make the most of the mist ... ♥

i've spent the last few days getting Christmas stock made for the shop

and i still can't believe how fast the holidays came upon us...

why is it when you're young everything takes forever to get here

when you're older everything comes too quickly?

i wanna know where that line is ...

where things start to fade ... from slow to fast

is 30 the magic number? when you start to realize life is short?

is it when you have kids? maybe it's when you lose a loved one...

maybe it's just in the everyday ...

You don't know what will happen tomorrow. 

What is life? 

You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears ... 

James four. fourteen.

i feel the urgency to live out this instruction ... don't' you?

it makes me want to hurry up and slow down

the other day my daughter said to me ...

" i just can't wait 'till Christmas, i wish it was tomorrow"

:)

i can wait ... cause tomorow will be here in blink of an eye

♥

{source}

Happy Thanksgiving & much love to you and your families ... 

i'll peek in tomorrow for Wrappin' up Wednesday 

with some finally new Christmas things for the shop ... 

and be sure to check in this weekend ~ for a giveaway & black Friday discounts :)

gladness in my ♥ for you

yarn wrapped fall chalkboard jars ... ♥

hey all! 

just poppin' in to tell you i'm posting over at Everything Etsy today

with a fun & easy fall project ... yarn wrapped chalkboard jars!

go on over and take a peek!

BHG is here today, working on set-up, wardrobe and other fun stuff ... soooo excited :)

be back to share soon!

loves ♥

thanksgiving heart art ... ♥

i am so thankful for you guys

always leaving me the sweetest comments

and the nicest compliments

you make me wanna do a happy dance

(i do like to dance :)

i feel so very blessed everyday to be living out these little dreams of mine ♥

and you all make it so much more enjoyable than it already is ...

so let's do a happy dance together

well...

let's make something instead :)

here's another fall project idea that was stuck in my head for a while

i dig the paint chip art that's all over blog land

thought i'd throw my spin on the whole idea :)

come on! let's make stuff :)

all you need are a few of my favorite things ♥

(or a few of your favorite things)

i used rub-on transfers since i had them layin' around

printing out the words in a pretty font on heavy card-stock would work just as well

i used another one of my loopey frames :)

this one was an 8 x 10

i taped twine to each end of the paper and used the mini's 

to clip the hearts to the "clothesline"

 ... space them as you please or use pretty colors!

here's a quick shot of a little vignette in my entryway

it's still a work in progress ... i want to hang the chalkboard and change it up a bit

tomorrow is wrappin' up Wednesday :)

(and i think it's actually Wednesday)

(tomorrow that is)

loves to you ♥

sweet parties here ... ♥

live. laugh. rowe. ♥ live. laugh. {linky}

the 36th Avenue ♥ Party Time!

made by me Wednesdays ♥ JAQS Studio

Funky Junk Interiors ♥ Saturday Nite Special

i {heart} naptime ♥ Sunday Scoop Link Party

Tatertots & Jello ♥ Weekend Wrap up Party

neutral fall wreath ... ♥

One of the things i love about NY is our Autumn season

it's my favorite time of the year weather wise

(as long as we don't get any early snow storms)

and i've been slowly (very slowly) working on a little bit of fall decorating 

i am anything but traditional when it comes to holiday decorating ...

i love using neutral colors, so that it's easy to add pops of colors here or there 

without everything looking too "theme-ish" ...know what i mean??

so i'm lovin' the burlap/white combo on this wreath i made for my front door :)

(i'm calling this a wreath, even though i said i wouldn't)

(but now i am, 'cause well, i guess if it's hanging on the front door

you can call it a wreath, even though technically, it's not)

moving on...

here's how you make one of your own ♥

i started out by tracing a pretty scalloped frame shape onto brown paper

cut it out then traced that shape with a sharpie onto a large sheet of styrofoam, 

that can be found in the floral department at any craft store

(with the wreath forms and such)

now this stuff is pretty thick & crunchy, so power tools are needed

the hubs used a jigsaw to cut this out for me :)

use a small dowel rod or a few wooden skewers to connect the to sides together

finish off with hot glue 

once you've got the form together, now it's time to cover it 

cut long strips of felt at approx. 2 inches wide

(i probably had 6-8 strips measuring 2 yards each)

i then ran them through the sewing machine sewing a line down the middle

with a dark brown thread, just to add some color and break up the white

wrap the felt around the form starting from the back

straight pins work great with the foam, no hot glue is needed 

here's a peek at the back ...

keep going until it's completely covered :)

(it took me an hour or so, to get it just right)

embellish as you please!

i cut some leaf shapes out of burlap and some more felt

then used my zigzag stitch to sew them together

give them a little bit of a layered look

pinned them on and stuck some pretty feathers here and there :)

i love finding these little loopey frames (that's what i call them)

at thrift stores or yard sales ... i snatch them up since i seem to use them all the time

for different things ... a little spray paint is all they need :)

all done :)

it's a lengthy project, but in love how it looks on my front door

it blends well with my other fall decorations

hope to show you more of them soon!

gladness in my ♥ for you

sweet parties here ♥ :

live laugh rowe ♥ live laugh linky Thursday

the 36th Avenue ♥ Party Time!

30 Handmade Days ♥ linky party pity party

Liz Marie Blog ♥ Link up with Me, Liz Marie

Freckled Laundry ♥ air your Laundry Friday

Tatertots & Jello ♥ Weekend Wrap up Party

Funky Junk Interiors ♥ Saturday Nite Special

i {heart} naptime ♥ Sundae Scoop Linky Party

Hubby Made Me ♥ Throwback Thursday

Tip Junkie ♥ Tip me Tuesday

Free Pretty Things for You ♥ whatever you want Wednesday