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retrohipmama style: still at it

retrohipmama style: still at it

what a week, but hey, at least i looked good! monday: client meeting crappy pic but if you can see through the glare, you’ll see a handmade necklace, cute makeup and a skirt that makes me feel pretty. tuesday: vintage picnic just felt good to wear this on a hot day. blue tank and navy … Continue reading »

enJOYing the rewards

enJOYing the rewards

Without labor nothing prospers.  ~Sophocles we praise hard work in this family. and what’s gonna work? teamwork! which leads me to this atrocity that we call a backyard. the winter always wreaks havoc on our unmaintainable (is that even a word?) yard and it’s a mess to clean up. i had no plans to lay a patio this weekend. … Continue reading »

music is my girlfriend

music is my girlfriend

a couple weeks ago, i shared this on a friend’s blog for her food of love series. if you didn’t get a chance to see my post on her blog, i’m sharing it today. christine at quasi agitato is a bloggy friend whom i have never been blessed enough to meet in person, but is one of … Continue reading »

a little change is always good

a little change is always good

howdy and happy thursday! are you reading this post on your phone? an email? come over to the blog and check out the changes i made. …i’ll wait…… you’re back? cool. well, what do you think? i feel more comfortable with the fresh springy colors. it’s just more me. makes me happy. peppy. like sunshine. … Continue reading »

5 things i’m loving right now: february

it’s the weekend and it’s time for a little fun. i’ll be hanging with my girl today and we’re gonna get our music and scrap on while our two train loving boys play and choo-choo their way around our feet. we love ‘em tho! both of my persnickity prints orders came this week which means … Continue reading »

all you need is love…

you know that feeling when you’re wasting time browsing pinterest, just looking for pretty things and stuff you want to save so you don’t forget and that SOMETHING just pops out to you and it ends up on your pinterest projects to do post. that’s exactly how i felt when i found this gem. it’s courtesy … Continue reading »

the accidental santa train

our little town was once bustling with trains. old tracks still cross through and alongside the main roads. the bike trails are all built mostly paralleled with the disused tracks.  marshall knows where all the tracks are and there’s this one stretch that we can see from the main road, then he always says goodbye to them … Continue reading »

getting featured on adelynstone + a giveaway!

so yeah, i’m freaking excited about this guys! the amazingly sweet kristan of adelynstone is featuring me aaaand october is my 1 year blogiversary soooo we have a pretty cool giveaway over there to celebrate! yay! you gotta go check it out…enter and you could win!

what can i make with 11 fat quarters?

well, almost anything! but they’ll be new flower belts for my fall wardrobe!!!!! with fat quarters on sale at Jo-Ann’s for 99 cents i totally scored! like FAT! pun totally intended. i have a couple tops that are this color red so i might just make this one a hair clip or a flower broach and … Continue reading »