Happy Birthday to me!

image via Martha

Hi there..birthday girl here. :) I've been a busy bee the past few days and today moving and cleaning and organzing..oh my!

I'm not Mary and I'm not 6 (+ 18), but I thought these cupcakes were so cute and a great, easy display idea.

Little to no posting in the next week or so. Things are crazy, but awesome!!!

Button Fever

I've had an interest in starting a button collection for a while now.

Now that M and I are trying to live more frugally, I'm really thinking long and hard before purchasing anything.

After finding at least 6 button projects in the past few weeks, I think I can finally feel ok in buying up a big lot of these suckers. I've been watching quite a few auctions on ebay and can't wait to get some!

These cute bracelets from Martha Stewart.
















I love this idea from Emily at Little Black Apple. Just glue push pins (or magnets) to buttons to stick where ever you need a little whimsy.






















I've seen a lot of button jewelry pop up lately too. From earrings to necklaces to rings. This little button brooch is too cute.

Cute Cork

I saw these on decor8 the other day and instantly thought 'hey, i could make that' and what do you know...I found a tutorial! Oddly enough, decor8 added in the link to those same directions since then. We're all one big blog family! haha...


For directions to make your own visit sweet jessi.

If you're not feeling crafty, you can purchase these cute little corkboards at Little Pretty Studio.

I definitely need something like this to jazz up my cube area. I actually have an old bulletin board that would be perfect for this!

For cute fabric check out Repro Depot's great selection.


**UPDATE**

I found this image from Soule Mama's studio. No corkboard, but very pretty wall decor! I especially like the different sizes.

Her studio is really amazing. So many pretties in one room!

Seriously??

I honestly did not go in search of the following images. They somehow all found me in the past couple of days. And I've gotta say..they're a little disturbing. I almost didn't want to post..but I had to share the ridiculousness.

Please tell me this isn't a trend!


1. Skirt (who would wear this in public!?). , 2. cell phone charm, 3. panties, 4. men's underwear, 5. knitted pillow, 6. earrings

Happy Earth Day!

I haven't had much time to keep both of my blogs updated as we're in the process of packing and getting ready to move into our first house! But I had to check in for Earth day :)

I posted a few links to tips for greener living on our blog.

Here are a few green themed etsy finds...


1. Birdies made from recycled wool sweaters, 2. Tote made from recycled and refreshed burlap coffee bean bag, 3. vintage earrings, 4. Tree charm necklace

Etsy Love

Etsy is such a wonderful site. If you're not familiar, go check it out now!
I find so many beautiful things while browsing around, I thought I'd start featuring some of my finds.

Today I stumbled across Whitney Smith Pottery. She has beautiful, simple pieces.


I also love these felt brooches from VaivaNat's Felt Gallery.

Weekend projects

I finally got around to finishing up a few projects this weekend.


Magnets.
I made some of these a few months ago and decided to do some more this morning. Using only my latest Victoria Secret catalog, glue, flat back marbles and magnets I made these cute little ones....



I have to admit it was a tad weird once I realized that I was cutting various body parts for my little magnets, but a pattern is a pattern! Here's the mess after cutting :)



Mark finished off his coffee this morning, so I quickly snagged the tin. I thought this looked pretty cool


These are unbelievably easy to make. Visit not martha for great directions.

I love her idea to package them in Altoid tins!



Frame.


I got a simple wooden frame, some Navy blue acrylic paint, and a small pack of birch buttons all from Micheal's. I painted the frame and spray painted the buttons white. Hot glued those on and viola! Total cost was around $4 with paint and buttons left over. I framed a pretty piece of scrapbooking paper...I can't tell you the last time I had photos actually printed! (bad lauren..)

I'm not sure where I'll use this or how I feel about it now that it's finished. Thoughts?