Hooray! You should post pics of your stuff! I need to do that to see what you guys think. Any ideas for your name?? I'm going to go with Silver Sparrow - my tags are black with a silver sparrow stamp= turning out pretty cute!
Does Mrs. Meyers have one? Our Target just opened and they are the only place that carries that brand; I bought some cleaners last year on holidays and loved them.
I was also thinking of the silver starfish...it is taken already by a wedding invite company.
Does it matter if I use a name that someone else somewhere in the world already has? I am not registering it, trademarking it, or anything like that. It's just a name to slap on my sales tags in the little store - we don't post anything for sale online or anything like that. It's just for locals... I really want a name that isn't already attached to an existing business but honestly every possible combo seems to have been taken by someone, somewhere in the world.
I'm selling things in a local shop and she wants me to have a "Shop name".
I will be selling things like handmade chalkboard frames, baby mobiles, rag garlands, and small pieces of furniture that I refinish....all sorts of home decor stuff that I make. I would say my style is pretty typical beachy/cottage.
DH vetoed any name that has my girls' names in it...and I feel like every combo of words that describe my style is already taken by blogs and etsy shops. I thought of "The burlap cottage"...already taken by like 5 different blogs. "The painted cottage"....also taken.
I only use paper towel for cleaning mirrors and glass. I have one of those glass cleaning cloths you just use with water but I am not a fan. I've tried using rags but they are either linty or leave streaks. I'd love to kick my paper towel usage to the curb...
Your favorite thing in your house(Furniture or decor item) that cost:
-Nothing
-$20 or less
-$100
-$ More than you are willing to admit
For me,
-Nothing - I have two old wooden crates, one has a shotgun shell label and one was an old whiskey crate. Both were found in my grandpa's workshop after he passed away and I always think of him when I look at them. I also have a ton of cool stuff my MIL has passed down to me from her family - an old seltzer bottle, a japanese glass float, etc. but I didn't know the people they came from so the crates are more special to me.
-$20 or less - hmm. I can't think of anything specific actually. Most things in my house cost $20 or less, haha, too many to choose from.
$100 - My kitchen table. It was $75 at a garage sale, and I probably spent another $30-$40 on stain and poly to refinish it but it turned out beautifully! My favorite furniture piece right now.
$ More than I am willing to admit.....we don't have any big ticket items, really. I do have a mirror that I feel like I way overpaid for. I bought this huge frame for a couple bucks at a garage sale and had mirror cut to fit at a glass place. It was almost $70 when I went to pick it up and they wanted to charge me another $15 just to caulk it in place. I was pissed, and DH caulked and braced it into place at home for free. I feel like they totally ripped me off.
Target opens here in a few days --- are they a good place for underwear??
I usually shop at victoria's secret or la senza (which is basically the same as VS) but I have been unimpressed. All my bras are ripping in the center between the cups, and the straps are those ones that you can criss cross or take off or whatever, and the fabric loops that the straps hook into are falling apart. I've also had a couple of wires snap on me, so I think I want to shop somewhere else this time. They also seem to make their underwear smaller and smaller, and with less and less stretch. I have not gained weight but last time I bought underwear I had to go from L to XL and I discovered that they don't put elastic at the waistband anymore.....sooooo not comfy when your panties don' thave stretch. WTF.
I'm not one of those people that needs to spend $$$$$ on my bras, cheap is good But I also want something comfy, with good support and some pushup. Or lots of pushup.
Yah? Nay? And if it's Nay, then recommend your favorite pushup bra that is NOT cotton from VS so I can order some new ones from there. Their website is overwhelming and I don't have a store to try them on.
In our first two houses I did the exact same thing - painted the cabinets Ben Moore's Cloud White (it's a designer favorite and I got hooked on it too!) and white subway tile with white grout. LOVE that look so freaking much.
We like to go out as a family sometimes to a local store for ice cream...we have a favorite flavor that we can't find in grocery stores. They don't always have it; they have about 16 flavours but they are always rotating. When I was pregnant I wanted that damn ice cream so badly that I cried once when they didn't have it.
Last night we were sitting at a table, eating our ice cream when a lady came in and bought a giant tub of ice cream, those huge ones the ice cream parlors use. My jaw dropped and I made Dh go ask about it.
So we are now the proud owners of an almost 3 foot tall tub of Triple Tornado ice cream. Its actually brilliant, because it was $40, and we spend $8 for the 3 of us to have a scoop of ice cream, so it's much cheaper this way. I just feel like laughing when I see that giant tub.
Dh is building me two raised beds today - one will be various veggies, the other will be strawberries.
My mom said that when she had raised beds, the strawberries always died over winter and she had to buy new every year. I know you are supposed to buy new strawberry plants every 3 years or so anyway, but I'd like them to live the 3 years!
Anyone do strawberries in a raised bed? Any tips? I heard to cover them with straw for winter.....we have a harsh, long winter here. I was wondering about covering them with a tarp too. Are you supposed to surround the strawberries with straw during the summer too? Some people say yes, some say no and I am so confused.