Houston Boutique Shopping: Jubilee

Jubilee in the Heights is probably my all time favorite boutique. I have never walked out of there with out buying something. The shop is set up fabulously and they always have the cutest Christmas stuff! You can get everything from clothes, jewelry, gifts, candles, housewares and so much more! So many one of a kind items and everything is really well priced too!!! It was super packed when we went so I didn't get a chance to take many pictures and they said they will have their internet store up and running soon:) Yay!!!

There are a handful of adorable shops all throughout the heights...I will review some more in December when I am back for Christmas:)

Houston Boutique Shopping: Treasure Hunter's Gallery

I first came across the Treasure Hunter's Gallery Last year. Its actually in Fort Bend but it is well worth the visit! The have fabulous stuff and especially lots of awesome hand crafted items. Here are some picture's I snapped with my iphone!

CowSkull encrusted in vintage jewelry

Guitar covered in vintage jewelry

Mirror Encrusted in Jewelry

Gypsy Cowgirl Guitar

Angels made out of found objects

Mexican Folk Art

Milagro Crosses

Gorgeous Sacred Heart

Charm necklace

Rose Bracelets

Funky Clay necklaces I think all 3 of these are made by Sookie Sookie

This isn't even a fraction of all the cool stuff they have... there are loads of gift items, household items and picture frames, clothing, shoes, even a section just for guys!! Can't wait to come back at Christmas!!

Silhouette Craft Cutter Giveaway at Thrifty Decor Chick!

Check out this awesome giveaway at Thrifty Decor Chick for a Silhouette craft cutter! I have been hearing a buzz about this cutter because you don't need pricey cartridges ans can print cutouts in any font from your own computer.

I am crossing my fingers:)

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Off to Houston for the rest of the week so check back next week for some new posts!!!

Mount Dora Explora!

Here are all of my fabulous finds from Mount Dora this weekend!!!

a bunch of great vintage buttons... stay tuned to see what I will be doing with these!!

Great red suitcase to be Christmasified!

Ballerina jewelry box... still not sure what I am going to do to this... but all that brown yucky stuff wiped right off with some Clorox spray!

Really great vintage jewelry finds!!

High heeled shoe forms in my size:)

Thsi dresser I snagged for $10 on the side of the road close to the Antiques Market!

It's not wood but I don't care!

The view of the Market from our car.

We were told about another festival that is starting to Rival Mount Dora. It's called the Florida Fly Wheelers and we are gonna check it out in January and maybe set up a booth for February!

Whooo Hooo!!!

Mt. Dora Here We Come!

Last February was my first trip to the Mt. Dora Antiques Extravaganza and it was awesome! not knowing what to expect and being completely overwhelmed by all the booths I didn't take any pictures... This year have a different approach and plan on featuring some of the booths that are there!

Last time a scored a huge longhorn skull for my boyfriend, a great red stool, a vintage bathing beauty art print, a recycled metal garden flamingo, some old watch findings, a fabulous junk necklace and vintage soda bottle caps. all for about $100!

This year I am looking for a well priced dress form, old metal platters, old silverware, old metal fencing to use for displays, metal findings for a project I am working on, christmas fabulocity, and a matching red stool for the one I bought last year.

I am hoping there are some great Christmas finds this time around and some new inspiration for projects to make myself!

Can't wait to report back!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Me + Chalkboard Paint = Danger

So last night I decided to do some chalkboard paint projects and somehow my door ended up succumbing to the paint!! Its an old door very worn and a previous dweller went to town with some permanent parkers... so I decided to make an improvement! After painting the panel's I think it will look best to paint the whole door! This room needs some major renovations so anything is an improvement!

Myers Cleaning Products

I have never really been a fan of the smell of traditional cleaning products. While I was walking the isles of the new Walmart by my house I came across the section of Mrs. Meyers cleaning products and decided to give the dish soap and spray cleaner a try in the Basil scent. OMG this stuff smells amazing. I will not be going back to those stinky chemical products ever again!! The price is a bit more expensive than traditional cleaners but well worth it!

Stop by your local Walmart and pick some up for yourself.

www.mrsmeyers.com

Coffee Filter Wreath DIY

So I came across coffee filter wreaths that are all over blog land and thought they would be perfect to sell at the Hyde Park UMC Alternative Gift Market in December

I also thought it would be a great DIY for the Holidays.

CAUTION: You will burn your fingers... If you want to buy one from Salty Sisters they are for sale starting at $20.

Supplies:

Coffee Filters

Wreath Form

Hot Glue

Tea/Coffee Water

Basin

Coffee Filters

Place coffee filters into either coffee water or tea water and let soak for an hour or so until they have been dyed to the desired color.

Take coffee filters and wring out the water and set out to dry, you can also put them on a cookie sheet in a thin layer and bake at 220 degrees for 10 minutes.

take a filter and pinch at the middle and glue to wreath form. For fuller rosettes, layer 4 or 5 together to make larger rosettes.

This wreath was made with rosettes that were layered with 5 filters and glued around the wreath form in 2 rows.

This is an easy project it just was some time consuming steps, I stained the filters and did other things around the house in the down time so it wasn't too bad... and now I have a bajillion coffee filters to make wreaths with.

Violets!

So on mother's day this year I received a potted violet as a gift from my godson Tripp. I do not have the attention span for a green thumb. I have made some outstanding flowerbeds and potted arrangements, but they in turn end up dying due to my personal neglect.

I decided to take my violet to my office and place it in the window sill and much to my amazement it was in great health and kept blooming 3 weeks later. So I bought a couple more and they two were blooming. I took care of those pretty little pink and purple violets and followed all the care they required, I even bought special violet food.

Then about a month and a half later all of the flowers just shriveled up and never came back. So I tried moving them to another location in the office, watering a little less, and using less violet food, and multiple combinations of the like.

Yesterday, I went to water them and 2 of the 3 have buds!!! So I decided to track my pretty little posies progress...

This is the largest plant with dark purple blooms

The top plant has bright pink blooms and the bottom one is not blooming yet