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$100 Antique Farmhouse Giveaway!

Today I have an awesome giveaway from the girls at Antique Farm House!   If you haven’t heard of it before, Antique Farm House is an online shop where you can purchase beautiful items that will bring a farm house style to your home.  Here’s a sampling of some of the pieces they carry…              Would you like $100 to spend in their online shop?  If so, here’s how to enter to win…   Entry one: Check out their spectacular events , come back here and leave a comment letting me know you what you like. Entry Two: Subscribe to their email list and leave a second comment letting me know you have. Entry Three: Follow them Pinterest and leave one last comment.   This giveaway is only open to readers in the lower 48 US states and those over the age of 18.  The giveaway will close Sunday, May

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Before and Afters

MMS tee & a French chair makeover

I picked up my t-shirts yesterday! I absolutely love them.  Reni did an amazing job with the design and I’m so happy with the printing and the quality of the t-shirts.  They are Champion brand and are 60% cotton and 40% polyester, which makes them a little stretchy and will prevent shrinking.   I’ll be setting up an online shop soon and the t-shirts will be available for sale there, in addition to my milk paint and some of the random cool things I find and make.  The shirts will be $15/each.  I’ll do a giveaway for one next week (in addition to a few other goodies.)  The batch I just picked up will be coming with me to sell at Lucketts. Well, I’m still paint splattered and dirty and sore and cranking out pieces for Lucketts.  If you’re curious what I’m working on, you can check out my Facebook

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Mother’s Day Giveaway

***This giveaway is now closed.*** With mother’s day fast approaching, I thought I would slip in a little giveaway from one of my sponsors, Janet Hopkins.  She is amazing with paper crafts and printables and has now branched into the world of jewelry.   And her timing is perfect for mother’s day.     I love the chain!     Janet is offering this lovely necklace for a giveaway today. The giveaway is for one (1) “Mother’s Love Charm” and one (1) “Rolo Chain” just as it is in the photos.   Interested?  Here’s what you can do to enter… 1. For one entry leave me a comment here. 2. For a second entry, subscribe to Janet’s blog and come back here and tell me that you did. 3. For a third entry Facebook or Tweet this giveaway, come back here and leave one last comment letting me know you spread the

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buying & selling antiques

getting ready for a fair

I wish getting ready for a fair just involved putting on a cute sundress and taking some cash out for ice cream, but I’m not talking about simply going to a fair. I’m talking about being a vendor at a fair and that involves a lot more. First of all, I tip my hat to those who show at fairs regularly…like almost every weekend of the year. I don’t know how you do it. I do one fair a year and it just about kills me! Well, not literally, but it takes over my house, my poor husband has to fend for himself for dinner most nights, and it means I am paint splattered more than usual (and that’s a lot already!) I know a number of my readers are also antique dealers and are currently vendors at fairs or want to be, so I thought I would share some

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Before and Afters

white washed desk & tutorial

Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments and encouragement in response to my recent big announcement!  I really do feel like I have a huge group of friends who have been with me through this journey and you’re cheering me on.  It’s an awesome feeling and it means a lot to me. The next three weeks are going to be insane.  I’m getting stocked up for the Lucketts Antique Market, which means lots of shopping, painting, pricing, packing, upholstering, sewing, glittering, gluing…whew!  On top of that, I’m working on rewrites for my book and developing this line of milk paint.  I need to find a way to duplicate myself, so I can get it all done and still make dinner and keep my guys in clean clothes!  I know it’ll all work out.  It always does. So, here’s the latest piece of furniture I just finished today…  

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Miscellaneus

Bliss & Tell Branding Co. Giveaway!

***This giveaway is now closed*** Several months ago I received an e-mail from Reni of Bliss & Tell Branding Company.   She was interested in advertising on my blog. Well, I took one look at her work and wanted to speak with her immediately about making me business cards, tags, stickers, and t-shirts.  I could instantly tell from her designs that she “gets” the creative business owner.  Here is some of her amazing work…         …and, of course…   She also just designed the graphic for the t-shirts I’m having made for the Lucketts fair…   I absolutely love her design!  My crew (my mom, dad, and husband) will be wearing them and I’ll also bring some to sell. I love Reni’s work and she’s a delight to collaborate with as well.  I already had a logo and established look and she worked with what I had instead

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What price is right?

I receive a lot of questions through comments and e-mail and one of the things I’m asked most about is pricing.  When you’re selling pieces as a part of your business, how do you know what number you should put on the tag?  I wish I could just throw out a perfect formula like investment + labor + desired profit = price, but it’s much more of a “soft” thing for me. It’s a gut feel.  And it varies so much depending on your location, the shop, the event, the piece, the time of year, the weather, your mood.  Get the picture?  There are so many factors. I make a huge profit on some things (like a chair I bought for $10 and sold for $285)  and I make a small profit on other things. I’m a cheap person and a DIYer, so it’s hard for me to imagine paying

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crafts

Pinwheel Tutorial

I posted these last week and was asked by several for a tutorial. I aim to please, so here it is! This tutorial is really from Mini Mustard Seed aka “Mini” aka Charlene. She’s my babysitter/nanny and helps me out with my business during busy seasons. She’s super crafty, so she makes most of my glitter letters and helped out a ton with the Christmas ornaments last year.  She brought a paper folding book home from the library one day and we both immediately spotted the pinwheel.  Sheet music…glitter…let’s mustardize these pinwheels. We’ve since made some out of vintage division flashcards, scrapbook paper and a vintage “Dick & Jane” book. (The Dick & Jane book ones are so cute, because of the soft colors.)   Here’s how to make your own… Supply list: 5/16″ dowel rod paper scissors paper cutter (optional) Elmer’s glue 1/2″ artist brush hot glue gun and

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I’m Marian, a painter, writer, and lover of all things creative. From art and antiques to home projects and everyday life, I share my journey in hopes of inspiring you to embrace your own creativity and make beauty in the spaces you live.

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