Create 365 - Little Lucy Doll

I finished a little sooner than expected :)  Little Lucy is a gift for one of my favorite tiny people <3

Hugs and Smooches,
D

Home Ec Post - Chez Moi, Part Deux

As promised, here is the follow up to this post featuring a little peek into my home!

I love to repurpose items.  Curtain rods as jewelery displays, scarf holders and headband racks.  Fabric stretched into embroidery hoops to display earrings and brooches.  Cheese graters as earring displays.  Your only limit is your imagination!

Part of my hat collection..

..more hats..

...umm, yeah.  Hats.

Hat forms, so I can make my own hats!

Bird under glass

Eva

I stretched fabric across the back of this frame and added a ribbon so I can change out the pictures with the seasons.

My Phonograph <3

My typewriter (on which I plan to write the great american novel..)

My phone (and to be honest, the only reason I still have a landline ;)

Embroidery hoop + Fabric = A great way to display earrings..

..or brooches!

Curtain rod + Scrap of rug rolled into a tube makes a great headband display.

Curtain rods also work as scarf displays..or..

..with curtain hooks to display necklaces

Another easy earring display, frame with mosquito netting stretched across the back..

..or an old cheese grater!

That's it!  Thanks for taking a tour of my home with me :)  If you'd like to take a peek at some of my inspiration, you can go to my "for the home" pinterest board here.

Hugs and Smooches,
D

A Room of One's Own

I thought today I would give you all a little tour of the space I create in :)

My space began it's life as a dining room, but since we all gravitate towards the kitchen, It was quickly taken over with my crafting supplies.

This lovely old machine is from the 1920's.  The amazing 80yr old woman who previously owned it was still using it up till last year!  It's my back up machine, because it doesn't have the modern bells and whistles, but it runs like a charm!

A small portion of my fabric stash (I have two steamer trunks and several suitcases full so I'm never without when I get inspired!)

The only thing I love almost as much as vintage...books ;)

One of the afore mentioned steamer trunks, more books and my poseable sketch model, Cordelia, who the children like to put in random poses to amuse me ;)

I have two of these pegboards to hold my supplies (and that gorgeous jacket was rescued from a yard sale for $2.  It's authentic to the late 1800's and it's in BEAUTIFUL condition)

Lola <3 (If you look carefully behind her you can see a tortoiseshell hair comb from the victorian era.)

A small selection of my patterns (that sideboard they're sitting on is chock full of them from every decade you can imagine!)

I keep little jars of buttons, notions and feathers readily available for inspiration!

A repurposed plant hanger holds mason jars of buttons, spools of ribbon and my inspiration journal where I jot down ideas.

The sign on the door that goes from my sewing room into the husband's "Man Cave" ;)

Hugs and Smooches,
D