Etsy Love: Old Renewed

This has to be one of the best ideas I've seen and I absolutely love it. These pictures are created by finding an old vintage print, repainting the frame, and laying a few words on top. How simple is that, and why didn't I ever think of it?! It's so fresh and happy, my bare walls are desperate for them.

Everyday I look around our little house and think of my sister telling me to always put art on the walls first thing in a new home. I have one up, my favorite one in the whole world {of a blue heron} that she gave me from my favorite Alaskan artist. But that's it, and we have a lot of wall space. I think a trip to the thrift store may be in order.

Bonnie at {Going Home to Roost} is the master mind and she's selling her creations the Etsy store {Old Renewed}.  Found via {Design Delights}.

Airplanes and Monkeys: Love in Costa Rica

There was a wedding in Costa Rica where the bride was a monkey veterinarian and the groom a pilot. The venue and lodging was at this place called Costa Verde and they flew out Emilie to document the event with 100 of their family and friends.

The wedding looked like it was wonderful and of course full of monkeys and airplanes. The really neat thing though was their airplane suite.

I'd really like to go stay there please. They even have a really cool El Avion bar. That's right, a bar in a plane. Oh pretty please.

Esty Love: Coffee Stencil

I'm sure you've all seen these but I think they're great, cheesy or non-cheesy! Disregarding the fact that I'm not drinking coffee right now of course, but these could work in a green tea latte... right? Now if only I could get him to make me one of those every morning, that would be a fantastic start to the day. I'd take any message that boy would want to give me!

Check out the rest at Coffee Stencil's Esty shop.

Wedding Album Amazingness

Kelty over at Steep Street has done it again... because that girl seems to do it all the time. She created a wedding album for her sister Hannah, and it's amazing. Spanning a year in time and including everything from the proposal to the wedding, this thing is the most inspirational creative beautiful documentation of life and love I've seen. Check it out here for the details!

via {SteepStreet}

The Story of Stuff

A lesson we all need to learn. If I was a teacher, a professor, a counselor, an anything but a nanny {although I could start them young}, I would show this to my students. So instead I'm showing it to you. If you've seen it, I hope you've shared it, I hope you've acted on it. If you haven't, I hope you will.

From the website:

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Etsy Love: Most Beautiful Vintage Wedding Gown

This vintage dress was rescued from an estate of a woman in her late 80's. Esty seller MotherMidnight purchased the gown, not being able to believe that the family was selling it for the money. Supposedly, the woman lived a crazy life filled with travel and adventure and married late for her time at 32. This dress is one-of-a-kind for sale for $825, in awesome condition with all beading intact. So if it happens to be your size and you wear this amazing gown on your wedding day, please let me feature your pictures after you've worn one of the prettiest wedding dresses on earth.

Etsy Love: Monster Gallery

For a vintage camera lover these are pretty cool.

Found via Etsy store {monstergallery}.

Alysia's Lakeside Treehouse

When photographer and artist Alysia Cotter moved into her lakeside home a year ago, she decided she would decorate it without buying anything new, using only money from selling what she currently owned. Her 900 square foot 100-year-old apartment was filled up with vintage finds and recycled household items, and it looks amazing.

Two rules she made for herself:

1.) No mass produced items that have never been owned by anyone else.
2.) The Budget: $0 dollars. Do this without spending anything. The budget came from selling all her old furniture on Craigslist and that became her new budget, which came out to about $1,500.

Makes sense to be responsible consumers, doesn't it?

You can go on the complete tour at Apartment Therapy and see Alysia's personal work here. Also make sure to check out her favorite store {also considered to be full of items that are the "best of craigslist"} named TINI (This Is Not Ikea).