I love love love getting photos from brides and grooms for whom I’ve done custom work. And, lookie what I got in the mail this week! These were a set of teal ties that I made with the attendants’ names screenprinted in silver on the side, and compasses screenprinted going off the end. [...]

Open publication – Free publishing – More vintage

xoelle is included in Poppytalk’s Back to School market. Sweet.

I really didn’t plan on this happening.
My last set of bow ties ended up being all matchy-matchy. I think it’s because several months ago I organized all of my “turn into bow ties someday” clothing into colors and so they happened to all be next to one another when it was time [...]

ok, so I did tell myself that I really shouldn’t buy any more books to make into journals until I went through the ones that I had- but goodness me… how could I resist these guys?! Jack and I ventured out early this morning to hit up a huge charity yard sale at the [...]

Just a little sample of the custom orders I’ve been working on this last month or so- all wedding except for the bow tie/cummerbund set, which was a prom set for a preppy football player.
Lots more bow ties being added to the shop this week, and dozens more in progress. So, back to work [...]

good day friends.
I hate to announce that the summer is here in Florida. That means that I am hiding inside my house, blinds closed, fans on high power, wishing that I was somewhere else. I just keep saying to myself, “this is your last summer here Laura, enjoy it”, and I am trying [...]

I love it when I can look through my stash of thrifted neckties and find several that are similar. All four of these ties were manufactured in different cities, for different companies, at different times, and worn by different men, working different jobs. All made their way one way or another to Pensacola, [...]

I just made these today and I love them! Long ago I purchased a journal made from a woolly willy game, so I can’t take credit for the idea- but I did gather this little collection of vintage and new games.
We’ll be showing them off at Pensacola’s Earth Day celebration tomorrow- where we’ll be [...]

I didn’t plan this, but the most recent additions to my etsy shop speak all about what’s going on with my life right now. They are all made from vintage cards (flash and game) and I could just eat them all up!
There’s the Florida playing card notebooks that remind me that our three years [...]

Have all ya’ll heard about swap-bot? I found it last week a few clicks away from one of my favorite crafty blogs. It’s the modern crafty version of pen pals- sort of. There are currently about 500 swaps going on- ranging from e-mails sharing your favorite craft links to handmade aprons. [...]