Fashion Inspiration: Grey

1. Maybe if I act like that..., 2. january19, 3. white, gray, and navy,
4. Scarf, Street Fashion @ Bloor St. W., Toronto

The weather was amazing over the weekend and it looks like today is going to be another nice one!

Uh oh, losing motivation!

I am losing Etsy motivation at the moment. I know I shouldn't let sales or lack of them influence how I feel about it, but of course it does. Things had been going ok for me. Good enough for extra pocket money. Now it's been almost 2 weeks without a sale and that makes me get into an Etsy slump. I debate even trying to add much else new before Christmas. I can relist what's already in the shops once in awhile instead. It is mostly just a hobby for me,but I like the small amount of extra cash too! Maybe this week I will sell more again and change my tune, but for now I don't feel like making new stuff to sell before Christmas. I know this is a Debbie Downer post, but I needed to vent.

Amazing handmade finds

Today I decided to go out alone for a little awhile and check out some craft and holiday bazaars going on at different churches and community buildings. It's that time of year where there are lots going on! In this area, a lot of the population is retirees. (You know, this area is filled with people from other places, mostly from up north like my family. We are a little North in the South!) Sometimes the stuff at these things is "old ladyish" in the very tacky way. So you just don't know what to expect! We often seem to lack the cool, old antique things. You have to go to the older towns for that stuff.

I didn't leave my house until 11:30am or so, with some of these ending by 1pm or 2pm, not a lot of time to spare! I drove past one church and it looked like nothing was going on anymore so I didn't stop. I drove to the next place and saw plenty of cars still there so I went inside. I was pleasantly surprised! The first thing I saw that I considered getting, if nothing else, was a cute Christmas kitchen towel.

It was mostly older ladies in there, the shoppers and volunteers, and this was geared towards Christmas decor and almost all handmade items. They also were selling baked goods. The way this bazaar worked was that different women(I suspect mostly older ladies) in the church made things and donated them to be sold as a fundraiser for a womens' group in the church. So people weren't doing this for profit. And so many of the prices were low. In fact, I was completely stunned at the price of a funky quilt hanging up that I liked. First I thought, is this actually newly made? Is this maybe used/vintage? I actually sniffed it, and it smelled new. That was before I asked a nice older lady about everything, who told me how they were all made by women in the church. The quilt was only $10!! I felt like skipping!

Here is my funky, retro looking, but NEW handmade quilt!! $10!





It's not big enough to cover an entire bed. I guess it would cover a twin bed but not hang over the sides. I got it more for decor purposes and to use when we have chilly nights, while sitting on the couch or to put over our thinner blanket at night.

So then I went quilt crazy!! The next one is a baby quilt. For $6!!! And it's for a baby girl. I don't have a baby girl. But did that stop me? NO!! haha I really want to keep it too. But it could be a gift. I am not sure. $6! 35" x 39"


This next one was called a "doll quilt", or at least the pile I got it from said that. Whether that means it's for a doll or not, I have no idea. But I know it can be used to hang, or put on a table. It was $2.50.

And my one actual Christmas related purchase, a kitchen towel for $1.50
So I got all of that for $20! And it's all newly made! This will sound a little crazy, but when I walked out of the building with all of this stuff for $20, I almost felt like crying(I didn't hehe). I guess because the ladies made these things with no profit to gain, and the quilts were priced so low...and after knowing what kind of prices those might go for on Etsy, I just felt amazed.

Oh, I forgot. I thought I would share a picture here for now of me, in my "skinny" jeans(that aren't really tight enough at the ankles, so they puff out of my boots). This was yesterday when I was excited about the cooler weather. I didn't end up wearing the boots out because I don't like the puff above the top of them from these jeans.

First day of Fall...for me

Here in Florida, the weather took a turn for cooler temperatures overnight. Today the high will only be mid 60's, compared to 80's just 2 days ago. This cool weather will last a couple of days, then it's back into the low 80's for us. So I have to enjoy it while it's here!! Does that mean I can wear my boots today without sweating?? I think so!

I almost don't know what else to wear today because I wasn't really prepared to go from 80's to 60's in such a short amount of time! I know it's not exactly cold enough for a scarf or hat, but doesn't cooler weather make you start thinking about those things?

I am loving my mom's newer items in her shop, I want to give her some promotion!! It's my younger sister(and only sibling) wearing these for the pictures. :) Lovey, right!?

Those are wood buttons made from branches! My dad helped my mom out with that.




Go check out her shop Considerthelillies! :)

Vintage Thursday: Tea time

Tea Please 8 x 8 Print from CocoShack

We will be going to Alabama for Thanksgiving this year, and the weather should be chilly during that time! Two years ago when we went for Thanksgiving, I stayed a little longer than my husband and dranks lots and lots of tea and hot chocolate at night to keep warm.

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It was very chilly and cold feeling at night, and I had so many cups of tea to warm up! That's when my love for Twining's decaf English Breakfast tea started. I like plain tea usually, no flavors for me. No lemon, mint or other flavor tea. But I love that English Breakfast tea. They have it in our Target, where it's the lowest price out of all the other stores including Walmart! It's great for night time since it's decaf.

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I love the look of enamel teapots/kettles.

Cherry Enamelware teapot by Finel $24

How about one coffee pot too? ;)
Blue Enamelled Vintage European Coffee Pot $28

If anyone has any suggestions of what kind of vintage items you'd like to me feature in the coming weeks, please leave a comment! Sometimes I am just not sure what to feature while other times I have an idea in mind right away. What would you like to see?

Another ode to Autumn

It's still warm here, no surprise I guess? But now that it's November, a very autumn feeling month, anything related to it makes me feel happy. Despite the fact that we accidentally bought fat free creamer for our coffee, which is almost like adding nothing to coffee in my opinion, I am having a nice pretend autumn morning.

Here are some Etsy items that make me think of Autumn:

Cambridge Dreams harvest photograph 4x4 only $5

Cherry and Chocolate Pocket Clutch

The Hooded Missy

Deer Brooch

Nov. 1st!

1. homesewn, 2. Wardrobe Remix, two-thousand and twenties, 3. Fall Cycling, 4. post pumpkin picking

Happy November 1st!

I love this time of year. Of course I love October since it's my birthday month, but November and December are definitely favorite months.

Last night we took Kavi to a Fall Festival at a church. They had "trunk or treat" there, where you go from car to car to get candy. There were 20 cars in a long line up, and they all decorated their trunks or entire cars with a theme! It was cute and a nice alternative to trick or treating. Kavi didn't wear a costume. He just wasn't having it. We had a lion outfit left over from last year, plus a hooded towel that makes him look like Buzz Lightyear. But nope.