Bow-tastic

After reading the wonderful Aya's (Strawberry Koi) post on homemade hair bows, I was possessed of a desire to create my own. Her instructions were flawless, and it only took me a few minutes to whip up this beauty with some spare ribbon:

So basically, if you're interested in these lovely bow creations or in vintage clothing, hairstyles, etc...Go check this lady out! She does fabulous tutorials on YouTube under the same moniker, and her blog is always lovely.

You WILL enjoy it!

O' Christmas Tree!

We are just now getting our decorations in order, so I thought that I would show you what I did to my tree this year. Every year is a little different, and I'm currently obsessed with peacock feathers...So I used a ton of iridescent feathers to add a little life to my fake tree.

I used silver curly branches, two types of peacock feathers, gold and silver ornaments, and burlap and gold ribbon.

Lemons into lemonaid...

Last night, as we were eating our pork tenderloin with rice and field peas, I went all Incredible Hulk on my lovely silver fork. It was one of those moments where you put exactly the right amount of pressure on something at the right place, and it bends just so:

Yep. No kidding. You should have seen my face. I could have bent the fork back into shape, but this sort of sparked an idea in my mind. The designs were beautiful up close, and I decided to try and make something out of it.

Using some bolt cutters and (wait for it) a dremel drill-like manicure kit, we remove the prongs and bent it into  a pendant. 

I had a few other dangly bits left over from a necklace I haven't worn in forever, so I strung them all onto a long chain with some beautiful ribbon.

I will probably fiddle around with it by adding a second chain to make it look a little more tangled, but I'm pretty happy with where it is going.

Everyday objects. Sometimes you don't notice the details until the whole is broken into parts.

I will never recover...

My sister in law just sent me this little movie on Facebook, and I'm pretty sure I laughed myself silly...This is good, because I'm still waiting to hear about the job. I am also sick...This makes for unhappy Laura.

The three men are my husband, my brother-in-law, and my father-in-law.

ENJOY!!

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