I stayed up until midnight last night, finishing up a couple of pieces to take to Lucketts on Thursday. I had a babysitter this afternoon, so I went shopping and went to an auction. I have two completed makeovers and a bunch of cool things to share, but I got home too late to snap pictures of any of them. What’s a blog post without eye candy?
So, this post is all about pictures. These are some random photos I took during a shoot for the June issue of Cottages & Bungalows magazine that will be hitting newsstands soon.

















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Even though I am disappointed with not seeing your latest work on the furniture, these are killer shots! Thanks for sharing all your talents with us.
LOVE!!!!!
Your photos are gorgeous! I love the flowers and fruit paired in the Ironstone. You have definitely turned ordinary things into eye candy!
-Amanda
So I have to ask, when you are featured in a mag, do they bring staging supplies or do they stage using your treasures? Just wondering:) Love the candy! It's my fav! NO CALORIES so I can indulge all I want!
Can't wait to see your makeovers! I love what you do!
So beautiful!!!
Lovely pictures, awesome eye-candy to start the day, like you said!
love the shots of all the vibrant colors of the flowers and fruit together! and the blue and white plates and teacups are beautiful, I'm a sucker for blue and white china:)
Beautiful!! Martina
The best kind of eye candy, Miss Mustard Seed style!!! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful photos!
Wow!!!
Lovin' these photos!
Beautiful Marian!!
Deborah xo
Those are such mood lifting pictures! I hope you got to bed earlier tonight. Remember, the creative mind can't function without enough sleep! Takes one to know one 🙂
Great job, as usual! 🙂
Beautiful photos! I so enjoy hearing about your projects, but this post was fun just to see your fantastic pictures!
XO,
Jane
So beautiful! Perfect spring/summer combinations…definately in need of some of that here! Thanks for posting!
YUM to the O.
i seriously think you just increased the profits of the fruit growers of america with what you humbly describe as a "filler" post.
git down wit yer bad self, mustard.
michele
Very nice pictures. The colors are so nice!
And kind of nice to see that even big, professional bloggers like you don't always have the time for taking pictures. 😉
Lovely….just lovely!!!
Good Morning Marian,
Candy for breakfast…how sweet!
janet xox
Great eye Candy!
Enjoy your day!
Hey Marian,
I forgot to mention…I'm giving you a shout out today!
Janet xox
http://theemptynest-janet.blogspot.com/2011/04/slipcovera-dinner-and-rainbow.html
O.K. do you have to do everything so well? Beautiful pics. Really I can't wait to see the line you are going to have with Pottery Barn or something. I don't know how you get everything done in one day. Do you stay up till the early hours? Are you self taught at everything you do?
RENONFL@YAHOO.COM
Beautiful, Marian!
Love what you do!
Thank you so much for the beauty. You have such talent, your photos are gorgeous, please pass along your photo secrets.
xox
K
Great eye candy 🙂 Nothing says spring like fresh fruit, especially strawberries and green apples. Yum. Now all I can think about it fresh apple pie. We're already picking strawberries here in the south. Can't wait to see you finished projects.
Stunning!!!
I always love looking at your photos – I wish I could get mine to look half as good!
You're making me hungry! Love fresh fruit! Your photos are the best!
Debbie
Apple green is such a beautiful color, and it looks so fresh with those flowers against the ironstone. Those are heart-lifting pictures!
great photos! they look like card fronts.
I always love your eye candy… it's so soothing on the eyes, like medicine! LOL!
Beayootiful! 🙂 Love the green and white.
I'm just getting started on making over some pieces that are for our home. I've gathered up projects from mirror frames to dresser that my great grandfather made out of milled pecan from the homestead. I'm sooooo glad to have found your blog. Super inspirational, and a saving grace when I've been stumped for what to do. Thank you so much for writing.
The 2nd photo is my fave. Hey, I just found there is an Annie Sloan stockist in Tampa-boo yah!
Fantastic photos! What type of camera do you use? I want to take photos at my house with this quality……..
Btw..I am having a giveaway…well a series of them…starting with a slipcover! 🙂 I thought I would stop in to let you and your readers know…
Xo, Meme
lovely photos!! susan
Since you mentioned going to an auction…I'm curious. How do you find the auctions that you attend and how do you know that the prices will be "right"? Since I live in an expensive area (DC) Craigslist, thrift stores etc can still be pricey for furniture that I am going to have to put time & effort into refinishing. I would love to hear if auctions are a good option to find inexpensive pieces.
Sarah
I may in the market for a new dining set. Let me know when you're done with the one you 'might' have scored!
Lovely! I love the bakelite (?) silverware and the blue transferware! Yummy fruit, too! We are both top posts now on Tip Junkie! Lucketts-? Where is that? I'm near Richmond…..great to find other Virginian bloggers….oh well. Time for a Skinny Cow ice cream sammie, then bed!
Your photography and styling is always so perfect!