ribbons, flowers, and t's

As many of you are probably aware, money is tight these days. But, that doesn't mean you can't have the latest styles!! (At least that's what I'm telling myself). So I decided to try my hand at some good old copy-cat! Here is an example of where I am getting my inspiration (Anne Taylor LOFT, J Crew,) you get my drift right?

I started with a $5.00 t-shirt from Target, then I bought some clearance fabric from Joanns. I also dug through my ribbon supply and found some leftover wedding gift ribbon. So here is what I came up with.....

I used Ribbon that was used in our wedding to decorate the isles in order to craft these lovely flowers!

I used some sheer material to make these, I like how they are a little off-set with the larger flower on the right.

This is the ribbon from a wedding gift we received, the gift that keeps giving!! Basically, I just twisted, pinned and stitched.

These will be up on my etsy site soon if any of you would like to claim one as your own.

Love,

Bethany

Coming Soon

LoveLee Bath Salts by Blovelee! Enjoy the bliss of natures own aromatherapy in my special blend of Eucalyptus orange, lemon and hints of tangerine. It contains epsom salt which helps to relieve aching muscles and sore joints for a relaxing experience that comforts both your body and your senses! Made and tested in my own home! Take a look at some of the steps...

Soon to come on my Etsy site!!

More!

I'm hooked on this new center piece idea. Thanks to the Goodwill I found some more treasures and went to work on them. I decided to paint this one white instead of silver, it was tarnished beyond repair. But now it has the look of band new clean white that compliments almost any china. Just so you know, the main idea behind these center pieces came from the latest County Living Magazine. Their rendition is has a much more elaborate candelabra that I fell in love with. And like my Mom always said, "why buy it when you can make it?!!". The awesome feature of this piece is that the little china bowls are the perfect shape and size to accommodate candles or tea lights as well as tasty treats. Multi-functional!

Tea Time

It's no secret that I love tea!! So it's about time I did something to promote my love for tea and tea parties!! A few old candle stick holders, some antique blue dishes and some hardcore glue left me with this......... my latest creation!

Furniture Sale #1

Here's the story; my 10 year old cardboard dresser from Ikea fell apart on me... finally. So I was in search of a new one for a cheap price. I went to my favorite place to find free stuff.... the apartment dumpster!!! The phrase "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is one of my fav's! I found an old entertainment center. One of those mega old ones that took up an entire wall. I recruited my little brother to help me carry is up the 3 flights of stairs to our apt which was not an easy task by any means. But a good scrub, some fabreeze, a fresh coat of white paint, some sand paper to antique the edges, some beautiful toile material and some upholstery material to line the drawers transformed my dumpster dive into a romantically unique piece. We are moving and I wont have room for it in the new place so I posted it on craigslist for $60 thinking it might go for $50. But in one afternoon I had 10 offers. It went for $60 which I was super happy about, considering it came from the dumpster! I probably could have charged more, but I'm still testing the waters.