handmade gift guide...

i went to two craft shows this year VTGCLT and The Big Crafty in asheville to buy my christmas presents and i scored big time. at VTGCLT i met up with one of my favorite jewelry designers Anna Johnson and also met the girls from GEOflora jewelry. i'm wearing two of there bracelets above, i was soooo impressed with there style and craftsmanship. The Big Crafty was insane.... so much good craft and art it was crazy!! i got to see anna johnson again and bought some beautiful earrings, here's a list of my favorites from the show:

the high fiber
perlaanne
platypusfile
paper-sparrow
is was + will be
andrealauren

pop up shop...

i had a little pop up shop last night at The Art Room, its a small studio here in charlotte for kids age 2-7. we had a good time meeting new families and connecting with old friends. i will be adding all leftover merchandise to our online shop over at bunch-collective.com!!

bunch collective at marketplace 2013...

we had another successful year at the annual marketplace for the kilgoris project!!  we made more connections and spent most of our money on the great handmade selections. once again it has inspired me to take this little handmade project of mine further and i'm currently working on some bigger things!!

if you need anything before christmas let me know!!! email me at bunchcollective@gmail.com

garland...

a garland for a special baby boy.

the most beautiful quilt...

oh my gosh!!!! this gina & leah quilt is the best i wish i could buy it, soooo pretty. find it on etsy.


"This one of a kind quilt was handmade in Brooklyn, NY with the highest attention to detail and quality. As a collaboration between myself and Gina Rockenwagner, I created the patterned fabric and Gina designed and sewed final piece. All fabrics are 100% cotton or linen and cotton blend. Back is a tiny blue pinstriped cotton. The quilt is filled with 100% natural cotton batting with no artificial binders or fillers. It is also pre-washed for extra softness."

marketplace 2012

i participated in The Kilgoris Project Marketplace again this year and it was a success!! i sold a decent amount of my handmade goods, but more importantly i was able to help out with a great cause. i sold crowns for $15 with all of money going to Kilgoris, did you know that $15 will provide a student with a nutritious meal a day for an entire school year?? so crazy to me that so little can give so much. the whole event was a positive start to this holiday season!!! remember to shop local and shop handmade!!!!

banner...

charm stitch...

i've been thinking about doing a banner similar to this for awhile, then i saw this gem on pinzterest yesterday, i love the colors she used. i am going to put this in my ideas folder to make at a later date...

matchy...

vanilla and lace...

i think junie and i need matching dresses...
vanilla and lace blog
vanilla and lace shop

present...

i love wrapping presents...

indoor garden...

my indoor garden is shaping up nicely, i just crocheted some hanging baskets to get some of my smaller starts out of junie reach. we also hung to strawberry plants outside with some thrifted macrame plant hangers, i love 'em...

little houses...

before...

after...

i went on a craigslist rampage the last couple of weeks, this was my last find a "dollhouse bookcase"... i wasn't happy with the quality of the bookcase but the fact that it was shaped like a house won me over. i painted it all white and added some fun paper to the backing. i am really happy with how it turned out, now junie's room is officially a toddler room!!!

bunny bags...

i finally finished this little project...bunny bean bags. inspired again by elsie marly.

cloud dress...

we celebrated junie's lil friend stella's first birthday on saturday!!! i made her a dress, since i got this pattern down... this cloud fabric was another one of sol's old tee shirts that i printed on probably almost a year ago. i used some screen printing fabric ink and mixed it with a tiny bit of acrylic to get the color i wanted and i made the cloud stamp from some lino, everything from michaels. and junie tried to eat the donut off the package...ha
again dress pattern here: summer frock from freshly picked

birdman dress...

i made another "summer frock" dress... i love this pattern,  it reminds of my favorite american apparel dress when you make it in a knit... plus i'm recycling, this was one of sol's t-shirts that ran a little too small. i wore it a bunch while i was pregnant it is super soft.

kcwc...

i have been very productive this kids clothes week challenge (hosted by elsie marly), so far i've made a tee shirt from some handstamped fabric, a dresss from some of my grandmas stash, some leggings, and some shorts. and i have a lot more cut and pinned waiting to be sewn up...

heart dress...

i stamped an old t-shirt and started cutting out this dress about 6 months ago, i got frustrated with my old sewing machine and set it aside and forgot about it. last week i was cleaning up and found a box of old half finished projects and quickly finished this dress up. the pattern is very easy and fun to do, i found it from the freshly picked blog, she has nice tutorials!