SOLD!

It has been a crazy few weeks here, we sold our house after only 4 weeks on the market and we bought a new house! I am so excited about all of this, now we just have to cross our fingers until both of the closings go through in mid-May. Our new house is so cute, it's a 1915 Cape Cod, with original woodwork and pocket doors and 5 bedrooms, yes 5 can you believe it??!??!! One downside - Wallpaper, there is A LOT of wallpaper throughout the house. And not the pretty kind, the kind that all needs ripped out and every room needs repainted. But that's ok, I was looking for an older house with lots of character and that's what I got! It also has a window seat which I love and a big back yard. One of my favorite things has to be the front porch, complete with porch swing!

How cute is that house? Hopefully in about 2 months it will be even better. So if things seem a little slow around here for a while you will have to be a little understanding since once we get possession at the end of May I will be stripping wallpaper and painting as my second full time job. I will keep you updated, keep your fingers crossed that everything goes well with the closings!

New adventures

I found this great post on design*sponge. It is a guide to all the great little places around Columbus. If you live in Columbus or are planning a visit here any time soon you should definitely check out this guide and start checking out each of these stops. I have lived in Columbus for about two years now and I have been to a few of these places but with this list I have a whole new set of adventures for the spring and summer. Make sure to check out the comments too for a few extras posted by locals. I think this might be one of my first stops,

The Book Loft seems like a place where I could easily get lost for an afternoon. 32 rooms of books, 32 rooms?!?! That's crazy, this is a must see.

This would have to be my next stop, On Paper seems like an awesome store and I think I would probably spend lots of time and money here.

Look what I found!

Vintage finds could be one of my favorite things. I recently went to one of my favorite vintage shops, Footloose, in Granville, OH. I work near by so on my way back to the office from lunch I was very excited to see a big sign that said "Barn Sale at Footloose" No convincing needed, I was headed for the huge barn behind the store. As I walked in they said "don't pay attention to the price tags, just make us an offer." That's when I was pretty sure I was dreaming, but no, it was true. I had a great time digging around and finding some wonderful clothes. I ended up with these two wonderful dresses with great prints.

Here are close ups of the beautiful prints:

You would pay top dollar for these beauties in many vintage stores but I got them each for only $3, yep that's right just $3! The green one even came with a matching scarf, how fun is that? I'll tell you...very fun! If you live anywhere in central Ohio or if you are planning a visit you must stop by Footloose, it is wonderful, room after room of these amazing finds.

Real Estate Adventures!

It's not exactly the best time for this but we went for it anyway.

I put my house on the market a few weeks ago and now it is a waiting game. Hopefully it won't be a very long waiting game but these days you just never know. I am heading out to look at a few houses this weekend, I am so excited for a new house. All I can think of is the new curtains and pillows I can make. A new sewing room, all organized and pretty! That is probably the most exciting part, I have already picked out a panel print that I want to put on the wall.

It is a super graphic by Alexander Henry Fabrics, it is a great panel and I am going to stretch it over a canvas and the design and everything else in the room will work around it. I think I will paint the walls in one of the shades of tan that are throughout it. It also has many coordinates for other fun decorating accents. I love this look:

Maybe a few of the coordinates hanging around the large piece. Wow, I've only had one person look at the house and I haven't even started looking at other houses and I already have my sewing room decor planned out. I guess I know where my priorities are.

Look what I found!

A new product from Amy Butler is always warmly welcomed in my eyes. Her newest adventure is with Electric Quilt. She has developed a new cd with 22 projects on it, there are home decor projects, bags and quilts! Wouldn't that be wonderful if I were someone who may be decorating a new house soon and loves making bags, wait, that's me! Sounds like my spring sewing will be getting a jump start in May when the CD is available. You can pre-order it now here. (Only $29.95!) And you can see some of the projects here, they look wonderful, I can't wait!

Craft Show Number 2

What is this? Another post? That's right I am back in the blogging mode (hopefully it lasts a while)


I had success at Bazaar Bizarre in December so I am heading to another craft show in May. When I signed up it seemed so far away and now that it's April already it is just around the corner. I will be at Oddmall on Saturday May 9th from 10 - 7. The show is up in Cleveland, actually in Hudson, just outside of Cleveland. You would think since I live in Columbus I would do a few local shows, don't worry I have a few on my list for the year.

Anyway, this is the first show for Oddmall and I am very excited to be a vendor at the very first one, hopefully it will take off and I will be along for the ride. Since I worked non-stop for weeks to get ready for BazBiz I still have some inventory left over. I am thinking of a few new products that I can bring with me and I will need to add to the stuff I already have. I am pretty excited for show #2. I have put together a list of about 10 shows to do this year. I am sure there are tons more that I could do but I figured I should start out slow since I still have that day job and everything else going on.

Anyone else out there heading to the show? Stop by if you are in the area.

Where have I been?

Well this is a very long overdue post. I really can't say I have any excuse for being gone so long. Usually people have some good reason like they got a new job or just had a baby. Sorry nothing here, back in February I went on vacation for a week, when I got back my computer was broken. After it was fixed a week later I was out of the groove. So that is the best excuse I can come up with. Some of you might think I was in mourning about all of my magazines that have gone under but no, just laziness.

I did have a little vacation, nothing too exciting, just a trip down to Florida. But, when you live in Ohio and it is cold and snowy there is nothing better than a trip with some sunshine. We didn't do much, lots of reading (6 books!) and hanging out by the pool and one day at Disney World!

So I am back and trying to get into the swing of things again. Spring is trying really hard to show it's sunny face so I am trying to come out of hibernation as well. Now that I'm back I will try to stick around and talk more often.

I do have a few exciting announcements, new craft shows and real estate adventures, stay tuned!