A few fun things to share...

Have you heard of SHADE CLOTHING ? Classic. Feminine. Chic. Not to mention AFFORDABLE. And they are offering giveaways all week for their 5th anniversary! You can also enter for your chance to win a 25$ gift card from Madeline at UberChic! Can't you tell I love her blog? Speaking of.....

Another blog I LOVE is StyleStance . And I wanted to give her a SHOUT OUT for featuring my work today! I was so excited about this. She is a lovely writer with a great eye for fashion and fun finds. Thank you Linda:) You can see the post here . Please pay her a visit!

Happy Halloween! DIY: Golden Pumpkins!

We recently had a fabulous day at the Pumpkin Patch. The owner new my brother-in-law so he took us to his private fields and let us literally fill up our cars with pumpkins and gourds of all shapes and sizes.
Below are most of them:)

Each year, my husband and I have a pumpkin carving contest and this year he did Dracula. Doesn't he look scary?? I decided to go for a different approach......

Check out this post at UberChicforCheap . I credit her for the idea.

All you need is a can of gold spray paint. Here are a few FREE Halloween vectors from ThinkDesign you can use as stencils for painting....or just create your own! I just hand painted some leaves around the bottom so I can use this as  thanksgiving table centerpiece:)

       

How are you decorating your pumpkins?

Weekend Recap

I felt like I got to enjoy Fall in all its festiveness this weekend:) Here's a little recap:

I got ordered these lovely boots from target ....  Just the color, style, and height I was looking for.

Went to a Stamp/Card Making workshop with my sister. You can find some really cool supplies here.

We had so much fun..... Everything is set up for you and ready to go. I love creating Seasonal cards. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones to get these in the mail from me;)

I got my little boys Halloween costume on ebay and I couldn't help but try it on for a sneak preview..

Lastly, my husband made some incredible caramel popcorn and cider for our pumpkin carving (will post on that later in the week). Just had to share the yummy picture and recipe :

Did you have a good weekend? I am looking forward to a full week of Fall Goodness! I have a craft fair on Halloween so its a crazy week. So if you don't hear from me you know why! :)

A Shout Out!

Happy Friday everyone! I just wanted to give a SHOUT OUT! to following etsy sellers who featured my pieces in their treasuries! Thank you soooo very much. They are beautiful collections! Please pay them a visit and check out their lovely shops and the treasuries they created!

Vitrine Jewelry posted "Little Gems"

Country Windows posted "Don't Leaf Me Naked"

EarCandyArts posted "Autumn Table" which I pictured below.

The colors are scrumptious!

ALSO, thank you soooo much to Inspiration in Italy  for the Exxtraordinary Blogger Award! I really am flattered. Check out her blog! Simply gorgeous!

Latest Design Work....Input Needed!

So this is a sneak preview of my up and coming listing for the Ladies Accessories Line in my etsy shop. This is a "Special Occasion Ivory Bloom" piece attached to a clip that has multi-use options. I need your input. Which way would you wear it? I want to feature it the best way I can so I would love your opinion! Here are a few photos to display the options. Sash, sash bow, hair clip, or shoe clip. Tell me what you think! Have a lovely day!

Fabric Find Results

Remember when I posted about my fun fabric finds? Well here are a few pictures of what I did with it! I wish there was more time in the day because I have millions of ideas I want to add to the women's accessories line in my shop, but keeping up with orders, graphic design work, art lessons, and being a mom seem to zap the time in my day in an instant:) I am blessed though because I love every minute. My beautiful sister Maria modeled these for me. Thanks Sister:) Have a lovely mid week day!

Plum Polish

I can't get enough of the color Plum right now. I  realize the last few things I have bought are all this color:) This fall season you can find some delicious shades of plum to change up your nail bottle collection. Its time to say goodbye to the bright pinks and say hello to this season's elegant new shade. You can find a variance of this color just about everywhere. The drugstores have pretty comparable colors at half the price too! Here are a few I thought were eye popping:)

From top to bottom:

Mac-"Baby Goth Girl"

Nars-"Tokaido Express"

Essie - "It's Genius"

Get Your Hair Dressed for the Weekend

I don't know about you, but something about Fridays always makes me want to wear my favorite shirt or try a new fashion trend. As I was looking for ideas for some new headbands to add to my shop, I found some trend setting celebs who really know how to wear their Hair Wear! Few people can pull off the hippie look, but if its worn with the right headband and the right way it can be classy.  Here are just a few ideas of how you can dress up your hair for the weekend fun. Now if only we had professional stylists like these celebs;)

Just a little fun survey...

I got this survey from my friend Celeste  and I thought I'd pass along the fun to find out more about my other blogger friends;) Have fun!

These are the blogs that I select to complete the survey:

So Binique 

Uber Chic for Cheap 

The Busy Budgeting Mama 

The Pocket Stylist 

Inspiration in Italy 

Rules:

1. You Can Only Use One Word!

2. Pass this along to your favorite bloggers

3. Alert them that you have given them this award!

4. Have Fun!


The Survey:

1. Where is your cell phone? Purse

2. Your hair? Brunette

3. Your mother? Hero

4. Your father? Funny

5. Your favorite food? Mema’s

6. Your dream last night? Elevator

7. favorite drink? IcedTea

8. Your dream/goal? Heaven

9. What room are you in? Living

10. Your hobby? design

11. Your fear? spiders

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here

13. Where were you last night? Sisters

14. Something that you aren’t? unhappy

15. Muffins? Blueberry

16. Wish list item? Boots

17. Where did you grow up? Ohio

18. Last thing you did? Blog

19. What are you wearing? T

20. Your TV? Home

21. Your pets? none

22. Friends? Incredible

23. Your life? Blessed.

24. Your mood? Positive.

25. Missing someone? Always

26. Vehicle? Santa Fe

27. Something you’re not wearing? belt

28. Your favorite store? Anthropologie

29. Your favorite color? ALL

30. When was the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? yesterday

32. Your best friend? Husband

33. One place that I go to over and over? Home

34. One person who emails me regularly? Brother

35. Favorite place to eat? Couch

Paperie Goodness

I have a fetish for paper goodies. I guess it is because I am a huge fan of snail mail, birthday wrapping, and handmade cards...things that make life personal. This amazing new shop has all sorts of fun little somethings to make all of the above that much better;) The name is Nice Package Shop . Check it out!!

Now Thats Good Photography!

Here are some beautiful prints with coral themed tones to brighten up your Monday Morning. This is one talented gal. Her name is Gabrielle Kai. You can find her here or here.

I just want to fill my bedroom walls with her images!

FALL into Fashion While Staying Warm

Since movin' to Kansas I had to face the hard truth of saying goodbye to warm winters in Atlanta and face the long and blustery cold winters here in the midwest. Thats okay, I can deal, as long as I can wear some fun winter gear. Its supposed to snow this weekend here already.... It got me thinking...you may have to bundle up to stay warm this fall but you can still make a fashion statement while doing so. Although here in Beloit, it would probably go unappreciated. Here are some finds to good to pass up...

Fingerless Mittens

Long Tab Gloves

Wool/Silk Printed Scarf

Visit H&M online and you can try on different accessories virtually:) I would totally go buy this outfit I put together if there was a store nearby...sigh.

H&M Fashion Studio 

Ruffles and Frills

I love what designers are doing with ruffles right now. Its so fun and feminine. Wouldn't of guessed it be a fashion trend in 09' but I am all about it. Here a few that I am a little obsessed with right now...The names alone make me want to buy them. 

 

 

      From top to bottom:

     1) Ruffled Edelyn Lawn Dress

     2) Fields of Gold Dress

     3) Silk-twill del pelato shift dress

    4) This Side of Paradise

Radiant Rings

Well it looks like many of you want more on accessories, which makes me happy because I am an accessory fanatic you might say. I couldn't help but notice some enticing rings these past few days. My wedding bands are platinum but I don't have a problem mixing gold with silver. I think being able to pull off big and bold jewelry all has to do with the confidence you wear with them! If you own it, you can pull it off;) Here are some of the fun finds I would like to share with you....can you tell I love color? Which one would you wear?

1) Cherry Red Floral Cocktail Ring 

2) Filigree Studded Ring

3) Room for Squares

4) Wild Daisy Bead Ring

Stay tuned for more on Color Trends, Fashion accessories, Photography and more:)