Vintage Flair

Pretty packaging

This is just a quick hello...I was packing up all of my Silver Bella stuff (to get it off the dinning room table so the cleaning lady can actually clean) and I had to take a photo of a gift for one of my roommates.  I love the image of this baby and I am bit annoyed that I can't find the original photo.  I took it work to make photo copies and I am not sure what the heck I did with it.  I hope I didn't leave it on the printer?....I keep thinking to myself, who in the world would want the photo?  I know I would and maybe you but nobody at work would.  Oh well.....Sorry I am rambling on....have a great night.

Sweet little notes.....

I usually leave my daughter's love notes or doodles and leave them in their lunch boxes so they can think of their Momma while they are at school.  Well, look at what my daughter Lily-Grace has been leaving me....love notes.  They are priceless!

 

Craft supplies....check

This morning while I had some alone time, I gathered all of my supplies for Silver Bella.  What a task....I have two small vintage suitcases that I am bringing, one for my tools and the other for all of my fun embellishments.  I thought I could stay some what organized that way.  It is so hard to plan ahead at what elements you want to use in your projects.  I am not going to worry about it, I will just finish all of my projects at home and make them my own.

I made this pocket to store some of my papers out of some scrap fabric I had laying around.

Sorry this is so short...I am off to the grocery store then get ready for tricker treating.  Have a great Halloween.
 

Paper envelopes

 

Sorry I have been such a bad blogger....it seems like the week zooms on by and I am constantly trying to catch up.  I have a ton of stuff going on in my life professionally and personal and sometimes it is just too much! I won't bore you with my professional life but personally I am in full swing of trying to get all of my supplies together for Silver Bella, what a task that is.  I am so glad I am driving and I can pretty much take and bring back what I want.  My thoughts are with you girls that have to fit everything into a suitcase.  Last night I made these paper envelopes out of vintage sheet music and old book pages.  I love to create projects that I can do very quickly.

Look at my roses how pretty they still look in October....they make me very happy.

I am off to the grocery store ...I hope you are going to have a more creative day than me!
 

Latest project

This is going to be a quick post...I have to pack to get ready for a business trip for the next couple of days.  When ever I go away on business, it is not just me that I have to get situated, I have to set a side all of the girls clothing and make sure my husband knows what is going on for the week.  He is great when I am gone but I sometimes have to guide him in the right direction.  You know what I mean?  For the next three days, I will behind the glass observing focus groups for some research that I am conducting for my job.  Pretty exciting uh?  I have three articles to write for Somerset magazines and it will be the perfect opportunity to get them all done at out of the way.  This is a petite collage that I created for a friend for Silver Bella.  I hope she likes it.  

One month to go!

I can't believe that Silver Bella is right around the corner...it seems like I just convinced my husband that I NEEDED to go.  I am still amazed that he said OK, go ahead and have fun.  Last night I worked on my vintage paper swap and I am happy to report it is almost complete.  My apron is set and I am so excited to wear it and I can't wait to see all of the other aprons.  I guess I now need to figure out what supplies I need to bring for my classes and start gathering all of that.  It is a good problem to have.  Oh, I have also started to gather up some small presents for my roommates, girls that I have known {and they seem like we have been my friends for years} but have never officially meet and artists I admire {let me just warn you....when I meet Pam Garrison, I am going to scream, she is art royalty to me}.  Silly uh?

Who knew?

A couple of months ago when I was in California, my last night my girlfriends and I went for a stroll on Rodeo Dr. and guess what I found?  A store called Ilori ...who knew there was such a store.  I like to think they named it after me.  I had to take a photo of it...too funny.  One more fabulous thing I forgot to share with you...check out these wonderful paper flowers from the Chanel window.

 

 I am off to eat a hot fudge sunday.  Have a great night!
 
 

I love completed projects

 
After being at the ice rink all day for a skating competition with the girls, I needed a little time for myself.  {Really quick funny story....my daughter, Lily-Grace came in 2nd in a event and she won a silver medal but there was a pink ribbon for 6th place and she asked the lady who was handing out the awards, can I have that pretty pink ribbon instead of this medal?  She thought it was prettier.  Now that is a girl after my own heart, I thought the same thing too}.  After the kids went to bed, I poured a glass of red wine and I stayed up late last night to finish my portion of Andrea's and Heather's paper doll journals.  I just received them in the mail from Holly but with Silver Bella, the holiday's and some Stampington projects coming up, I decided to work on them right away.  That photo is me as a baby and it is Andrea's sign in page....that is my favorite page in her book.  It is so sweet with all of our baby photos in it.

Below are the pages that I created for Andrea's sweet paper doll journal and her book is now complete!

 
Now these are Heather's pages that I created for her lovely paper doll journal.

 I hope you all have a great Sunday and while Lucy is napping, I am off to get the house organized while the rest of my family is at church.
 

XOXO,

Lori
 

One groovy tee shirt......comming up

Over the weekend my daughter Olivia has invited to a groovy themed birthday party and you needed to come dressed in your best groovy attire.  Well....she doesn't have much groovy attire in her closet so, I decided to make a craft project out it.  My girls and I decided to make tie dyed tee shirts and they loved it.  It was a fun project but after the tie dye process was finished, I cut each of the sides of her shirt and then cut horizontal strips down the side of her tee shirt and then tied each of the strips in knots.  She was so proud of her tee shirt and I love when you can make some fun memories with your kids.  Did you notice her hat?  She is good with accessorizing for a 9 year old.. 

 

Vintage images

     

I am so sorry it has been so long since my last post....my life just keeps going and I guess I just needed to catch up.  These are some of the vintage magazines and sheet music I bought when I was in Michigan.  Even through all of my sweet little shops are have all closed, I happened to find one large stash for $5.00 buried under a bunch of boxes of junk.  I just love a great treasure hunt.  Sorry this is so short but Lucy is tugging at my leg.  I need to go show some love to my baby.  Have a great day.