allie~millie designs~Funky Country~

2014-11-17T09:15:00.002-06:00

Millie's patchwork wall and room makeover

2013-07-29T16:00:00.002-05:00

We finally got around to doing the patchwork wall that my little and I had been

talking about for ages and we love it!

Most importantly, she loves it.

These are some of her treasures on top of her antique wardrobe.

She had a blue gingham Pottery Bark Kids valence and red gingham painted finials from there as well, that had hung on her window since she was a baby. I painted those expensive finials with Duck Egg Blue ASCP and threw a vintage tablecloth that I'd had over the rod. Didn't even sew it!

her window art that she and I created a few years ago. We found the window in my Grandma's attic and the best part? It was already pink!

one of my favorite spots on the wall with the sweet bird

her pink dyed coffee filter "m" that I made and gave her for Christmas 2011.

I'm thinking about offering these in my Etsy shop. What do you think??

another of my favorite spots on the patchwork wall. It has the word "dance" and both of my girls dance

love the framed sewing machine and Eiffel tower.

I had most all of the frames in my stash for ages, except the yellow {a .25 cent thrift store score!} and pink{that Millie painted herself!}

we spent about two whole days working on this and it was totally worth it and fun to spend the time with my girl!

Old footstool

2013-03-14T08:46:00.001-05:00

I've had this old stool sitting around for a few years and now have finally gotten around to doing something with it. It was from a thrift store and I scored it for $5.00! It was covered in ratty old blue velvet, had dark wood legs, and had springs popping out.
I fixed the springs with my trusty staple gun, stapled burlap over the velvet and pieced together this awesome French repro grain sack together and used some old tattered curtain fabric I'd found in my sweet Grandma's stash. I love it!

button letter art: Pinterest inspired

2012-03-10T09:46:00.001-06:00

Millie and I had been inspired by some images and tutorials we've seen on Pinterest such as

this:

source:American Crafts Studio

and this:

source:Pinterest

so we decided to make our own. She actually did most of it

herself.

I helped pick out buttons, mostly vintage, that would match her

room.

Millie did all the placing of the buttons herself.

We repurposed an old print and frame that I'd bought a long time ago

from Bed Bath & Beyond and we had a ton of buttons from

Grandma's

stash.

Gma would love what we'd done with them :)

ruffled burlap wreath

2012-03-08T10:47:00.001-06:00

this is a ruffled burlap wreath that I made for a sweet high school girl

and a charity auction that she was gathering items for! The beneficiary is

Oklahoma Project Woman, an organization that helps all women,

despite financial ability, have access to breast health care.

Oklahoma Project Woman

Her high school chose this organization for their annual service project.

torn linen bow with robin's egg blue seam binding

love this bird's nest! I wove some shredded vintage sheet

music through it...

I hope it helps bring in lots of money for this wonderful cause!

up for air...

2012-02-28T08:15:00.000-06:00

It's been a LONG time since I've posted much content with any substance. 2011 was a tough year, one of those periods of time where everything just keeps happening and piling up to the point where you feel like you're drowning. We lost Grandma in May, after just two short months of finding out she had stage IV pancreatic cancer. Grandma was pretty much my mom, my best friend, and a part of our immediate family, all in one. I am so thankful to have had her here in my life and even more thankful for the eternal life she and I both have through the loving grace of our Savior, which means I'll see her again! Now that 2012 is moving on, I feel like I can finally tread water and get a breath. God has taught me so much during this season of life and I'm thankful for it.

I want to try to have posts with more substance, ones that can help others in different ways. Things that I've learned that have helped my family and I. One way, and something I get asked all the time is

"How do you find such awesome stuff at the thrift store?!"

So I thought I'd begin a series of posts on that topic. Anyone can learn to do it! For all you impatient girls, well, you're gonna have to get some patience first! I'll give you a couple days to find it before we begin. While we're waiting, ask me some questions, specific ones on thrifting that you'd like me to try to answer and I'll do my best!

The Blog Guidebook 2012 calendar

2011-12-27T10:29:00.004-06:00

Have you heard of the The Blog Guidebook?

If not, you must go there now!

They're a great resource for blogging with tons of tips and resources for blogging and you can have your blog listed in the guidebook and search for other blogs by category!

Last year they had a calendar for 2011 available for download, that I LOVED and this year, they've done it again! It is so pretty! You can either download it or order a printed copy.

Check it out here: The Blog Guidebook 2012 calendar!

My shirt dress was featured!!

2011-09-01T09:22:00.005-05:00

my cute dress tutorial

as seen here in this post!

Every Thursday she has a link up party to show off all of your diy fashions!

Go check it out!

I was featured!

2011-06-02T09:01:00.000-05:00

Millie's bulletin board that I made using vintage sheets

http://vintagesheets.blogspot.com/2011/06/vintage-sheet-cork-board.html

frame memo boards

2011-02-24T10:09:00.000-06:00

These are going into the booth at Serendipity Market next week!

vintage frames turned memo boards, painted by moi'...

I used aqua paint and whitewashed this one

allowing some of the antique-y gold to show through

each has a few clothespins stamped with vintage script...

now I need to make one to keep!

"pillow of the week" at BeColorful!

2011-02-09T11:40:00.000-06:00

My pillows and Etsy shop were graciously featured on BeColorful!!

How awesome is that to have a "pillow of the week"! She also paints amazing furniture, not to

mention she's a cute little, sassy girl!! Thank you so much!

You must go there. now.

snowed in projects

2011-02-04T10:17:00.000-06:00

with all this cold weather & snow & having to stay in (because of the

weather and taking care of two sick girls-blech!), I've been able to get

some things done. This is one of them...

I spent hours dying and drying coffee filters in the oven.

{my family keeps asking why are we having filters for dinner}

trying to achieve the perfect shades of blush-y pink and coffee-stained cream

hung with off-white vintage-y looking seam binding

I think it was worth the effort...

love it

I'll be adding one to my shop

& putting one in Millie's room

feelin' the LOVE

2011-02-02T08:16:00.000-06:00

are these cute or what?! Yes, I know they are...I love them.

I made a set for the booth at Serendipity Market and I'm making a set for my Etsy shop...

and I think I'll have to whip up a set for my 13-year-old's room(they look pretty

cute on her bed, don't ya think? :)

an old project

2011-01-06T12:49:00.000-06:00

this is a project I LOVE that I did a long time ago but have never shared.

The chairs were found at Curb-mart (i.e. fancy way to say the curb) via my mom. Good eye, Mom!

I set them up and took a picture to give you the visual...

oooh! Someone's throwing away those chairs!

My amazing daughter could do something sweet with those!

Thanks chair-throwing-away-people!

I'll take 'em!

I put them side-by-side & gave them a light coat of matte mod podge

to keep the paint at just the right chippy-ness.

I found the perfect board/door thing combing the my grandma's attic

I added some padding and fabric to the board and finished it with black braided trim.

I bought this great black & white houndstooth suiting fabric at a

garage sale and covered a rectangle pillow form.

I love the way this pillow turned out.

Is this not the cutest little bench?!

check out the Blog Guidebook!

2010-12-27T13:09:00.001-06:00

I hope you had a blessed Christmas like I did, spending time with family & friends!
I can't believe the year is nearly over, can you?! Where did it go?? The start of a new year means it's time for a new calendar as well. I happened upon the cutest blog and calendar!

They offer a free listing to all bloggers!

They are also offering a beautiful FREE calendar that you can download & print out!

go here to download!

Thanks so much, Blog Guidebook!

and now my table sings!

2010-12-09T15:09:00.002-06:00

I've finally gotten to re-doing this hand-me-down coffee table that sits in our front living

room....it was that dated blond wood color in that classic early '90s style that I see re-done all over blogland.

Here it is before. Lovely. I know.

And here it is now!! All dressed up in vintage sheet-music!

I absolutely love it! I gave it a good coat of primer, followed by

a few coats of Krylon Ivory gloss spray paint (I didn't want it glossy, but I knew I'd be glazing/antiquing so

that would make it have a more satin finish).

Then I carefully selected the sheets of music (which I bought a BIG bag of recently at a garage sale for a steal) I wanted to Mod Podge on the top. I purposely chose

ones with varied tones from light ivory color to a really aged tan color.

I also chose some with titles and words that were pretty and some with just music notes so it would be varied.

some detail of the sheet music...

then I mixed up a grayish/tanish glaze to antique it...

I'm SO glad I got around to doing this! It's so...me.

linking this up at~

I'm submitting this post to Miss Mustard Seed's

go take a look! I'd love to win!!

a few Fall accessories

2010-10-10T10:19:00.001-05:00

These are some cute things I've been working on...

I just LOVE this sweet burlap pumpkin...

and the vintage "give thanks" tag on it.

I used a real branch that was nice & chunky for the stem. The first "stem"

I was going to use, my dog thought was a chew toy for her...

I added a little muslin "leaf" stamped with old script..

now a little accessory for me...

a tweed rosette pin

I love the unravelled edges...

this flower would be too cute on a jacket, hat, on a ribbon as a belt...I can't WAIT!

and this burlap lovliness...

a "harvest" pennant banner

just like the pumpkin, it needed a few little "leaves"

I wanted the letters to look like they were painted on there ages ago...

love it on the mantle...

sadly for me, this won't go on my mantle because...

all of these I made to go in my friend's booth.

You can find them all and more allie~millie designs

at Serendipity Market in Edmond, OK!

allow me to introduce you...

2010-09-25T19:03:00.000-05:00

to two of my little friends :)

my friend, who has a booth at a craft/home decor/gift store, is graciously allowing me

to try out putting some of my things in her booth! I'm going to put these

two little guys in there.

vintage sheet music tray

2010-09-24T16:19:00.002-05:00

I've had this tray that I got from the thrift store for about $2.00, like a year ago, waiting for me to finish it.

I had mod podged some paper to it a while back, but decided to take it a different route.

I just spray painted right over the other paper and printed out some vintage sheet music.

The "French Opera" music (and probably some of the others) came from The Graphics Fairy, of course.

added a sweet little nest stamp...

it's not perfect and I love it that way

a little light distressing on the edges and corners....

I {love} it!

fun, new frames in my shop!

2010-09-11T13:25:00.000-05:00

I'm slowly adding these

to my Etsy shop!

I just love them and the best part is....nothing to break!

I love to have pictures on low tables but I've had numerous frames break and then you have

broken glass to deal with...

The simplicity also adds to it's charm but the fancy bow with buckle

gives it a twist.

Go on, give it a peek :)

these little goodies will make you a better cook..

2010-08-18T16:13:00.000-05:00

Okay, well maybe not. But, they will be fun to look at while you do slave away over a hot stove!

They're now available in my Etsy shop!

attention shop owners!

2010-07-17T11:18:00.000-05:00

You must check out Remodelaholic!

She's kind enough to offer Etsy shop owners and the like, post about their shop!

my shop is blooming

2010-07-17T10:23:00.000-05:00

I just recently listed some new fabric flower pins/corsages and I'm so excited about them!

I LOVE the way this one turned out...it's made of a muted blush-y,

almost peachy pink chiffon fabric.

I listed it without a pin or clip, that way you could tell me what you want

or add your own!

look how cute it would look on a multiple chain/pearl necklace!

I can't tell you how much I love this fabric, I think I'll go buy the rest of the bolt!

I also listed a multi-textured black flower with a pin back. I used satin, tulle,

and pieces of a mohair sweater!

~like how I made my daughter be my model?!~

It will be fab for this fall/winter with the sweater-y texture...

and super cute on a long strand of beads as well!

go on, get them for a gift...or for yourself :)

vacation fun with Mickey

2010-07-13T11:14:00.000-05:00

I'm getting back into the swing of things after our two-week long trip to sunny Florida and our first time to Walt Disney World! We had the BEST time and I'm so thankful we got to go and spend that time together and make lots of new memories. We've been back for about three weeks and the girls are still talking about it!

Our first stop was Pensacola. We go there every year, but this time was a bit different seeing all of these down at the public beach parking area.

We didn't see any oil blobs at all and the beach was as beautiful as ever....

Our girls love the beach!

We loved Minnie!

Disney World was wonderful and it was so fun for me as a mom to see how magical it was for them. Even my 12-year-old!

They took this in Magic Kingdom while waiting for the fireworks to begin.

Can you tell it was like a sauna?? It was SO hot, I've never experienced humidity like that,

even in New Orleans in August!

Our last day at the parks!

Then we went to Crystal River and did some scuba diving/snorkeling!

Millie snorkeling!

Allie and I scuba diving!

Daddy/daughter diving!

When we started the long drive back to Oklahoma, we decided we'd go through Memphis,

do some sight-seeing there and of course, have some delicious bar-b-que!

The first thing we did was go here...

to the National Civil Rights Museum where Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed.

It was very interesting and extremely moving...

We saw the famous Beale Street...

Jeff and I'd like to go back there and hang out...sans children!

When I saw an ad for this

I had to make the family go see it because I LOVE old cemeteries!

This is the Elmwood Cemetery and has veterans from even the Revolutionary War buried there.

It was beautiful...

I just wanted to share a bit of our wonderful vacation. I just love spending time with these

people I live with :)

Since being back, I finished a little something that I'd started on. I made Allie be my model :)

I used some pieces of vintage jewelry, fabric flowers that I made and seam binding for the tie.

I had though that I would use more of the pieces of jewelry I had, along the chain but I couldn't figure

out a way that I liked it so I left it like this. What do you think?

new shop item & a project

2010-05-29T14:05:00.001-05:00

I listed these in my shop! Sooo cute with jeans and a tee!

they make a great gift too!

I've been playing with a new project using this stuff....

care to guess what I'm doing with it?