LLT for May 27th - June 2nd

*Warning: I got a little linky happy.....

Love this!!!

riflemade paper co.

**click on captions on all photos for links**

busybeelauren.com

Um, YUM!
Making this tonight!

wishlisted

Freya etsy shop

3 strand crochet headband

crochetme.com

3 strand crochet headband video

http://youtu.be/3YuiiC-WiaE?t=50s

sailor knot headband

youseriouslymadethat

More tutorials from youseriouslymadethat!

sweet little headband   (double layered flower)

youseriouslymadethat

Another great site for crochet tutorials:

lovemyjhook.com

Granny stripe blanket

attic24

Super cute cork board:

Creating Really Awesome Free Things

I want to make this so badly!

I just might be going to OSH today & getting some paint chips : )

Paper punch garland:

grace and light studio

Doily Garland:

swoon studio

DIY Silhouette Wall:

caitlin wilson

heart-shaped ice cream sandwiches:

sousahabitat.blogspot.com


Thrift Share Monday
I'm linking soon!

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LLT

Camera mail

 source

Ruled v-neck

source

Ceiling Rosette Wall Art

source

Grocery bag invitation

source

these shoes!!

source

this picture....

..........oh, my!

from this lovely girls' etsy shop

fun sign, no?

via: busy bee lauren

crafty-ness

My first link up!

After spending a day fasting from screens (tv/computer) for obvious reasons....
with this girl on the left -->

......here's how I got my crafty-ness on last night after church.

making an upcycled t-shirt wreath. (still a work in progress)

   ........um, yes!

braided jersey

so fun!

so easy!

Now I want to cut up all my shirts & get my craft back on today : )

In retrospect, it doesn't look very exciting.
Except that it was my first time using my rotary cutter & cutting board,
and also my first time making a wreath! Woot!

{New sights around the apt.}

clipboard from 4th grade + water color art (& a water color semi-fail)

wow. just realized that totally looks like actual mustard.
like I couldn't find paint so I used some from the fridge.
ummm..........

new wall art over the desk (something I did in highschool   --  needs to be framed).......

continuous line project
-drawing someone without picking up or looking down at the pencil-

to fill a space from a print I moved upstairs to my room   ...also needs to be framed.....

pencil project: draw something made of pencils : tulip in a vase

and the print upstairs....

 
yes, I realized it slid down. but I'm lazy, or uh, busy : )

LLT

Hello! And welcome to.....Linky Love Thursday!

Editor's Note:  I finished this a little late last week so it's coming to you a little tardy, but it's all still true!


Just a little peek into some things I've enjoyed looking at this week:


a lovely illustrator/artist/blogger    via....lisa rupp

my montly desktop calendar download          via...lisarupp

a lovely & inspiring bouquet   link via..... lisa rupp

two lovely food blogs      via..... andrea & her sister!

another (old favorite) illustrator     via....natasha rosenberg

an awesome giveaway!  enter for me? :)  it's for a letterpress!

katie daisy.      nuff said.

a guilty pleasure is starting back up again :)  .....army wives  via.....lifetime

oh! and another guilty pleasure started a few weeks ago!   via.....white collar

a fun collection of etsy finds   via.....vintage junky

an inspiring new blog  via.....vintage junky

a crochet rose pattern         via.....crochet rosebuds       (still looking for a good infinity scarf pattern)

cookies I want to make soo badly                via.....withstyle&grace

and then there are, oh, three more recipes I've got to try from ws&g's source   via.....here, here, & here

and speaking of smores, I saw a tip somewhere last week to add a little bit of peanut butter &/or banana to your smore before smooshing the marshmallow & top graham on.
and, oh. my.  this needs to be in my mouth, STAT!

a cookie pie I want to make just as badly    via.....marigold road

a tutorial on how to make a button for your blog    via.....mandipidy

this makes me wish I had some green yarn     via......skip to my lou

an inspiring craft (embroidery hoop)  & wreath (ooh! those flowers! via.....marigold road)

a set of mugs that are simply lovely!  ......................the-four-seasons-cup-set

And lastly, isn't this just so fun?!    via....hello teef

Long time, no write.

I know, I know.  :(

Anyways, here are a few places I have visited lately......

Heading here on Thursday!
http://www.ranchosordomudo.org/

Fun music!
http://www.theinnocencemission.com/

Isn't it crazy that in all of the political chaos and hullabaloo in our recent elections last week, that something like this can exist not too far away??

Inspiration!
This makes me wish I owned a paper punch.
And this makes me wish I owned an even bigger one :)
And lastly, I want to make some of these: hurricane lamps, flowers, this wreath with amazing flowers!

Working on my Christmas wishlist :)
My mom started asking for it last week- before it was even November!!

Who knew?

Who knew that one would leave a journey in Walmart on Decemeber 3rd alive and unscaled?

I sure didn't.

I almost had fun too. Looking at cheap Christmas decorations and horribly shiny fake Uggs (metallic silver Uggs? Who could design something so horrible?).

Then....I went to the craft section. Apparently, my grandmother calls the fabric section of Walmart the 'yardage' section. She then told me that Walmart employees do not use or know that term anymore. After asking me if I would know what she meant by 'yardage,' I told her yes, but only because she's my grandma.

Anyways, I had intended to go to the fabric/yardage/crafts section to get something (my sole reason I would shop there) and when I finally meandered over there, I almost came out buying an armload of things I had not intended too. I saw so many potential projects (mostly Christmas gifts but a few pipedreams as well): blankets, cake decorating items, patterns for clothing, and YARN!!

Yes, I did buy the one thing I went in the store for and I am proud to say I bought nothing else! After being so inspired, I was brought back to reality because most of the things I wanted to make I had not ever attempted to do so before and need to ask for help before I decide to do them (read: ask my mom to help me!).

By the way: I want to show someone the Christmas gifts I bought for friends and family soo bad but as of right now I cannot decide what to give exactly to which person so I am at a stalemate. Good friends, good gifts, too many decisions!

Back to my story....Although I was in crafty project heaven, I came to the realization that I come from a long line of people that start projects and do not finish them. Maybe, just maybe I can break the pattern and finish the one I started with my grand purchase of $4.32 tonight.



By the way, why on earth would there be a kettle corn stand in a Walmart parking lot? Isn't it enough that Clovis simply has a Walmart, must we corrupt the city further by making it more white-trash? (Basura blanca: thank you Mr. Henderson)