COOKIE TIME!

That's right!

Cookie Time means one thing and only one thing. 

'Cookie Time' is an anthem for snack lovers everywhere. 

Thanks to my friend Yance/Lance/Pance for making it 

clear that it is not only me who completely loves 

this song and movie. 

To the unfamiliar : the movie is Troop Beverly Hills. 

I have been hoping for some occasion to arise where

I can costume myself as Phyllis Nefler, but no such 

occasion has arisen. 

So, I have put together a vintage 'Nefler' look

and may have to resort to wearing it to 

the party I will undoubtedly throw once my 

GS cookies arrive..


Channel you inner Nefler!

1.) The Pheasant feather hat via throbackvintage. 

2.) The most amazing vintage 70's Valentino Cape via fabgabs.

So perfectly Nefler. 

3.) Wilderness girls uni reborn via bluberrydeluxe.

4.) Golden snake belt via platpivintage.

5.) Power pumps of gold via revolvingstyles.

6.) Mix it up with a scarf set via entwife. 

And we can always go the hybrid Nefler route by incorporating 

some of this...

[necklace via forestfawn and headdress via native arts training.]

Nailed it!

I love cookie time. 

love love

It is really amazing how affordable cute shoes are getting!

This is why I love Jeffrey Campbell. 

'Mary Rocks' at the Need Supply Co. for $118!

[Seen on Notcouture - so good for little surprises]

i am a sucker for affordability. 

Remember THESE?

memories

Sing with me..

Remember when kids toys were sweet and thoughtful?

Remember when Holly Hobbie was enough for us?

For arguments sake, I am going to pretend that Holly 

Hobbie did not get a 21st century make over - she did- and get 

super sentimental about my Holly Hobbie memories. 

Look how sweet she is. So, maybe she is a little 

Litte House on the Prairie but I love her muddled 

watercolors and her mixing of prints.  

I think I have officially hit old lady status for liking Holly

Hobbie so much. 

My mom pulled these old wash towels out of the cupboard 

and I think they are just the sweetest things. 

So, last night I began the Holly Hobbie revival with a

set of dish towels. 

Holly got a slight boho update. 

These towels have a sweet swiss dot and 

a cute crochet border which is brown and 

completely lost in this photo. 

Is it mean for me to subject an embroidery class to 

my Holly Hobbie sentimentality? No? Ok!

On a side note... I bought some hombre thread that I am just loving. 

It is so pretty to look at. 

get some valentines day love!

Ok, so i finally created an etsy shop.. i will put the link up 

asap on the blog. I have been pretty busy, 

so unfortunately I only have this sweet little guy up there at 

the moment. But, he is sexy and romantic enough

to stand his own. I will probably be able to do

 ten only by the big day of love

.. so get them while you can! A total steal for 25 bucks. 

I will be adding stuff daily.. when I get a moment( this week the

2 year old has started an amazing 'napless' schedule).

Buy something sweet for your sweetie!

A tutorial to come by weeks end!

Small Time

Finally circling back to the finishing touches on

all of the recent works in progress..

I am currently crafting some sweet vday doily love. 

These doilies will stay beautiful forever.. 

like your love. right?

Thinking about peddling some of my leftover creations 

under a name that really describes this operation. 

Details later.

Embroidered mini 3" doily ring with hand stained

loop and hand dyed fabric backing. 

Nutkins finally got himself a new shiny loop, too. 

And Tuesday can finally relax and be born already, 

knowing that her Narwal friend will be waiting for her. 

with mustache!

I will get up a shop asap. 

Show us some love!

And, tutorials to follow for the upcoming classes. 

Happy weekend!!

So this was me last night at the old roller rink. 

I was a glamazon in brown rental skates. 

(seriously, though, I was about 6'3").

Images from Preen, who did have some excellent custom spiked

skates available back in 2008. 

My history with Roller skates goes way back. In fact, just last week, 

before the So. Cal tornado water spout, I pulled these out of 

a box in my garage. It's amazing that my mom was willing to 

give these up. I do have a video of me trying them out, 

but blogs are about looking good. So, naturally, they will not be 

making an appearance. I leave you with a picture so your imagination

can run wild.. make sure you include wild swinging arms and 

an awkward scooting motion in your mental picture. 

Here is a video of me circa 1983 in the same skates but smaller.

This is my first video post, so let's hope it goes smoothly. 

On a side note, last night the two year old skated for the first time

and I wouldn't even allow her tush to hit the ground.

It would appear that my parents took the 'tough love' approach?

We did see some giant sized roller girls on the way out and 

their outfits were amazing. 

Embroidery pattern from Sublime Stitching.  

The wait is over!

I have been patiently waiting to find some new-vintage 

oxfords since the summer. 

A lover of pastels in the winter, I was sad to find that 

these were not my size. 

from brownbagvintage

I dreamed about them. I sketched them into lines of clothing. 

I waited patiently until a new pair in my elephant size 9 showed up. 

But it became clear that a pair of size 9 vintage oxfords was not going

to show up this season. 

So, I decided that I would go get a new new

 pair yesterday at Bloomies. 

Bloomies has a lot to offer in the oxford department...

from Bloch

from Boutique 9

from Belle by Sigerson Morrison

from Joan and David. 

After looking online, I decided that I would look

 for this pair when I went into

 the store. But, then I forgot what I had decided and ended

 up trying on five pairs instead. 

And.. my favorite were these bad boys. 

from Boutique 9

But in this  already dirtied color...

Yay me! It's life transformation time.. new shoes, getting my 

hair did and I worked out yesterday(yes). 

ella ella eh eh eh

For miss Tuesday, I construct a 3D Narwal 

with giant umbrella to keep out this crazy rain. 

Considering we are on Tornado watch 2010... 

Crafting is keeping me going. If you have no 

idea what a Narwal is you obviously are not completely

bombarded by kids and their animal alphabets, or 

you have not seen Elf.  nice clip. 

A narwal is a Horned whale of the Arctic, 

who can be pretty darn cute and artsy. 

This Narwhal needs spots and perhaps something else. 

Reading glasses? hmm. 

He is on his way with his goldenrod floral 

print horn. 

And his tie dye umbrella. 

Perhaps a mustache?! How sneaky and sinister!

This Narwal is smart and sarcastic. From dwelldeep. 

In zee mood

I just found a stack of my great grandmother's doilies in our

garage and I am instantly obsessed with their intricacy. 

My new plan is to do some copycat doilies/crochet

patterned embroideries. 

First attempt is the Vday heart doily. 

I am really liking the doily this year as a Vday 

expression. I will run with it.

Doily themed clothing is a little off.. but yes to the

idea of doily themed earrings. 

from taylerxc

So, a doily themed Valentines holiday is born. 

right?

beautiful

I love this palette and these prints 

are so soft and sweet. A subtle calm in the 

middle of the other crazy brights in Spring. 

Aah. Between looking at this line and sipping tea, 

(trying to quit coffee - slightly)

I am feeling less anxious. For now. 

From Calla Haynes Spring Summer 10.

[seen on Notcouture]

Perhaps puffy hair and a camera filter are the answers. 

Nutty

January is feeling a bit cold and slow..

working away at some craftiness. 

Getting caught up on my Squirrel Nutkin. 

Squirrel Nutkin is one of Beatrix Potter's lesser 

known characters and I am loving him...

loving the tude, the dancing and his owl friend. 

See.. the tude.

Surprise blue print in the light..

squirrely tail. 

Squirrels are generally too campy to be truly cute. 

But, here are some other super serious squirrels. 

Head honcho squirrel

from Berkley Illustration

In the squirrel club with a squirrel button. 

from littledromstore

Just in case you thought it was at all reasonable to hold a 

fancy squirrel clutch. 

from tsurubride