Hello! Hello! I'm jetting out of town for the weekend but will be having another fabric sell off on Tuesday! There should be about 6 different fabrics to choose from! Please stop by Tuesday and see what's available! First come first serve again! thanks! [...]
Fabric sell off - ROUND 2..........coming!!!
Diposting oleh fawaid on Kamis, 28 Agustus 2008
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2 giveaways from me.............wrapping up!
Diposting oleh fawaid on Rabu, 27 Agustus 2008
Just a quick reminder that I have 2 giveaways ending soon! My new flickr group - Brassy Apple Projects - is well underway with photos from YOU of projects you've completed from my tutorials, ebooks, DIY kits, etc. It's a [...]
"Nothing's more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof."
Diposting oleh fawaid
Is Maggie from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof living on Metropolitan ave these days?Nope, just me playing around with my new clothesline. Hey, a girls got to do something to pretend she's got a backyard. Even if it's just balancing [...]
And the head case continues...
Diposting oleh fawaid on Selasa, 26 Agustus 2008
Last winter I bought this stunning 1920's scrapbook off eBay. Peaking out from under the pasted magazine cutouts of flappers, cute babies and random fruits and vegetables are neat, old illustrations of menswear.The actual [...]
30 weeks.......
Diposting oleh fawaid
Just thought I would share an update on my ever growing belly! :) It's been a few weeks since I have and now I am 30 weeks - YEAH - with about 8 weeks left to go??........about? I guess we'll see! There's nothing like posing [...]
Street Fair meets Gypsy Rose Lee
Diposting oleh fawaid on Senin, 25 Agustus 2008
Did the vintage theatrical lights of Williamsburg's St. Giglio Festival inspire my obsession with vaudevillian accessories or was it countless preteen viewings of Natalie Wood in Gypsy? Not sure, but i did turn these vintage [...]
Fabric overload!
Diposting oleh fawaid on Jumat, 22 Agustus 2008
I have too much fabric! Can you really ever have too much????........................... I guess in this case, I am saying YES!!!! My "fabric eyes were bigger than my stomach" months ago when I ordered SOOOO much and now [...]
Any "Boutique-rs" out there?
Diposting oleh fawaid on Kamis, 21 Agustus 2008
I had the lovely chance to be asked for an interview and featured on the Boutique Buyers blog. The interview is now up with photos and of course a GIVEAWAY!!!! Pop in the check out their blog, leave a comment on their site [...]
The New Status Symbol in Silicon Valley: Multiple Computer Screens
Diposting oleh fawaid on Senin, 18 Agustus 2008
Story by Richard Hart (ABC 7)Programmers and people in the financial industry have used more than one monitor for yearsIt's the new status symbol in Silicon Valley: multiple computer screens.Size doesn't matter anymore; [...]
Kid's collars
Diposting oleh fawaid on Sabtu, 16 Agustus 2008
When I found this dress in my favorite New Hampshire antique store for just $5, i cursed myself for not being a 4 year old girl anymore. I adore everything about it, the double collar, black glass buttons in sets of 3, [...]
Hydrangeas
Diposting oleh fawaid on Jumat, 15 Agustus 2008
I can't stop day dreaming about old fashioned, ladylike flowers. I want, no, need them spilling out of ever corner of my apartment.These were picked by a sweet boy out of his grandmother's garden and delivered from Westchester [...]
Powering down......
Diposting oleh fawaid
As some of you may have noticed my web store is no longer there! This is a good thing. We are in the final stages of getting my new website ready to debut! The store has been powered down while the sewing machine has been [...]
Little "Miss Papaya"
Diposting oleh fawaid on Kamis, 14 Agustus 2008
I got the wonderful opportunity to see my best friend from school and meet her new daughter. She now lives in paradise - aka Hawaii - so actually getting to "see" her, those times are very few and far between. Her daugther [...]
Bringing the out(house) in.
Diposting oleh fawaid
So one of the most quirky things about very old, mostly un renovated homes is that many have an "outhouse" or non flush toilet inside, left over from the pre-plumbing days.Luckily Elmwood's is in the far back of the house [...]
Girl's Club
Diposting oleh fawaid on Rabu, 13 Agustus 2008
Oh, to be a girl in a old house.My new favorite flower, feverfew, plucked from the garden.The flower garden in mid summer. So simple and wild, just how I like it.The spinning wheel at the top of the stairs.The girlhood doll.Some [...]
Drawer overhaul
Diposting oleh fawaid on Selasa, 12 Agustus 2008
Ok ok, so I know drawer liners made from wallpaper isn't exactly reinvention of the wheel, but the exciting thing here is I actually followed through and finally did it.*I think it was my new old cutlery caddy and and shiny [...]
Time to Strut your Stuff.............and WIN {of course!}
Diposting oleh fawaid on Senin, 11 Agustus 2008
Feeling lucky?It's time for you to strut your stuff in my new Flickr group - Brassy apple Projects!! It's something I've wanted to start for a long time now and decided to dive in and stop waiting!The flickr group will be [...]
The Lady's Book.
Diposting oleh fawaid
One of my most prized possessions is a Godey's Lady's Book from 1840. The lady's book is one of the first American women's "magazines" and features poems, songs, articles and it's famous hand painted color fashion illustrations.I [...]
