Feather's in My Hair?

So, it took a while for me to really grab hold of the idea of having feathers in my hair. At first, I wasn't really feelin' it. But, now that I have taken hold...I am runnin' with it! That's the thing about me. Once I like something, I don't just like it a little. I don't do the whole moderation thing. I go OVERBOARD! Feather in my hair, feather corsage on my cardigan, heck, let's put some feathers on my shoes...hey, I'll have to give that one a try. Pin them on some flats... hmmmm... I'll work on that.

...ANYWAYS...

I've been working on some of the feather clips, ya know, two or three feathers with some funky smaller feathers and a little jewel. I have a friend needing some for the girls in her classroom for a Christmas gift. 5th graders..they'll love them! So there are feathers all over the counters....


...and you know when you're working with feathers, you don't just clean them up, packing them neatly back into ziploc bags, never to be seen again, until you need them, of course...NOT. You find feathers flying around for DAYS, maybe even weeks!


But, in my opinion, not my hubby's, mine, it is SO worth it! These little things turned out so stinkin' cute!

...I even dusted off the old Bedazzler!

Yeah! That's right, a Bedazzler. Don't judge me!

Lamp from Ribbons & Twirls

I have to share this with ya'll because I absolutely LOVE it! I guess it's a good thing that I don't have any little girls because I would probably have to fight them over this! A dear friend of mine from Ribbons & Twirls made this for a craft show this weekend. She does a lot of those frilly little tulle TuTu's, ribbons and hair clips, and cute holders for hair clips, this lamp being one of those!

She found a lamp at a consignment shop, spray painted the base, and pulled the fabric off of the shade, leaving just the metal. Then she covered the metal wire in colorful pink and brown ribbon, adding extra strips of ribbon where there was no wire. And finished it off with that darling pink pom-pom fringe...FANTASTIC huh?!

A Project Reveal from Junking Parte Uno

Hopefully this picture looks familiar! I know I've already shown you several jewelry holders that I've made, but I wanted to make sure I stay true to my word when I say that I will show you completed projects from previous blogs. The project I'm revealing today originated back in September when I brought home this darling black frame. I found this at a basement flea market for $2.50.

It was really pretty black, but I thought it would look even better with a little more color. Mix things up a bit, ya know?! I found a real neat green color of spray paint at Wal-Mart...I thought it would be perfect for this frame so I bought it! Speaking of spray paint, I was reading a blog the other day and it mentioned that there are two types of people in the world, the kind that use spray paint and the kind that use a paint brush or roller. Well, when it comes to pieces of furniture or frames, I am a spray paint kinda girl! Sorry, I get off topic pretty easily when talking about things that make me happy... and in case you didn't know, spray paint makes me happy! Even ecstatic sometimes!



So, I coated the frame in green, let it dry, then stapled some chicken wire to the back of it, with a pretty brown zebra print behind the chicken wire and, voila, instant jewelry holder!





I think the colors on this thing rock! They just pop! And it is so convenient for earrings, sunglasses, pins, hair clips... all of those great accessories!

I linked this project to Domestically Speaking 96th Power of Paint Party...check out the linky party!