Any Ideas???

I am trying to think of some ideas for my Etsy shop after Christmas.Any Ideas:.)Please let me know if you have some.PS I am thinking of making another blog for my I'm a little Vintage...Ill write when its up and running!

Oh Tannenbaum, Oh Tannenbaum!

It's time to haul out the holly....

Again?!?!

...and visions of Sugar plums

Danced

in their heads...

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas....
Guess what I saw when I looked out
my window this morning...
A white frosted ground!!
( You can kind of see it out
the window!:.)








And the stockings were
hung by the chimney with
care.In hopes that
St. Nicholas
soon would be there!









Then!..the Sugar Plum Fairly and her cavalier
came to dance for Clara and her nutcracker!
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I think I have said on here before that Michelle and I traded rooms.
So I thought I would Post a couple of pictures of my room at Christmastime.
There is still a lot to be done to the room such as paint, curtains,etc, but
I thought I would at least put a couple pics on in the Spirit of Christmas:.)
The sale went good on Saturday,Hurray!!! I have now posted some
items on my Etsy page! Here's the link! http://www.imalittlevintage.etsy.com
I hope you enjoy and have a Very Merry Christmas!!!!

Kelsey :.D

An angel of the Lord appeared to them,and the Glory

of the Lord shone around them,and they were terrified.

But the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid!I bring you

good news of great joy that will be for all the people.Today

in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is

Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: you will find the

baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.Suddenly a

great company of the heavenly host appeared with the

angel,praising God and saying,

"Glory to God in the highest,and on earth Peace to all men!

Luke 2:9-14

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

The Nutcracker Sweet!!!

OK so I don't have a lot of time to make a post so this will be quick!!!I started a craft business called "I'm a little Vintage." My sister(Birds of the Air) and I have an opportunity to be in a small craft show this Sat.December 5th in Henry IL.It will be at my Aunts Coffee shop at 505 Edward street Henry Illinois.Come see us!!!!Kelsey(I promise a good post soon.)

Down the Wooded Path

So.....I had another inspiration from the latest Anthro catalog.

They had a very interesting photo shot done in the woods and

Michelle was very kind to take the pictures I needed;.)

Anyways......

The Photographer:Michelle:.)

We were on our way down to the
woods and Michelle thought this
would be a good place for one of the
pictures.The sun was at a great angle!







So I found the spot I had in mind.
The only problem was that the ground
was to wet for me not to sink in.
Here we go, this will do the trick.
(Don't you just love the rubber boots;.)





Checking the shoes...

Kelsey

Newest Projects....

I Heart Ballet!!!!

Here is a necklace that I saw in Anthro

and just absolutely fell in love with.

This is one I made inspired after the original.

My cousin who is a jewelry maker put the

second strand of pearls on a pearl necklace

I already had. Then I took some felt and cut it in to

a circle and cut fabric according and just made each

circle smaller as I went.Glued it together,sewed pearls into

middle of flowers.And WA La:.)A beautiful new necklace.

My sister and I traded rooms this

past month.So I have been trying

to think of ways to use some of my

older things.This was a plain

black frame I bought at a dime store

a while back.I really needed a pink frame

so I painted it a baby pink.Then to add

some extra detail.I sprayed it with

glitter spray and glues pearls on.

I printed the Picture off Google Image

Search. And their you have it,a brand

new piece of art on a budget.:.)

Sorry I haven't written in a while.....

It's been a while since I've been

able to do a post so........ I thought I

would get on the computer and

write briefly what has been going on.....

Just so you would know I haven't forgotten

about my blog.:.) Ballet has been taking up a lot

(sometimes to much) of my time. Its not easy to

stay in shape as a dancer,sometimes requiring four

plus hours daily....sigh. I haven't had the time to take many

pictures either but I promise to get a REAL post on asap!;.)

Hope all is going well!!!!!

In Christ's Love,

Kelsey

Wait Until You See....

These super cute vintage

Heels

I found at the Et Cetera Shop

in Eureka Illinois

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Wait!?!?!

Does that tag say......

$1.25?!?!?!?!
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Yay!!!

.......and they were even in my exact size. :.)

Kelsey

Back Stage Pass.....

Well I'm back at Peoria Ballet

and I am so thankful that

the Lord gave me this opportunity

to dance again....

I had my first class this past

Friday and I enjoyed it so much!!

It has been a while since I had a

really good Ballet class....

Kelsey

My Room's Remodel is Coming Along!

My room renovation is finally almost complete. I painted the garage

door beige.I also painted the ceiling white

but you cant see that:.)......As you can see though...

I still need a full sized mattress.I'm holding

out for a good deal!;.)he he

This is the bookshelf that was to the
left in the above picture.My mom
was getting rid of it.So I took it!
It was white and in desperate need
for a coat of paint!I painted it black
and the insides deep red.

This is one of my fabric walls.

I had to hang curtains up because

my room is in a section of our garage.

This is actually a couple of sheets

that I nailed to our drywalled ceiling

(ya....dad doesn't know about that one:.)

Here is the opposite wall to my

bed and fabric wall.

I purchased two sets of the

Apothecary Jars at

Cracker Barrel when we went

for my graduation.I think they were

like 5 bucks a set or something

on sale!It took me a while to think

of what to fill them with!:.)

The cozy corner!

Here's some more of my

Apothecary Jars.

This tie back holder is a

clothes pin painted black

with buttons glued on it.

My half fabric wall!:.)

Under the towel is my tv.:.)

My tack board I decorated for a piece of art:.)


Kelsey

My Recent Projects!

Do you remember the

"Mystery Lamp"?

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Well it is now also a

Clutch!

Here is the lining.

I carried the fabric

inside for pockets.

This silky fabric is very difficult

to work with, so I sewed

it to plain white cotton before

beginning.It makes it much easier

and is thicker so its nice

for a purse!

And then my next project...

The

"Branch Jewelry Holder"
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I saw this idea at a Claire's.

They actually had one made

out of metal.I really liked the

design but was a little too pricey

so I made one out of a real branch.

First I went into the woods to

find a branch with enough limbs to

work for what I needed.Cut it down,removed

the bark and polyurethane it.(Same with the

base.) Then I glued the branch to the base

with craft glue. TA DA! A nice

Jewelry Holder!

This past week I had been convicted about

the time I spend with the Lord.I am ashamed

to admit to it, but it tends to be something I

hurry along just to get done.Not taking my time

and receiving the things the Lord wants to teach me.

Then this weeks sermon went somewhat hand in hand

with my conviction.( I love how the Lord does this,It's such

an encouragement to me!)I just thought I would take some time

to go over some things we talked about just to refresh my memory

and to have it written down somewhere.Hopefully so more can benefit

from it than just me!

We started in II Peter 1:1B, "We need to be living the lives that

God has designed for us believers(bond servants) to live!"This

statement really stood out to me!How can I even begin to do this without

taking Him seriously at His own word?!?I'm not saying that I don't believe what

the Bible says to be true,don't get me wrong,I'm saying,"Do I cheris Him and

His word as I should?" It is so important to start my day with Him and His word,

no matter how busy I am, I NEED to. I will not be able to go about my day

and try as hard as I can to be a diligent bond servant to Him.

Then we dealt with the issue of Faith.

If someone came up to me off the streets and asked me,"What kind of

faith do I have?"or"How would I describe my faith to them?"

Well here is how I should answer...

I. It is a gift of God.

-One I do not deserve and most certainly cannot

come to on my own. This faith will only make God look good because

we cannot come to it on our own!

I'll put down the verses we went over so you can look them

up if you want.Eph.2:8,Acts 18:27,Rom12:3,James2:5

Implications of this Reality:

-this truth ought to keep us humble

before the Lord especially in our attitude toward the lost.

-Increase in our thankfulness to Him!

-Giving Him the praise,honor,and glory!

II.Faith that is focused on Jesus Christ!

-A realization that Jesus is everything to me!

and if not I have NO hope!

Rom5:1-2,Gala.2:20,Heb.12:2,I Cor.1:30

III.It is a Precious Faith!

What is the unique value of this faith?

-It reconciles us to God.Rom16:25-26

-This faith is an obedient faith.

-It is a faith that can be seen

(in our lives and Hopefully on our in our lives!)

Matt.8:10,Rom1:8,Eph1:15,Colo1:3-4,IThes3:5-7,IPet1:7

-It is a transcendent faith.

We walk by FAITH NOT by SIGHT!(v.7) II Cor.5:10,Heb10:19-22

-It is a faith that enables and embraces real progress.II Cor.10:14-15,

Eph3:14-18,Phill1:21,II Thess1:3

-It is a faith that provides real protection.

-It is a faith that provides genuine unity.

-It is a victorious faith!I John 5:4,I Peter1:9

This Faith is a Most Holy Faith!!!Jude 11

Well I hope this is a conviction and an encouragement!

the same to you as it was to me!

In Christ's Love,

Kelsey

The City Life

Today we decided to go on an after

noon trip to Peoria Heights.

Whenever we drove past

these little shop's, it

looked like it would

be a load of fun to go in

them sometime!

Some of the buildings had these

beautiful stained glass windows!

I love the blue in this one!

Here is my sister,Michelle,my

mom,Rhonda,my other sister,

Aimee,and I in a cute

little shop.(We have one

more sister,Beth,but she wasn't

able to make it because her

little one's needed naps:.)

Here is a quaint little Coffee Shop!

It was very neat.It had very

good coffee.

I'm always up for

a trip to a coffee shop!
I'm a sucker for them;.)

This was neat,there was an old coffee press.

I couldn't get a good picture because

it was in a glass case

and it was really dirty.But I got a

decent on of the stupendous vintage label.

Oh yeah, and this was out side of that

cute coffee shop I mentioned just above!

Well that was our trip!

Kelsey

Mystery Lamp!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.

I've had a bad sinus infection again.

I seem to get them a lot and

they tend to get me down sometimes!

But I have gotten some minor projects

done to keep me busy!:)I was really

wanting a new lamp for my room.
I couldn't bring myself to buy one because

I had one that worked perfectly well!

Anyways,I told my sister about my recent want:)

and it just so happened she had a lamp she was

wanting to get rid of because she didn't have

a need for it anymore.It wasn't "exactly"

what I had in mind,but it had a good potential.

You can see the white hobnail looking design it

has and I liked that.It had gold metal ware I wasn't

too found of but a little black paint fixed that right up.

The shade....Oh the shade.....I had this really neat

fabric someone had given to me awhile ago.It reminded

me of the beginning of the show"Mystery"on PBS:).

I loved it and considered many things I could do with it.

It's a really hard fabric to work with so I

couldn't come up with anything my sewing abilities

would allow:)Anyways it worked perfectly for this!

I bought the trim at Jo Ann's (With a 40% off coupon!)

And here's the finished project below!

Like I stated before sometimes my sinus infections

or just being sick in general can get me down.Sometimes,

especially for me,I can see the Lord does it to help my

focus return to Him.So many times I fall away as the day,

and yes sometimes weeks,pass by.He's always there to pick

me back up when I am constantly like a sheep and go astray!What

a merciful,loving and JUST God!Thank you Lord Jesus!

A verse that's been on my heart especially this past week

I heard at one of our recent

Sunday morning sermons I would like to share:

"But I know whom I have believed and am convinced

that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him

until that day!"

II Tim 1:12

Kelsey

A Night at the Carnival!

The Annual Henry carnival was

here for the fourth of July

this past week.It was a lot of fun.

I attended with my sister,Michelle,

my cousins,and a few aunts and uncles.

Excited for the first ride to start!

My cousin, Hannah,and I riding the Carousel.

A ride on the Ferris Wheel.

The rooftops of Henry!

Kelsey

Anthropology!!!!

Michelle,my sister, and I purchased some very adorable clothes from "Charlotte Russe" clothing store.We saw this line called"Enchanted" about a month back and almost couldn't resist putting everything on our cart:.)But it was to expensive for us flee market girls so we waited to see if they would go on sale.Well, yesterday we ran by and...40% off,YAY!!!!The clothes are supposed to have a turn-of-the-century look.So we decided to dress up time period(ish) and take pictures to blog about.The whole line looked to us like it could of come out of a catalog we love to look at called"Anthropology."So here are some pictures we took,we each took turns being photographer:.)

I hope you enjoyed:.)

Here is a link to my sister's blog.She has an online store with etsy and sells the cutest things in town!:.)birds_of_the_air

Kelsey