I've been a busy girl!

I've been a busy girl filling apothecary jars with mercury glass ornaments and old shiny brites in my favorite colors...Also the winner for the Audrey Bag is # 3 Lori Karla! Congratulations Lori!The one thing about giveaways is that i wish everyone could be a winner! And you all are winners to me! xoxo

Pretty~Pretty~

My sweet bought me some roses. They help my calm my nerves since next Thursday I'll be going in for a little surgery! Yikes! Makes me nervous!!! My hernia needs to be repaired , right now I can't lift anything more than 10 pounds and it's driving me nuts!! Considering my little baby doll who's two now weighs about 30 pounds so I can't even pick her up for a huggy!

Anyways ~ I did a small makeover to my studio ,after seeing pictures of it I wasn't happy with the way it looked. One thing I have realized is that taking a photo of your room and then looking at it that way can really make you see things you may not see otherwise.

A sweet little glass cake plate full of some of my prettiest old earrings,I just can't get enough of !! And my favorite candle holder ,this sweet angel, it makes me happy looking at it, so I keep it in my studio where i do spend alot of time.

Has anyone else started bringing christmas stuff out like I have?? My husband was making fun of me saying " we don't celebrate 25 days of christmas ,we more like celebrate 100 days of christmas!" I just told him it only comes once of year and I LOVE christmas!!! On Thanksgiving I am already planning our trip to the tree farm, the tree will officially be up that day!

So I have been fixing these sweet little trees up! I practically got robbed when my Mom came over she loved them, so I let her have one, but only one! I am a hoarder, don't you know!

And a picture of the studio,Instead of a L shape for the tables,I changed it to tables down both sides with a shelf down the middle. I do really like it better, what do you think? Also for some reason my camera is on the blink. The picture is so yellowy!So I told hubby that would be a good birthday present for me since my birthday is coming up on dec 21st.

It's messy but a good messy! Any who will be back with more!!! xoxo Andrea

As lovely as Audrey Hepburn Giveaway!WINNER WILL BE POSTED ON MONDAY!

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other inspiring issue from Stampington, I love the little purses on the front!And here is what I created for this special issue. I just love Audrey Hepburn, her style is so elegant.She was wearing a black cocktail style dress and I gave her a soft vintage prom look ~

With old rhinestones,lace and trims and a bouquet of millinery flowers.

AND TO CELEBRATE I WILL CREATE ONE LUCKY WINNER THERE VERY OWN AUDREY BAG SIMILAR TO THIS ONE OR I MAY JUST GIVE THIS ONE AWAY!!!!!! ~~~ALL YOU HAVE TO IS LEAVE A COMMENT AND FOR AN EXTRA ENTRY BLOG ABOUT THE GIVEAWAY AND POST HERE AGAIN FOR TWO CHANCES TO WIN!!!
I actually made this with a Simply shabby chic white ruffled pillowcase so that the ruffles would hang at the bottom of the purse.
I also made this one too FOR THIS ISSUE with a pretty velvet bow from an old millinery hat,pretty fabric that I wish I had more of and lots of stitches on worn tea stained linen fabric.

I really love this bag ~old buttons trim and stitches~

AND FOR A THIRD ENTRY TO WIN THE AUDREY BAG FOLLOW THIS

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AND POST AGAIN FOR A THIRD

ENTRY! WINNER WILL BE RANDOMLY

CHOSEN ON OCTOBER 29TH!

XO ANDREA

I love fabric

My fabric addiction has been getting worse this week. Te he! So a trip to the fabric store helped a little . I picked out these pretty fabrics and really like the vintage style in them , they have the cutest little vintage style feed sack reproduction prints.

I love pretty stacks fabrics I am going to make the girls some pants using this favorite pattern of mine.These Portabello pixie pants made by Sandi Henderson are easy peasy to make , they also have cute tops which I have yet to try but soon I will give it a shot.I have only made the single ruffle but want to try the triple and I think it would be super cute with some of these fabrics.

I also picked up some pretty embroidery thread and here is just a sneaky peak of what I am working on.I have started stiching and can't seem to stop as it is really addicting!

Will post finished project soon! xo Andrea

Just Pretty

Just something pretty~

And a peak at my Christmas ornaments for this year~ These are just so whimsical,I can also do plain ones for use all year.I just love how these turned out, I added a few here .

The front and backs are covered with vintage sheet music, they hang from seam binding ribbon and are just so pretty! A little peak of what I have been working on!

A short post but I'll be back with more! xo Andrea

The "working" studio and more treasures

It was a busy weekend at the Barn with my friend Jenny, I managed to remember my camera this time.The place was packed with goodies with about 1/2 the barn inside was set up inside also.Jenny is my sweetest friend , I love hanging out at the barn with her!

I did find something to bring home like this sweet pillow .How could one say no to this!

It looks good in my living room and after looking at my own photos of my living room , I decided I needed a real sofa. So I found an over sized white sofa thats really cozy. So that should be here this week, once I can get it home, I can't wait and also take more pictures, my living room seemed to look really bare to me, the ugly computer is on the other side of the room with the tv. I love the little settee that I rescued , but it is just too small for the living room. I think I'll use it in my bedroom instead.

I also added this to the small window in the living room that overlooks the day porch. I am so glad hubby doesn't mind~ A little more pretty for the living room!I have another crinoline thats really blue and SUPER full, I may trade that in on a pretty white one like this pink one that I love.

I know you've all been waiting to see where I create , my little studio is actually in our breakfast nook that is just perfect for all my junk and too small for a table with 7 needed chairs. So here it is , I call it a "working" studio because there is stuff everywhere, i always have atleast 4 or 5 projects going at one time!

And here is my inspiration board loaded with lovely things.

two sweet old vintage doll prom dresses hang from this Italian chandelier, I really have a thing for pretty old doll clothes!


More stuff here, old teacups filled with embellishments ,glitter,millinery, buttons ...Just stuff everywhere!

Looking at all this makes me want to go make something and thats my whole point in decorating this room, I also like to store things in old hat boxes, like tulle,papers, knick knack stuff I amy need.

Pretty ~ Pretty~

See that little baby old key below the buttons,I had picked that up at a yard sale this summer, and one of the kids a few weeks ago locked the bathroom door, well this house was built in 1930's so it has the old key hole locks. I was desperate to figure something out, the butter knife didn't work , and then a light bulb came on and I remembered I had this key and it worked! Who knew I would actually need this for something besides art!

I hope you enjoyed the little tour of my craft room! xo Andrea

P.S( I used photobucket to make the pics bigger but it cuts off some of the picture does anyone know how to fix this???Maybe I could just upload the pics the regular way along with the bigger ones so you can see the full picture?)