Love comes in many different colors.

I think many people can agree that one of the best things in life is love. Love can be an enabler, a leader, a teacher of lessons, a gift, a past, a memory, or a thoughtful intention.

Lately, I've come across some amazing sellers on Etsy who know just how to get their messages across about love in discreet ways. To me, it's more clever to express love in a way that only you and the person you love would understand. Its makes the bond more special, don't you think? I do.

Here are some adorable little ideas to give you inspiration this Valentines Day:

Angeldogdesigns

MintyFreshStudio

Thelittlerice

Yummypocket

Plus, Here's a sneak peek of what's going to be coming to Vintage Fix for this upcoming Valentines day!

I've always loooooved fabric covered button studs. I've checked them out on Etsy. and on various sellers websites, but noticed a similar theme- they all are exactly the same with some type of pretty fabric or picture on them! So, one day recently, I decided that I wanted to change the way we modern women wore button studs - with sweet little messages on them. How cool is that? Messages about love, life, and everything in between is what you can expect from this girl shortly. But for now, in celebration of Valentines Day in a couple weeks, I will be focusing on love notes, customizable messages, names of those you love, initials, etc.

Stay tuned. They will be up for sale shortly!

xo, Brooke

Mother's Day Shananigans

Hey friends!

How was everyone's mother's day? Although, I am not a mother yet, I love the idea behind mother's day. A day when we show our love to the women who birthed us, fed us, wiped us, watched us, bathed us, cleaned us, taxi-d us, took care of us even when they didn't want to, and most importantly loved us!

Go moms!


{Here's what I did:}

I custom made my mom a tank top using a wonderful little website called http://www.zazzle.com/. It may seem corny, but it came out oh so cute! The shirt actually was bound to happen as it started out of a joke, and our little bichon Charles (whom were so freaking crazy about, it's sick!) at the center of it (as he usually is) and my younger sister and I always said we wanted to make shirts of it, so I thought, what the heck, "Now's as good a time as any!"

Here's the background: One night my mom and I were thinking of new decorations we could put on top of her kitchen cupbourds since she has about 2 feet of space to her ceiling. I made a comment about how there are those large word decorations that say "family" and "love" and wouldn't it be funny if we had one that said "Charles" and another one that said " Number 1" and people would come over and say, "Oh, is Charles your husband?' and we would very matter of factly say, "No, Charles is our dog," - Okay, maybe it was one of those you had to be there moments, but we laughed for about 15 minutes! And it's been an inside joke (well, not anymore) ever since!

For some reasaon, since I'm having a hard time getting pics up, and my stubbornness wont allow me to wait any longer before putting it up, here's the link.


Anywho, what did you guys do for your mothers?


P.S. She loved it!

Mint + Neutral = Treasury!

Guess what? My cute little mint belt made it to a treasury!

Check it out here and show my friend at loveandknit some comment love!

Tempting Thursday Number 1

Ok, I enjoyed my Wednesday post so much that I decided, what the heck, let's take on Thursday too :)

So, my tempting Thursdays will be about what I am tempted to buy. Like I said, I love to browse around Etsy. Okay...I'm stalling. I don't even want to share this shop because it's my new fave and I don't want anyone else to know about it...okay, I'm kidding! I really want everyone to know about this new little shop UptownAvenue! Check out how adorable this mother and daughter ran shop is...

and some of my faves..... Here are thier AMY BUTLER Bird Post earrings

And here is a cute Blue Bird Pendant

And of course I couldn't leave these beauties out, being as they are very retro looking :)

Oh...and gues what? All of their earrings can also be clip-ons..I mean how awesome is that?

Okay are you in love yet? I fill a possible splurge coming on....