I can honestly say that every time I do a wedding it is my best to date. Practice makes perfect, plus it always helps when you have an amazing selection of flowers (thanks Cutts). It also helps when the bride and all her wedding party is made up of your beautiful friends. Enjoy Joanna and Andy's Wedding Part II, with some professional photos this time around courtesy of the talented Allison Garrett:
Hey loves, we're in super high gear over here at the studio making lots of new goodies for the Ric Rac Roundup. I've made about 50 new pieces of jewelry this week, some of them are enameled with original designs, some are assembled from vintage components, but what I really want to show you today is some new rings that I created. Awhile ago I was experimenting with embedding different things in resin and these rings are some of the results. They're fun, adjustable, durable, and best of all inexpensive for you! I'll be selling them for just $10 a piece at the Ric Rac Roundup this Saturday in Westport.
Hello loves, and happy Tuesday. I just wanted to take a moment to day and share my good fortune with all of you. Last week I was lucky enough to be able to purchase a huge amount of vintage jewelry for an amazing price. Laura contacted me earlier this month saying that she had a bunch of vintage jewelry to sell in "good" condition. I decided to meet up with her to see what she had, and was amazed by not only the quality, but also the amount of stuff she had. I made off with about 50 pieces, but she still had more. I'm so excited to get to work re-vamping some of these pieces.
This weekend Claudia, me, and both our moms threw a baby shower for my cousin Angela. She is due in August and going to have a baby girl, and while the name is top secret, they call her "Peanut" for now (and probably forever). Mama to be told us her nursery is lavender and monkeys, so we ran with that theme for the shower. There were friends and family to celebrate, games, and lots of adorable gifts. We're all so excited to meet our little "Peanut".
My mom who is also Angela's godmother made tons of delicious lemon and chocolate cupcakes. Yum!
Claudia came all the way from Chicago to co-host.
Banner I made to match the little ones nursery.
Congratulations Angela and John!
I've been pretty ridiculous for not posting anything about the upcoming Ric Rac Roundup, especially since I am very honored and excited to be participating amongst this list of vendors. What's the Ric Rac Roundup you might ask? It's an outdoor art and craft event featuring work from Kansas City artists, designers, and indie businesses. Created by the lovely Betsy and Emily of bon bon atelier, this years show will feature work from the following talents:
Andrea Yates, Betsy Lemon, Stir Designs, Craftboy, Sike Style, Fresher than Fresh Snow Cones, Bebe and Alice, Samantha Kuykendall, Folded Pigs, Lusterbunny, Glazed Earth, Early Jewelry, Aunt June, Sodapop, Dirty Laundry, Oddly Correct, The Modern Logger, Emetalworks, Hammerpress, Seek Design, Oven Luvin', and of course yours truly!
I've been working hard to create brand new goodies for the event, and I hope everyone loves them as much as they did last year. Find out more about each of these vendors on the Ric Rac Roundup Blog, and I hope to see you there!
Hello loves. Sorry for my absence these past few days. I've been playing catch up on work after my trip to Springfield. I'm also working on some fun projects for a baby shower for my sweet cousin Angela this Saturday.
However I did get a wild hair the other day and decided to pull all my vintage glassware out of the basement. It's no secret to anyone that knows me that since I discovered flea markets many a year ago, I've developed an intense love for vintage dish ware. It was getting a little bit ridiculous for a few years there, my husband and family still tease me about it to this day. I bought some of them because they were just to charming to pass up, but others I intended to sell. Just take a peek, I'm sure you'll see the appeal:
Starting today I will be listing a few of these sets in my Etsy store. I love all of them but unfortunately I just don't have the space to keep or use them all. So if you're looking for some super cute glasses, keep your eyes peeled and buy from emmy-ray!
I spent the weekend in Springfield, MO. Catching up with friends from college is never anything but a good time, and it made me a bit nostalgic for those days. Although I am amazingly blessed in my current life, I can't help but miss my friends from college that I don't get to see very often. One other thing I also miss, the flea markets. Springfield has a ridiculous concentration of them. I found what my Sage referred to as "the holy grail" of milk glass vases which I am collecting for some future weddings, and I'll share with you later this week. Score!
On my note of nostalgia I thought I'd post some old college pics for a few reasons 1) It's fun to look back and 2) I shamefully didn't take many of them while I was in town. But I got to see all of these peoples faces for a few days and that's the most important part of my trip.
Thanks for joining me on my quick trip down memory lane. What did you do this weekend?
