Primped up Kicks

Had to share these cute little things from Kate Spade.
Might also be a little post-NYC blues.
Just sayin'

Where's Waldo Pub Crawl

Trying to break the Guinness World Records of 3657 Waldos in one place (Dublin, Ireland), the Epicenter in Uptown Charlotte hosted it's annual Where's Waldo pubcrawl last night.


My friend celebrated her birthday this weekend, so we decided to join in the Waldo-mania.

I had dressed as Waldo one Halloween, and still owned the striped top, stripey socks and glasses from a few years back. Unfortunately, after several relocations, I had discarded the bobble hat, so I was panicking in search of one.

When I decided there was none to be found, I rummaged through my fabric stash and decided, what the heck, I'll just wing it and make myself one.

I used the leftover fabric from making my Christmas stockings - perfect red and white stripes! - cut out two domed shaped pieces and sewed the edges together with a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Ta-daa!

This was quite easily done in 5 minutes..
I don't know what the final count is but it sure was a great night out!

Day Trip : Carolina Renaissance Festival!

Huzzah!!

The Renaissance Festival is back! Lots of tankards of mead and turkey legs to be had. This is my first visit and I LOVED IT! There were lots of visitors who actually dressed up in their Renaissance costumes for the fair! If only I'd known!! Next year I want to dress up too!





Do you believe in fairies? I just spotted one!





My favorite shop - the craftsman makes beautiful one-of-a-kind dream catchers, wooden kaleidoscopes and other glass trinkets!! I had my eye set on a Dark-Side-of-the-Moon prism dreamcatcher but it was out of my budget... oh well. I hope some lucky guy picks it out!

There are lots of craft stores, activities, and performances going on at all times. Go to their web page to check out their list of events.


Weekends only, 10:30am-5pm, now till Nov 18th, 2012!
16445 Poplar Tent Road, Huntersville, NC 28078

Celebrations : Halloween Kiddy Cuteness!

Is it me or is Halloween just around the corner??

I just received an invite to a Halloween party and am scrambling to think up a costume right this minute. I had a few ideas months ago, but the procrastinator in me said "You know you'll get it done in a week, why worry now?"

Ok. It's time to start panicking... the party is in ONE week.


While doing research, the procrastinator got sidetracked (yet again).

And this is what she found...


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I love this last series. The kids in the pictures have just the perfect expressions too. Frodo and Tintin are my favorites! So simple yet so clever!!

How are you dressing your kiddos this year?

Found: A Nautical Affair

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Now that it's summer, I'm longing to hit the lake!

And I actually sat down and created a mood board for it too! Phew! It was time consuming but super fun! Here are my picks from my favorite sites!



:: Swimsuit :: Bib necklace :: Heels :: Maxi Dress :: Tote Bag :: Ring:: 




I love stripes, the color palette red, white and blue. So one weekend I whipped these up!


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Have a wonderful week ahead! There's time yet, to plan for a nautical weekend!

All things Halloween...

Here's a quick Sunday post:

It was dress up weekend,



plus a pumpkin carving contest at the museum.



All guests are invited to vote for their favorite pumpkin. I'm in team #3!!! We made a house for our hermit crab (based on Eric Carle's book) out of the pumpkin. Isn't it whimsical? And there actually is a LIVE hermit crab living in the pumpkin. Don't worry, it's getting food and water and a warm living environment. And so far we are getting all the girl votes...



while pumpkin #2 is getting all the boy votes with their Monster Pumpkin Strikes Again!



Pumpkin #4 is getting all the Toy Story fan votes



while Pumpin #1 the Dr Seuss fan votes.

I don't know about you, but I think the Woody pumpkin is some serious competition no?



Tallying the results at the end of today. I hope we win!!!