Wedding Delightness

Listening to "Hold On" by Neko Case.

Ok, first of all I cannot believe it has been over a month since I've posted. The Etsy shop has taken off and kept me super busy this past month. Very exciting.


Secondly, I had to make sure that delightness was an actual word- it is. Paired with certain words it elicits a sort of satisfaction- wedding blues. It's been very busy these last few weeks. I'm getting the invitations together to send out. I cannot believe we are almost 4 months away. Christmas AND the wedding right next to each other. We're getting down to the wire soon.

I'm adding more things as I type. I've reached out into my treasure chest of buttons and brooches to pull out a new line a jewelry in my store. Inspired by vintage commercials/products, I've aligned myself with the dark side of the empire. My focus is visual aethetics. I know people love to match their jewelry with that perfect outfit but I prefer to match an outfit with my piece of jewelry. Something you can wear with anything. I'll be displaying my work pretty soon before Christmas *crossing fingers* so keep a close eye on the shop.

In other news, I've officially gone retro. I picked up some old vinyl records for free from a neighbor and am now deciding what craft I should use them for. Serving platter? Clock? Mosaic vase? Display? Hmmm...

I'm also looking for any tanneries around the Florida area- central or west? I feel hopeless..

to be continued.. I hope for the sake of tanneries.. ^..^

Leather, Leather, Leather!

Listening to "Abe Lincoln" by Best Friends Forever

I can't say that post enough.. LEATHER!!!!!

Anyhow.. It's been a little bit... ok, maybe a bigger bit since I've last posted. Things have been really moving with my leather projects. I know I posted an ambiguous picture last week of one of my bracelets. I sold that bracelet right after I displayed it and it gave me new cheer to move on to vintage inspirations. This time I have another picture...I've been wanting to do something subtle... yet me.. Took me a few hours and some buttons!! and the bracelet below is what I found in myself. I think I may keep it... shhh...

Good news. I have another belt chair I'm working on as I post this. I should have it finished with before and after pics for you to look at soon.. ok it's raining now so that will have to wait. I can't paint in the rain... :(

I went on a calming re-photo shoot this morning and was able to post cuffs to our store. We are now open. My sister should be adding her cuffs to the store this weekend so the number will double tremendously. :) Thanks for all the positive comments everyone. Cheers.

And then there were trumpets...

Listening to "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver.

It's been a few days since I last posted and I wanted to fill you in and what's been happening. It's a tornado of fantasmic proportions!! I have cuffs finished. I don't want to show everything I have finished but I did want to give a sneak peak to my faithful followers so that you can see what's coming out. I opened up an Etsy store with my sister- Hide & Moore. A little play on words but I love it. The Hide is the leather we use in everything we make. The Moore/More pertains to what we use. I love buttons and she loves sterling silver so each bracelet is different. And there is definitely more than just buttons and sterling.

So just a little breakdown...

1. Etsy store up but not quite open. I'll have it on the blog here once we have it open. So keep checking back. :)

2. I have accessories finished! Yes.. And for a sneak peak I give you.. "Hera's". This has already been spoken for by someone already but I just wanted to show you. If I show the color then I give way too much away. Take my word that this heavy cuff is awesome. ^-^

3. I also did some thrift shopping this weekend and wanted to clue you in on some of my button finds. I'll post those tomorrow with pics and separate info... I am so psyched that everything is finally coming together... :) Cheers.

Craft Envy

Listening to "Walk On" by The Hidden Cameras

I've had little time lately to peruse craft supplies but thankfully today I made a jump. I found this button in a store called Brazen Buttons and thought it was practically biblical. How great it must be to have pieces of art on your clothing like that button.

Which reminds me... I'm heading to the hometown this weekend to experiment with gum paste for the wedding and continue our leatherworking. I will definitely have some pics because now that I have supplies we should be able to produce some piece of exquisiteness. I will also be hitting up the local thrift stores and I can divulge my treasures found there. :)

I also found this pattern which was really neat. Isn't this something you'd find in a thrift store or a flea market box? I thought so. The bonnet-laden girl next to the peacock chair is quite simple. I good chaise would help this stitch.

I'm a sucker for the Pearl and Hobby Lobby stores which of course are not even in the St. Petersburg area. Why is that? I'm not really sure but I wrote a few emails to their customer service department letting them know how "unfortunate" it is not to be able to shop there. Their reply? Coming soon. Of course, of course.

Until Sunday? Cheers. xoxo

Branching Out in Buttonland..

Listening to "Bella" by Angus & Julia Stone.

I am so sorry. I have no idea why I blanked out on this post. I promised to show the buttons I recently purchased and I blanked out... wow..

I went this past weekend with my mom to a few thrift stores and came away with some great finds. And by great I mean paying a nickel for a handful of buttons. My kind of day.


I'm also including the Joann clearance I found too... Grrrr... I plan on using these in the leather projects I'm currently working on. It'll be neat to see how I fit these in to different ideas.

This is what a change jar is for.. a quarter.. :) Cheers.