Continuing from Part 1... Just a recap, Vada, the customer and now friend, contacted Kasey & I about decorating her house she recently moving into in 2013. The reason I was so excited about this project is because Vada had collected and inherited so many antiques it was like ToysRUs for "junk" collectors. Vada also made it easy for us to design her spaces because she knew exactly what she wanted....sometimes....well, let's just say she knew what she wanted but can not have 4 chandeliers in a dining room.  But that does sounds like a a great challenge for a future client...ok, back on track. Let's save the dining room for next week. Kasey & I started a secret pin board on Pinterest that we all three could add too.  I can not explain how great of a tool Pinterest is for design work. It gives a visual picture with out spending millions of hours cutting up magazines to paste to card board with 3 optional fabric choices. (old school, don't hate) Vada sent this pin to us and said, "I want my entry way to look JUST like this." (photo credit: FarmHousePorch)   Vada had already had the entry way table, so I painted it a light blue. Use left over material from the kitchen chairs, grabbed the metal candle holder from the top of her cabinets, and most of the rest came from my inventory. Hashtag is all about recycling the decor you already have to save money. Vada recently fell in love with old bed springs, and she had recently picked up some from the Wimberley Market, so added them to the basket underneath. Perfect! How did we do?  

  Even before Hashtag began, I loved fabrics. There is an old crate on the top shelf in my closet with the softest, oldest, vintage fabrics that I have fallen in love with over the years. The little old lady inside of me had to have those worn hankies, remnants, and colorful delicate tablecloths.  Never planning to use them, just loving the fact that they are mine. I got so excited when I was invited to the Austin Fabric Shop Hop 2014. Eight fabric stores in the Austin area participated.  They offered special discounts, freebies, and tons of "high fives". I promise you when I say I touched probably 80% of the fabrics I saw today.  So much inspiration flowed thru those patterns and textures. The windows below were my first projects with my new finds and tons more to come. Old Green Window $75 Burlap Garland $25  

Introducing a new clothing line that we just started carrying. Luckily I didn't have to go far to find a model. This little dress is very lightweight and could be worn in almost any season, with or without leggings or pants. I have sizes 2 & 4. Look for these looks and more at Austin Gift Company this week!

I Love Em, I love Em, I Love Em!  (In my Molly Shannon SNL character voice) They are just too cute not to make.  And it truly is addicting! I finished my first garland and ran to show Goaty Cody (My husband's show name) and he nods...turns his head and says, "cool but what do you do with it?"  WRONG QUESTION unless you have an hour to spare.  I proceeded to show him all the ways you could hang it, and dress it up, and take photos with it and drape it...and and and and....he still wasn't impressed. Doesn't matter...he is a boy. And sometimes boys are stupid. ;) Both garlands are just about short of 5 ft, end to end of the strings. And my price is undetermined at the moment.  I looked up what others are charging on Etsy and it kinda scared me.  Really high in my opinion.  So, we will see....what do you think they are worth?  Think of fabric, string, and my time cutting and arranging...not my time trying to convince Goaty that girly frilly garlands are super cool and fun.