linenwood

I'm a 34yo stay at home Mom to my two kids. Jacob is 4 and Nola is 18mos. I have 2 etsy stores: www.linenwood.etsy.com and www.shortcakepartypicks.com that keep me busy. I am also enrolled at Mass ART in Boston, MA taking a Millinery (Hat Making) Class. I am very interested in fashion, hats (think the English ladies and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady), vintage linens, vintage jewely (rhinestones, Victorian and French things. I am a girly girl and adore anything feminine, frilly and ruffly. I LOVE bridal things! Especially Vera Wang. I absolutely love flowers. Any flower. I love them. I would say my style is a combination of French Country, Swedish Country and Shabby Chic. Here are a few more things in detail:

Favorite Colors: pink, peach, turquoise and white/ivory and SPARKLY!!!

CRAFT SUPPLIES: German glass glitter, any glitter in general, lace, sparkly buttons, cut glass beads in light colors, paper flowers, beading wire, millinery stamens, twine, feathers, cotton fabrics in pastel shades or white, muslin, tulle, netting, square paper doilies, sequins, lacy trims, velvet ribbon, pastel ribbon, hem tape and seam binding (pastels or white)

FLOWERS! and Herbs : peonies, roses, lilacs and all herbs

VINTAGE ITEMS: (do not have to be in perfect condition it adds to their beauty!!!) anything Victorian, lacey, flowery, sparkly. Women's hats. I collect milk glass and painted plates and teacups, chandelier crystals, pink blue and white vintage ornaments, wedding items, floral postcards/cards/letters, small handbags and clutches, ladies gloves, rhinestone jewelry (any jewelry really), brooches (flowers), handkerchiefs, embroidered items, French items of any kind, linens in white or pastels (tablecloths, napkins, table runners), appliques, sequins and beading

Food & Drink: coffee, hot chocolate, wine, vodka, fruit herbal teas, candy, cookies, chocolate (dark), sour hard candies, gum,

Jewelry: Brooches (especially vintage rhinestone and flower), charm bracelets, rings (large size and large decoration). very long necklaces (lockets- big)

Magazines: does not need to be current! wedding, fashion, decorating

French: anything French Country style, French letters, pictures, labels, music, Marie Antoinette, fabrics

Beauty: lip gloss, nail polish, blush - all in pinks

Scents: lavender is my FAVORITE!!!!! I also like lilac and pine (Christmas tree)

Misc: birds, birdcages, birds nests, dress forms and things with dress forms on them, chandeliers and things with chandeliers on them, toile, ruffles

DO NOT LIKE: anything cutsey, hello kitty, pooh, disney etc, headbands, bugs, teddy bears, skeletons

Norah Jones, Colbie Callait, Mumford and Sons, Eric Clapton, The Band Perry, Taylor Swift, Michael Buble, Sugarland, Coldplay,

Anything by Jane Austen, Little Women, classic love stories

Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth), Sense and Sensibility, Say Anything, Little Women, Waitress, Marie Antoinette (for the costuming!!!), The Dutchess, Chocolat, American Psycho, Down With Love, Sliding Doors

Sex &The City (HBO version), most BBC series, Project Runway, Gossip Girl, Mad Men, The Tudors,

flower making, felting (needle and wet), stained glass, sewing, knitting and crochet