original : love the cotton buds tucked in

original : the brass bow is amazing

original : i have bins of vintage cashmere sweaters. must make.

i can’t seem to get the pinterest “embed thingie” to work in wordpress but i included links back to my pins so please click through to see the original poster who made each of these if you desire.

happy thursday!
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i have a stamped embroidery project up on the jbs blog today, head on over and check it out.

schools out and i’m finally starting to feel better after i got the icks from my littles. thank goodness for helpful husbands and being able to rest while they were at school this week.

happy friday!
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a few months ago my sweet friend amy asked me to submit a project for the birthday issue for her amazing online magazine, inspired ideas. amy is amazing, as i’m sure most of you know and has inspired me countless times with the sweet little things she makes. and, being a huge lover of previous issues {they are amazing!} as well as knowing her ever since i participated in on of her first club little house swaps i of course i said yes! yes. yes. yes!!

well, the day has finally come and the latest issue, 245 pages of beautiful birthday inspired projects, has been released. you can find it hear and i’m a little amazed that it’s only 3.30, that’s less that my online version of martha and inspired ideas doesn’t have any advertisements!

i know everyone involved put so much love and time & energy into their projects, it’s obvious when you see it {the peek of my birthday bouquet project is above} but i just want to send a HUGE thank you out to amy, and to our sweet friend pamela because i know the work and hours they put in was incredible, and it’s obvious from the beauty of the final pages.

happy friday!
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sharing | a clock redo tutorial over on the JBS blog
marveling | at the beauty of my bean who turned eight yesterday
revisiting | and remembering that first day of having her with us, eight years ago
plotting | a birthday for the papa tomorrow
finishing | a warm cup of my husband’s handmade latte. mmm
stopping | and remembering to be grateful for the blessings i have in my life
listening | to the hubs playlist of dr.dre, e-40 & drake
queing | usher
feeling | that i need to get back to the gym, asap
loving | that the house is quiet and that the garage is getting closer to being cleaned out
thinking | that I need to get the bean’s birthday party invites out today
reminding | myself to drink more water
making | oscar night invites for my girlfriends
planning | an online class for the end of march ;)

happy tuesday!

I was short on inspiration in the craft department through the holidays. i’m sure that this is common, so much going on, the hustle and bustle. add to that the little mans hurt arm, which was casted due to severe bruising {no break afterall, thank goodness!} and then i took him to the pedi 2 days later to find out he had pneumonia. seriously?! yea. no inspiration here, i was too busy helping unstick his head from his shirts and snuggling on the couch watching elf.

so i didn’t get anything finished for the december jbs mercantile reveal. but this past sunday morning i sat down and pulled off a few little items. things that took under an hour to make, like the bambino prize ribbon you saw yesterday and the mini inspiration magnet board above. just enough time to create something, but not nuclear in time commitment.

I thought i’d share a few step by steps of how i made the board since i took a few pics during the process, not sure exactly what i was going to end up with.

the magnet board {8″x11″} was a thrift find from a craft thrift store in the nearby town of sebastopol. the little ladies run it for a local hospice program and it’s where i get all of my luscious vintage trims and odd bits and bobs. all they sell is vintage craft things. i know, i’m a lucky girl. :)

i covered the front in the luscious curio paper from the kit and then backed it with some vintage wallpaper {the dr.’s office industrial fabric variety} on the back, then pinked the edges. beatrice, my sewing machine, is at the spa or i would have added some sewn borders too.

the adhesive mini tag is basic grey and i backed it with the same wallpaper, then i again pinked the edges.

added a strip of magnet, which luckily for me came with the board :)

done. see, super quick and i have a bunch of the little frames left from the jbs project kit so i think i’m going to add some more of those and turn it into a message board for the back of our front door, since it’s the place we seem to tape items so we don’t forget to do something. so organized am i.

isn’t it the cutest? could totally be made into a pin too, or a bookmark, or…

happy thursday!

ps : thanks for the welcome back notes on tuesday, totally made my day to see so many familiar friends saying hi and wishing me luck on this new journey. cannot wait to see where 2011 takes me, and you!!