and even better, public lists that people can read and then remind you about later. (**wink!**)
here are my plans for the week:
1. i have three photoshoots… two that i am shooting and one extra special one that an inspiring pal is shooting. i'll share more when i get the ideas put together and perfected! suffice to say, i'm excited like a kid on the first day of school.
2. vintage this & vintage that…. i'm obsessed and inspired. anyone know any good vintage in Kansas City?
3. drive 3 hours, listen to this boy play some songs, fill up my prius with his gear and drive home together! H O O R A Y.
4. If I don't drop off this pinhole camera film this week, i don't even deserve to live! It's been sitting in my room for weeks. Seriously though, I'm really excited to see how it looks. Film is so mysterious.
5. I can't believe I'm seriously going to have a garage sale. I haven't done this since I was like 20, but I really really really need to downsize. I lived in a very huge loft for the past 2 years and bought WAY too many random items that i've never even used. So many things are just taking up space. Spring cleaning is sorta fun!
6. last & most importantly… setting up my new studio downstairs (in the RVA space) right next to mr. larson's recording studio. we are keeping the space for at least the rest of the summer and working together. I have crazy ambitious plans for this summer and need to create a beautiful and inspiring workspace. Here are peeks at my last 4 spaces (i've moved too many times)….
whew!
it's going to be a really fun week. what are your plans? XO. e
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You are busy bee, the busiest!
I’ll just be sewing sewing sewing 😀
It’s my ‘May-holiday’ this week! So no school for me. I’ll sleep a lot this week, and just hang out with friends (: Not that exciting, but fun though!
I’m from KCMO and can’t think of any great vintage off the top of my head but I do know you HAVE to check out Birdie’s Bridal. It’s a fantastic lingerie boutique with the most gorgeous bras & underwear & slips & swimsuits. The women who work there are crazy nice & totally gifted at finding you the PERFECT bra! It’s a must visit for every lady going to KC!!
Your spaces are so cute! Can’t wait to see what you come up with, this time.
I plan on doing A LOT of crocheting.
can’t wait to see your new creating space! i’ve had too many moves too! but it is fun to decorate in different ways 🙂
Moving… something I’ve wanted to do for oh, about a year and a half 😉 lol. We’re kind of slow about taking action :/ I’m excited to see your new space on the interweb 🙂 …and garage sales rock!
MOVING!!! -The furniture around the house!!!! im getting bored easily and i like to change my space every once in a while.. So after the bathroom…this week it’s my bedroom’s turn!!!
(i guess that includes lots of sewing, among other stuff…)
have fun!!! 😀
xoxoxo
dear elsie, i noticed that you were looking for a sweater with a cute landscape on it, so if you are a knitter, this might be useful 🙂
http://sweaterscapes.com/sweater%20patterns-1008.htm
awww i love seeing all the history 🙂
plans are to get my to-do list done too!
xo.
Whoa, just this weekend I made myself a weekly to-do list & posted it online.. great minds think alike huh? Lol my plans is spring cleaning, run little errands around town, & study for my real estate license exam.
I love your studio pics.. if I ever get the chance to have a studio, I hope I’m as creative as you are `=)
Oe…wish I could come to a garage sale, we don’ t have those here, not really common. I think its fun.
Can’ t wait to see your new studio.
My week…well have to work, but wednesday is our national day of liberty and since I am off, I will be heading to our festival of Liberty..lots of band, people, jyst hope the weather will improve.
Lists are awesome! I should have a yard sale myeself, as I just finished moving. It’s amazing how much stuff you collect in storage! I gotta organize everything this week. I found something really cool, though – all my old favorite books from when I was a kid. I divided them into two piles for each of my girls, and asked them to take good care of them 🙂
Love lists!
And you are the queen of effectiveness 🙂 So inspiring, I love it.
omg O_o
amazing colours…
I looove first picture with colourful “drinks” 😛
♥
Wonderful. Wish I could come to the yard sale!!! I bet all your stuff is amazing. [:
It’s exciting that you’re moving now, cause I’m moving in a couple of months and I know it’ll keep my motivated to make it beeaauutifulll, when I see your pretty new space.
you really do have the best studio spaces. wish i could come play [:
kxo
Love the pictures of you old places! Can’t whait to see how your new one is gonna be like!
My week; birthdays, baby dates and creating things (don’t no what yet)
great and inspiring spaces!
wish i could come to your yard sale. alas am in Glasgow, Scotland….
me and my daughters ruby and bella have been making rhubarb compote, ruby wrote her name in pistachio nuts, we planted a honeysuckle climber…
If you come on a first friday weekend find GOOD JUJU and urban mining [as they are only open once a month]. Otherwise the only HUGE one I seem to find is River Market Antiques.
:)))
k.
Lovely pics and plans as usual. 🙂
Thanks for sharing.
I love making lists, too! I wish I could stop by your garage sale. Maybe if everything doesn’t sell you could have an online garage sale to get rid of that last bit!
I make lists for everything!… This week I have finals till Wednesday but after that I’m supposed to redecorate my room! I’ve been planning on it since last August but never got the time. my mom and sister are going to help. should be fun! =)
Elsie – I’m from KC and these are the vintage stores/unique stores I like to visit:
*Donna’s Dress Shop (39th St)
*Re-Runs (Broadway)
*Boomerang (Pennsylvania)
*Sage & Daisy (39th St)
*Spool (18th St)
*The Garment District (Main St – This isn’t a vintage store but they have some locally made stuff here!)
*The Eclectic Leopard (Up in the River Market)
*Bon Bon Atelier (Westport Rd)
Hope this helps! Enjoy your time in KC!!
yay! glad you have so many lovely and exciting things to look forward to!:)
P.S. I watched the recorded version of our class chat last night, and wanted to let you know that these “sharpie pens” don’t bleed through! i get them at target…
http://www.sharpie.com/enUS/Product/Sharpie_Pen.html
i know what you mean about moving. I’ll be leaving my apartment for a bigger spot by the beach (yikes!) and I’ve realized there’s a lot of unnecessary objects that I need to part ways with . . . yard sales are alway fun so happy selling!
Oh I need to have a yard sale too…so much work…but I would like to make some $$ so I can have fun at the Mega Meet Scrapbooking Convention this weekend…:)
I need to do some spring cleaning, desperately!
I’m actually in the process of making a list for the week, myself!
Cute! 🙂
we are just in sintony, ’cause i just did my weekm list too, althoug your it’s a bit funnier =P i have more to organize and study o.O
well, good week and good luck on all that stuff!
XoXo
I wish we did in Belgium garage sales.
we don’t do it often 🙁
and further more I plan to go to school this week and be happy 😀
and maybe do a photoshoot with le boyfriend 😀
Public lists are a great idea. Maybe I should start doing this. Much better than paper lists which I always lose :-/
when is your garage sale? i hope i will be in town to buy it all up!
and i will be knitting up more owl hats for the gift shop. hopefully finding some colorful, springy colors!
sounds busy….which in my book is the BEST way to be.
It makes life interesting.
love LOVE
bB***
soooo wsh i was going to your yahd friggin sale!
i love all your craft spaces soo much.
and man, i wish i could make it to your yard sale- that would be so great!
I love making lists. Makes me feel sane again when things get crazy. Your studio spaces are beautiful!
Not much. Goin’ to school. Yuck!
I would love to come to your garage sale…do you know the date? Can’t wait to hear more about the photo shoots and see pictures. **Megan
Man, what I wouldn’t give to be able to come to that yard sale!! I’m sure you have so many awesome things that you are getting rid of
A well deserved vacation!! Starting our road trip within the next hour or so, am freaking excited!! Good luck to you!
Westport Flea Market is to die for, and you’ll probably eat the best lunch ever if you go shopping around there. Timeless Treasures Antique Mall is great, too.
I love the colors in your pics!
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You look so pretty in that picture with your hair to your shoulders…I am really happy that you are dong so well….you deseave all the success in the world for what you give us….ok so I am 37 and I feel like your blog is what MTV used to be back in the day…Genuine free inspiration…You rock miss Elsie…
Wow I wish I could go to your yard sale. So much cuteness, I bet! 🙂
I LOVE YOUR CHALK BOARD WALL, its very 500 days of summer, also me and my beau are moving in together at the end of summer, and between us we already have to much crud, but seeing as i don’t have a yard i’m consigning a lot of it, i do have a fondness for yard sale-ing though,
OMG! When is your yard sale! Cause you live in Springfield right? I would looove to take some of your stuff off of your hands 🙂 I bet even the stuff you don’t want is adorable plus I’m looking for things for my dorm slash future loft 🙂 thanks!
Tiffany
lists are always good. i make too many in my head & then forget half of what needs to be done. i need to start writing them down.
Thank you for posting these photos of your studio! I’m currently reorganizing my craft room, and I definitely need some inspiration!
I move a lot, too. I’m kind of ready for a little more groundedness in my life, but there’s something to be said about the change of a new space, too. I always get more inspired when I move!
If you have free tim you should go to the Brass Armadillo in Grain Valley… It’s seriously the place I force my parents to take me when I am home in KC from school on the east coast. They always have neat stuff, and its HUGE!
Also, if you head down by the river market, hit up River Market Antiques. Thats another fav antique mall of mine… and a plus, it’s near the re-runs superstore in the west bottoms. Another commenter mentioned the re-runs in westport, but the best deals to be had are at the warehouse. You have to do more digging, and it’s only open saturday, but you can totes negotiate a price for anything there.
Good luck thrifting in KC!
Dude! 🙂 Sounds like an amazingly fun & inspiring week!! Yard sales are so rad! he he. And have a blast setting up your new studio. 🙂 I’m still trying to get my head around the fact that it’s March..lol. no list yet!
I think you should put some of your fun yard sale stuff up for sale on here. I’m betting people would love to buy up your extra knick knacks!
Some of the best thrifting in kc is actually in Independence. I hope to meet you while you are here!
I’m going to finish some more of my Lovebots 😀 I made a robot couple, a very nerdy couple X]
Love and Turtledoves,
Jaco
Hoping to get caught up with grading papers so I can do some crafting!
too funny! a friend just turned me on to this website today – http://www.listography.com/
you can make lists upon lists upon lists upon lists. 😉
my week plans include digging out my box of spring/summer shoes, taking my son to fencing class, work, and impatiently waiting for a donut pan to be delivered by USPS!
Yard sales are so fun!
Im getting ready to sell the majority of my belongings before I move overseas to New Zealand. Fingers crossed! Good luck with your yard sale!!
xoxo
Talia Christine
hi elsie! so glad you’ll be coming to KC! i just did a post on some of my antique finds i found at the parkville antique mall, LOVE that place!! i need to find more places in KC though… i read a few that other commenters left and i can’t wait to check them out! have fun here and hopefully the weather holds up for you! =)
A new born photo session after shooting her mom pregnant last week, I’m so excited to see his cute little face !
love your creative space! how origanal!
When and where is your garage sale going to be? I sooo wanna come!
oh man. you’re going to have a great week!
i love lists too! what am i doing this week?
-seeing the new musical “girlfriend” at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre – It’s based on the Matthew Sweet Album Girlfriend!
-working two events for work – one being a Dead Weather/Black Keys Listening party & art opening for my friend Tim Tolle!
-Having mimosa’s with my half-sister who is in town for the weekend – i haven’t seen her in 5 years!
-painting my room a very pretty shade of dark pink AND finally moving the rest of my things into my new place.
Oh wow I am so in love with your Blog so much inspiration 🙂
this week i want to try to get my journal pages done in a reasonable amount of time, finish an embroidery project, do a photo shoot of a tutorial for my blog & plan myself a sushi birthday party later this month…
it feels good.
WOW that is a YAHD sale I would DIE to come to!
You are all very good!
I love your style! So classic and cute!
I don’t got your point. But thank you all the same.
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