keyword / rubber stamps:

Today's keyword is rubber stamps, in the vintage category because you know I love vintage! and I seriously love rubber stamps.. Collecting them is a lot of fun, even if some aren't useful. I like to just look at them ;) Hope you enjoy today's round up of stamps!

NOS general store price marker from AMradio


French desk stamp starter kit from MademoiselleChipotte


Vintage Rubber Stamp Kit from PeachyChicBoutique


Vintage Stamp Photo Holders from recklesswanderlust


Vintage Letter Alphabet Rubber Stamps from scrapecochic


Old rubber stamp from katiavironviolet


1932 Educational Rubber Stamp Set from ephemerascenti


Vintage Playtime Printer Stamping set from ismoyo


Vintage Rubber Stamp Holder from whipowill


Excelsior sign & price marker set from greencricket


Vintage Numbers and Squares Stamp Set from bouquet


Extra Large Date Rubber Stamp from midmoderngoods


Vintage Rubber Stamps from treasuredarling


PAID Rubber Stamp Bottle Decanter from VintageAvonLady


U-Pick Letterpress Printers Blocks from mandahxo

new month:

Gosh, a week of this month has already passed but better late than never I suppose! Here is your calendar for April, hope you enjoy it friends!

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blog announcements:

So there are a couple things going on around here & I wanted to let you know and possibly get your feedback! Please read on!

How are you enjoying the good cheer deals! I don't know if you noticed this week we had 2 deals posted on Monday. That's right - due to the overwhelming response of shops wanting to offer a good cheer deal, we will now be posting 2 deals a week! Exciting right? So get (your pocketbook) ready for 2 deals a week! :)

Would love to hear your feedback about how you're enjoying the deals & items, what sort of things you want to see more of, what kind of deals you want, etc. Any feedback is so appreciated!

If you have a shop and are interested in participating in a weekly deal, I'd love to schedule you for a deal! Just email me with your shop link if you're interested & I'll send you all the details!

This is something new coming to oh, hello friend! We're going to have a coupons / discounts / deals section which will be updated weekly/monthly. So if you have a shop, this is a call for submissions! If you have a shop and are interested in offering a coupon/discount, simply email me for details! :)

Not sure if you noticed the new banner under the "happenings" column to the right but it's for a new shop I am starting up soon: the wanderlust. I asked some of you on twitter if you liked 'reverie market' or 'the wanderlust' better. I think reverie was overall more liked but I like the wanderlust! I'll save reverie market for something else ;) Anyway, hope you'll sign up for the mailing list for the release & special promotions/happenings!

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I think that's about all! So how are you enjoying our regular features? swoon, keyword, The Handsome, & collections - those are some columns we've been featuring regularly. Anything specific you'd like to discuss in blog discussions? We haven't had any studio tours in a while, what would you like to see more of? DIY posts? Wedding-related posts? Home decor posts? Let me know what you think, I always love getting your feedback! thanks friends! xo.

a rooftop dinner:

So a while ago, Lillian invited us to go to Mexico on a little weekend getaway. So we planned the date and headed down. We turned off our cell phones and went for a fun weekend of relaxing, enjoying the ocean, board games, super good food, and a fun little photo shoot. Here are the pictures from our rooftop dinner that we had!

Lillian has been to this place before and mentioned that we should bring some fun props and have a rooftop dinner just because the roof has an ocean view and it's beautiful! I of course was totally on board and we each packed some vintage treasures. Well, more like a suitcase of vintage items ;)

We brought our bubble machine (last used at our engagement shoot!)

Glad we could put it to use again. But bubbles are quite tricky to photograph!

Couple behind-the-scene shots ;)

note: bird is not a prop, it's totlly real! I think it wanted our bundt cake ;)

Caught Mardy in action, tea pinky up and everything!

My Nicholas, so cute.

Hurray for friends & funny faces. Except I'm not really

sure what face I was making in this shot.

Everytime I look at this photo, I think to myself "were we really there

with the ocean right in our view!?" it was so beautiful!

Do you like our flowers? Funny story about that. Lillian mentioned the community we were at had really pretty flowers. So we decided to do a little flower picking for our shoot. I mean, flowers really add such a different element to a table setting. So Lillian & I walked around, each with a pair of scissors in our hands, and snipped flowers to make our arrangements. We had the boys follow with the ball jar vases and frowning/embarrassed faces. It was a pretty funny sight as they walked really far ahead of us. But Lillian and I both agreed at that the flowers weren't being enjoyed by anyone anyway - at least we can really appreciate them and put them to good use for our dinner! Right? right!

So that's it! You can see Lillian's photos at her blog here! I hope you enjoyed and are inspired today. I totally encourage you to create your own fun dinner setting. Just gather some friends and go at it. We had a blast and it was fun to just be creative and see the outcome.

good cheer deal - eat pray create:

Stamps are the best! They're fun and add so much to your projects. Today we have a deal from eat pray create. You'll receive a grab bag of 5 hand carved rubber stamps for only $25! Shipping is FREE for US residents and only $1 for all other countries!

Here are the stamps you'll receive in your stamp pack:

Thanks Cloud, Hello Speech Bubble, Little Mustache,

Leaves Plant, and Sweet Flower Burst

Retail Price: $38 for all 5 stamps!

Good Cheer Price: $25 w/free shipping!

- 25 stamp packs available!

- This deal is open to all countries!

- This deal is open all week long, or until items are sold out.

- Please be sure to visit eat pray create and support!

- Click the 'buy now' button to purchase this deal. Use your paypal

account to make payment directly to seller and enter your shipping

information. Then your good cheer will be on it's way!

- If the 'buy now' button is no longer working, it means the item is sold out.

good cheer deal - Dancing Pen:

I think you know my great love for calligraphy by now. This week's deal is from Dancing Pen - You can get your very own hand calligraphy custom poem written out! It would make a great gift for someone, or lovely wall art. So you can have whatever you'd like written out, just as long as it's under 45 words. Shipping will be only $1. Read about more details below!

Item: Hand Calligraphy Custom Short Poem

Retail Price: $26

Good Cheer Price: $15 + $1 shipping

Choose from these card stock colors: white, ivory, metallic pearl, pink, blue, many shades of purple (even metallic), brown, metallic brown, moss green, gray, golden yellow, red, orange, turquoise! Calligraphy styles: streamlined script or curly ornate

Deal is sold out!
Thanks for your support friends :)

- only 20 custom poems available!

- This deal is open only to US customers, sorry!

- Email Dancing Pen if you have any questions about the custom options.

- Please allow two weeks for delivery, after all details are finalized.

- Strict limit of 45 words. The less words the more flourishes and dramatic I can make the calligraphy.

- Typical size of your custom poem will be 5x7.

- This deal is open all week long, or until items are sold out.

- Please be sure to visit Dancing Pen and support!

- Click the 'buy now' button to purchase this deal. Use your paypal

account to make payment directly to seller and enter your shipping

information. Then your good cheer will be on it's way!

- If the 'buy now' button is no longer working, it means the item is sold out.

happy friday / weekly wrap up:

The week has flown by, and it's April! I meant to create a new desktop calendar for you friends, I'll try to post it on Monday! So yesterday was a fun / random day. I packaged some orders and headed out to spend some time with Ruby! Nick also took me to see Lady Gaga! He got me tickets for Valentine's day.

We got together and headed to view a location for something

we're planning. It's in the works! Hopefully more details to come ;)

Soul & Brave are so adorable. Her girls make me want babies of my own! but I know Nick & I are just not ready. But on the other hand, are you ever really ready to start having kids?

Then we headed to the Orange Circle Antique Mall for some antiquing. We stopped and got some macarons and had lunch. Then we were walking around Country Roads and Ruby goes "Danni, that was Kirsten Dunst that just walked by us!"

So I circled back around to see if it was really her and it was! I said we should take a picture but we were both too afraid to ask. By the time we got up some courage, she was already out of the store. I was sort of bummed, but as we turned the corner to go back to Ruby's car, there she was! So I asked and she was pretty cool, although I'm sure she just wanted to be left in peace. I thought it'd be fun to post on the blog ;) We had her boyfriend take it. Ruby was like, "I feel bad if he is famous too and we had him take the picture" lol. He was really nice. The picture makes me burst out laughing because True & Brave are like, "what are we doing??" haha.

Hope you all have a most wonderful and fantastic weekend!

DIY Friday:

Hello ohhellofriend friends! My name is Cat {from brideblu}. I have been a long time admirer of Danni's lovely blog and look forward to the daily bits of inspiration and loveliness with each visit brings; not to mention I have a serious girl-crush on Danni (can you blame me?). I am a crafter through and through. What can I say, I just love to make things and, in my book, the only thing better than crafting is crafting with friends.

This is why I am so excited to be here today and share with you how you can make your very own lace bib necklace!

I have been absolutely enamored with bib necklaces lately, especially ones that pay homage to femininity. So when I stumbled upon some awesome vintage dollies the other day, I knew my time had come.

What you'll need:

1 - lace doily

3 - closed jump rings (I used 5mm jump rings)

3 - open jump rings (I used 2.5mm jump rings)

1 - lobster clasp

3 - small binder clips

1" strip of cotton fabric (a bit longer than double the diameter of your doily)

10-12" of chain

Thread

Iron

Scissors

STEP 1 Carefully cut the doily smack down the center.

STEP 2 Cut your 1" strip of fabric about 2" longer than your doily. Fold unfinished edges toward the center and iron flat. Then fold strip in half and iron flat again (ironing makes the fabric so much easier to work with!).

STEP 3 Using your binder clips, secure fabric to the unfinished edge of the doily so that the fabric is on either side and doily is sandwiched in the middle.

STEP 4 Hand-stitch the fabric to the doily.

STEP 5 When you get to the end, you are going to need to “hide” the tail of the fabric. First, trim fabric so that about ½” is extended beyond the doily. Then, open the fabric strip and cut out excess. Fold under and stitch closed.

STEP 6 Attach your closed jump rings to either side and add your chain and clasp.

Viola! Your very own lace doily bib necklace. The perfect feminine accessory.

What do you think, friends, is this something you would try to make?