I Like To Look Fancy From My Head To My Toes...

The other day I got some super exciting news.  Not "I've won the lottery" exciting, but still great.  I found out that the two women from Australia that I hired on Etsy have finished their respective jobs.  YAY!!!

The first would be for my head.  A wonderful woman made me a hair comb from various vintage pieces and it looks like this...

Isn't it amazing?!?!?  Here's another shot...

It's perfect.  She did such a great job and if anyone wants a comb like this you can go ahead and contact her at Lulusplendor.  You will NOT regret it.

The second item would be for my feet.  Another woman in Australia went around towns and found a pair of beautiful vintage pumps and then... wait for it... hand painted them for me!  Wanna see them?  You got it!

Aren't they beautiful?  I've got a few more shots, too!

I would also recommend this woman to anyone wanting an amazing one of a kind pair of shoes.  She's under Mitsuijingshoes and she's the best.  She was in constant contact with updates and choices for me.  I couldn't have asked for more from these two amazing Aussies.

Get Excited For Crafting...

It's been forever since I've posted on here and I have no one but myself to blame.  Of course I'm not doing that, so I'm going to say that it's all Chowder's fault.  Mostly because she can't defend herself.


I've decided to do some fancy crafting for my wedding and today's post is going to be about kissing balls.  If you haven't heard of these things I'll explain:  basically they're weird balls with stuff on them.  Why they're called kissing balls I'll never know, but the mental image that term brings to mind cracks me up.  The ones I decided to make have ruffles all over them and are amaaaazing.


All you need to have handy is fabric, scissors, a hot glue gun, a styrofoam ball, and netflix on your wii.  That last part is optional, but I'm not sure how I could have finished this without Season 5 of Weeds to keep me company.

You're a life saver, Ms. Botwin.

Anyway, as a heads up my camera isn't the best so bear with me on these shots.  First just grab some fabric (I used felt, but that's just me... I adore felt for some crazy reason).  Cut them into a bunch of circles.

See?  They don't even have to be perfect!

Then you fold a circle in half... 

and place a dot of hot glue in the center...

and then you fold it in half again.  The fun never stops.

Now make a TON of them.

Start by gluing them onto the styrofoam ball and keep going until it's covered.

I chose to put a cream colored ribbon onto the top, but you could do any combo you'd like.  Remember that my camera is crappy so these look MUCH better in real life.  I actually love them.  A lot. :)