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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Monday, June 25, 2012
First Love
I'm passionate about vintage. I love the stories behind the garments. I love that it's unique. I love that it allows me to dress each day to suit my mood. However, it is not my first love..
My first love has always been creating. It doesn't matter if it's sewing a new dress, painting, knitting, or writing. So long as it goes directly from my imagination and comes straight to life in my hands.
For a long time, while my children were young, I considered it an indulgence. I forgot how happy it made me just to putter around with a paint brush in my hand, or to be able to whip up a new top when I got tired of my old ones.
Recently, I've had the pleasure of being able to rediscover that happiness, and to share it with my girls. I've started making things using my old skills, sewing dresses or sketching, and I've begun learning new skills, like creating jewelry out of mixed media.
And I am oh so happy. When I'm making something, I sometimes catch myself humming a cheerful tune under my breath, or smiling to myself. I can't wait to share some of my new items with you all in my shop. I hope they make you smile too :)
Hugs and Smooches,
D
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| The Gatsby Necklace |
My first love has always been creating. It doesn't matter if it's sewing a new dress, painting, knitting, or writing. So long as it goes directly from my imagination and comes straight to life in my hands.
For a long time, while my children were young, I considered it an indulgence. I forgot how happy it made me just to putter around with a paint brush in my hand, or to be able to whip up a new top when I got tired of my old ones.
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| The Moulin Rouge Necklace |
Recently, I've had the pleasure of being able to rediscover that happiness, and to share it with my girls. I've started making things using my old skills, sewing dresses or sketching, and I've begun learning new skills, like creating jewelry out of mixed media.
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| The Birds of a Feather Necklace |
And I am oh so happy. When I'm making something, I sometimes catch myself humming a cheerful tune under my breath, or smiling to myself. I can't wait to share some of my new items with you all in my shop. I hope they make you smile too :)
Hugs and Smooches,
D
Monday, April 30, 2012
Roadtrip! - Part 1
My folks (who are awesome, just for the record) gave my little family a Disney vacation for Christmas this year. It was scheduled for last week (which is April school vacation for my kiddos) and, ohhh boy, did we have a fantastic time! I have so much great stuff to share with you that I'm going to have to break it down into two posts!
First up..we drove. From NH to FL. (A 24hr drive, in case you were wondering..) I know, I know, you're thinking we're nuts. But I have to tell you, in all honesty, my kiddos are FANTASTIC road trip buddies. They sleep, chat with us or read. There wasn't a single complaint.
On the trip down, we made it as far as South Carolina and just ran out of steam. So we stopped at a lovely Inn where we were absolutely charmed by the southern hospitality. (Fun story..my hubby, Brandon, LOVES Arby's, and since there was one across the street from the Inn, we indulged him and went there for dinner. When the lovely woman at the counter took his order, she asked for his name so she could call him when it was ready. When our food came out, she called out "Mr. Brandon, your food is ready". He was so tickled by the "Mr." he demanded we call him Mr. Brandon for the rest of the trip ;)
The next day, we finished the last 7 hours of our drive and landed in FL at the GORGEOUS condo we were staying at with family (we had the great pleasure of traveling with friends, cousins, aunties, uncles and my cousins' lovely Nana <3) There were 16 of us total, 11 adults and 5 kiddos, and there was plenty of room for all of us AND our very own private pool and hot tub!
Our first day of Disney, we went to Animal Kingdom. I have never seen such amazing animals so close up! We rode on the Safari and saw elephants, lions, hippos, giraffes, crocodiles and gazelles. We also got to see some beautiful birds (including a gorgeous parrot!) and gorillas. I was so impressed with the beautiful habitat that had been created for these animals and how much freedom and space they had!
..sooo..remember when I said it would take up two posts? It might take 3..as I was editing these, I realized that (in addition to 3 other Disney parks) I had also taken OOODLES of pictures at the American History Museum on our trip home (including some pin ups and pictures of the First Ladies Inaugural gowns!) More to come!
Hugs and Smooches,
D
First up..we drove. From NH to FL. (A 24hr drive, in case you were wondering..) I know, I know, you're thinking we're nuts. But I have to tell you, in all honesty, my kiddos are FANTASTIC road trip buddies. They sleep, chat with us or read. There wasn't a single complaint.
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| Roadtrip Buddies |
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| Disney or Bust! |
The next day, we finished the last 7 hours of our drive and landed in FL at the GORGEOUS condo we were staying at with family (we had the great pleasure of traveling with friends, cousins, aunties, uncles and my cousins' lovely Nana <3) There were 16 of us total, 11 adults and 5 kiddos, and there was plenty of room for all of us AND our very own private pool and hot tub!
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| The condo |
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| Kid's room |
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| Living Room |
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| Sitting Room |
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| One of the bedrooms (I loved the swan :) |
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| My girls and their cousins testing out the pool |
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| Tree of life Garden |
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| Hippo! There was a glass panel built into the side of his pond so you could see him swim! |
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| Polly wanna cracker? |
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| These trees were just breathtaking |
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| Rhino |
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| Crocs |
Hugs and Smooches,
D
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