asheville.

my mom & i made a short & sweet quick

trip to asheville a few weeks ago.

we love the southern highlands arts & crafts

guilds fall show, so we made it happen! 

we went up on friday afternoon & had

tapas at zambra's & then hit the drum circle.

chocolate fetish is so dangerous & delicious!

i was so happy to see this woman!

this is sandra, my favorite fabric artist!

3 years ago jim & i went to this same show

and bought a large piece from her that hangs in

our office. it states:

 something wonderful is about to happen!

she is so cheerful & passionate about her work, truly

inspiring. mom bought a gorgeous sun printed table runner. 

on the way home we stopped by a farm

stand and loaded up on apples & corn & peppers.

i just thought these guys were gorgeous.

i surprised slim with these dark chocolate

covered oreos... holy moly!

craft closet

this past weekend slim & i cleaned out our entire house...

no we're not moving just yet, we're getting our wood floors

redone- sanded and polished.

we moved EVERYTHING.

our stuff is in squeezed into the garage & the back-porch & there's

a big load in my parents garage and then a bunch of stuff at my 

ma-in-laws garage ready to be sold at her upcoming garage sale.

it was really hard work, but we're so excited for the new floors & 

schnazzing up a lot of our space & only bringing back the stuff we really 

 love into our "new" house!

in our office (which we're planing to paint the wood panel walls)

there's a big closet that i made into a pretty legit craft closet..

but i just found these ideas on pinterest... 

dusty.

get crafty today.

it's good for your soul.

pretty sticks.

sticks are free.

let's get crafty!

bregman.

i reprized my role as arts & crafts lady at the annual

  bregman educational conference.

making fabric flowers has never been this exciting! 

the participant loved it and were so proud if their creations. 

special thanks to lea, sarah & jen for helping out! 

here's jen & me with some fabric flare!

curtains for cori.

my fabulous cori is my next door neighbor at work- lucky me!

cori's office was once used as an observation room,

 so she has a large window- which was in great need of

 a new, non-dust collecting, allergy attack causing curtain.

so... i made one! my first curtain!

handy man jason hooked us up with a wood bar 

& i made a loop on the top & it slid right on!

i nabbed the fabric for 40% off at joann's.

a sexy side view, w/ a brian andreas print- awww.

crazy saturday night during the whole30-

freaky fruit smoothie and arts & crafts!

my new obsession- felt flowers.

i've made pins & hair barrettes & head bands.

*my sweet little niece claire is about to be overloaded w/ accessories!

i also decided to start making jewlery....

*the look on jim's face was priceless when i told him this.

(you just wouldn't believe the bargain i scored for these beads!)

here's a sneak peak of my next project,

curtains for our dining room!

felt & buttons & totes

it was a super crafty & productive mlk day!

i had some extra felt from a previous project,

so i made some head bands & a flower pin.

my beautiful model!

while procrastinating on cori's curtain...

i made future teacher & sweetie pie amanda a tote bag.

it's colorful paper clips on one side

and green & blue hounds-tooth on the other!

and then rewarded myself with some cave girl paleo cereal:

blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, sunflower seeds, 

slivered almond & coconut milk w/cinnamon.

mini scrapbook.

i love scrapbooks.

i like creating them, looking at them & thinking about them. 

it's a mini scrapbook in a cd holder.

i'm on it!

just dreamy.

what are you doing for new year's eve?

checkout this super sweet video! 

also... i'm currently obsesed with hello giggles. 

it's an awesome website, blog, soap box, diy wonderland, fashion 

hot spot & is filled with a little bit of everything- check it out.

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