MadeByNicole

I'm a formerly blonde SAHM to three crazy boybarians and have been married to my sweetie for fifteen years. We homeschool, in part for the ever-present opportunities to blow things up in the name of education, and I write on occasion for money.

♥ Scrapbooking (artsy, not cute)

♥ ATC

♥ altered art

♥ card making

♥ stamping

♥ Cooking

♥ Assemblage

♥ Home Decor

♥ Mixed-Media

♥ Fight Club

♥ Book Thief

♥ Kiln People

♥ Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

♥ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

♥ High Fidelity

♥ Game of Thrones

♥ American Gods

♥ The Replacements

♥ Rocky I-V

♥ Peggy Sue Got Married

♥ 8 Seconds

♥ Charlie's Angels

♥ Hot Tub Time Machine

Day of the Dead, Metal bits and pieces, pin-ups and pin-up culture, Mail related tags and envelopes, handmade embellishments, tattoos, vintage sewing items: especially ribbon and buttons and lace, kitschy vintage, old pillowcases from the 70s or zakka style fabrics, embroidery patterns, charm packs, fat quarters, books (foreign especially, home and cooking is awesome as are vintage books for kids), illustrations from vintage children's books, vintage photos, scenic photos (Eiffel Tower, Brooklyn Bridge...), graffiti, ironic/funny/silly (but please, no talking animals), fun cookie cutters, doilies, interesting/quirky tea towels, unusual spices, coffee, vintage handkerchiefs, rubber stamps, ATCs, vintage-style paper dolls, sci-fi posters/kitschy stuff, pins and brooches, honeybees, monsters, zombies, things that are British, things that are Japanese, vintage carnival or magic, white chocolate, black licorice, scented pencils/markers/erasers

I love orange so much my family calls it "my other neutral"

Same goes for red and I adore kraft, black and cream.

Not such a big fan of pastels or neons.

Love turquoise, hate navy.

When I think of colors that really inspire me they are more in line with Mexican folk art than watercolor paintings.