Twilight Cupcake Toppers

Hello all!

Just wanted to share that my "Twilight" Cupcake Toppers were featured on the Bake It Pretty blog today!So exciting! Amanda has THE best selection of cupcake, cake and candy supplies! Definitely the place to go for that stuff! You can find the feature about movie-inspired cupcakes here.

Also, for anyone interested, I happen to have some handmade toppers leftover from my Twilight cupcake party. For info, please send an email to LindsD620@hotmail.com - fyi, I have Bella available as well as Edward.

Hope everyone is well...is anyone else scared by this whole flu thing? Eek! I'm such a worrier and at times I really stress out over things. I tend to go over that whole "but what if" in my head all the time. I definitely need to work on stopping that! Wish me luck! :)

-Lindsay

Sprinkle me with pixie dust.

Or not.

The new Scrap Mojo challenge went up today! It's an awesome one (as if they're not all entirely awesome, right? haha)...be inspired by the J.M. Barrie story, "Peter Pan" and use a frame.I always loved the Disney cartoon version, of course. That reminds me, I should pick up the DVD version the next time it's released. So, I used that as my inspiration. I have this "Peter Pan and Wendy" book that I have had since I was little. I dug it out of the basement and photocopied a page for my "photo". I decided to create a wall hanging with it instead of a scrapbooking page, especially since I have these cardboard frame bases from a vintage DIY fabric frame kit. Figured I'd just use that as the base for my wall hanging and it worked perfectly. I covered that in some of the recently acquired from Goodwill fabric that I thought fit in with the color scheme of the photocopied page and hand stitched vintage lace around the picture and the edges. That part took the longest. Also stitched some vintage buttons to the corners and included a feather as a sort of "shout out" to Tigerlily. Really pleased with the way it came out and even have it hanging on the back of my craft closet door.

Be sure to head on over to the Mojo blog to check out all the details and be sure to have your projects in by April 30th! You're playing for an awesome kit from Vintage Plum! Oh, and while you're at the blog, be sure to welcome all the new Mojo girls! :)

In other news, on Saturday, one of my Spring Bird's Nest Mini Wreaths was featured on the Paper*Cakes Finds blog!
Chelsea has created such a fabulous blog filled with lovely finds and I'm honored to have one of my items included! Be sure to check it out. She also featured some of Ellen from One Ripe Peach's super cute handmade cards in the same post.

Have a lovely week! :)
-Lindsay

Hello, my name is Lindsay and I'm a thrift-a-holic.

Is that not a perfect word for it? Addicted to thrifting. It's the thrill of the hunt, a treasure hunt. I always adored Easter as a young 'un, in part because of the hunt for the hidden plastic eggs. I like finding things. Nifty things. And I've always been part pack-rat. I say part because I conciously try very hard not to collect too much. A few times a year I'll go through and sort and re-organize everything. I weed out what I doesn't appeal to me quite as much anymore or what I feel I just really don't need to keep. If I didn't do this, I would be overwhelmed with stuff. Luckily, in addition to thrifting and my love of "stuff", I also really love organizing. It's so rewarding when it's done.

As of this weekend, thrifting season has officially begun for me. Of course, over the winter, I made the occasional trip to Goodwill, but I'm talking flea markets and yard sales and estate sales, the latter of which (technically) I attended for the first time yesterday. By technically I mean, it was called an estate sale and they were selling off some things from an estate, but it was in a driveway and was more like a yard sale. Didn't matter, I was there. They had me "some craft things".

And what did I find? Lots of things...I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Here's a partial breakdown of what's pictured: St. Labre Indian School of Ashland Montana Indian Girl magnetic hook, napkin holder, salt and pepper shakers and bless this house plaque, Jewelbrite 3d Christmas ornaments, Lone Toy Tree plastic Santa picks, vintage spun cotton (I think) made in Japan Santa and Snowmen picks, Avon Sniffy perfume (the perfume is still in there), Scotch Label Maker, plastic made in Hong Kong Santa and deer snowglobe (it's missing most of it's 'water'...anyone know how to fix this?), 1980s McDonald's Oliver & Company Ornaments, Avon Initially Yours Blank Cards, lucite limited edition Tupperware Snowflake ornament, vintage children's greeting cards in box (which is super, super cute!), alphabet and numbers tins from Carol Wright Gifts (with sealed magnets inside), Woolworth plastic folding yardstick, notions, etc.

I also picked up these vintage Wil-hold plastic sewing baskets.
The pink one was filled with all sorts of stuff. It also happened to be FILTHY! I spent the better part of last night and today cleaning it and all the stuff I could salvage inside. I don't happen to have any pictures, but there were some vintage buttons (some rhinestone), lots of spools of thread (mostly wooden), some pink seam binding and satin blanket binding, misc. tools, lots of needles for machines and hand stitching in their packaging and some (I'm assuming, but they're not dated) Singer sewing machines accessories and oil from the 1940s/1950s.

And speaking of the occasional Goodwill venture, I made one Thursday evening, with the intent of hopefully finding a specific item, but I didn't have any luck. Funny how I still managed to leave with 3 bags in hand. Some of my loot:Is that crocheted throw not AMAZING? Hello! Totally love it! And it was only $2.99!

Now, like I said, it's just the beginning of the season and already I'm having trouble figuring out what to do with all this and all the stuff I've already picked up over the last year or so. But, am I going to stop? Avoid treasure hunting this season? Preposterous! So, what will I do? I've got an idea for that. Stay tuned.

-Lindsay

Vintage Indie Feature

Just wanted to share that my Spring Has Sprung Wall Hanging was featured on Vintage Indie as a Handmade Crush today!Yay! So exciting! I adore Vintage Indie, such a great resource for vintage, vintage inspired and handmade! You can check it out here.
Gotta go finish watching "Lost" now! :)
-Lindsay

Bits and Pieces.

Hello, all! This is going to be a quick one...

Here's a peek at some of my fun, little crafty bits.And a sneak peek at some things in the works, a little part of that something exciting I hinted at in the previous post.That's all for now. See? I told you it would be quick. :)

On the agenda for tomorrow...
- Wait for UPS to arrive.
- Start my layout for the next Scrap Mojo challenge (ps., a couple days left to get in those LO's for the current challenge!).
- Make, make, make.
- Enjoy a Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee.
- Watch "24".

Hope everyone had a lovely and happy Easter! :)
-Lindsay

It's Monday night, it's raining and I'm tired.

It's been raining for days here...seriously...I barely remember what the sun looks like. I had to go to the post office after work today and I dashed in there with my umbrella overhead and the postman made a remark about the weather and it's funny because I realized, here in Maine, we all love to complain about the weather. It's too hot, it's too cold. It's raining again, no more snow! Oh no, the mosquitoes are out! We're just never satisfied up here...at least not for long, haha. The postman and I did agree, however, that we'll take the rain ANY DAY over snow!

The unfortunate thing about the rain, though, is that it's not condusive to taking lovely pictures of lovely crafty things. I've been trying to craft up a storm here lately. I've spent sooo much time in my craft closet. I've made a bunch of greeting cards that will be shipped out to this gallery and shop for consignment. I've got some other things brewing and I've been brainstorming new ideas and changes and trying to research packaging and design business cards and all sorts of stuff. I feel nearly overwhelmed. But, then I remember that I love this, being crafty and creative, and the hard work does pay off in the end.

As I mentioned, I do have some exciting things in the works. But, I'll have to keep what those are and all the details a secret for a while longer. They'll be revealed in good time...but I do have lots of work ahead of me before that time is here. :)

I did manage to sneak in a trip to Goodwill the other day...found some neat things! I love when that happens! Here's what I came home with...Vintage Cray-pas, Gemco creamer, Daher tea tin, 1985 Care Bear Cousins mug, Kettle Restaurant Pancake House mug, doilies, a vintage Dennison Label Maker, a WMF brass bowl, and some little frames.

Saturday night I also managed to sneak in time for my Twilight Cupcake Party. It was so much fun! We had lots of Twilight-inspired supplies and I even made my own Edward picks for the occasion...Here's some of my finished cupcakes...They were red velvet, which we all tried for the first time. Delicious, but soooo messy! I think my tongue is still stained red, haha.

The new Scrap Mojo challenge debuted a couple days ago. It's a fun challenge...scrap about an imaginary friend or if you didn't have one, make one up, and be inspired by the animal crackers box. Of course, you can read all the details on the blog and make sure to have your creations submitted by the 15th! The winner will receive a kit from Sweet Twee Lab...I've been sooo wanting one of their kits for forever!

And oh yeah, here's my take, along with a pic of the animal cracker box.As you can probably tell, I incorporated the banner along the top, used a few little animals, created a sort of grid with my image/title/journaling like the animal cage grid on the box and kept my design squared off. Also, PB really was my imaginary friend when I was a little one. My Mom says that she always caught me talking to myself and when she asked who I was talking to, I always said PB. And it was just PB too...it didn't stand for anything, just PB. Ahh, the benefits of being an only child growing up! haha...

Anyways, I must head to bed now. There's too much yawning going on over here not to. Hope everyone is well! :)
-Lindsay