Antique find and Daisies

I've been on the hunt for some blue ball mason jars to use as vases. I went to our local antique shop and asked if they had any. They took me back to one of their buildings where they had boxes & boxes of these jars. I got two for $4! A large one and a smallish one.

 I also learned that the jar above was made somewhere between 1896-1923. You can tell by the way the word "Ball" is written :) interesting huh? The other Jar which happens to be a bit smaller was made from 1923-1933. But the color is the best part! Who can beat this "Ball Jar Blue"?

 It's the perfect centerpiece for our table. 

I also found that awesome lace edged plate along with a beautiful little blue antique table (pics to come later) at a local shabby chic consignment shop. Home Again Consignment. Isn't it a cute shop? We went to the Sugarhouse location and loved it.

What are some great finds you've found lately?

Groopdealz feature

 Today my shop Just Enough Style is being featured on Groopdealz. If you aren't familiar with it they are a website where they feature different shops items at a bargain price. Today I am offering this set of 3 Floral earrings for $9.

Pink

Blue

White

 This is a great deal! 3 pairs of earrings for $9. You can keep them all for yourself or split them up and give them away as gifts. The sizes range from 7mm to 13mm.

Head on over to Groopdealz and snatch some up before they are all gone. :)

Rose Cabochon Bracelet for Mother's Day

I'm really excited about these new bracelets I have available in the shop. This particular one has cream, mustard yellow and gray rose cabochons. I am working on making some others with different colors.

 I had originally made it for myself but got so many compliments on it that I decided to share them with others. 

 Mother's Day is coming up and these would make a great gift! I can also customize them to certain colors if this color scheme isn't your fancy.

The colors I have available are: red, black, chocolate brown, periwinkle, coral, pink, orchid, cream, gray and mustard yellow. 

Right now I only have 2 available but am working on making more and listing them in the next few weeks. Quantities are going to be limited so if you'd like to snatch one up now is your chance. They are $15 plus a small shipping charge. A great price for a beautiful bracelet that will receive many compliments. 

Re purposing: shirt into dress

My daughter is growing so fast! Almost all of her shirts are too short. I was just going to put them in storage until I remembered I saw a few tutorials on how to use old t shirts and make dresses out of them. Like here and here.

I give you the purple flower dress:

I had this purple flower fabric I bought a while back in the remnant bin that was just perfect for this little dress.

I also used some scrap purple fabric and sewed it on the front and also made some fabric flowers.

I don't usually sew clothing but I had TONS of fun with this and already have a few more ready to make. I guess I'm just intimidated by making clothes from scratch...... but this was super easy and I love how it turned out. And I just used up things we already had around the house so it didn't cost me a thing.

:)

Flower Button Cards

After having a baby I've been writing lots of Thank You cards. Instead of spending money to buy some from the store I decided to make my own. I found this cute flower stem template from How about Orange and decided it was time to make some Flower Button Cards. I raided my button stash, got some glue and viola! Done.

Here's a few of my favorites

I decided to do different shades of colors

I really like the blue and greens together

My daughter also helped out. So there are a few of just random buttons. :)

I've also thought that you could write underneath the stems Thank you or get well or even happy birthday. I just love how fun and different these cards are.

Thanks to Jess from Craftiness is not optional for finding the link. :) If you'd like to make your own button cards you can find the pattern here.

Yarn Wreath

I'm sure you've all seen those yarn wreaths before. When I saw them I just knew I had to make one. So, I went to good old D.I. and picked up a straw wreath for $0.50.

I decided to use gray yarn that I already had on hand.

Then I made some white felt flowers.

I decided to hang it by our family pictures and I just LOVE how it looks.

I'm thinking it needs some more roses though. What do you think?

I also wanted to be able to switch out the flowers for different seasons. So instead of gluing them to the wreath I just attached them with pins. I attached the ribbon the same way and just used a push pin to hang it on the wall. This was really easy and lots of fun to make. Now I want to make a whole bunch of wreaths in tons of different colors. If you'd like to make one too here's a great tutorial. You could also do a search on Etsy to get some ideas.