Shoe Lust

These are the shoes that started my current lusts... they are beautiful! Leather soles, wood heel ... beautiful. Click on the picture for the link (they also have a website)

they are Diesel Hani Pan, they also come in brown

Cute too!

I love the Oxford heels but I have to say I am not a fan of the open toe / peep toe version. The just look like they are missing something (maybe the rest of the shoe). No worries I own peep toe shoes, just not the ugly boot kind.

I'm thinking that since my shoe "collection" always growing there will be plenty more shoe lust posts.

Torpedo? No, thank you.

All I have to say is that this person must have tiny hands. It is like 2 inches wide maybe.

Their meat is too salty too... I need to go grocery shopping!

I <3 6pm.com

http://www.6pm.com/

This is one of the websites run by Zappos.com, it is their clearance website. Lately the have been having amazing sales! $14.95 for Report brand shoes today so I couldn't help but buy these babies!

Michael Kors shoes are $39.95 this week which is an amazing deal! Sign up for their emails so you know when their sales are $6.95 flat rate per order shipping, I have had nothing but a great experience ordering from these guys!

More painted wall plaques!

$20 Ebay purchase. I think I have enough of these vintage wall plaques ... for now (evil laugh). I spray painted them silver, satin nickle to be exact, because I did't like the dated gold color and it didn't go with anything.

Satin Nickle!

Now all you have to do is imagine them hanging on a white wall (because my boyfriend doesn't want to paint) over a bed!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I am going to go sew!

Walmart craft section

I don't usually shop at Walmart but I needed some page protectors so I decided to pick some up at our local Walmart. There are remodeling our store, so it was really empty, but I wandered over to the craft area and discovered ric rac was on clearance! $.75! As it turns out Walmart decided they don't want to sell craft items anymore! The cashier told me that the powers that be decided that electronics made more money than crafts, so they are just going to get rid of crafts! LAME. Anyway I just thought I would share.

New Finished Projects!

First project, some cute plastic bees I bought on Etsy. They were white but I painted them gold and silver to make them a bit funkier. They will eventually be hanging up in the bathroom!

Next project is a large purse. I was browsing a local fabric store and came across some beautiful Alexander Henry fabric, I knew immediately I wanted to make a purse out of it!

I made the pattern up myself, and I am very happy with the outcome although it is a bit large (I can fit magazines in it).

This is a close up on some pin tucks which are on both sides of the purse.

The handle looks a bit messy, but it is super sturdy! I cut some rings off an old shirt and used them to spruce up the handle.

The inside! Fully lined with an adorable yellow and white polka dot fabric , and all of the seams are hidden with gingham bias tape. I also used a magnetic purse closure, put in a zippered pocket and 2 pockets!


Close up of the zippered pouch!

All together I am very happy with how the purse turned out! I have enough fabric to make another, which is convenient since my mother requested one!

Next projects to finish:

Pajama pants and a couple of skirts!

I will post pictures as soon as I finish them!

As a side note... What would make this blog more interesting? Please comment and let me know!

Some Finished Projects!

This was a shirt I picked up at ROSS about 2 years ago, when I needed some collared shirts. It was like $4, so even though I didn't love it I bought it. The collar was MASSIVE (as close to the 1970s collars with plastic as you can get, without plastic) and the buttons were cheesy red plastic hearts. I always figured Iwould just change the bottons and it woul be fine. Wrong. 2 years later and its never been worn. Enter Scissors.
I hacked the collar off about an inch away from the neckline, turned it in and sewed. Changed out the buttons, and added some decorative lines of stitching on the shoulders and waist. I had originally added this to the Goodwill pile, but decided to spruce it up and I am so glad that I did!




Bird house for my Grandma

My Grandma recieved some birdhouse that were painted by a friend of hers. Most were adorable, but one was just plain ugly. My Grandma let me take it home to re-paint it and this is the result. Terra Cotta Colored roof, grape vine, flowers, and cheesy windows!

Not bad!

Have a Great Weekend!

Cats

Just a few pictures of my cats. They are so cute.

Meet Munchie. She likes to have her picture taken. She is cute, spunky, and quiet.
I love the little white spot on her face!






This is Cleo. She is super cuddley, loud, fuzzy, and just plain loveable.





I have been sewing alot lately which means as soon as I take some pictures, I will post the projects!

Two (older) Projects

I made this Blanket for my brother using his old t-shirts and pajama pants which had cute advertisements on them. It was super easy just cut up the t's in to large squares and the pants into 5x5 inch squares, sewed them all together and backed it with some anti-pill fleece! He loves it! I made a couple of these a few years back using vintage hawaiian shirts from a thrift store... fun and cozy!

I totally copied these owls (I changed them a little)... I couldn't help it! From here : http://huntforvintage.blogspot.com/2008/08/before-and-after-owls.html

I bought these cuties as a set of 3 in their original green and orange on Etsy and spruced them up with some turquoise paint and highlighted them with gold and silver, then spray painted them with clear gloss to protect them and make them shiny. Love them!!

More projects to come soon!

just some things that I love

Barcelona chairs! I love love love them! I would love to have one in black someday!

I should say... I took some history of furniture classes a few years back and because of that I know have quite the list of furniture I would love!

Eames chair, would love to have this in my home someday!

Love these fish tanks! I will only get one of these if I can afford to have someone else clean it :) The Le Corbusier Sofa and arm chairs are on the list too!

The pattern with my choices for this post, leather, clean lines, and of course all vintage! I love vintage! I don't in anyway limit my favorite things to one particular time period, but I am really attracted to Bauhaus Furniture.

I have a few blogs that I love to read (see the list to the right) and I happened to come across this blog
http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/

I love the fact that she is so colorful! You should definitely check her blog out! I think she is super cute!

I too am a huge fan of color! I love them all! I wear any color that I can get away with. Anyway thats all for now, more to come. I have been working on some sewing projects, and I actually finished 2 projects I am just not wanting to upload them right now but I will soon!