Snow Baby!

I love snow!  We just got 32 inches of it...even though it's beautiful, I guess that's a little much.  Being snowed in is really fun though, all of the baking, crafting, snuggling...it's very calming.  I'm finding my self inspired to create new goodies and have the time to work on my "back shelf" projects too.  Here's my Vintage Snow Hair Flowers to celebrate the blizzard!

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Bring it on sewing machine

Okay so I asked for a sewing machine for Christmas...2 years ago. I got it, and immediately tried to sew. I was not blessed with the sewing gene that was bestowed upon my mother and grandma, apparently it skipped right on past me. I started with the instruction book, it was like reading Japanese. I had so many projects going on at the time I ended up packing it up for a later date.


It's now a later date and I am determined to conquer this thing. So far so good...I made a ruffle necklace!!!!!!! I am so proud, seriously. I vow to continue to post my sewing projects and inspire other non sewers out there!

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I love Shoe Clips

Okay so it's no surprise that I love the old Hollywood Glam Style and one of my latest obsessions...these fabulous little shoe clips. They are super cute and I swear when I'm wearing them I feel an extra little confidence boost. Dressing up your toes...to cute!

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Guess Who's Meeting Martha...

Me! Okay I'm super excited about this, Poppy Chic Designs (that's me) will be part of an exciting group of women , the "Dreamers into Doers", from MarthaStewart.com who will have the chance to meet Martha Stewart, attend her show, tour her studios and help out a fabulous NYC Charity too! I will be donating a ton of retro hair flowers to the women and children of Safe Horizon Shelter as well as 60 corsages for Martha's staff and my fellow "Dreamers"! More to come...

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Exciting news for 2010!

Happy New Year!

Poppy Chic Designs is thrilled to be included in the Golden Globes Gift Bags and Gift Lounge on January 17th! I'm looking forward to and exciting 2010 and this is a great way to kick it off. I will have 90 Vintage Glam Hair flowers at the event for nominees, presenters and media...so thrilled!

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October Giveaway

I love fall...the colors, the scent of pumpkin pie, the crunchy sound leaves make when you run through them and most of all the start of the holiday season! To kick off the holidays I'm offering my first ever blog giveaway! All you have to do is leave a comment about your favorite part of fall and I will choose a winner at random to recieve these Harvest Spice Poppies! Winner will be announced here and contacted on Friday October 23rd...so you will have your poppies in time for Halloween! Good Luck

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Felt Addict...

My name is Taryn and I'm addicted to felt. It's true. I've been playing with this eco friendly felt (made from 100% post consumer plastic bottles) and I'm just in love. Maybe the colder weather makes soft fuzzy felt more appealing, who knows. Whatever the case may be, I'm finding more ways to create with it every day. I've even opened up a new etsy shop dedicated to my eco friendly creations http://www.lolapetals.etsy.com/ ! With all the handsewing I've been doing with this felt I found I needed a handy pin cushion so I created this eco friendly pin cushion ring! So cute and handy too :)

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