Felt Woodland Animals

Nelson's family has two babies under 6 months old. This year, I made them woodland friends with bells inside, for shaking and nibbling. I folded a 1'x1' square of felt in half then sewed the edges for the pear shape. I stuffed them and added details. Ta-done!

Handmade Holiday Cards

I'm so glad that I decided to go with handmade this Christmas. Everything was way prettier than just stuff I could buy. Here are the cards I made for each family. I used thread, felt, buttons, and a ton of glitter. 

Reindeer Games

Because these were too cute not to post.  ^_^

Absolutely in Love

With this gorgeous antique bolt and screw case we found this weekend. But at $2,000, I'll have to love it from afar. :(

Steampunk Bracelets

 I have recently realized my lack of wrist wear...so today i sat down and made a few pieces inspired by things i have found on pinterest. very happy with these.

green & brown bracelets: Tim Holtz sprockets + string

metal key bracelet: old watch with original drawing insert.

Weekend Wrap-Up

first post in a series of what i did on the weekends, since i hardly ever post on the weekends. this weekend, i attended the wedding of one of my friends. beautiful everything, lovely vintage dress, happy love time. here is the outfit i wore with some handmade elements. a redone necklace and an outfit specific headband.

Cola Crates & Repurposed Metal

i re-did the landing spot/shoe shelf in the hallway. we picked up a sweet cola crate from a flea market a few weeks ago and i finally used it for all the random things (name tags, keys, pens, etc) that we keep in the hall.

what wouldn't fit was put into a copper pot. we got a couple of these for free from leftover yard sale stuff, the other is in the kitchen.

my favorite new thing is a piece of metal we found on the farm. we just cleaned it up, stuck it on the wall and now it is a magnetic memo board! much more industrial farmhouse than what was there, very happy!