

Tomorrow is the big day! The wonderful man in my life is going to become a homeowner!! I've spent this week packing up everything in our little apartment. Organizing all of our things, labeling boxes, trying to throw things away that I haven't used all year... and so on! I didn't realize how many things we have in this little place!!

We are just moving across the city but we are gaining so much! I even get my very own sewing/crafty room! I can't possibly explain how excited I am!! It's a mess around here and I've been so busy (which is why I've been slacking around here..) but I am really excited to share some of the cutest moving announcements I found! I have been doing some searching to get some inspiration to create an announcement for Evan and I to send out to our friends and family! Enjoy!

you know i love anything with that card board, brown paper bag, recycled look! these postcards are perfect.

i'm also a big fan of all things vintage!

how cute are these cut out little moving trucks?!

i love this idea of using paint color swatches, especially the yellows, it makes me smile.

another really cute version of the paint colors!

this is so simple and beautiful. i love that house with the trees on this card!

this is my favorite...I found it on etsy. i love that it's wrapped up like a moving box!

this is a great announcement for in-state moving!

i love any of the announcements with maps!

I can't wait to start UN-packing and getting things settled in. Come visit us soon!!

really cute invitations!

one of my roommates from penn state sent me a really great link to ashley meaders website the other day. so i was exploring her page and found some really cute things! this idea below was my absolute favorite!

these adorable popsicle invites have my brain racking for a fun summer party i can have just so i can make these to hand out!

little brown bird felties

a few weekends ago I was home with my mom and she showed me the cutest website ever! my aunts and I always like to tease my mom a little bit because she tends to love making things that don't really have a purpose...but she always says "if it makes me smile, it has a purpose!" I definitely teased her all the time but after she showed me this website, I now understand why she loves these useless things!

I don't know how she found this but it's a website full of fun felt made things! Little Brown Bird's Passion is the title and let me tell you, she does awesome stuff!! she's thought of every little tiny detail, it's amazing! it was pretty funny thinking back on the 2 of us looking at each picture, the next one always seemed better than the last!

She has a free pattern page and these adorable little animal crackers are on there! My mom and I got right to work making up a bunch of these. They are just the cutest, right?!

how perfect?

Here are a bunch of her other patterns that you can buy on her etsy shop!

(i love that yellow pop!)

even the pizza cutter is felt!

she's really thought of everything!

this is a county fair kit! i love it!

And there is so much more! If you love things like this, definitely check out her shop! (my mom has already bought a bunch!) On this lady's blog she also has a really great 'tips and techniques' page that may help get you started!

Have a great weekend and stay cool out there!!

my first custom orders!

yes so maybe the order was from my Mom-Mom, but hey it was still a great order! :)

I got a call a few weeks ago from my Mom-mom wanting a few gold and black clutch purses. I was super excited and got right to work! It makes me a little nervous sometimes when someone just asks for me to make something, but it's also very exciting and makes me do my best work. Here are my creations!

I am a huge fan of fabric flowers these days!

i love the white inside and I recently found a jackpot of fabulous zippers with awesome pulls on them..almost all of these clutches feature one of these awesome zippers.

my mom brought me some old lace that she had laying around, isn't it such a beautiful touch? even more fun is that this lace is left over from a flower girl dress my mom made for me when I was a little munchkin.

...with a gold inside lining

my Mom-Mom has an amazing collection of old pins and I knew this would be a really nice accent for one of her bags. I just made this one plain on the front so she could add any of her pins that she would like.

this was one of my favorites! I added lace to the whole front flap with gold plain fabric underneath.

I also recently added a few new things to my online etsy shop.

stop on by and check it out!

whiskers & limes

ruggles stitch on etsy!

I stumbled across this adorable little shop, ruggles stitch, on etsy the other day and fell in love instantly! I have recently become obsessed with embroidering things. I really love the handmade look of embroidered items. My mom just bought me some green linen napkins to put something on and also the coolest book to find some good designs. I can't wait to pick out what to put on them! Anyway, I had to share this shop and the awesome stuff the owner does!

many of her cross stitch is made to look like notebook paper, i just love that idea! so cute and creative right?!

most of them also feature a really sweet words! you can have a custom frame made also with whatever you want on it. i love them all!

how cool is this?! the philadelphia skyline! i just love it, i'd love one of these for my sewing room walls!

sweet and simple!

they look so great hanging on the wall!

really cool bikes!

I'll soon need a bike of my own to get around the city! Since we are moving a little farther from everything, it's my best option. I've been drooling over some beautiful bikes online but I know I won't have one like these any time soon. They are beautiful though and I came up with a small list of my favorites! Enjoy!!

from bowery lane bicycles

from beg bicycles

from robs woodgrain bikes

motorized bike!

from rei

(this is my favorite with that great basket on the front!)

from adeline adeline

from fisher bikes

aren't they all so lovely?! :)

i think i'll need to buy a helmet and maybe even some elbow pads if I'll be riding in this crazy city!

sewing room dreaming

as some of you may know, evan and i are getting ready to move into our first home! there is going to be an extra bedroom that will be for all of my sewing and crafty things so I've spent a lot of time lately dreaming of what my room will be like! i love the look of this crafty room i found on apartment therapy! i'm going to keep dreaming and scheming until july 22nd and then it will be my reality! (siighh) i can hardly wait!!