Randoms Acts of Craftiness

Antler Girl Cabinet Cards

Lately I've been feeling so crafty...maybe it's that the days are becoming shorter

by a few minutes here and there or it's all the school supplies at the stores-

but come Fall I always get bitten by the crafty bug. hard.

So I thought I would share some random acts of craftiness that I've been working on...

Mix-n-Match Vintage Elements Pin

Circles and Sequins Delight Pin

I just had to share this FABULOUS find, it's so deer to me ;)
Hot pink kitchy-rific doe lamp.

Urban Outfitters clearance for $9.99!!!

And my love affair with deers continues..a little deer statue I picked up at the flea market- it was pouring down rain so I got it at the pack-up-quick price of only $3!!!

This a a print that was featured in Somerset Studio this month. I just fell in love with it so I had to play with it a bit and give her a home on my wall.

And last BUT not least- this AMAZING old library stand was headed for the trash bin at a local middle school! Can you believe it? I was teaching when I saw a boy lugging it out near the dumpsters and had to have one of the janitors help me retrieve it. The janitor looked a little put-off when I asked him to help with removing it- but that's the thing about being a crafty girl- sometimes we get those looks. When it comes to a great find like this I seriously could have cared less. So I brought it home and cleaned it up- and now look at it!!! I just love adding random little things to it and nearly everyone that comes in our home loves to give it a twirl! So neat-o!

So what craftiness have you been up to?

Antler Girl Hide-A-Way

My obsession with making myself some antlers started off like

most amazing craft ideas..with kind of a crafting itch in the back

of my mind.

I kept seeing all these beautiful ethereal pictures of Antler Girls and I just had to have some for me...BUT I couldn't quite figure out how to

make them amazing and functional.

So after MUCH research, crafting supplies, and just puttin'

some time in...I FINALLY figured it out....

It all began with some INSPIRATioN...

Crafster.org was a very helpful resource. I found
so many girls there also struggling on their own
Antler making journey...that is where I read of all the techniques
my fellow Antler-obsessed girls had tried. If you are interested
in making yourself some antlers I highly suggest craftster..


and Voila!

See photo below ....a>



So get started making your own antlers and have fun!!

If you would like any information on how I made my antlers please feel free to comment here.

Oh Deer...I'm Obsessed...

This hobo tote was such a wonderful purchase from

retrofied on etsy.

This New Deer Valley material by Joel Dewberry

made my heart skip when I stumbled upon it.

And it's reversible!!!

This little girl- or as her creator/seller referred

to her as"Deery Loo" was an impulse buy on a late

Friday nite over on etsy.

At $1.50, the price was right for

and impulse purchase...also, I justified it

because she was also selling Ira Glass pins..perfect for

sweet NPR obsessed best friends.
Caitlin Kuhwald on etsy.

And as I admitted..I'm obsessed..antlers, deers-both plush and real.

It's a situation.

Oh Deer!

Winter

I won! brooch

Oh Deer! pins

Cuckoo Clock Necklace from Bazaar Bizarre Cleveland, Ohio

Vintage Button and Cupcake Pick Brooch

Pink Glittery Corner

"N" is for Nancy's

Pretty Things

Girls With Antlers

Little Birds.

More Pretty Things

Winter Morning

Bird Cages and Pink Ice Skates.

A Few of My Favorite Things.

My newest Favorite Thing.

Never too early for Halloween...

I swear we are like little kids around here when it comes to Halloween...and it's not just over the Reece's cups and bite size snickers bars.

My husband and I got the fever to start "Spooky"ing up the house this weekend for the holiday...

Some black and white goodness...

I just love the vintage die-cuts, this one is a reproduction I picked up at a gift shop in Pittsburgh...I just love his wink!

He looks perfect atop this shelf-which I picked up at Country Living Fair a couple

years ago. I added the paper scalloped edging, an idea I "borrowed" from Jenny over at Everyday is a Holiday. This little beauty hangs above our television set-up.

Way prettier than electronics...

And this is my husbands' corner..he is way into blood and gore and old horror movies.

I have kinda "guided" him into not making it too over-the-top.

If he had his way there

would be severed heads, zombie brains,

and scary werewolf masks all over the house this time of year. LOL.

Don't worry, I don't curtail him too much~ after all there is a life-size zombie hanging outside on my front porch LOL.

Dracula bust- has red light-up eyes. We picked this up at the After-Halloween sale at Target last year..awesome.

And last but not least- I picked these pretty jacks' up this year at Ragon House.

I love, love, love them!!!!



More to come...

Happy Halloween!!!!

My Favorite CL Fair Find...

I love Cheryl Kuhn's collages.

This year Cheryl was at the Country Living Fair

with Earth Angels Toys. And I must admit, her work was the reason

why I splurged and bought the early bird tickets!

I literally ran to The Earth Angels tent in search of one of Cheryl's pieces.

(God, I hope no one saw that! lol)

I just adore all of her work, but as I browsed her display this piece just sang to me.

I absolutely adore it, I could picture it sitting on top of these old hat boxes in our living room. And I am enjoying it everyday now, it is lovely.

Also, I got a chance to meet Cheryl again. She is so down-to-earth and we had a nice conversation about junking and crafting.

It's always important to me to not only admire some one's work,

but also actually like the person that has made it.

I believe that when we make something, we leave a little of ourselves with it.

Good karma, Good energy..all that jazz.

Country Living Fair 2009

Last weekend, we headed down to the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, OH where the annual Country Living Magazine Fair was being held.

This was our third trip to The CL Fair, and boy has it grown!
Not only in vendors, but I think word-of-mouth has spread because it was super packed with ladies on the hunt just like me..hunting for that perfect treasure...




I took pretty pictures along the way of my hunt...here's some of the sites..enjoy!

As I am a paper lover~

I just adore ephemera..and there was lots to be had...treasures galore!

I just thought this was so sweet.

I see these lanterns at post-summer sales all around

and I never thought to do something like this.

(Kicking myself- think outside of the box! Or in this case fancy lantern candle holder thingy!lol)

Paint it pink, add a sweet porcelain dollie and an old picture-voila! Super sweet.

more pretties...

This year at the CL Fair there was an explosion of french-inspired goodies.

It seems every booth was going for the "french flea market" look...

These bags and pillows~wow!

And maybe it was because I was a show choir geek in high school

(Are you watching Glee? It's amazing!) but I loved these old weird choir angel heads.

The price was a bit out of my league but wow...

I am having a love affair with numbers lately...

everything I gravitate towards has a number on it.

And not even that the number particularly means something.

It's just I love numbers and this shelf was like the

creme De la creme' of numbers...what a neat idea.

and as always vendors at the CL Fair always serve up the best Halloween goodies...seeing all the neat Halloween treats got me so excited that we decorated our house this weekend!

I know, I know it's not even October yet...am I one of those people? apparently yes, I am.

After our CL Fair fun we headed down to spend the weekend with our friends Joe and Erin...what a whirlwind fun weekend!

Treasure hunting and good friends...

Here we are, two witchy women...at Big Lots no less..lol

See You next Year at the CL Fair!!!!