Quote of the Day.

Quote of the Day:


Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. 
Listen to it carefully.
  
Richard Bach






I loved this movie and loved this song!

Here are a few new items being added to my shop (HERE).

(6) French Farmhouse Inspired napkins made from French General Fabric

(2) Tea Towels

Will be at the dentist for a root canal tomorrow....Not looking forward to it!

Rooms to Swoon Over

Whether you love French, Italian, Belgium, or Scandinavian design, all these rooms are sure to make you a bit dreamy and fill you with inspiration.  Enjoy!

Beautiful table setting

Gorgeous drapes and chandelier

Love the blue green color scheme

Rustic and no worries about glass doors to clean

Bright and airy

Love this foyer

Beautiful kitchen

Simplicity at it's best

Beautiful vignette

Fit for a queen

My favorite dining room 

I love all of these and would find it very difficult to choose just one of them as a favorite so...I will just have to drool all over these images and be content on not choosing just one!

Do you have a favorite!

~ Images via Pinterest ~

Lets go shopping...

Well, if we can't be in Paris we can sure dream about it...sigh.  I thought it would be fun to go shopping for evening wear or perhaps we should just spend an afternoon browsing for that right outfit for casual wear.  Which would you prefer?

Gorgeous Dress...but not for me...I don't have the legs for this!

Sophisticated, non?

What Every Party Girl Needs...and it's all laid out for you!

Simple and chic

How about this for daywear?  Love the bag!

This has smart casual written all over it!

Well, all that walking and browsing has made me a bit weak...how about....

Stopping here?

For one of these?

Annnddd a whole lot of these!

Before we decide to go here....

To Rest our Feet!

I hope you enjoyed our little shopping trip and found something that you liked.  I don't know about you, but I was ready for the sofa!

~All images from Pinterest and Google~

A Quote for Christmas

Quote of the Day:


Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.


Enjoy!







Even though we are all busy at this time of the year, don't forget the real reason for the season!

A Bit of Christmas

Well, after procrastinating as long as I could I D-R-A-G-G-E-D down all of the Christmas crates and finally got motivated to put up our tree minus a few things I am still searching for i.e. my tree topper and my santos for Joseph to complete my manger scene.  Hopefully, I will find it before Christmas is over.

All decorated except for my tree topper and Joseph to my Manger scene?  Things don't look right without my tree topper and what is a Manger scene without Joseph?

One of my handmade French Ornaments

A Handmade Ornament From a Friend for Our Departed Dog, Josie .  She is always with us in spirit.

One Of My Favorite Radco Ornaments.  Always So Colorful And Lifelike.

Console Table.  I Still Need to Tack Up the Mirrored Crosses

Josh and Bella's Favorite,  Wind-up Snow Globe...Santa Actually Looks  Like  He is Working In His Toy Shop When It Is Wound Up.

A Small Mercury Glass Votive With Holly And Lights

I still have some tweaking to do before it is all completed.  But the biggest portion of it is completed.  Now, if I could only find my tree topper and Joseph...sigh.
Are you finished with your holiday decorations?

In the Christmas Spirit

Beautiful gold and white decorations via Pinterest

I'm just now getting into the mood for Christmas and will be putting up a tree this weekend...not a real one but an artificial one.  (Did the real tree up until last year)
I found some gorgeous vignettes and decorations and wanted to share them with you.

I thought this was beautiful and a great way to have a tree without the fuss!  LOL

Lovely for an entryway table

A pop of red for your table

Pretty for the door

A natural and rustic look for your mantel

Another mantel setting using mercury glass, greenery, candles, holders and ornaments

A Beautiful arrangement with the Madonna, mercury glass, candles, candlesticks and branches

A simple swag with greenery and ornaments on a door

Silvery blue ornaments

I love these!  Felted acorns with silver tops

Lets tie it all up with ribbon!

These are just a few of the beautiful displays I found!  I love them all!  What is your favorite style of Christmas decorating?

I will be bringing a bit of Christmas to my shop with these lovely festive red and gold sachets to my shop soon (HERE)

Lavender filled sachets

AND....What do you think I will be doing with this?

Ooh la la...Wait and see!

This bit of whimsey will soon be in my shop too!

All images from Pinterest ~ except for sachet and fabric

My Love of Annie Sloan Paint

Hi everyone,

I thought I would share with you a tutorial on using some of Annie Sloan Chalk paint on a very rough, shabby wooden caddy over the weekend.  This is what it looked like before I started:

Very weathered and worn

As I start to paint

With This!

This was a fairly easy re-do.  I love using ASCP as it is virtually odorless, and can be used over any surface WITHOUT any prepping.  Glass, metal, wood...without any work before!!!  This is important because it can take many hours of sanding and smoothing before painting with a regular semi-gloss or matte paint.

The color I am using is called Old Violet and it is beautiful!  But nothing can prepare you for the way this color changes after it has been used.  I put on two coats, letting each coat dry throughly before adding the second coat.  This is what it looks like after you paint your two coats:

It has a deep color and looks a bit chalky

After the paint has dried, I sand lightly with 0000 sandpaper to smooth the wood and the paint.  I also sanded a bit harder on areas that I wanted to have the wood show through some.  With my brush I then used Annie Sloan clear wax and brushed it into the wood.  I let it dry some and then hand rubbed it until the most gorgeous sheen appeared...nothing looks the same after that!  Here is what it looked like after I brushed the wax on and removed the excess:

After sanding and wax was added and removed

Finished and filled with handmade items from my shop

Another view

I just love the way it came out and I am always amazed at how the color changes when it is sanded and the wax is put on.  Annie says not to sand before you paint and she is most definitely right! So that's my tutorial for my caddy.  I hope if you aren't familiar with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and want to totally transform any piece give this a try.  I can't say enough about it.