Sewing Room Cute: A Lampshade Makeover

by | Jun 21, 2011 | decorating, sewing, tutorial

My mom bought me a serger for my birthday!!  I am so excited to use it but first I wanted to organize and clean up my sewing room.  After the 3 bags of garbage (one tall kitchen and 2 small so it wasn't THAT bad) and a BIG garbage bag of fabrics to...

Fern Hollow Vintage

by | Jun 18, 2011 | decorating, Fleatique, thriting

My friend Karen and I have been planning to do a booth at our local fleatique.  It's a bit flea market and a bit antique market.  I think I have said this before on the blog, but one of the things about living in Western PA is that the population is...

Small Town Holiday

by | May 31, 2011 | decorating, Holiday, sewing

Here in the States we had our Memorial Day over the weekend.  I love living in a small town on patriotic holidays.  Small towns really know how to celebrate memorial day and the fourth of July.  We had a tiny and cute parade in our town....

Forcing Spring

by | Mar 21, 2011 | decorating, gardening, sewing

This time of year I try to find a forsythia bush and break off a bunch of branches (yes, I asked the owner of the bush!).  It used to be kinda tricky to find them but now I know what it looks like and I see it everywhere!  Once you bring it home, put it in...

A Quick Makeover

by | Mar 3, 2011 | decorating, sewing, thriting

I have been trying to psyche myself up to try upholstery for a long time.  This project I did over the weekend was yet another step to get me there.  I found 6 of these chairs at the thrift store for $25.  I really only needed 2 but at that price, I...