ivyPINK

Last week in pics

Last Monday I spent the day organizing
Cuz my BFF was coming in on Tuesday to stay with me for a few days ;)
I came across this ceramic egg holder @ goodwill for $1.99 & I had plans to use it for display but now I'm using it as a jewelry organizer ;) *so much easier to see the pieces I use most often ;) I really need to find one of these in pink!

Tuesday I decided to use my new Zoya Zuza (L-O-V-E it!) one coat & it's all covered! & it's super shimmery ;)
I also used my butterfly plate fr. BM3 set

This is my new summer hair do, I don't really like to tie my hair up too much, & I don't like hair on my face in the summer (Makes me break out) so I used a waver to add texture to my hair & fish tailed my bangs & just pinned it ;)

Wednesday we spent the day doing "only in Chicago" things, like eating @ Potbellys & Giordanos, shopping @ State St., bought some Garretts, visited the bean & we also went to the Art Institute to see the Lichtenstein exhibit (AMAZING & truly Inspiring) I think this was the piece that had my mind spinning & I want to make something with the same idea some day ;)
*adding it to my artsy to-do list.

Last pic is the 3 BFFs I'm so glad my friend Sue came to visit us even though it was such a short time
I have more fun pics but I do not have Internet right now so I'm only able to post via mobile

I'm also gone this week for vaca
So I will tty guys next week ;)
Have a fabulous week!

xoxo ivyPINK

DIY Damask Cabinet

Yesterday I was looking at the target ad

& spotted this cabinet on sale for $34

I've actually been in search of something

I can use for storage in my small bathroom

& this fit perfectly in the tiny space I had in mind.

 

While strolling the aisles of Target I also spotted

a damask print contact paper

Since I'm putting this cabinet in the bathroom

I thought it would be a good idea to line the shelves

& also give it some color & design.

 

Lining the shelves was super easy

pretty much I took the piece I wanted to line

measured the contact paper to size

I cut the contact paper about 1/4 inch larger than the

panel I was covering

Then when I applied the contact paper I started at a corner

and peeled & smoothed it out as I covered

and then trimmed the edges with an exacto knife when I finished.

I also covered the back panel of the cabinet

here's what it looked like without the shelves on top

and here's what it looks like with the shelves

and a couple black plastic baskets I also found at Target for $6 each

The toiletries bin I've had forever, I bought it at a scrapbooking show

I use it to hold some hair stuff, headbands & clips

I also added a lipstick holder to the top shelf

I used the box that the lipstick holder came in to add height

& covered it with the contact paper

Overall I'm really happy with how my cabinet 

turned out & how inexpensive this project was :)

Now, I'm in search for a cute knob

maybe you guys can help me decide which one I should get

I'm deciding between

This one...Knob 1

Knob 2

or Knob 3

Happy Monday!

xoxo ivyPINK

Some Favorite Things

I just wanted to share some of the recent things

that I'm LOVIN' right now with you guys! :)

#1 on the list is this delicious de la Costa Sangria (I'm obsessed w/ sangria)

and usually I buy the "Real Sangria" brand BUT I liked the bottle of this

de la Costa one & it was only $7.99 @ Costco so I thought what the heck?!

& boy am I glad that I bought it! It's so yummy!

I hope they'll always carry this sangria brand!

Oh, & that PINK Moscato is also delicious I just bought it cuz it said "PINK"

I'm such a sucker BUT it really is also delicious :)

Next is another drink....from Taco Bell :)

It's the Cherry Limeade Sparkler

It's like a kiddie cocktail with a twist :)

I'm SO NOT a pop drinker but dang I'm addicted to this!

It's a great thirst quencher for the summer

Oh boy.... don't even get me started this bread its SO yummy

I dreamt about it for over a year since that's when I had it last

from the Madison Farmers market

It's the Hot & Spicy Cheese Bread from Stella's

They bake it right there at the market so you buy it

right when it comes out of the oven

& it's just SO DELICIOUS & totally drool worthy

& most definitely worth it for $8 each!

*wow I just went on their website & it can be mailed! <---TROUBLE lol

 

Next food fave is THIS

Crispy Kale Chips I got my recipe here

BUT next time I'm going to try a garlic infused olive oil

I love garlic flavored things & maybe some garlic salt for some flavor

BUT the original is also really yummy!

 

Fave new treat.....

Switzers candy

It's like twizzlers but with flavor

& I'm hooked on these watermelon ones

I found them @ Crackel Barrel

OK enough about food & drinks geez!

Next new favorite thing is my new

oranized nail plates system! :)

So easy to do, I just used my brothers old baseball card holders

and bought a non slip mat from the dollar store

cut them up to 2 1/4" x 3" and voila!

NOW I can look through my plates faster & easier :)

This is my FAVORITE vintage find of the DAY!

OMG I almost peed in my pants when I spotted it

I'm obsessed with lil luggages & I swear I squeeled a lil

at the store when I found these :)

Pretty much its pristine a lil rust but I can totally look past that

a perfect set of 3 vintage japanese luggage! YES PLEASE!

Don't ask what I'm going to use it for cuz I have no idea heehee

As if that wasn't amazing enough

I found this too gah!!!!

I think the cute luggage fairies we're with me today :)

Last FAVORITE is this pic of my lil munchkin Abbey
she loves EXPLORING outside!

That is all for my list of fave's right now :)

What's your new favorite?

xoxo ivyPINK

Nail Rack Success

Hi hi hi :) I just have a quick post.....

I received a couple emails this week

for sucess stories for the DIY Nail Rack

and I just wanted to share the pics with you guys :)

First up is my cute aunt who lives in Texas :)

(I've shared some of her manis here before)

She's a girly girl & loves floral this is how her rack turned out

Something I actually hadn't thought of

My aunt used wrapping paper to wrap her bars

in case you didn't have any tape & didn't want to go

out & purchase some she just used something she had on hand :)

Another great money saver since tape can run around $5-8

and I'm sure most of us already has a variety of wrapping paper at home.

This next rack is made by friend Julie

Long time polish fanatic, but 

the most recent person I introduced to nail stamping :)

I LOVE the zebra duct tape! Looks GREAT on white :)

For some reason I really like the white base better

than how the black looks I feel like it looks "cleaner"

If any of you made this DIY Nail Rack

share your pics with me I'd LOVE to see your finished projects :)

Have a wonderful Thursday

Thursday is one of my fave week nights cuz it's my TV night

I have shows on from 7pm-11pm lol :)

xoxo ivyPINK

Currently and SMASHbooking

I haven't posted a "Currently" since June

So,this week I decided to create a "Currently" page on

my smashbook

I have a massive amount of Making Memories Rub-ons

(circa 2003 *good to know they still work!)

So, here's a Fall edition of my CURRENTLYs :)

Listening: Boyce Ave. Covers on YouTube (SOOO GOOD)

Eating: These ensaymadas from Red Ribbon my dad brought home from Cali

Drinking: My new FAVE Tea!

Yogi Organic Tea's :)

Wearing: Oh geez, my outfits are so boring these days!

I live in Yoga clothes ALL day!

I recently bought a cute a cute workout/yoga tank @ Target

looks like this but in purple

(cuz it was on sale & they didn't have PINK one @ the store)

I'm starting Zumba classes next week (excited for that!)

Feeling: Uninspired lately :( Sad!

Weather: Definitely starting to feel the chicago FALL start to creep in again

we've had a warm FALL for Chicago recently but this week we got some rain

Wanting: One of these floor armoires

I told my parents it's what I wanted for Christmas :)

My jewelry is all over the place! I figured this should fit all my stuff!

& all my bedroom furniture is black.

Needing: To get my car fixed! I don't know what's wrong with it :( Tear!

Car problems always leave me poor!

Thinking: About the holidays, I want to give & make handmade presents this year!

What should I make though? Oy vey! I feel overwhelmed already.

Obsessing: You mean besides NAIL crap right?!

cuz you guys already know all about that!

Gah! Seriously been crazy over make up! I don't even use that much make up

But I've been watching some YouTube Videos of  Make Up Guru's

& let me tell you...they are very good enablers! LOL

So I organized my SMALL stash yesterday

Enjoying: READING!!!!!! The Library is my new fave place :)

 I've been reading A LOT lately

I'm just finishing up the 1st 3 books in the Vampire Academy series

by Richelle Mead

It's VERY exciting! Which I like in books I hate slow dragging books

That's about it for now.

PLEASE Share your thoughts and ideas

for handmade x-mas presents with me!

xoxo ivyPINK
 

Just Catching up

with you guys :)

I'm STILL alive LOL

PHEW! so glad August is halfway through,

which means craziness at work is almost over!

I have some cute things to share with you guys

First up is this super cute hedgehog card

The Hedgies & the tree are from the MLS LIL Critter line

I purchased the pears at supershow fr the Love my tapes booth

It feels like felt & there's a few of the white flowers that came with it too :)

I just wrote the sentiment inside...

"Just Catching up with you!"

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill

Paper: My Little Shoebox Lil Critter & SEI

Frills: Doodlebug

Other: Stickers

Pen: Martha Stewart Brown

 

Take a look at this recent custom order purchase I made @ Etsy

from my new friend Alina @ HanaLetters

I posted a link with one of hanaletters items here too

and the owner of Hanaletters is sweet Alina {Alinas Blog} from Romania

she even made a recent post about me & Abbey :)

she is the sweetest & loves custom orders so if you guys

need a PIN/Brooch or necklace please take a gander @ her Etsy shop

It was seriously the BEST Etsy transaction I've ever had :)

How freaking A D O R A B L E is this?

I made my own chain to match this cute necklace charm

Pretty mixed beads & swarovski bling

Alina also made me the sweetest gift!
a PINK mini hedgie PIN!!! Isn't it adorable?

and she had this hedgie available as a necklace

but she can make it as a brooch as well

I have the PERFECT  Red jacket I want to use this brooch with :)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!

 

Speaking of Etsy....

As you know I've recently opened a new ETSY shop

(heres an iPhone screen shot)

and I've been trying to stock inventory at least weekly

although my lifes been crazy lately...

I've managed to add some recent new additions like

this Black & White Labels journaling card

sample of what you can use it for below

*there's also 1 left of the B&W doily deco tape

Cute shakes erasers...I built a mini cake stand :)

and some vintage letterpress wood blocks

and a preview of a few other things to come....

Chalkboard Labels for your supplies....

Vintage Flashcards

and more deco tape

to name a few...

so make sure to visit the ivyPINK shop for cute goodies :)

 

Thats all I've got for now

happy SUNDAY!

I'm off to Staples & Office Max for some Back to school shopping

I'm collecting school supplies to donate to an elementary school in the Philippines

no better time to purchase Back to School goodies when practically everything is under $.50!

 

xoxo

ivy

Finds

Quick Post

just wanted to share a couple finds I LOVE...

I found these number jars from anthro

for $1.95

My FAVE number is 23 (my B-day is Oct. 23)

I was just planning to put little nick knacks in it...

it blends well with my bookshelf :)

That pic in the back is of my grandma & my GREAT grandma

I also came across these pastel cake stands from TJ Maxx

I definitely though of Jessica Enig from Such Pretty Things

Needing a few or several of these in her life LOL

Whenever I see pastels I think of her :)

That's all for now :)

Happy Hump Day!

LOVE GREAT deals

I was one of the crazy peepz at Tuesday Morning....

on Tuesday Morning for THIS

I got to the Bartlett location around 9:00am

I walk in the lady asks me what I'm looking for & I told her the MM Storage

she's like: "we're ALL SOLD OUT"

I'm standing there with my shocked face like.... sold out?!?!?

I said "But It's only 9:00"

she tells me "we opened at 8:00am"

WHOA!!!

I've never been to a TM for an advertised Tues sale...

I just wasn't thinking that everything would be sold out.

The lady was nice enough to call another location (Woodridge) for me though

and luckily they still had a couple emb centers left.

SOOOOO how much was this awesome deal?

29.99! Cant beat that price :)

I also purchased one of THESE for 19.99

but I haven't put it up yet.

Here's a pic of the back of my car LOL

So I didn't really have a plan for

where I was going to put this embellishment center....

After bringing it upstairs

and it looked like it was going to fit above my card cabinet....

& It does fit!!!!

That's where it's new home is going to be :)

 

I was deciding what to put in it....

and 1/2 an hour later

VOILA! it was filled with all sorts of stuff

LIKE:

MM Paints

Adirondack Paint Dabbers, Tim Holtz Crackel Paint,

Stickles, (I found 7 Crystals) Cuckoo Crazy!

and some alcohol inks

Also the home for my UO jars :)

Tapes, Buttons & Grommets

 

I also had a TON of Twinkling H2O's

that quite honestly I totally forgot about :(

BUT......I REALLY do LOVE TWINKS!!!

So putting them somewhere visible might help me

remember to use them more often :)

I would have put these in color order last night....(which I definitely have plans to do)

I just have to find a better storage to color coordinate them

& yet still be visible

 

This is an old LO & Card that I made for Hero Arts 

I used all Twinks to paint the flowers :)

It's one of my MOST FAVORITE layouts

that I still have plans to remake one of these days...

LOVE Art Institute Glitter!!!

 

I know the embellishment centers been available for a long time

and I never really got it before because for one I thought it was pretty pricey at 99.99

and two because I didn't really think it looked like it was able to hold a whole lot

But it really does....

the paints, daubers, & stickles can be about 3 bottles deep

the art glitter & Crackle paint is 2 deep

and for 29.99 can't beat it!!!!

If you are interested in locating any Tuesday Morning product

just call this product locator number: 1-800-901-0881

with the item SKU number

The SKU number for the MM Emb center is: 2806215

I also found these K&CO Smitten Chipboards

at TM for .99

I have a V-day project I'm working on

BUT I will post a card I made with them tomorrow

Have a GREAT THURSDAY!!!!

Growing LOVE for Tape!!!

If you didn't guess what the #4 Fave was...

It was TAPE!

{I listed it under supplies with a link - very sneaky of me LOL}

I did get some good ideas (which I NEED for sure) to post about for future posts though!

I took pics to share

of my new growing collection!

{I definitely need a better storage solution for these}

Lets start with my newest finds....

These are from the Michaels $1.00 bin

I got it  a couple weeks ago!

I had to hold myself back from buying 2-3 of each!

 

These are my FAVORITES!!!!!

I have to thank my friend Sahrie for these Shinzi Katoh Tape beauties

*About Japanese artist Shinzi Katoh

 (his BLOG in japanese)

you can SHOP for goodies HERE

I've also seen some SH pens at Blick recently :)

 

One reason I love patterned packing tape

is because it adds a really cute touch to a plain ole package

(sorry for the blurry pick ...these are packages I mailed off last week)

These are from FANCY THAT

 

TAPESWELL is also another great site to find beautiful packing tapes

and mailing label tapes

I've had these for a gabajillion years

one of my new reacquainted finds during the clean up :) LOL

 

This is a paper tape or "border stickers" by Anna Griffin

 

and these IOD tapes from PRIMA seem to lasts forever

I used the brown one for all the envelopes for my B-day Invites

& to wrap around the border of about 50 Hershey Choc bars & the roll still has a TON left!

 

This is where I store a variety of my making memories tape

I got the bowl from UO

THIS is an AWESOME POST  I want to share

I came across it while searching online for decorative tape

I would like to have a tape collection like Kellys:) {specially the cute Kawaii ones}

OH & I went on a mission today before work....

 I bought a new piece of storage for the scrap room:)

I filled it up within 1/2 an hour after putting it up tonight!

sneak peek.....

you guessed it

sharing all about it tomorrow!

LOL

Have a wonderful HUMP day!

darn groundhog saw his shadow = 6 more weeks of winter!

PHOOOEEEeeyyyyy!

4 Faves

I have a cute card to share

I used MY 3...ok make that 4 Faves on it

#1 LOVE my new cupcake sticker

#2 This Hero Write your own Stamp is one of SUPER faves cuz its so versatile

#3 Amuses THANK YOU....for everything stamp is soooo adorable to me

I LOVE everything about it!!!!

{BTW Amuse has a SALE going on right now

20% off all the LOVE ZONE goodies}

and my #4 Fave

.......can you guess what it is?

*I added a heart sequin on top of the cupcake for an extra touch of cuteness*

{that's STILL not the #4 Fave though}

 

and BUTTONS!!!!

I have a GABAJILLION of them.....

I must find all sorts of ways to use them :)

{It's STILL not the #4 Fave}

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: BROWN Paper Source chocolate

White: Bazzill Swiss Dots

Blue: Paper Source Pool

Stamp: Hero Arts-Write your own

Amuse: Thank You for Everything

Buttons: Variety

Bling: Prima

Sticker: Cupcake Martha Stewart

Tape: Making Memories

Sequins: Doodlebug

If you still don't know what the #4 Fave is

you'll have to wait for tomorrows POST!

I really didn't realize what a growing collection I had going till I started taking pics of it :)

heehee