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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Friday Favorites...on Saturday

I want a new/old home badly. I have lived in my current home since 1998, before husband and kids.  I am more than ready.  I want my stuff out of storage.  I want my own bathroom.  And space...oh how I want space!  Not that I don't love and adore my family...but I am sick of putting my makeup on at the kitchen table and blow drying my hair in the dining room/kitchen/bedroom.

I know, I know, first world problems right, boo hoo for me.  Anyways...here are just a few of the wish list spaces on my hodgepodge of a list.  In case you are wondering...wood paneling is also on the list...let's save that for another post! 
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A garage!  Oh how I would love to have a real garage that a car could fit in!  Not just bikes...and mowers, and shovels and small wild animals and stray cats!

Look at those beautiful floors!  Their before is my after.

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Space...room to breath. 

  I wonder how many cotton balls can be shoved down that drain?

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I hadn't noticed until now...but under that cute green little side table there appears to be an unused toilet...with a baby in it.  I like everything...except that part.  Not that they aren't making exceptional storage use of it...I prefer to put the babies in a basket hanging over the tub.

 
I can't wait for my daughter to have her own room.  I never had the chance to decorate a true nursery for either of my kids.  When my son came along, the extra room was my step-daughters.  In order to keep things as peaceful as possible, I just put a crib in it, and kept the rest the same.    I cannot wait to create a space for my little girl!  


a dream bedroom 20 My dream bedroom(s) (34 photos)
And, more importantly...a space for me and my husband.  Every morning we end up in different beds, usually with a child next to us.  I'm not sure if that typically happens with small houses...or just with us.  We never fought for our own space so now we don't have it.  Our kids almost always fall asleep in our bed, and one of us ends up sleeping in the kids room.  Our own space will be a dream...and by ours...I mean mine...but he can have the remote and his very own end table.  But that's it.
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Enough said.  This is beautiful.  And I love the Bon Ami soap.  It's made here in Kansas City!
Did anyone else spy the Katie Daisy print?  
I still can't imagine a real laundry room.  Right now our laundry shoot is throwing your clothes down to the bottom of the stairs.  If you haven't clicked through this link yet...do it.  Life Made Lovely has some home tours. 
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I will have a mural...a mural and wood paneling...a mural, wood paneling, and my own bathroom and that's all I need!

Happy Friday Saturday Lovelies!
Amy



Tuesday, March 27, 2012

SALE SALE SALE!

Just in time for Easter!  I need to clear out some major inventory.  If you've had your eye on something...head on over to the shop now, right this second!  Everything is 40% off! Yes, 40%!  And by "everything" I mean EVERYTHING!

Use code BLOWOUT40

My favorite gray dress.





Vintage 1970's boho flowy flower dress
I am wearing this lovely today!




Enjoy!  Message me with any questions.
xoxo,
Amy

Friday, March 23, 2012

Friday favorites: feeling native

My current obsession is Native American Indians; fabric, jewelry, prints and anything else that reminds me of the wonderful culture.  My husband always thought he had a lot of indian blood in him and used to kind of brag about it.  He has beautiful olive skin.  Then one day, at breakfast, with his Aunt Irene we got to talking about it and I asked her what kind of indian he was (after all, my grandpa is indian so I wanted to know)...and milk just about shot out of her mouth as she said "we ain't indian".  I will never forget it.  Poor guy. 
Rejoice -  Native American Indian Screen Print - Ready to Ship
Linen Doll - Tallulah - Made to order
A3 Print, Naira, Native American Headdress
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ELEANOR: Big White Dream Catcher FREE SHIPPING lavender vintage lace trims

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Happy Friday,
Amy

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Thrifted Thursdays with a side of Thrifting 101

I've been wanting to start a camera collection for a while.  The other day I was riding my bike and came across a garage sale.  I figured I would pull in and see what they had.

There was two polaroid cameras sitting on the table along with an Argoflex seventy five.  There was another guy there (a neighbor...and a little drunk) and he said he had some of his own at home.  I rode as fast as I could back to my house to get my money!  This is what I ended up with.
I have a buddy at work who goes to auctions on the weekends.  We were talking about our finds and he said he too came across some cameras.
 Two Brownies!  One is a movie camera and the other is a 35mm.

A Weston Master II Universal Exposure Meter.  Needless to say, they are mine now!  

Now on to the Thrifting 101 part... two super quick tips:  

1.) Find other thrifters and junkers and talk shop! 
It's kind of the ol' two heads are better than one deal.  Have you ever watch American Pickers?  More often than not they end up trading one of their finds...for another.  For the most part thrifters and collectors are always looking to add to their collections.  It's even better to find folks who have different taste than yours.  Tell them what you are looking for.  If they don't have a love for it like you do...they will let it go cheap, just as you would if you found something you know would mean a lot to them.  If anyone spots a 1980s lite brite...call me!

2.)  It's never too late to start a collection. 
I've been in love with globes for quite some time and never...I mean never see them!  Then, one day I see two!  I found one at the thrift store by my work...and another, smaller one by my house.  Both light up...and look fab in my kids room.  Even though I only have two...it's only a matter of time before I find others.  

Hope everyone has a gem of a Thursday.
Peace out party rockers!
Amy

PS.  Don't forget to enter the giveaway for a $20 gift card at sneak peeq.  Every entry gets 20% off their next purchase!  It's totally worth it, they have super cool stuff and it's on the cheap.  Click here to enter.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Friday Favorites

Today has been an absolutely craptastic day.   It started crappy and continued in that manner through the lunch hour.  In an effort to take my lemons and make lemonade I found some pretty things to put a smile on my face.  After all it is Friday!  Just the sound of Friday makes me feel better already.

My new favorite Etsy shop:  Tiny Owls Magic Attic  She sells patterns and I am pretty sure she is a yarn genuis, like the Bill Gates of Knitting or something.  Go check it out.  Soccer and baseball are starting soon, might be a good time to relax and work on a little knit magic. 
the beekeeper's quilt
meow mitts KNITTING PATTERN
catching butterflies KNITTING PATTERN
woodland hoodlet KNITTING PATTERN
free rapunzel KNITTING PATTERN

As long as I don't step in a dog turd on the way home...I should be good to go for a good weekend.  And if I do...well, it wouldn't be the first time.
Happy Friday folks! 

xoxo,
Amy