Monday's My Pick: My camera is on the way!

Monday's My Pick: This cool vintage camera bag from: Round Trip! Check them out for all your vintage luggage needs.

{Round Trip}

Don't forget to check out the Paper Mama's Monday's My Pick.

Thursday's Three: My family

Just a quick reminder.... This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh! Ends tomorrow.. Don't forget to enter your photo in the challenge! And: I'd like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free: if you buy ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). :) Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I still ♥ you! (I will be setting up more info for advertising on my Paper Lady blog, but for now the info page is on the Paper mama blog. :) )

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Ok, on to this weeks Thursday's Three... it is all about my family! I want to support their little businesses any way I can. Here we go...

Thursday's Three: Family

1) Spittin Toad: My cousin, Denise, runs this fun little shop. It's full of her unique creations and I just love it. She has always encouraged me to be creative. I know that a lot of what I create today probably stems from the time I spent being crafty with her while growing up. She recently donated an item for a giveaway on my blog. (Athena Workman won!). Please check out her blog and her shop. Feel free to buy stuff too. :D

{Chalkboard Pendant: Spittin Toad}

 

 {Handmade stacked bead earrings: Spittin Toad}

2) Pepper and Farley: This is my Mom's Etsy shop. She makes some very lovely nice quality purses, pouches, pendants, and a few other creations. In addition to her Etsy shop she also has a quilting business. This doesn't mean she'll MAKE the quilts for you... she let's you do that part. She owns a GIANT quilting machine and freehands the stitching on your quilts for you with this machine. She's very good and her pricing is great! She accepts quilts from any state (you pay for the shipping). If you are interested in getting your lovely quilt quilted before the holidays, hurry and contact her! Her time fills up quick! You can contact her through sending a conversation in her Etsy shop.

{Put your custom photo on the pouch: Pepper and Farley}

Here I am laying on a quilt made by Janis (my mom). If you go to a larger photo you can see all the detailed stitching. :)

{Quilting by Janis: Contact through Etsy}

3) Cositas Bellas:  This is my VERY good friend Roxana's shop. Ok, so we're not technically family, but we've been friends for about 10 million years now and we know WAY too much about eachother. ;) I love her like she was family, so please show her shop and blog some love. She is extremely talented and very pregnant. :D

{Cora multi-strand necklace: Cositas Bellas}

{Lena multi-strand necklace: Cositas Bellas}

I hope you do visit them and enjoy their shops!!! I do!

Thursday's Three: Beach time!

It's so nice here in the Northwest today... I want to go to the beach! We have a beach themed Thursday's Three this week.

1) So, I LOVE this swimsuit. I'm still a little uncomfortable showing off my post c-section belly. :) This way I can have a pretty swimsuit that covers! I want! I want! PLEASE check out their Etsy shop.

{Red Retro Halter Swimsuit: TheRedDolly}

2) AND, I will need a sweet little sunhat to go with my new swimsuit. :) I LOVE hats. I have a ton of winter hats... I think I need a summer hat too. :) Please check out this shop. Lots of cute accessories for your head.

{Parasisal vitage style summer sun straw hat: Tramp}

3) How amazing are these? I love them. Handmade bamboo sunglasses. I'm seriously thinking of getting some! Please check out their Etsy shop, Takemoto!

{Handmade bamboo sunglasses: TAKEMOTO}

Don't forget to check out the Paper Mama's Thursday's Three: Beach time!
AND, don't forget to enter my giveaway! Ends: June 29th, 11:59 PM Pacific.

New Chalkboard Plates!

I have new chalkboard plates up in my little paper home shop! Please enjoy and buy all of them! Hee.Chalkboard Plate by, little paper homeChalkboard Plate by, little paper home

Chalkboard Plate by, little paper home

Chalkboard Plate by, little paper home

-chelsey

All images and designs are copyright of Paper Lady Invites LLC ©2009. The sale of any of my pieces does not transfer copyright or any reproduction rights.

Thursdays Three (and a few more) . Vintage Birds

I love to add vintage touches to my home. And, I LOVE birds. This weeks Thursday's Three is all about the vintage bird section on Etsy. There are so many vintage bird items that I could not include, so please check out the vintage section for yourself!

Bird Cage from, Sea Glass Vintage

White Milk Glass Bird Jar from, High Street MarketRoyal Copley Bird Planter from, Callooh CallayYour Favorite Bird Mirror from, Jess James Jake

Ceramic Yellow Bird Clip from, Hello VictoryBird Garden Ornament from, Moth to a Flame

I REALLY would love to have this one. It would look amazing in my yard. Now, I just need to figure out how to afford it...

Vintage Goose Small Figurine from, Little Paper Home

-chelsey

Busy Weekend

I've had such a busy weekend. Yummy food. Rummage sales. Estate sales. Babies. New shop items.

Check out below to see my weekend.

Middle Eastern flat bread

Old Doors

Vintage bill holder

Miniature Goose Figurine - Will be for sale in my shop soon!Vintage Lamp from Estate saleGiant carrot from my gardenBaby Kamilah. So sweet.New shop item to be in my shop soon. Plate Chalkboard!

Vintage button magnet sets to be in my shop soon!

New shop item! Bird feeder to be added to my shop soon!

I have about 10 new items that I hope to add to my little paper home shop tomorrow. Check it out!

-chelsey

New items to be in my shop tomorrow...

My hubby has had our computer with him at work the last few days. It is soooo hard to get anything done without my computer. I hope to get these up in my shop tomorrow!
Hopefully I will get these up tomorrow. AND, hopefully my computer will stay at home next week.

-chelsey

Went to the flea market...

I went to one of our local flea markets yesterday and I found a few items I'm excited to play with!Stay tuned to both Paper Lady Invites and Little Paper Home to see how I use these items!


Speaking of vintage items check out one of my favorite Etsy shops! I've posted their items in my blog before, but I love them so much I thought I'd show off my favorites by Spruce Home.

-chelsey

Don't forget! My Grand Opening sale for little paper home ends on March 11th, 2009. Check it out!

Wonderful Etsy Artists

I purchased many things from Etsy before my wedding. Here are a few of the different things I purchased and enjoyed:

Scallop Wrap from A Stitch to Wear:



I brought this wrap to Santorini, Greece with me. It was so nice to have when it got a little breezy! I loved it!

Candyland Eyemask from ity-bity Bags:



This was a lifesaver on the plane rides and ferry rides. Our total travel time to Greece was 24 hours. Back was 26. Man! I LOVE this mask! So comfy!

A travel pillow pillow from SynetCreations:




This too was a lifesaver. I drooled all over this thing!

My kimono wrap from Ahpeele:



I wore this every morning with our beautiful view of the Caldera in Greece. I'd sit there drink my tea, watch the donkey's go by, and see all the amazing ships down in the water.

My wristlet purse from DrikaB:



I attached the wrist part of this purse to a strap and wore this over my shoulder on our whole trip (As shown in my EXTREMELY touristy photo). It was compact, durable, and held a lot! Wonderful buy!

Last, but not least, my beautiful vintage glass bead earrings from MISSFICKLEMEDIA:



I wore these on my wedding day. They were the perfect addition to my wedding outfit.

I really just wanted to thank these artists, because I really enjoyed ALL of these items. Thank you!!!

-Chelsey