Flashback Friday

I'm going for humiliation this time and I'm bringing my BFF down with me (sorry J)! I went to high school at Armwood Senior High in Seffner, FL. Most people referred to the school as Farmwood, FFA was the big thing so it wasn't hard to fall into the "redneck" scene. My junior and senior year was spent mostly in a country state of mind. Every year we would have Buddy Pictures and J and I would get all decked out. This was taken at the height of our redneckness (I just made that up), that's me on the right. Don't we look so patriotic? And how about those awesome belt buckles! I would like to point out that my mom made the shirt I'm wearing! Thanks so much mommy for being a sewing wiz!



Ahhhhh, memories! Giddy-up y'all!

Argggghhhhhh

That is the summary of how I feel at the present. My car spent the night in the auto shop with non-working turn signals and hazard lights. I dropped it off yesterday at about 10am. Here we are over 24 hours later and they still don't know how to fix it. Who knew it would be so complicated to fix blinking lights on a 10 year old Volvo. And then there's my POS (you don't need a translation, right?) printer that is not working for the 3 time this month (that doesn't include the, I think, 6 other times over the past 3 years that I've had issues). I've sent an email into Kodak, so we'll see what happens. Did I mention that I'm sick again? Yeah, this makes I think the 6th time since November. I've been sick more than I've been well the past 3 months and my allergies have been REALLY nasty. We finally got our new insurance cards (LONG story, don't ask) and I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday. I never thought I'd be so excited to go to the doctor!

There is some silver lining in my gray cloud, though. First, I'm thoroughly enjoying being an Avon rep, even though my sales haven't really picked up yet. I've been learning a lot about the company, products and meeting some really great people! Second, I got a nibble on one of my job applications today. I go in on Friday for an assessment test to see if I can proceed to the interview process.

Just because I hate posts without pictures, here's the cupcakes I made for the latest Iron Cupcake: Earth challenge. Voting starts here on Thursday!

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Coming Attractions

Here's a few goodies coming soon to The Vintage Apple!


A tiny tea cup and saucer in a lovely rose print.


A set of 4 Tupperware mugs and coasters, green with a sweet white bird.


A tiny tea cup and saucer in a blue diamond and rose print.

The tea sets are 2 of 6 sets from my own personal collection. I'm downsizing for lack of display space. I hope to have the new listings up by the end of the week.

Look what I can do!!!!

Sometimes I come across something and decide that it's something I want to try. For this reason, I love google! I recently decided that I wanted to make some fabric flowers. I used google for tutorials and decided to use this one and this one, and got to cutting and sewing. I followed the basic instructions for both making minor changes to suit the materials I had on hand.

For the first tutorial I used a bunch of scrap fabric (some vintage) I had laying around and vintage buttons from my large stash. These were very simple to put together and I think they turned out pretty cute. I think I may go on a hunt for more sturdy fabric to make more. The fabrics I have are pretty flimsy, so the flowers aren't very "fluffy".




For the second tutorial, I got a little more creative with my materials. I hacked up a party dress (that was already pretty much ruined) that I got from Ross for $3 and some seed beads!!! I made circle "patterns" from random round things I had laying around on or near my work table, just cause I don't do things "free-hand" very well. These are usually made with organza or silk, so I was little nervous about how this would turn out being that this was polyester. I layered the "satin" and "tulle" in 4 different sizes. You can't really see the tulle, so I'm not sure I'll use it when I make more. I was really pleased with how this turned out. I can't wait to get my hands on some organza!


I have no idea what I'm going to do with these (yet), but they sure were fun to make!

Flashback Friday

It feels like I haven't done one of these posts in ages! Then again, I haven't been posting much of anything! I thought I'd follow Tia's cue and make this a sports flashback. I was not really the "sporty" type growing up. I was fairly petite and was much happier reading or coloring (even at a slightly older age, hey... I like crayons). But in junior high I decided that I HAD to play basketball. I was probably the worst player on the team! If I remember correctly I spent pretty much the entire season on the bench during games, except for the 2 minutes that I did get to hit the court and managed to freak out and pass the ball to someone on the opposing team...



This picture just cracks me up with the big hair and big glasses!! How about them chicken arms and legs!

For more flashback fun go visit Tia!