The Merriest

So, I went a little nuts. I've been taking full advantage of the post-Christmas sales and making out like a bandit! I found all of the items in my previous post (the woodland tray & pedestal, and black tray) for 75% off, so I bought them and returned the others. Haha!




I bought several ornaments and other holiday decorations. The matryoshka dolls and yellow bird gift tags are from Kmart's Martha Stewart collection. The mushrooms and spools of rick rack are from World Market. The rest, tree topper, empire state building, rectangular tray, string lights, bird, eiffel tower, teapot, and frame, are all from Target. I am planing to spray paint the frame black. Also, those Target gift bags are made from recycled paper. Super cute even though robins are not a very Christmasy bird.

More wrapping paper, (as if I needed it) the red/white polka dot and flocked deer are from Hobby Lobby, and the green flocked roll is from Target.

I found this interesting book by Lemony Snickett (author of the Series of Unfortunate Events) Called The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, which is about a potato pancake that runs away. It is quite a ridiculous story, but it has adorable illustrations, and a slightly educational value. It was half off at Borders.

The fabric I picked up at Walmart. Surprisingly, I had the hardest time finding buffalo plaid fabric. It is such a popular print lately so that doesn't really make sense to me. I plan to make stockings with it. Readymade has a great PDF pattern here. Not sure what I will do with the mustard color fabric, but at $1 a yard I couldn't pass it up!




These are my most recent thrift store purchases. The glass is from 2002 sold at McDonalds, so it isn't all that thrilling, but it has a lot of '50s elements. The colors are fun and there are lots of sputnik and boomerang shapes.

The other item is this funky shaving mug. The back says "Where the time of your life is right under your nose."

(June Christy)

Just Like Christmas

Oh what a Christmas it has been! My family just got home from visiting relatives. We left the day after Christmas, and the weather was supposed to be great, but that didn't really work out so well. It was actually very terrifying.

It was really great to get to spend time with other family members that I do not get to see very often. We celebrated my grandmother's birthday with all four of her kids together - a rare occasion. It is nice to be safely back at home though.

And now for my report on the Christmas haul. I was indeed, very spoiled.



and this frame



I got all of the things I have had my eye on from Bake It Pretty: the woodland cookie cutters, the striped cupcake papers, and plastic records & turntables. My search for gray sweatpants has ended with a comfy new pair. I cute mushroom tin (full of 'shroom shaped candies!) and a handmade felt ornament by my mother. Jo-Ann has this line of cut and sew retro aprons. My favorite was 'the Doris', which coincidentally is my Grandmother's name. The toaster and Stump pedestal were not technically gifts, they were post Christmas sale finds using my Christmas gift cards and money. At Target I found not only this great pedestal,



but a matching tray,



& this adorable black tray. All for 50% off!



We noticed that as a family, we received a large amount of green gifts.



(Low)

Don't Let Me Down

Chris and I went to downtown Chicago with my family to spend the day with my cousin Ashley. It was tons of fun, but I have to say that Macy's has totally let me down. The "Great Tree" was lame, just covered in a bunch of average toys. The window displays were even worse!



What is that!?

Mom and Ashley were almost hit by a kamikaze pigeon at the Christ Kindl Market. (Very traumatizing.) The market smelled amazing from all of the booths selling German food, but we had just eaten at Cosi so we didn't try anything. We also saw some adorable cuckoo clocks.

It was a very fun day, despite the Macy's disaster.

3 more days until Christmas!

(Dana Fuchs)

You Don't See Me

It sure has been a while! The last few weeks of school were extra crazy, so I didn't have any time to blog.

I thought I would show you all some of my final prints:







I'm really happy with how everything turned out. I used acetone and wintergreen oil to make transfers from laser printer images. You can check out my flikr for the complete collection.

I moved back home for the break. It is nice to be home to spend time with my family, but I feel like I live in two places, and I don't like that feeling. I'm lucky to have my dorm so close in case I forget something (which I definitely have.) I can't wait until I'm out of college and not moving every few months.

(Keane)