A Star Burst & A Trumeau
I have two new mirrors in my house, now. One found and one made. Some free antique spindles, a $1.00 craft mirror, hot glue and a scrap piece of hard board came together to make a chic star burst mirror. This is my kind of craft. I have enough of these old spindles to make […]
Moving Day
I moved into the shop today! Well, sort of. (Warning: There was a light breeze blowing during the filming of this and one piece of my hair kept standing straight on end. I can hardly watch this video with cracking up at it. My hubby didn’t bother telling me that I was having an Alfalfa […]
Moving Day
I moved into the shop today! Well, sort of. (Warning: There was a light breeze blowing during the filming of this and one piece of my hair kept standing straight on end. I can hardly watch this video with cracking up at it. My hubby didn’t bother telling me that I was having an Alfalfa […]
Ironstone 101
I have received a lot of questions lately about ironstone, what it is, and how to identify it. I am certainly not an expert, but I have been collecting ironstone for about ten years now and I have a pretty large collection (I’ve lost count), so I know it when I see it. I remember reading a […]
What’s Around the Corner
I am waiting for things to slow down, so I can work on some tutorials to share with you, but things keep popping up! It’s all good stuff…people want custom pieces, want to buy stuff out of my house, I’m moving into a new shop space this week…and the list goes on. I owe you some […]
“She’s a designer”
My MIL (mother-in-law) and I went to Hobby Lobby last week to buy some upholstery webbing and other supplies for current projects. We had two fidgety toddlers, so I asked if she would get eight yards of upholstery webbing cut for me while I picked up some other things. When we found each other, she […]
Holes in my House
This was what my guest room looked like about three weeks ago… Now? Something is missing. Well, quite a few things, actually. The chair, the Gausthaus sign that was above the bed and the crib rail that my antique dresses were hanging from. I sold them all (well, the crib didn’t sell, yet, but it’s […]
I’m a girl. What can I say?
Today was a great shopping day…and I love those. I’m a girl. What can I say? It started out early. My MIL and youngest boy set out to one of my favorite bi-annual community yard sales. Right off the bat, I spotted a house that had loads of antiques for sale. Most of it was […]