DIY: Deck the Halls

When you are a twenty something gal, it is hard to go purchase all the fixins for that "just right" tree (see Twill's perfectly thrifted finds). So for the last few years I have been doing what my mother and my grandmother taught me, making the decorations myself! Last year a few friends of mine made a night of it with mulled wine and a few tapas. We had lots of fun making silly ornaments to decorate the communal tree. Here are a few ideas for inexpensive ornaments, that take just a little time and ingenuity. Then just deck that perfect pine with these homemade little bundles.
-Ladybird


the stand-by popcorn and cranberry garland




my favorite ornament to make with kids, so easy and they smell fab!



you can DIY: felted balls, acorns and little strings, just add glue!



with a little trip to the local thrift, you could make this on the cheap!





photo ornament! love.

 


another kid friendly choice, or just you and some friends




manly



Vintage Photograph

I remembered this photo after seeing the one of me in Amsterdam. Here I am at about 2 years old smelling the "ant flowers" in my yard, sporting a grandma knit sweater, oshkosh b'gosh overalls and a cute white T.  For years, I thought that these flowers were where ants came from because they would swarm out of each bloom, as though it was their womb.

I still smell the flowers with the same excitement and wonder.

-Ladybird

What We Wore: Amsterdam

Smelling tulips in Amsterdam in my navy blue "child's" cardigan with little white flower buttons. A magical day of colors, these orange bursts just begged to be touched, smelled, enjoyed.

Amsterdam is a town of thrift and vintage, from incredible flea markets to rows of vintage shops, it was a city that seemed to be perfectly in line with my loves. Biking, art, flowers, good food and vintage!

-Ladybird