Inspiration

Some pictures from my 'creative ideas' folder.

No I don't know where they all came from unless they have the name watermarked on the picture.

I'm off to find a warm spot to curl up for the evening!

Coming up soon is a really fun giveaway I've been privileged to offer you!  Watch for it soon!

Love this stairway.  Seriously considering adding some numbers to my steps when finally get them painted.  But I might mix mine up.  Or would that make it difficult to climb them??!

Have a coffee table that needs a facelift?  I'd highly recommend trying this.  It's just darling.

By the way my laundry always looks I need this in my laundry room.  And maybe in every room of the house so I don't keep 'forgetting' to do the laundry!

This is just the most fun, girly, romantic tablecloth ever.  Want one?  I'd love to make one for you:)

I am going to figure out how to make one of these for myself.  If you know me in-real-life you should soon see me wearing one of these:)

Linen Shopping Bags

Last week as I was feverishly finishing wedding dresses so I could be gone all day on Friday I had a last minute brain storm.  I think it was about Wednesday night I thought 'wouldn't it be fun to make canvas shopping bags for the four of us to use!'  I was thinking of the cool drop cloth I have laying here begging to be made into something fun.  I told myself I didn't have time and went about my sewing that DID have to be done.  But Thursday morning the idea was still lingering in the fuzzy edges of my brain.  And then.  I remembered the LINEN I had lying there.  Now THAT would be a really cool shopping bag to take to a French Flea!!!

And once an idea is rooted that deeply and it's something I really want to do, and there is a way to make it happen (even last minute) I usually go for it.

I called it 'advertising'!

I toyed with the idea (very briefly) of leaving them unlined.  But a lined bag is SO much nicer and looks so much better.

I didn't have enough of the blue dot fabric so Kara's got lined with cream/black dot fabric with a blue pocket.  Because the pocket was already cut.

The number ribbon was a fun accent.  The tags I made using the Cavallini stamp set I got for Christmas and hadn't used yet.

The bags were a hit!  They loved them:)  And I must say that after carrying mine all day I was rather impressed with the size and shape and handle length. 

Want one?  I could probably be persuaded to make some more.  There would be a price tag on them of course!!