Getting in the Sprit.

 

It is that time of year again. Time for lefse making, cookie decorating, and eating large amounts of food. But in the small business world it means making money. We have to start early on the holiday grind. At Hello the House I have started to revamp my space into a funky winter wonderland. I want to stand out and be the space to come to for fun and unconventional décor. I have hand dyed over 70 bottle brush trees and made adorable vintage cars into "traveling" snow globes.

 

I just love how these little winter scenes turned out and I am bound to make more. Looking forward to the weekend as the start of the official shopping season and big traffic at the store. I am anxious to see how sales are and what everyone is finding at the shop. It isn't the reason for the season but in the cycle of the dollar my art and crafts being sold help me and my family pay the bills and enjoy our holiday as well. Cheers to all.

Ho ho ho

I really hate/love getting these catologs from Anthropologie. They are my enemy yet I love them. They feed my creative side. I can't even count how many times I have posted about this shop and I how I miss it and love it and hate it and NEED every over priced thing in there. I do get tons of good ideas when I get the catalogs and walk through the store though. I have even taken to collecting these paper emphera and displaying it in my at shows... ohhh swoon.

Weekend Savers Thriting

Decent finds at Savers this past weekend and a few to sell and try to make a buck on... the keepers well I think you can guess. I have two of the mirrors below. They are chipped and shabby, and perfection. Two I say! For $12.00. The other keeper I found is the blanket/lap cover below. I love the gradation of colors. Someone really did a quality job. Thank you lady... or guy. I like to think of you in a itchy recliner, rocking in a dimly lit living room watching a Sunday night program... I guess I am just envisioning my grandmothers living room and her basket of yarn. I remember sitting and rolling those skeins of yarn into balls for her.

Timing

I think I was a photographer in a different life. I really took to the setting up and picturing, so to speak of each shot, and what it would look like before it came out. I am sure I would have gotten a few laughs from trying to set up the shot behind the camera and then run to the set up and get myself situated before the timer went off. Lets just say that I missed a few. Maybe one day I will be on a photo shoot with production assistants and hair and makeup, so I can include my face in some shots. How many times can I say shot? I don't know.... how many times? Isn't that a quote from Some Kind of Wonderful?

Packed Bags and Bird Cages

Just messing around with a tripod, and some props. I don't have a program on this laptop that can manipulate and edit pictures... but these were fun to play with and I will be posting more of my thrift finds from the other day. I love the little rug/throw that I found, what is it with Granny crafts that grab my heart.? I can only hope one day ,when I am gone, that some of my creations end up at a shop and that some young lady will find charm in them and take them home with her.