something fun happened today! jeremy and i booked a trip to Hawaii. we are so excited. we will be traveling there in March to be a part of Ryan and Cayt’s beautiful wedding (mr.larson is a groomsmen!). yay! i love a little travel and i’ve never been to Hawaii before. 🙂
ps. i also found a gorgeous vintage suitcase this week and i’m trying to dream up the perfect use for it. hmmm?
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I love Hawaii- Hank and I always have the best time there and I am so excited for you guys! <3
Happy Thursday sweet pea!
take the suitcase to hawaii! you’d be a cute vintage hawaiian girl :]
This is so exciting! i went to hawaii in august for the first time and no joke everywhere you go looks exactly like it would on a post card. it’s absolutely gorgeous and everyone is incredibly nice there. it’s the perfect picture-taking location! i’m so excited for you 🙂
How exciting! I agree, take the suitcase to Hawaii, I bet you wouldn’t have to worry about someone else mistaking it for theirs!
I just love your craft space!
xoxo~Meg
Please fit me into that suitcase and take me to hawaii!!
Have fun! Make sure you try the spam musubi there as well as the snocones 😀
^oops made it sound as if you’re going right now. hehe, when the time comes I mean…
How exciting and what a wonderful vacation.
Once, I saw on wishwishwish that she relined the suitcase with some pretty fabric and used it to hold all her undergarments. I thought that was such a cute idea. 🙂
i have always wanted to go to hawaii…very jealous!
Congrats! Have a blast in HI!
You will love Hawaii! How fun!
Hawaii sounds like fun! 🙂
I have a vintage suitcase full of books in my studio/spare room. It looks pretty neat. I’d love to find another one someday -I’d probably use it for my yarn stash, or at least for part of it. I keep it in baskets now, and it’s cute that way too!
oooh that’s awesome! can’t wait to visit there one day!!! can’t wait for the photography diy!
me and my b/f went to Hawaii last year for 3 weeks on business. I would not recommend Wakiki beach but North Shore is AMAZING and gorgeous. It is definitely a beautiful place and worth the trip if you’ve never been. Have fun!
this is a really cute idea..
http://trendsupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/vanity-cabinet.jpg
Hawaii!!!!!1 Oh, you’re going to have so much fun!!! (: have fun tonight painting! can’t wait to see the finished product!
I got engaged there last June!! It’s such a beautiful and romantic place! You guys will have lots of fun
xo Julie
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I’ve seen suitcases hung as medicine cabinets before.
Or you could hang them like cabinets on the wall.
Hawaii in March will be lovely! Be sure to sink your toes in the sand. Nothing like Hawaiian sand!
ideas for the awesome suitcase:
1. yarn storage (keep it open though so you can see all the lovely yarn)
2. find a vintage typewriter to fit inside of it (I once had one that was actually attached to a suitcase)
3. the hawaii thing (jealous)
Leanna x
ps- I still can’t believe you have a teepee in your room!
Oh my!!! Youre gonna love it! They have THEE BEST vintage postcards!!! Don’t forget to pick some up for cheap!
XO.
I LOVE Hawaii! Its such a beautiful and relaxing place! your going to have a wonderful time!!! Can’t wait for the DIY!!
Fun trip planned! Hey, if you have a big enough flat space, open up the suitcase and use it as a big double picture frame. If it opens all the way, hang it on the the wall as a frame. 🙂
How exciting! I bet Hawaii will be amazing! I can’t wait to see your newest projects and DIY’s (love those!!)
xo,
Cat
*sigh* hawaii.
aloha cute. hahaha
my sister face got married there and I wish I could describe just how lovely it really is. you are going to adore each and every minute.
can’t wait to see how it inspires you and your pictures oh dear! heaven*
xo. me=jealous
What’s kind or brand of paints do you use for your paintings?
Rozie, I use acrylics… Golden, Liquidex and also craft paints! 🙂 xo
oh Hawaii sounds amazing right now, especially with our -28 weather with a wind chill of -50… anything sounds better than North Dakota! Wish I was heading south!!! Have fun with your paintings!!
xoxo,
Lindsay
P.S Your bear hats are presh!
You’re going to LOVE Hawaii! It’s sooooo pretty 🙂
Hawaii is our most favorite place in the whole wide world!! It’s a beautiful and life-changing place… You’re going to love it!!!! =) Do you know which island you’re going to?
Yay, hawaii! 🙂 It’s always so great to have a vacay to look forward to! And I vote that the suitcase would look super-cute propped open and full to the brim with inspiring books. 🙂 *swoon*
Hawaii is magical 🙂 You will absolutely love it!!!
hawaii is great. each island has such different characteristics. Do you know which island you’re going too? If you happen to go to Kaui (the one at the end) then you have to go to the cutest shaved ice place. and not to far from there is the hanalei dolphin restaurant, they serve fresh caught fish every day.
http://everywheremag.com/photos/3218
Seeing as how the wind chills are in negative double digits tonight (Columbia, MO)- Hawaii sounds heavenly. On my bucket list. So jealous!
you’ll have a blast in hawaii!! my hubby and i went in july and it was so dreamy and gorgeous. it was amazing!! can’t wait to visit all the islands!!
aloha elsie.
i just opened my own Hawaiian Shirt Thrift Shop and have vintage aloha wear. if u need some island gear for your trip check my website. (www.ThriftyTropicalShirts.com)
i make some of the jewelry myself.
can’t wait to go there, too.
mahalo claudia.
That is so exciting Elsie! I have always wanted to see the beach that is black.
I love suitcases and I turned one of mine into a table –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonibrockliss/3938506421/in/set-72157606730070214/
xx
This is exciting news! And I love vintage luggage. <3
I have a pretty blue vintage suitcase and I keep all of my yarn and knitting needles in it. I’m always flying back and forth between college and my parents house and it’s wonderful to have all my knitting ready to roll :).
Oh Elsie, I just love your studio. How much I would love to have one like yours. But I have a cat at home, and she is just preety dumb and eat everything she puts her eyes on. Specially yarns. So as a craft lover I have always to be extra organized and have all my stuff well hidden for her. But one day I’ll be luck and have an studio separated from the house and I’ll be able to have all that colourful yarns on the shelf 🙂 Have a nice trip to Hawaii, Aloha!
That sounds lovely,I would realy like to take my boyfriend to somewhere warm:)
I think you should put some dividers in the suitcase and use it as a bead storer. Or as some where to sit cute toys in.(put a little mast in and some sails and those toys can play pirates)
😀
xoxo
Maybe Suki needs a new bed??
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/vintage_suitcase_pet_bed
Please post more pics of it! It looks so pretty. And have a blast in HI!
My fave vintage suitcase idea:
http://cottagegirl.tumblr.com/post/271073520
Hawaii is magic. Most inspiring place I’ve ever been. Hope you love it too!
Hawaii sounds perfect! You’ll haveloads of fun, I’m sure 🙂
Oooh what fun! What Island are you going to? I grew up on Oahu. I miss that place. The food is the best. If you go to Oahu make sure you visit Haleiwa(north shore) and get shave ice (snow cones) from Matsumoto’s – they have the best shave ice on the island!
The happy lil bears are so cute!
HAWAII… pure magic & my favorite place on earth, right above China… We were just in Maui last Feb (whale month!!), there are NO words to describe how beautiful it is!…
misschell
I heart hawaii more than anything. I used to live there and still am homesick for it…
have a fab time!
xoxo
crissy
How fun! I’ve never been before either but have always wanted to go!
so happy for you & jeremy, have a great time in Hawaii, glad your shop is going so well 🙂 been following you quietly for some time 🙂
Hawaii, wow!! One day I will take Molly there as we both really want to go! I’m sure you’ll have a great time!
I have 3 vintage suitcases (one of which used to belong to my grandad 🙂 I have blankets in one, photographs in another, and 1940s-60s patterns in the 3rd 🙂 Do let us know what you decide to do with yours! xXx
So fun! My husband just ACCIDENTALLY bought us a trip to Hawaii at the end of this month! 🙂 We weren’t sure we could do it but he clicked the WRONG button on Priceline and now we’re going with our two little girls Lucy and Poppy! We’re excited for our accidental adventure and I hope you have fun on yours! I LOVE your blog and wish we lived closer so we could come to the parties in your shop! 🙂
You will love Hawaii. It is beautiful..i went there when I was a kid. I have fond memories of my trip there.
I got back yesterday. Very warm. Let’s see, 80, 80, 81, 80, 79 with warm rain, 80, 81. Slept on the balcony of the hotel with all the doors open and watched the whales. Itr was fabulous. Have a great time!
i also make them goodies to take into class and share. They get to pick the colors and stamps I use for those, too.