I finished these Party Girl themed paperdolls this week for the upcoming Art Chix Studio art swap. If you want to check out some of the supplies I used for these gals just click HERE or to find out more about this and other online swaps click HERE. The Art Chix Studio store actually has a special this week on one of the paperdoll making sets.

Mama paperdoll

We took our family on a road trip to Austin Texas and of course we couldn’t miss seeing the capitol building! The sky is so blue and crystal clear in the photos it was just an amazing day! 100 degrees but really amazing!

We had a great time this August going to an Astros game as a family. Friday nights are really fun because the fireworks display around 9:30pm. We didn’t get home til 11:00pm though so it is an all evening event. We plan on taking our kids again because they loved it, but we will go later in the game so we aren’t sitting so long! Minute Maid park is great you can drop off anyone before the game on any of the corners of the building, once you hand them your ticket you can check out the Astros store, also they have a guest services for checking coats, baby strollers and diaper bags in during the game. The train is the best part there is actually a guy up there engineering the train and for every home run it takes off and backs up, the kids loved it and so did I.

Recently, after receiving my umpteenth piece of junk mail I decided to upcycle them into Artist trading cards. The cards and postcards were the perfect size for me to cut out several ATCs from. I just added an image to the new card and a little watercolor around the edges and voila! Cute, easy, fun and a lot less landfill!

The vintage style baby loves anything from the 40’s and 50’s especially if it is re purposed, recycled or renewed. My own vintage style baby is surrounded by pink, white and baby blue. And if you are going for the mid century look you just have to reuse chenille bedspreads. I recycled a scrap of bedspread from my grandma with a tshirt into a sweet newborn gown. I also used a 40’s chenille bedspread scrap and vintage beads for the hanging moon. If you have a vintage style baby, crochet is a must along with vintage furniture. We have tons of gorgeous crochet blankets made from the lovely ladies in our lives to decorate the old bassinet that we dry brush painted blue. Vintage baby gowns are fabulous for those summer babys wanting to show off their vintage flair. Sweet and keeps them cool! I hope you find some fun projects to reuse some old things in your life and make them fabulous!