I’ve recently become a little obsessed with another type of doll. The vintage pose doll. I’ve been planning an article on them for awhile now but digging up information on them proves mor...
Remember the trill of gumball machines? The magic of finding the machine that has what you want and putting in a quarter only to have it pop out a tiny prize? I LOVED them as a child and I have to ad...
Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well this wonderful weekend. I’m about to go check my mailbox — I’m always smiling large after that! Especially after I started swapping and p...
Here’s a sweet black lamb and bluebird to cuten up your crafts and collages. To download right click the image and load the link in a new window then save the image to your hard drive.
This is an easy charm quilt pattern for a beginner. I am COMPLETELY new to quilting. In fact this is my very first quilt so I’ll be learning along with you! Because I am so new I looked at a fe...
Remember my post about surprise balls? How I promised to post a tutorial soon and a feature on the ball I recieved? Well this is that tutorial and feature! I even got the chance to host the surprise ...
That’s right, I said decoPATCH not decoupage! If you’d like to know the difference between the two, this article is a great place to start. I decided for this article I would need somethi...
Today I scanned cute flower girl for you to use to your heart’s content in craft and collage. To download right click the image and load the link in a new window then save the image to your har...
I have such a collection of vintage, kitschy goodies that I thought I would start sharing them with you. You can use these to make your own collages, ATCs and whatever else floats your rainbow sail b...
I really adore art journals, ATCs (artist trading cards) and decorated mail. Don’t you? I love the time and effort that goes into creating them and the mixed-media collaging that tends to take ...
Don’t you love to swap gifts with friends? What could be better than receiving a surprise picked out especially for you in person or by snail mail? With Swap Bot you can swap just about anythin...
This is probably one of my favorite little gift ideas — how cute! Learn how to make them at not martha, poppytalk and seesaw. Don’t feel like making them? You can buy some adorable ones a...
Why hello! Here’s some photos of me being a dork and messing around with the hookah. I love lemonade flavored shisha! Yum! It inspires me to set up mini-photoshoots filled with nonsense. A lot ...
Today we did our photoshoot and it went very well. I must say I feel bad for Jamie getting stuck with me as a model, though. In every single photo I’m leering from the sun and have my chin in t...
Cupcakes? Check! Kitschy Animals? Check! Sugar Junkie, Miseducated and Siren London? Check! I can’t wait! Jamie and I have each been collecting cute stuff for this like little hoarders for year...
It’s been such beautiful day outside today that I decided to go to the park to take some photos with Colette and Ben in tow. I’m not feeling very cute today but I think I pulled it off ok...
Fictional characters are mysterious beings. They have no real life but to us, they can be very real. People talk about them as if they were real and the things they did actually happened. To make a c...
Recently I had the chance to try some of Siren’s new styles and I was instantly hooked yet again. Their bedazzled clothing lights up the whimsical part of my brain like no other. As soon as I t...
This article is dedicated to one of my all-time favorite movie masterpieces, “The Dark Crystal”. Here I hope to share as much as I can get about this movie. I’m learning as I go, so...
I hate seeing pictures and hearing girls’ comments about how Disney jipped them for life by telling them that every girl will get their prince charming. Disney didn’t jip anyone, at least...
The Big Cartel directory is one of my new favorite things. Especially since I’ve already found some of the cutest stores ever and I’ve only skimmed the surface! Wow, such cuteness and cha...
I was surfing my Flickr account and found a video I made for Miseducated a couple of years ago so I decided to share it with you. That was it’s original intention anyway had I not been so shy a...
I’ve been working and writing like crazy. Audrey’s Tokyolux has recently relaunched (yay! cosmic kitties!) and I’ve also been asked to work on a writing project unrelated… Rem...
Many of us enjoyed the fascination of paper dolls when we were young, they’re a wonderful toy that provided us with a cute creative outlet. I loved them so much as a child that I’ve decid...
So I originally planned to write an article about using Etsy vs other cart software to open a store but then I saw my friend, Brigitte, did the same thing here. Her article is right on target so I ha...
I’m currently putting my Etsy store on a hiatus while I try out Big Cartel. I’m very pleased with the features it has to offer as well as the customization options. Have you tried Big Car...
First I want to say that I love you. I don’t think it’s too soon in our relationship for me to be professing my undying love to you, no. I say I’m having a bad day and, because of y...
Today is definitely an off day. You know how sometimes you wake up and feel a little uncomfortable? I’m trying not to focus on it but I feel it creeping up behind me like an ugly monster while ...
This started as a bit of an accident you see.. my husband unknowingly bought me a bleach cleaner recently. I’ve since accidentally bleached my new shirt and the carpet both while obsessively tr...
I know this is months late.. but I figured I’d finally post this long, rambling blog. So it’s time to take another trip to LA. To inhale the orange groves, fresh air and to fawn over the hot pi...
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