Monthly Archives: February 2008

Love of Little

Ever since I bought my new Cannon Macro lens, I find myself drawn to the details. I am inspired by textures and colors, and all the littles I seem to gravitate toward at flea markets. I love to buy trinkets and small decorations, if for no other purpose than to just look pretty in my home.

It was a fairly cold and slightly gloomy day today but I was feeling inspired by the natural light coming through my window in the office. So I grabbed my new lens and snapped a few shots to share on the blog in hopes of inspiring all of you with the little details. :)

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This one (above) has got to be my new all time favorite! I love the subtle color and textures at play.

Notions

Bits of paper and metal "notions" I purchased online from French General. I don’t know how to make anything with them, but I had to have them. :)

Key

This little door pillow is from the shop, but I love it in this photo paired with this old key. It actually is the key to an old door I purchased at the flea market last year. 

I took a bunch more photos, so I will break them into a few posts over the next few days. Lookout readers, I’m feeling inspired! :)

Vintage Paper, and Cigars

I am loving these new "Scrap Kits" we just got in for the shop. I have always had a thing for old cigar boxes, and just about everyone I know loves vintage papers and ephemera (including me!) so what better combination!?!?

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This one (above) has to be my favorite. I LOVE the color combination on the box.

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Each kit includes two pre-drilled book boards covered in vintage paper; (They are also lined with end papers for the inside), paper for decorating, and fun bits of ephemera to get you started. (Old buttons, stamps, labels, tags, fasteners, mini-envelopes, and more….). All vintage papers are authentic and some of them date back to the 1800′s. All you need to make your own personal scrap journal.

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Each kit is unique, and one of a kind. The content varies from each one, and most are in keeping with the colors of the cigar box that houses them.

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I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do.      

Spring is in the air….

It’s starting to feel a bit like spring around here…. I’m seeing Easter decor in the stores and spring fashion in the magazines… so I decided to change up my blog a bit for the season.

I also had my hair done yesterday and took a new "head shot" photo for the blog. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I actually did a whole mini photo shoot of myself with my remote control and tripod. I was hoping to get a few new pictures of myself actually feeling pretty. (Josh was out of town and I was home alone, so thank goodness no one saw me). I always love the way my hair looks the day I get it done, and I can never quite do it the same as my hair girl does, so I thought it was perfect timing. Hannah wanted to join in the fun, so she got in a few of the shots with me…  this one was one of my favorites…..

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The tripod needed a slight adjustment because Hannah’s cute little nose got cut off in most of them. (Isn’t she a sweetie? ) Anyway, it beats being embarrassed in front of someone else trying to take your picture! And I got to delete all the ones I didn’t like!

Thanks to all you sweeties who already left a comment about my new photo! You are too kind!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Just a quick note to say Happy Valentine’s Day to all my friends! May your holiday be filled with joy and surprises! Josh surprised me with these pretty flowers today. I wasn’t expecting them, since he was away on a business trip and comes home later this evening. I may be odd, but I don’t care for roses all that much… So he always gets the most cheerful bunches of flowers you have ever seen. They are always very exotic and colorful! (Not that he picks them out, but he must explain it really well on the phone when he orders them…lol..)

I’ll be wishing happy thoughts for all of you while I am eating the crab leg dinner Josh is preparing for us. (Yummy!)  How did I get so lucky!?@?*! 

The Winner!

And the winner is……… Mabelle! Thank you so much to all of you for playing, I am overwhelmed by the number of comments I received! This was such fun for me to read all of your comments and hear from so many first time commenter’s and new visitors.

I wish all of you a Happy Valentine’s Day! For those of you who are not on my mailing list already, please enjoy a 10% off coupon for use in my online store through February 15th. Use coupon code "XOXO" at checkout.