Buckets of Burlap inspiration

I just discovered a great blog today called Buckets of Burlap.  I know that some of you have already been privy to this website, but I am pretty darn excited.  I just love her farmhouse style.  Shabby white with rustic charm.  I may not know much, but I know that my husband would have a conniption fit if I started hanging old farm what-nots on the wall, but a girl can dream can't she?

The point of this is mainly to show off what I hope to be one of my next projects.  They are hard to see but do you not just love those chicken wire cloches?  Talk about cute and easy.  You can't beat that combination.  Is anyone keeping track for me of all the projects I someday hope to tackle, because I sure am not :-)



Gifted side table & new arrangement

 Hello my dear sweet friends!  I have a boat load of pictures today so I hope you are ready for an eyeful.

I already did a mini tid bit on this side table on the Vintage Market blog, but it was really intended to be shared here.  Last week I was given this side table by one of my very favorite customers.  She told me "you can have this, do whatever you want with it"  You don't have to tell me twice!  I loved it so much as is but thought it would look great white.

Off to the garage I went at my next available free moment.

Before

After-do you hear angels singing? AAh beautiful

I have a lot to say today so bare with me.

One of my sweet nieces brought me this yard of cookies the other day just because she loves me.  Isn't that nice?  I am really feeling the love lately.

Up next, my living room tear apart and rearrange.  I am so impressed with myself.  I actually managed to come up with a new couch configuration.  I had to get mighty creative, but I like how it turned out.  My helper fell asleep on the job, so I was on my own for this project (darn).

I am happy to have this corner back for my favorite vintage chair.  You know, the one that is so wobbly that you can hardly sit in it.   It sure is cute though, so I really don't care if it is actually functional.  I also scored myself another goody from my favorite hot spot, mamma's garage.  I love this frame.  I am sure I will think of a clever way to use it before long.

FYI the oval gold frame was a side of the road freebie that had a floral painted canvas in it.  I painted right on top of the canvas with chalkboard paint and it works great.

Why put the blanket away in the linen closet every morning if it is just going to be dragged out again for cuddling and TV at night?  I found it a home in the living room.  Is that me being lazy or genius?

I distressed the frame a little and it really made the wood detail along the top stand out.  Shame on my momma for painting black over that old cream paint!  I know she regrets it now.  Lesson, don't paint over awesome old paint, OK people?  Unless the color is hideous, then you have my permission.

Don't you just love my old scale?  It was a Christmas gift from my favorite set of twins.  Love it!

The lamp ended up by default on top of this old white stool.  I actually love it as a table.  Why didn't I think of it before?

I stuck this pail up there to put the remotes in, but I am pretty sure it has had just about everything but a remote in it so far.  Reese has been having fun with it.  It was a purse this morning. (Don't mind the debris on the floor)

I liked this shot so well, I am making you suffer with it again with the lavender in place of the daffodils.

That concludes my mess making day off Wednesday.  Thank you so much for reading!  I will be back soon with another fun project or two.

Outwitting the universe and moss monograms

The universe is trying to prevent me from posting today, but I think I found a way to outwit it.  I brought my camera with me to the shop today only to find out that our computer is on the fritz.  So, says me, I will post tonight after the kiddos are tucked in bed.  Hmmm, where is my camera cord?  I scratch my head and remember that it is at the shop!  Arrrr.  So tonight will be a semi lame post with pictures that I nabbed off of google images (dearly sorry to the owners).

I have been seeing these Moss Monograms ALL over bloggy land.  What a simple concept!  I have covered just about everything else imaginable in moss, why didn't I think of this?

I love this large one for the front door in place of a traditional wreath.  Can you say adorable?  Go ahead and say it just to humor me : )

This monogram display is pretty spiffy as well.  Oh how I cannot wait to have a mantel to decorate.  Have I mentioned that before?  Maybe just once or twice.

I am also a huge fan of this smaller scale door hanger.  You could stick this one anywhere and it would be A-D-OR-ABLE!  Yes I know I need to come up with some new adjectives.  Feel free to buy me a thesaurus for X-mas.

Tomorrow night is craft night at my house (really, what night isn't) and you guessed it, we will be getting our moss on.  I am sure it will be messy as all get out, but will still be fun and by the end I will have new pretties to share.  Betcha can't wait to see what I will be crafting up!  Have a fab week.  Love Me

Nursery link

Bonus post for the day!  I wanted to share a link for our cutest and sweetest pregnant customer who is decorating a shabby chic nursery for her baby girl on the way. 

Elisha-I hope you get some ideas from the nursery post on one of my favorite blogs.  It is not exactly shabby, but still very cute and she has good ideas.  I love her hanging branches in her girl's rooms.  Here is the link to her nursery. 

Couldn't say no to the lightbulb

I was just trying to take a much needed nap the other day.  It sounds so simple, but I got this wacky idea and couldn't go to sleep. 

This topiary that I brought home from the shop needed some major help, and I had been thinking of ways to bring it into this decade.  Originally I thought I would cover it with sheet moss, but during this would be nap, the light bulb went off.  Cover it with those brown coffee filters that are sitting in the pantry.  And of course, I could not say no to the light bulb.  It is a sickness I have.

Here is the sad leaning before shot.

 The faux moss was peeling back,

And presto chango-coffee filter covered topiary.  I have had it finished for a week or so but I still can't decide if I like it.  It does look pretty cute sitting on my island.  Does that really sound like me, being unable to make a decision?  Oh that's right, I am the queen bee of indecision, so yeah.

Either way, it is funky and fun, and much better than before so I might let it stick around for a while ; )  For me, a while is at most two weeks.

And in other wacky project news, I have a cheap and super easy kitchen cabinet revamp coming up.  And for those of you (there are thousands I am sure) wondering about my garage clean up, yes it did occur.  I forgot to snap a before pic so the after will not look good at all.  There is still a ton of stuff in there but it is organized now and I could park my car in there again if I wanted so I am happy.  I do have a pretty hilarious flip video of my sis in law shimmying her way up into my rafters though.  She would dis own me if I posted it, so I better not, but at least I have some blackmail.  Have a fab week!

Dining room chandelier reveal!

For some strange reason I thought that I finished this post earlier but nope!  So here I am finally getting it done.  I have made two major accomplishments this week.  One being removing this eye sore of a light fixture.

I cannot believe that it has taken me so long to change it, but there have been so many other projects that have needed to be done.  I wanted something pretty, but not one of those home improvement store fixtures, and I wanted to be super thrifty.  I found this little chandelier in my mom's black hole garage.  Boy I'll tell you, that garage has never failed me!  I thought I would make a cover for the chain.  I bought drop cloth at the depot and oh yes I HOT GLUED it!!!  I love it when I don't have to sew!

Please excuse the disastrous counter!

Here it is all hung pretty like.  Did I mention that I figured this out by myself???  My sis in law came over and helped me do it and we were beyond impressed with ourselves.  This is us giving ourselves a ginormous pat on the back! It was unbelievably easy, despite the horrid feeling that I was going to blow my house up when I turned the power back on. (ps my house did not burn to the ground so by my standards, it was a success)

Here is a shot of the cover I diy-ed.  I even sprang for one of those medallion ceiling covers.  It was only $7 and made a big difference in making it look nice and finished. I even like that I decided not to paint it black.

I also busted out the tools and fashioned myself a new dining room table out of a mismatched table top and base (pictures to come).  The daffodils my father in law picked for me the other day.  Aren't they beautiful?

So here is where the heart wreath and O come in.  I got inspired and did a mini dining room revamp in honor of the new chandy.

This is my favorite basket.  I found it at my favorite spot, momma's garage!

I brought this lamp out of my bedroom since I love having a lamp on at night, and I never used it in my room anyway.

If this cage isn't reason enough to come to our Junk Swaps, then I don't know what is.  I LOVE it so much.  Sorry to the one who let it go!

Coming up, pillow covers made out of my drop cloth scraps with ribbon ties, and a garage transformation!  Thanks for reading, have a lovely inspiration filled day!

A heart and "O"

Happy Tuesday!

I have been a busy little bee in the two days since my husband left.  I don't have my camera cord so I can't share pictures of my accomplishments thus far (boo), but I thought I would at least show some pictures I nabbed of the internet for a little sneak peak.

Numero Uno-Major score by me at the Antique Mall.  The French Hen booth had a heart shaped boxwood wreath similar to this one (but much much cuter) marked down to $12!!!  I wanted one last month when I saw they were selling them at their show but never made it to get one.  This one was meant to be mine <3.

Numero dos-I found an identical letter on a different trip to the mall.  I was saving it for Marsdon's bedroom wall collage but thought I would stick it out now rather that shoving it in a bag for months.  It looks pretty cute on my buffet...I can't wait to share.

I have also made headway on my dining room chandy hanging.  By headway, I mean my sis-in-law and I spent and HOUR trying to get two screws out.  I was hoping to accomplish much more while she was helping me yesterday, but those darn screws were stubborn.  This morning I made a trip to the depot and got all the first round of necessary supplies to hang it.  I can't decide if I should leave it black or paint it white.  I also scrounged around the house and found a bunch of crystals that look pretty snazzy hanging from it.  More on that later.  For now, have a lovely day. B