Archives for June 2012

I realized when I looked through my posts from Paris, that although I posted about visiting the Marche au Puces, I never showed you what I bought! So today you'll see some of my purchases! This coarse cloth with red stripes was actually bought at the embroidery shop I visited. It was about $11/yd and seemed to me to be similar to the coarse … [Read more...]

You're in for a treat today! As I mentioned previously this is a pretty crazy week and weekend for me  so the posts have to be quite creative! Yesterday I gave you 3 ideas and today I'm showing off my youngest daughter! Shelli and her husband live just one mile from me  which makes it really nice!  I get to see my two grandsons often and we … [Read more...]

This is a busy couple weeks for me so my posts won't involve too many big projects. Last week I worked four full days on a set design for a local church's  Women's Conference....check It came out quite nice and the director was pleased...check. Have been busy sending out invitations for the graduation party...check Have been working on a PTA … [Read more...]

Do you have any dust bunnies in your house? I do....LOTS OF THEM..... I'm sure you know what dust bunnies are....those rounded clumps of dust that often appear under beds...in corners....or right out in plain sight... you can hop but you can't hide.... Well, Karianne at Thistlewood Farm has  (of course)  figured out what to do with … [Read more...]

Even though I try and look at Pinterest, other blogs, magazines, etc as often as I can. Things sneak up on me and I think "why didn't I see this before now?" Does that happen to you? It definitely happened with blogging. I wasn't one to sit on a computer and play games, surf the web or read blogs. I've always been busy with SOMETHING.  So, blogging … [Read more...]

I've been meaning to show you what is available at the shop in Lightfoot Antique mall so here are a few things for you to look at! Still available is the French China as well as the matching French side chairs You may remember my beloved spool settee....maybe I'm supposed to keep it...even the other shopkeepers and the manager say they are … [Read more...]

My sister and brother in law sent us this for our anniversary. Isn't it fabulous? Let's see...when was that... JANUARY I carried it all over the place and COULDN'T DECIDE where it looked best. I always thought it was a dining room piece but  when the dining room was red it didn't look right somehow BUT NOW it's perfect!! I searched until I … [Read more...]

I wanted to show you for the first time, my living room coffee table. I haven't shown this project before because I couldn't locate the before picture.  I recently did so here it is! This is before.... I loved it immediately when I found it at Goodwill because of all the detail on the apron As you can see, I worked on it right in the living … [Read more...]