there's no turning back now…
Thursday morning I got a bee in my bonnet and decided to get a head-start on sanding the floors. I’ve had refinishing them on my to-do list for over a year now, but it is a very not-fun, messy job and I’ve been putting it off and delaying and procrastinating. I’ve been on a mission of […]
furniture feature friday | favorites & link party
This was another week when the entries for FFF blew me away. It’s like everyone is trying to get a bunch of furniture painted, refinished and spruced up before the holidays! Speaking of, can you believe Thanksgiving is just a week away? Wow…yeah. So, next week we won’t be meeting. We’ll all be too busy […]
mason jar "snow globes"
I have to start off by saying how much I enjoyed reading all of the comments in response to my post yesterday. In a way, it was very therapeutic for me to write and I’m glad it was encouraging to others as well. This is definitely one of those not-new-at-all ideas, but they are so cute […]
letter to a new blogger
As I’ve just passed the five year mark of being a blogger, I’ve been thinking a lot about the early days of my blog. I laugh at some of the things I did and wince at others. I pressed the “start a blog” button on blogger with very little clue of what I was getting […]
recent finds & photo shoots
When we were in Charlottesville last week, Jeff extended the invitation to me to do a little antique shopping. He knows this means I will most likely fill our van with a bunch of things he doesn’t really “get.” It means I’ll buy things that I expect him to fix and it even may mean […]
epic craig's list find
I have found a lot of great pieces on Craig’s List over the years…chandeliers, dressers, hutches, cupboards, chairs, sofas…you name it. I’ve bought a lot off of Craig’s List. When I’m getting ready for a market, I troll the local antiques & furniture sections daily in our local areas to see if I come up […]
block printed wrapping paper & snowball garland
I walked into the studio ready to work on Christmas things this morning. I told Kriste at one point that I wished I could work on five different things at once. There was a bee in my bonnet. I had a lot on the wish list to get done, but I knew it was way […]
furniture feature friday | favorites & link party
Jeff and I just got back from a nice trip to Charlottesville, VA. I’ll share more about that in another post, but it was a wonderful time. Jeff took me to a few antique shops and gave me the chance to mill around. It hit me again, as I would gasp at an antique table […]