I vow to drink more wine...

Tonight I finally did something with the corks I have been saving up!

Reindeer!

They are made with corks, twigs, pins & various embellishments! 

Here is the entire gang. 

 They were really easy to make, I just drilled some holes, added hot glue and stuck them together!

I love how each one looks just a little different than the other! 

 This guy makes me laugh!

Look for them soon in my ETSY shop! 

Happy Holidays!

Free twig garland tutorial

I am totally inspired by this! Donna over at Funky Junk Interiors made this amazing twig wreath and shows you how, step by step in Folk Magazine

http://www.folklifestyle.com/2012/11/make-a-twig-garland-for-free.html

I think I may be going out to cut some twigs today! 

Nice work Donna! 

Personalize it!!

I caved last week and finally bought a Silhouette Cameo!! So far, it's a million times better than the cricut! I haven't done a ton with it yet, but what I have done has been remarkably better! So I am happy to now offer personalization on most of the items I make for my Etsy store.
Here are a couple of orders I filled this past weekend!

Happy Halloween!!

I hope that you all had a great time trick or treating. Here are my 2 little zombies and my niece, the giraffe!

It's begining to look alot like Christmas

No we don't have any snow yet, which I am very happy about! But I DID put up a Christmas tree today! I know, I know, it isn't even Halloween. But I had very good reason, I needed it to take photos of my latest tree skirts!
I have been shooting them out on the porch and then 2 people asked about my rugs. Soooo I decided the tree must go up! It is decorated with owls, white lights, wood beads and burlap strips. It is festive but not overly "Chirstmasy"

 This is my newest design, candy cane ruffle with snowmen and snowflakes!

 I love the little snowman!

 I also decided to make a different version of my burlap and ruffles. Wider ruffle and in deep red! Love!

It does make such a difference for my shop! Have you started your holiday shopping yet?

Think pink!

October is breast cancer awareness month & the company I work for, Maurices has teamed up with the American Cancer Society and had the aerial lift bridge lit pink, for the first time ever! 

What an awesome sight!!

Ruffles, Ruffles and more Ruffles!

I have seen similar skirts like this on pinterest and I have been wanting to make one for some time now. The tutorial I saw was great but they were all glued one, and I would rather sew it on than hot glue it. 

 So I got to work cutting my fabric into 3" wide strips and I used the ruffler foot for all the muslin.

 The burlap will not ruffle, so I had to pin each pleat prior to sewing it. I made a base from burlap and then started attaching my ruffles! I started on the outside and worked my way in.

 I love how it came out. So many ruffles!!! This will be my family skirt this year, but I made another one for my Etsy store as well!!

Have you had any pinspiration lately??