Designer Guild Sofa on SALE!

OMG, OMG, OMG!  Found this Designer Guild two seater sofa on sale for a more then half off today in Lausanne!

Oh how lovely it would look in my current office, hallway, bedroom or salon,

maybe the kitchen?!  I actually have no place to put it now, but in 6 months

when we move to Minnesota, I will have a whole house to fill.

Having negotiations with hubby over this sofa....but I am not really in a position to ask for any more furniture.  I have already sworn like three times in the last year I was done furniture shopping.  Then you find a gem like this; a cute little sofa ON SALE covered in Designer Guild's black Nabucco cut velvet fabric and my heart just melts...so does my wallet.

Please, please Mr. Hubby, let me buy this sofa! 

Vickie

SALES-SALES-SALES in LAUSANNE!

Oh my goodness the after holiday sales this year in Lausanne are amazing!  I almost feel like I am back in the USA!

I found the Christmas decoration at 90% off at Globus.  I purchased all the velvet and glittery ribbon there that I could grab. It was maddness, everyone was going crazy grabbing items.  I don't think they normally have 90% off anywhere in Lausanne.

Globus is also selling all their holiday display decorating items for super cheap!  They are selling such as display mirrors, pictures, antique looking chairs, huge art piece for a fraction of what they would cost here normally.  I found most of it by the elevator on the level of mens clothing.  I purchased two pictures for my office.  Wish I had room to purchase more...

At Zara I purchased lots of tunics, shirts, skirts and dresses between 19CHF and 5chf, that normally sold for 100CHF or less!

Oh and at MANGO it was a major score, I found the best basic wardrobe items; black vest, black skinny jeans, tunic, dresses and more for more then half off.

Sorry for lack of post and pictures.  I have been busy, busy, busy with projects.  I am really bad about taking pictures and posting them.

Happy Monday,
Vickie

I chopped It Off!

I have not had a hair cut since last May in Switzerland and it was a bad, bad haircut.  My hair is in desperate need of an overhaul, so I took the front of my hair, put it in a rubber band and chopped it off to make bangs tonight.  Oh yes I did!  Over 12" of hair is gone in the front and I feel so much better.

Now I just need to try and trim the rest of it....I figure I can't do any worse then my last lopsided haircut.

Happy 2011!

(Me and my youngest - Switzerland Dec 2010)

Wow December flew by fast. 

Counting down days until date night with the hubby this Friday!

Kids have been sick off and on for a month, hoping to make a proper

furniture post again soon.

Happy Tuesday,

Vickie

My Snowman & Rudolph Cupcakes!

Just call me Martha!  I made these easy cupcakes for my older son's holiday party at school. 

Here is the first batch almost complete, just have Rudolph's mouth left to put on.

Here is the second batch, my hubby even made a few. 

Can you guess which ones he made? 

 Another view.

Baking and making cute stuff is not really my thing, but when you have kids, you have to roll with it.  This was really easy to do and now I am looking forward to doing Valentines Day cupcakes for the kids. 

I just googled 'Christmas Cupcakes' and got hundred's of images for inspirations.  Baked normal cupcakes, iced them and then added candy, pretzels, cookies and frosting in tube to make faces.  Super fun and easy. Almost all ingredents were purchased from Coop.

Swiss Fun Friday Find - Chairs!

Just found these two matching wood vintage carved chairs for only 100 CHF here!

Check out the detail!  I would love to paint or have these stained black and place in my bedroom.  Someone please buy these before I do and get into trouble with the hubby!  Will post pictures of rooms using these chairs next week for inspiration.

Happy Weekend,

Vickie

UPDATE:  Owner of the above chairs has just lowered the price to 70CHF for both chairs!

Need a Dinning Table Fast in Time for Holidays?

Here are my top 2 recreated table and chair picks in the VAUD area and it's a mix of Anibis, FLY, Ikea, plus a little DIY.

The inspiration picture #1:

 (Does anyone know the source for this picture?)

My table and chair picks:

Table is 2nd hand from Anibis.ch for only 420CHF

With 4 to 6 of these chairs from FLY.ch for only 179CHF each.

Inspiration Picture #2:

 image via Lonny

My table and chair picks:

 This 2nd hand table from Anibis.ch (don't look at chairs) for only 400 CHF

With these 6 second hand chairs from anibis.ch set for 400 CHF or less,

as this is with the dinning table.  So they might sell just chairs for less.  Either way anibis

has these chairs posted all over the place.

I would recover chairs with this IKEA fabric for only 8.95 a meter.

Easy DIY reupholstery job, just need staple gun and a good eye...

Happy Holidays,

Vickie 

Baby Blanket Almost Done

...and then my sewing machine went on the fritz.  Argggg.  I am hosting a baby shower tomorrow evening for a good friend.  Now I am not going to be able to have this almost completed blanket ready in time.  So disappointed and mad at my machine.  Bad sewing machine.

Ok so previously I posted about these fabrics here that I purchased from this Etsy seller here.

 Michael Miller - Pretty Stripe

Halfmoon Butterfly in black

Then I did this to the two fabrics:

Then my sewing machine stop putting out.  Typical.

Why was I working on a baby blanket the day before the baby shower you ask. Ahh, it was because the minky fabric for the back of it just arrived this morning.  Will post picture of the finished product if my machine decides to starting working again.

Happy Thursday,

Vickie