Mint Melange

Happy Sunday

Seven days, seven things.

1. I won the lottery: 8,50€, yay!

2. We celebrated my husband's birthday. He turned 29, again...

3. We spent a beautiful at the botanical garden

4. Lots of grilling, and the first piece of melon this summer

5. Dyeing a t-shirt with natural dye (red onions) worked!

6. Beautiful lillies

7. And sunflowers

Wow, the last few weeks have been totally crazy here. I had so much going on that there was absolutely no time to blog, let alone even think about blogging.
June was a brilliant month for my shop. In fact June was the best month ever, after my Monogram Ring Bowl was featured at the front page of the Etsy jewelry section. I sold so many items that i barely knew how to process them. Week after week i spent several hours working on bowls and backdrops and bouquets, and kept running to the post office a thousand times a weeks- all aside from my full-time job. In addition to that i received quite a large order from a wedding store owner in Berlin. Yes, a real brick and mortar store now carries some of my items!

But now everything is done and shipped, and i can finally breathe and relax again. In my world that means i can finally craft for myself as well as my husband's upcoming birthday party next week.

How fun are these photo props?! My ~~husband~~ niece and nephews will love them!

A screenshot of my crazy shop stats on June 18th

Summer has arrived ( somehow) and i can wear my cute vintage Lilly Pulitzer pants

My confetti was featured at Design Sponge

From tiny seeds to gorgeous wildflowers

Funny and cute cow corn holders

Saved this beautiful sunflower from being tossed away.

Happy Sunday!

The jet flies

Happy Birthday Ann-Kay Design!

My Etsy shop just turned 2!

Celebrate with me and receive a 10% discount on any item.

Simply enter coupon code HAPPY2 during checkout

Happy Sunday

Seven days of happiness

1. Fresh flowers made me happy

2. My customers made me happy

3. Aqua blue hands from dyeing fabric for a sweet bride me happy

4. The first tiny blossom on our balcony made me happy

5. A heart-shaped potatoe made me happy

6. Catching a repdigit on Smarty's clock made me happy

7. Finding a lucky cent made me happy

What made you happy last week?

Fun Socks Thursday

Peony

Happy Sunday

Seven days, seven photos:

1. Travelling in yellow

2. Refreshing summer cocktail

3. Custom order from California: 4 meter nautical fabric garland

4. Spent two days in Berlin for a workshop

5. Loved watching the royal wedding and the groom's emotions when his princess walked down the aisle and during the ceremony. So Sweet!

6. Summer grilling- the barbecue sauce bottle exploded and left an awful mess on my plate, shirt and pants...

7. My photo was picked as one of the winning entries in the Jo Totes Instagram contest. I won a Jo Totes camera bag!!!

DIY: Easy No-Sew Lavender Bags

These lavender bags are so super easy to make; no sewing required. All you need is a bunch of vintage hankies or fabric, and dried lavender.

Head on over to Pretty My Party where i am sharing the full tutorial.

DIY: No-Sew Summer Curtains

Our bedroom is decorated in red, black and white with red velvet Ikea curtains.
Those red velvet curtains are warm and cozy during fall and winter, but for the summer months i wanted something ligther, preferrably white.

The thing with white however is that it is quite see-through, which is a real problem when you're living in the middle of a major city surrounded by traffic lights and such.
Then i remembered that I've had this bale of fabric; thick and solid white fabric with a beautiful black and gray floral print. You won't believe the next part: i purchased it a few years ago at Ikea for... wait for it....25 cents!

Fun Socks Thursday

I am thinking about adding a new weekly feature to my blog, perhaps even a link party. I think I will call it "Fun Socks Thursday" :)

Who wants to join me? Who else loves wearing fun socks? Share your photos with me on Instagram
#funsocksthursday

Marseille 2

Marseille 1

Happy Sunday

It's been a while since my last "Happy Sunday" post, but i simply wasn't in the mood during our vacation. But now that things are back to normal, here is a little review of the past days.

1. We spent two days in Marseille, and it was wonderful! I will post a travel report with lots of photos within the next few weeks.

2. I teamed up with one of my favorite party blogs, and i am happy to say that i am a new sponsor of "Pretty My Party".

3. My favorite new nail color: Creamy Coral by Astor

4. A DIY pop-up birthday card with confetti for my sister:

5. Despite all the rain, the flowers on our balcony are growing quickly.

6. I sinned. After six weeks of being strong, i broke my no-shopping rule at TK Maxx last week when I was looking for a birthday gift for my sister. Well, i found one, but ended up spending more money on items for myself than for her. 15€ isn't that much, but i felt guilty afterwards.
I could come up with a lame excuse and say that i needed those items for my shop ( which is partly true), but i will admit that i wanted to buy those items. I have been searching for some cake decorating stuff for a while now, and simply could not let this opportunity pass. And then there were those wonderful large bags of dried lavender. Oh, they smelled so good, and were much cheaper than the tourist traps in Marseille. I had to buy one bag for our closet.

That "Cathy & Steve" cake makes me cringe ( if you know what i mean)

7. But then i made up for it. I started decluttering my closet, and will donate lots of items in the coming weeks.

And lastly some totally random photos. You may have seen most of them already, if you follow me on Instagram, but i want to have them here on my blog as well.