GRAND NUGGET

how amazing is this vespa turned rocking ... um scooter - - ya i know its amazing ... a grand papa made it for his little grand nugget and its so cute!

I PROMISE IT WORKS

my poor mr. coberly - - he crosses his fingers every year that I wont go all wacko and change out our apartment decorations but alas I just cant help it - - i really wish i could just decorate a room and then step away from it for a few years BUT I CANT ... maybe its cabin fever because I live in an apartment so really im just decorating another room when actually its the same rooms over and over? hmmm I like it - - im stickin' with it.

im feeling a little 'meh' about my red pillows right now, so this little kelly weartler mama is on its way to my casa to settle in with the other brown, black and whities on the couch ... thats right I have black and brown together in my room (gasp!) i promise it works and i love it (and really thats all that matters!) i realized long ago i had no set 'look' that couldnt be strayed from - - i pick things i like and they just go together because i like them!

CUT OFF COWBOY

i love this chicas cut off cowboy boots - - i wish i could pull this off!

COOKING A MYSTERY

i love this picture of 2 of my darling sister in laws ... pregnant, barefoot and in the kitchen :0) marie (left) is cooking the 5th of 5 grandbabies on my side - - all boys and mariel (right) is cooking a mystery (probably boy) grandbaby.

PROCLAIMED

mama got her a new pair of specs ... mr. coberly looked at me a bit strange when I put them on and proclaimed that instantly loved them - - he thinks they look like buddy holly.

ALL FULL UP

SO DANG EXCITED ... next friday I will be teaching a class at this :


you can read more about it HERE {its all full up for this round but they will be doing more in the future}

CANT WAIT

okay just got a disk full o' pictures in the mail today for jig. working on some new fun projects (think new stores carrying jig. onesies) and I cant wait to use these shots!

PINK SPARKLY PAINTED NAILS

well folks here we are in our full halloween glory : mr. slick rick, the used car salesman and his trophy wife. lets break it down - -

slick rick : full poly plaid suit, gold chains, slicked hair, gold 'rolex', lovely glasses and the 'hey baby' expression

trophy wife : gold leggins and matching shoes, (fake) fur full length coat, black sweater dress, snake skin earrings, a bumpit and 7 gallons of hairspray, 10 pink sparkly painted nails, gold chains, fake lashes and an entire tube of red lipstick.
we also made buttons to hand out that said SLICK RICKS FINE EUROPEAN IMPORTS ... they were a hit! on the way home from the party we decided to take one final parting shot of the fabulousness that was (IS!) us. check out that blush job on the trophy wife!

SKELETONS

this year was skeletons ... I had the urge all day to say "ARRRRRRR you ready for happy halloween?"

YEARS PAST

CRACK ME RIGHT UP

i cant wait to show you the pictures of our halloween costumes this year (crack me right up!) and if you need a last minute costume for your little one check out this new to me site ... SO CUTE printable costumes!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

HOLD ME BACK - - hold me back from mauling every santa from here to california in hopes of getting this handmade satchel from the Cambridge Satchel Company ... seriously santa you have been warned - - on second thought maybe i need to hit up every santa from here to england since that is where they are from and I would need to get it from. (mr coberly if you would like to play santa you can buy it for me here PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE)

UBER LUCKY

I am DYING at how amazing these turned out ... I am uber lucky to know a seriously awesome photography team - - who took these shots for jig. I just saw a sneak peek with this one and I was seriously grinning from ear to ear at that baby!


ahhhhh!

REAL PLACE - LOOK IT UP

I bet you would think it was really cool to live in Dinosaur Colorado (real place - look it up) until you got one of those automated operators/non english speaking operators on the line and had to spell out your street name 72,000 times - - and forget anyone sending you a postcard.

VASE OF WOODEN RULERS

thursday night I taught a group of handmade items to a some ladies ... it was such a blast!
it was a million hours of preparation for a couple hours of the class but it was WELL worth it! here are the table set ups ... ready for crafty action! the chalk banner had all the bits needed to make a chalk banner with a pretty ribbon to boot! each table had step by step instructions and packets with the template, supplies and a tutorial

this was my idea plate for the ladies making the bitty boxes ... arent they so cute! they are perfect for birthday parties and holidays ... plus there is just something about a vase of wooden rulers that makes me happy

the stationary table (i taught them how to make lined envelopes and little flag cards)

ORANGE WAXY DRIPS

this weekend halloween decorating was priority numero uno (seeing as Im about 3 weeks late in getting it up!) mr. skeleton got into the swing of things by joining to the window the haunted village got some little pumpkin kisses

this was my favorite score this summer at an estate sale - - tales of edgar allan poe ... spooky!

today began with a little glitter project ... just got some cheapo bones from the craft store and I used some green glitter I had on hand - here is the before shot (notice the saran wrap on the kitchen table :0)

and here is the after shot - - glitter bones snuggled up to the candy corn (ready for guests to snack on when they come - - the corn, not the bones) for the record mr. coberly is a no go on these bones (good thing he loves me unconditionally!) we took a quick trip to the pumpkin patch (I snapped a quick shot of my gold shoes during my rompus in the leaves)

a shot of the armoire - - which is pretty much halloween land in my casa (glittered chandeliers hang from the ceiling, pumpkins rest of plates made for cake, antique candle holders get orange waxy drips and all the black books in the library come out to play with the crows

and goosey attacks the pumpkins

a fun halloween papercut

... looking forward to halloween parties and trick or treating this week!

BECAUSE UM WELL

oh sakes if I had $300 I would fully buy this! it speaks to my 1/2 canadian side ... its a vintage metro bus sign - I would hang it in my bathroom I think - - because um well i dont know, I just think its fun.

BUILT IN PERKS

great work this week people ... you deserve a picture of a new baby gibbon and a new baby pygmy hippo ... see this blog has built in perks for its loyal readers (hi mom!)

CRAFT NIGHT THREW UP

i have a fun event coming up tomorrow for church ... I will be leading 3 crafty tutorials (oh boy they are darling) so Ive been putting together packets and gathering up supplies and making examples - - my office looks like craft night threw up on it.

*by the way how much do you love my new locker baskets? I got 4 but I really need 8, I do, I just do.

PLASTERED ALL AROUND

how fun! I just got a package in the mail that had some bits of design work I did for an event ... this was the poster I designed that was plastered all around new york and Ill try to snap mr. coberly in the tshirt that went along with it ... kinda fun to see it :0)

ALL DECKED OUT

remember how I was telling you about a little halloween decorating? well I did do all of it save for the pumkins so Ill wait to show the other bits but here is the lady wall all decked out for halloween ... I used some leftover linen from a project and make them into ghosties