New addition!

Last time Dad went to visit PawPaw in Covington (just north of New Orleans) he spotted this gem sitting on a shelf! He brought it back to Houston with him and it's now easily my favorite, the second being Dad's old Pentax. It's a Kodak but I keep forgetting to bring it to work to look up the serial numbers so I can date it properly. I like to imagine all the fun things PawPaw and Gammaw would do when they used this camera...all the snapshots they'd take on vacations and road trips...maybe out on the boat.

 

What a great addition. Thanks, Dad and PawPaw!

It's coming, y'all...and I'm scared...

I'm talkin' bout swimsuit season...but I'm trying to be optimistic! After browsing lots and lots of suits I found one...I present to you my 2011 suit aaaand I have to lose about 8 lbs before I can put it on.

It's being delivered Friday! I better stop eating.

Have you found your spring/summer 2011 suit yet? Are you even thinking about it?

Sparklers, Stitches and Sassy Dresses

In a fit of randomness last night, Ryan and I decided to light some sparklers my dad gave us for new years...25 days late. But srsly, is it ever a bad time for sparklers? I don't think so. Same with champagne.

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In "What I'm working on" news, I snagged this dollhouse miniature @ hobby lobby yesterday. Love it because it looks like my grandmother's old singer and would make a super-cute necklace on a long chain.

[Gammaw's vintage singer]

Also working on stitching this little guy up...gnomes y'all. gnomes.

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It's almost payday! Whew!

My payday purchase this week is Modcloth's Terra Firma dress. I love the cut, the sleeves, the length..

It would look so cute with cowboy boots. This is my 3rd official modcloth purchase. Sadly, after I purchased the Flora dress a few weeks ago, I got an email saying they oversold and I wouldn't be getting my dress. They were super apologetic about it and gave me a coupon to use on my next purchase plus free shipping which was really nice. It still hasn't been restocked (I hope hope hope it will be soon).

Meanwhile also waiting for this guy to be restocked, too. The fabric has little foxes all over and I love the neckline.



Hurray dresses!

Movin' on up ( movin' on up...) to the East side.. (of I-045)

{notes from the past...my future home}

It's official!! After 2 wonderful years in Montrose, as of Monday November 29th, Ryan and I will be residents of Tennison Lofts. We even get a shiny new zip code! 77002 downtown whaaaaat! We're vurrrry happy...but this whole process wasn't without it's "hairpulling" moments, I kept telling myself it would be worth it. It's such a cool old building, originally the Tennison Hotel, built in 1921. From the Tennison family site "Henry Booker Tennison commissioned architect Joseph Finger to build the Tennison Hotel at 110 Bagby Street in downtown Houston, TX.  The Tennison Hotel opened for business in 1922, and was among the closest of all hotels to Houston's Grand Central Station"

I'm super in love with the fact that the original brick is exposed in the loft:

View from outside, facing the Northwest:

On top of the parking garage is a fantastic, huge patio area with a beautiful view of downtown. I can't wait to see what it looks like at night.

Tennison Hotel:

Found this newspaper clipping regarding the funeral of H.B Tennison!

Vintage Christmas Etsy Lovlies

Mini Santa cup

Paper Christmas ephemera

 Reindeer Family

 Roly Poly Santa tin

 Vintage floral ornaments

Antique Italian Nativity 

 1950s Holy Family figures

 Vintage cookie plate

 Christmas Bunting

Holiday wreath



Good thing it's slow today...

Braided Bliss

There's a first time for everything...and today I made my first ever Etsy treasury! Booooyy is that a dangerous game.. browsing awesome item after item...having to remind yourself that you're saving up for the deposit on a new apartment... YIKES. The theme was Braided Bliss. I chose belts, shoes, bags, accessories and jewelry that were all braided. I tried to stay in the mustard yellow, olive green, brown and cream constrains and I think it turned out OK! Can't wait to make another one.

Have you ever made an Etsy treasury?

SPACEBABIES + FANCYLADIES

New fun things in the shop today! Magnet sets (3) featuring some great retro fabrics. Yeee!

Fancy ladies!

Space Babies!

Developments: Shops at 3600 Main

Spent some time yesterday exploring downtown! It was a super warm (read: freaking hot) Sunday so what better way to spend it than by sitting outside drinking tasty fruity things? I had never been over on this side of town during the day. We passed by Tacos-a-go-go and I really want to try it. The Pachinko hut is a small... well... open air hut located behind The Continental Club adorned with late 50s/early 60s tiki memorabilia. It's really tied together well and I'll go back....when it's about 25 degrees cooler out.

The house specialty is a tiki punch served in this big bowl, in the middle is a little reservoir...holding the 151 that's on fire. See the little flame? fire. Be careful not to burn your eyebrows off when you take a sip.

Above and below are just a few shots of a building we passed with cool art deco detail.

It was good to see some new sights! Check out this article from June to see what's in the works for the area around Continental club and Pachinko Hut on the metro rail line.... Looks like good things-a-comin'!

long story short

8 years ago today I flew into this city [Omaha Nebraska), went to a party with my friend Shannon and met a boy.

We played a little air hockey
...listened to a little Chevelle (The Red, to be specific..to really date this situation)

and he became the love of my life.

currently in love with...

and inspired by Jazz Age Vogue covers! While browsing yesterday I found this girl- love at first sight. She's my next project and I can't wait to get started this weekend! How absolutely amazing are these art deco magazine covers?! They range from 1917 to 1930 and feature some of the art of George Lepape and Eduardo Benito, two of the most prominent artists of this time period.

Have the happiest weekend!