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La La Love You Art Print Inspiration

November 15th, 2012

Wouldn’t this print looks so cute in this room! I’ve been wanting to redecorate Char’s bedroom and I think this print I created for Minted is the perfect jumping off point to get me started! Now, if I can just get the paints out. Ha ha! (Highly unlikely considering it’s been freezing cold lately!)   [...]

Vintage Tea Party Details for Planning One

February 6th, 2012

I wanted to show you some of the detail and inspiration for Char’s Vintage Tea Party. Below is a board created to capture the look and feel of the party. I always choose a color palette first. Mostly I used red, pink and a pale blue. Then, it was all about the patterns. If I had really [...]

little girls vintage tea birthday party

January 26th, 2012

My daughter, Charlotte, is 4 today! To celebrate we decided to do a tea party with a few of her friends. For Christmas, she got a mini tea party set and has just loved it. So I decided why not? The theme was set now all I had to do was put it all together. [...]

Char’s Christmas Dress

December 27th, 2010

Char’s Christmas dress was so much fun to make. I was inspired by a dress I saw at Gap….I’m not very good at following patterns, but for some reason, I can just make it up, and usually it turns out.