cupcakes on the brain

Ok, I have to show you this shop Cupcake Wrapture! I am sending this woman an apron and after looking at her shop I knew I had to share! Lisa..."realized that all those pretty cupcake liners refused to stay pretty once an actual cupcake was baked inside them.

Desperate for some stylish togs for her fashion conscious cupcake friends, Lisa reached for the scissors and paper and voila! Cupcake Wrapture was born."

How fun!

cupcake potholder pattern by whoies adn what nots!

It is 5 am and I need to get working, I need to whip out two cupcake aprons, a size two childs apron, and 5 tree skirts for the morning mail. Is is any surprise that I am stalling? Look what I found while trolling etsy for a bit, this is something I love!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5441520#

Paper LUV

Here are four paper items that I have loads of luv for!

Aren't these totally cool and oh so Modern June. They are perfect! zou zou's basement makes great greeting cards and much much more!

Banners, you know I love me some banners! These will be great for those times someone is sending a Modern June goodie straight to a friend! I love to gift wrap and having the perfect card to key!

Paper craft is one of my families most entertaining thing to do, we like to listen to an audio book and cut and create! These are from paper box.
I can't wait to my a my own mini-obama-fig, yah for change!

And this little piece of magazine love is tucked away for my next day off! I am going to curl up with a nice cup of coco, my Grr's crazy quilt and read this from cover to cover on Thanksgiving day. The December issue is my favorite one of the year, well, maybe the Halloween issues ties with the Christmas issue! Oh, I wish it were Turkey day today!

Look what Don found...

My DH is always sending me cool links... I love this one, the J Crew Liquor Store. Don't you love where they put the men's ties? See? This is the cool stuff you miss when you DON'T live in NYC. Poor me. : )

Look what Don found...

Every couple of days Don sends me a link or to that I just have to see. Todays link was this awesome house featured on Design Sponge. OMG! Can I have it?

Look what I found...

FANCY FENCES, Girls' 4t Dress, vintage linen tablecloth

by MomaPear
I would have loved to have put Maddie in dresses like this! WOW! I just love this idea!!!

Zipper Pouch Coin Purse, Blue Red Green Vintage Mexican Tablecloth

LOVE THIS!!! Look what Mary's Bags ETC. is up to....what a great idea!!!!
She also makes greeting cards with the tablecloths too.

Vintage Retro Tablecloth Tote with Gingham

Vintage tablecloths, red buttons and gingham --- oh my!
Totes by Charlotte is making some super cute totes, HMMMM this might really need me!

Look what I found---great site!

I have been really sick the last few days and I have been avoiding all life forms so that I don't pass my yuck to the family. In my internet travels I have found the following cool site.

Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion

I found the site via Heather Bailey's blog, HELLO My name is Heather. I have to say I really want to grow up and be as cool as she is. She has a lovely layout in the upcoming issue. Here is a sneak peak!

There are also two fun looking "how to" projects, one is a party chick place card holder and a paper topiary, both of which I really would like to do for the Easter Bunch. The one that I don't think will be happening if the kids get my tummy thing.

But to my delighted surprise they also are featuring a pair of local artisans, Ignatius and Rod, from Ignatius Hats. I have always wanted to own one of their hats and I love visiting the old shop in Cary Town.

I have always love this magazine, it is just so pretty. I just want my entire life to be this darn pretty! Forget all the modern stuff that I love... I want fluffy! FYI, hubby this magazine subscription would be a great mothers day present from the kids!

look what I found...

threadbanger.com and instructables.com

OH and I found a sweet slightly used bernina 950 industrial machine that will be all mine next weekend! I will rock the stitching scene with that bad ass machine! It was all I could do not to carry it home myself!

look what I found today

ta ta for now!, originally uploaded by ModernJune.

I was hanging out with my crafty posse yesterday and Nicole Lee Design told me about this site called Whip up! -- check it out it is really cool! "Hand craft in a hectic world," that says it all. If you have some information to share here is their link for submissions!

I also caught on that the Norfolk Craft Mafia has a cool thing they call LINK DUMP. I have Miss Beth from Monkey and Me to thank for that bit on bloggy goodness!

Pink Shel for me!

My creation, originally uploaded by ModernJune.

I have finally gotten one of the fabulous pink shel collages! And ain't it truly cool! Check out Pinkshel.etsy.com for one of your own. I suggest a custom made cowgirl collage! I need one of these badly!

photo curtesy pink shel.

Material girl!

OK you know life is crazy when it takes you 4 days to open a package like this! Look at how yummy these fabrics are. I mean all tied up with a bow no less! Material girls know that a good piece of fabric is the best thing in the world! At a show I heard a woman call herself a fabric slut, another friend calls herself a fabric whore. That cracks me up. I say the one dies with the most fabric wins!

This lovely load of fabric came from a great online fabric and gift shop called Lavender and Peonies. My crafty girlfriend Nicole of Nicole Lee Designs turned me on to this site. Check out the fabric clearance page. It is a good thing! Look at what great skirts she has I love this ONE!

I had not idea what a great shop this is! I just ordered my fabric and was done. Oh la la! Cookbooks! Kitsch tableware! Cath Kidson stationary!

This is a Modern June dream store!


Every girl needs a good old fashion habit, something to go and buy that just makes her happy. What is your habit? Tell me are you a fabric junky, are you yearning for yarn, or gaga for gorgeous papers?

We have never had such great crafty goodness, have we?