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Every Monday at Make Mine Pink we do a show and tell Monday to show you something that we have been working on ~

Ever since I saw the article in the April issue of Romantic Homes magazine by Heather Bullard, I have wanted to try doing a dress form ~
I started by ordering the dress form off of ebay and then painted it with Kilz primer and then with Valspar Churchill Hotel Wheat paint ~ after it was dry I ragged on Valspar Faux Antiquing Glaze ~

I have wanted a dress form for my office to hang vintage prom dresses and skirts ~ they are so much fun to use to display all kind of things ~
I have also been looking for a skirt like the one I have shown forever and finally found one at Canton last month so it was fun to put it on the finished dress form along with some of the soldered charm necklaces ~

We have been doing tons of gardening, hanging out by the pool and running around since my mom and dad have been here ~
This is a picture of our 2 girls and my mom in our backyard ~

Today we went to Dallas Baptist University where one of my daughters goes to school to show grandma and grandpa ~ I just adore this school, it is gorgeous and pretty much all around amazing !

The picture above is outside one of the student centers ~

This is a picture in front of her townhouse on campus that she will live in next school year ~

The school has gazebos everywhere and this is a bridge that crosses one of the ponds on campus ~ The picture is from left to right : me, my husband Dana, our daughter Kristin, our daughter Stephanie, my dad and my mom ~

This is a picture with my daughter Stephanie's boyfriend Noah ~ I think they are on a slant because Noah looks really really tall and my husband looks really short, he is short but not that short :o)

Well I am off to watch a movie ~
Today I worked on a project for the Make Mine Pink Show and Tell Monday make sure and check back soon ~

Every Monday at Make Mine Pink we do a show and tell on our blogs ~

Last night after the house was empty from our Mother's day BBQ, I decided to work on some soldered charms and have wanted to do something for some vintage buttons that have been around for awhile ~

I just love old buttons because they remind me of my grandma ~ she always had baby jars full of buttons and everything was color coordinated ~ my sister and I used to love looking at all the different colors and shapes ~ Now my mom has all of those wonderful baby jars full of not only buttons but memories ~

These are vintage jars that I found at flea markets filled with old buttons ~ the button charms have glass glitter and the largest soldered charm has a vintage crystal hanging from it ~

The button jar charms are available in our jewelry category to tie on your own button jar ~

I just spent the day at the Dallas Home and Gift Market ~ it is beyond HUGE and pretty much overstimulating ~
I ordered tons of awesome things that I cannot wait to get on my website ~
So what was the trend of this market ???

CROWNS ~ it was all about crowns, skeleton keys and chandeliers ~ I was sooo excited because those are some of my very favorite things ~ I also ordered some pretty vintage looking pink and silver Christmas goodies ~
Ohhhh and birds are still very very big ~ I love anything with birds too so I was pretty excited about that too ~