So, there's a flea market in Utah County. It's called Fleaology and they have a blog HERE. I went with some friends a few weeks ago (they only have it quarterly or so, I believe) and scored some pretty awesome stuff.
I think this mirror is awesome. I think I'll probably give it to Mim some day for her dress ups, but I think I'll wait until she's a little older and I won't have to worry so much about her breaking it. For now it goes on my dresser, which is fine with me, since it totally reminds me of Beauty and the Beast, which is my favorite fairy tale/Disney movie.
The brown scarf was a DI (Utah's Goodwill) find, but the red with white polka dots was from the flea market- 2 bucks!
These are my new awesome flour and sugar canisters. They're awesome. I only wish I had more counter space (since it's so limited in my tiny kitchen, they're usually in the cupboard).
I did not happen to find any zippered pouches at the flea market, but I did get about 2 yards of this awesome strawberry/floral/polka dot for $9. I didn't get any pictures of it before I started cutting it up.
This was not a thrift find. It's from the old swamp cooler that used to go in our living room window. That monster is out behind the shed, waiting to go to the dump, but I noticed this wheel on it a few days ago. I thought it might be kind of a neat little keepsake, plus it kind of reminded me of these from Pottery Barn: They're no longer available, but I remember seeing them in a catalog and thinking they were pretty cool.
Anyway, I've been pretty pleased with my thrifty finds lately. Anybody want to go garage sale-ing with me?
So this is beautiful, right? It's Anthropologie's Orimono pillow. I've loved it for awhile; it reminds me of THIS pillow I made, probably my favorite one ever.
Anyway, I finally gave it a try, so here's my version:
I love it pretty hard. I originally wanted to have a lot of different fabrics on it (like the inspiration), but I looked at my fabric stash and I just didn't have what I wanted. I also didn't want to buy any fabric for it. So I used my current favorite fabric (from a set of bed skirts found at a thrift store for a few bucks). For the design- I drew it all on the paper side of some Heat N Bond, cut out the flower as a whole, ironed it to the cloth, and then proceeded cutting a piece out one bit at a time and placing it on my cut out pillow front. It took some time. After I removed that paper bits and ironed it to the pillow, I did a zig zag around each little petal:
{That also took some time.}
So, like I said, I love it pretty hard. If I ever find the blue pom pom trim I bought to got around the edges of the pillow, I'll probably unpick the whole thing and add it in. Then I'll love it even more. Even more than a fat kid loves cake. But that's only if I ever find that trim.
After the red one, I made a few more. I'll probably sell them in my Etsy shop, but we'll see. They might end up as gifts.
{I would keep this one, too, but the greens look really gross with my wall color.}
I'm not exactly sure what I was going for with this last one. Maybe a wonky chevron/modern interpretation of waves? I still like it, regardless.
So, any opinions out there on what I should do with them? Or how much I should sell them for?
For this, I used this tutorial. I swear, there's nothing at Make It and Love It that I don't want to make. And all her tutorials are so easy to find, too!
I got the sweater at a local thrift shop. I used one of her little dresses as a pattern and put it together, as per the instructions on Make It and Love It. The neckline on mine went a little funny because I didn't leave myself enough width to bind it like I had planned. Good thing this baby has 3 chins and no one will ever see it.
{See the furry pillow behind her? I've gotten started on my winter pillow making!}
I love sweater dresses on my girls. I'll probably make several more before it gets warm again. And the little one can wear them with these little booties. I'll probably make several more pairs of those, too.
I think I might unpick a bit of the side seams on the dress and sew in a ribbon or some kind of tie to put a bow in the front.
I gave my last batch of students their final this morning and stopped by the DI (for those of you not in Utah, it's pretty much a Goodwill). I never find good stuff there (with the exception of this one chair I found and will someday make a slipcover for and then will blog about), but I think I totally scored today.
I didn't find the one thing I was looking for (nightstand for Mim's Christmas), but wandered and found some other stuff I got really excited about:
Little milk jug, two super awesome candlestick holders, an apothecary jar and a pedestal vase/hurricane thing. The design on the milk jug:
I was thinking I would spray paint it white and use it in the spring, but I don't know anymore- the design is really growing on me. What do you think?
The candlesticks are already spray painted and on display- they're what I'm most excited about, probably. I have been looking/considering buying candle pedestals at a number of places, but always balk at the price (even when Hobby Lobby had them half off). I really wanted some for my mantle, though. So here these are. The crappiest spray painting job I've ever done (when it's warm again, I'll redo them), but I still love it.
So, a week from Christmas, my mantle is pretty much the way I want it to look. I bought some little sparkly stuff from Hobby Lobby awhile ago and want to put it in the new DI glassware, but I CANNOT find it ANYWHERE.
Oh, I also got the crystal platter in the background from DI on my trip today, but forgot to put it in the first picture. It reminds me of a snowflake.
The tarnished brass plate is also from DI, but a few weeks ago.
You know how PB and Ballard always have gorgeous white birch or aspen branches they use for decorating? I don't have any white-barked trees, but I found out that a light coat of white spray paint on a normal gray/brown branch makes it look naturally white. You can see a bit in the picture below:
