Happy Monday! a.k.a. the randomest post ever.

I'm watching the Price is Right while my husband and little girl sleep upstairs.


My life is quite exciting, I know.

Actually, I really like game shows. I'm a nerd like that. But maybe I live vicariously through the people that win. Because, I never win anything. (Well, almost. Because last week, I actually won a blog giveaway from KCMamas! A gift certificate to Thirty-One! Waa-what?! I won? Yes, quite excited. I've even already placed my order. I'd not heard of Thirty-One before, but it's one of those home party business ventures. They have some pretty great items!)

I'm good with it! :-)

I'm still unemployed, but my husband is interested in a full-time position at the seminary he works at and will apply. Please pray that if it's the right move for us, it will happen!


A guy just spun the $1.00 on the wheel! And another guy just spun a $1.00. Now for the spin-off. 


For my 28th birthday, can I go to the Price is Right and win the Showcase Showdown?

Guy #1 going to the showdown. Guy #2 just won another $10,000.

Actually for my 28th birthday, I'd really like to do THIS. Random acts of kindness. but I can't really afford to do all of those myself. Maybe 27 other people would join me in celebrating my birthday and do one random act of kindness in my honor? Then we could all put together a list of creatively RAKs. What do you think?

She's not going to Bali.

(A video coming soon. Her newest trick!)

Hope your Monday is great and maybe a little less random than mine. :-)

Love,
Lisa

vintage stragglers

I have a few items I forgot to share. The camera is something I've always wanted and am composing a shelf display for our living room using it. However, I need a shelf! That is the problem. My mom walked into our house a few days after I got it and spotted it right away. You know when you see something very familiar that you haven't seen in decades? Yep, that's it! Ends up that her parents had one of those when she was little. She even showed me how to look through it from the top. In all of my high-tech glory, I couldn't figure that one out. So great.

And the baby boy romper. Isn't it cute? Makes me want a little boy! (Not really. Nope. 100% kidding. It is still cute though.)

Mint and white baby boy romper.

Little carousel detail.

backside.

Vintage display camera!

so great! LOVE it.

More fun vintage finds!

A friend and I visited an antique store going out of business. Everything was 50% off! I found a few really fun things...

my favorite find! a tiny metal play oven.

the oven opens! what should we make today??

missing its oven knobs... too bad.

cook top - a little used

crocheted diaper cover

crocheted booties

sweetest little nautical dress

they even had waterproof bloomers in tact

boys jumper

love it!

tiny elephant onesie

the elephant

fun apron!

doesn't it look great with my others?

baby booties (2nd pair)

nursery curtains - a semi-tutorial

 I finally found some material that I liked for curtains for the nursery! Plus, we were ready for Ladybug to sleep a little longer in the morning (if possible) because with the sheers, the sunshine is so bright in the morning! She wakes up when it's so light. Plus, if we want her to nap, light blocking curtains work well for the afternoons.

I went to Jo-Anns and found some quilting material (the print is so fun! it has blue, dark pink, light pink, orange, green, brown ... just perfect for our color scheme), light blocking material (in the upholstery section) and used some blue broadcloth scraps for the tabs.

I made a very basic curtain. I cut the light blocking material in half to fit both sides of the window and ironed and hemmed the print fabric right around it. Then I made the tabs.

Now, I need your help. How should I finish them?? (See last picture.)

the finished product

I sewed a straight seam down each tab.

Turned them inside out, and ironed the seam in the middle.

I folded each in half, ironed it, then folded each unfinished end up and ironed them.

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Then I sewed the tabs onto the curtain tops, stitching a box and an "X" to make them sturdy.

The ends remain unfinished. Should I just hem them? Ruffles? What's your vision?