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Hi everyone and happy Saturday!

This is my first giveaway to celebrate my 300 Followers! Wow! that is still shocking to me.
I remember when I started my blog a few months ago, getting from 1-10 took sooo long. I wondered if I should just quit, was anyone even reading?
My daughter Hope posted this little verse from Job on the chalkboard, I grabbed it and held on!

So, just to say…

And to share a little…

I’m offering up a few little things from Michael’s craft store. Nothing fancy here, but It is something I really enjoy using and I thought you might too.

You’ll get these little alphabet rubber stamps, an ink pad, some label stickers, as well as a little pack of notes.
I told you, nothing fancy, just a little token of my appreciation.

You have two chances to win:

1. Be a follower and leave a comment letting me know that you are a follower.
2. Post this giveaway on your blog, facebook or twitter and leave a separate comment letting me know.

This giveaway will close Friday the 21st at 9pm EST

Blessings and thanks for allowing me to share with you all!

Hi everyone. Well, It took me a few days but I finally finished this project (my back can only handle so much painting! lol)
Thanks for giving me your suggestions for which wallpaper to use. I think  almost everyone chose the blue damask which had been my favourite too. As you can see, I added the wallpaper to the back of the bookcase to give some added colour and pattern. It will also make any white I may place there pop. And I do like white you know!
I was originally looking for some extra storage space for my linen and had these two ikea bookshelves in my basement. I thought they wold look great with a coat of paint on em first.
I then came up with the bright idea of placing them in my family room. I needed some extra shelf space to put all my junk from too much thrifting little treasures.

Isn’t it pretty?

 

You can see here from an earlier post that I had my round mirror hanging in that corner. Because there is a heat vent behind the sofa, the sofa needs to come away from the wall about a foot. This leaves a bit of dead space on either side of the sofa/window that needed to be filled with something!

This is what the bookself looked like before paint. I actually like this colour of stain but I find it hard to leave things unpainted!

After painting, I gave a light sanding to add a little distressed look. With the pretty wallpaper I didn’t want the bookshelf to look too ” precious”.

Yes I know, my blue pinecones again, but they smell so pretty and and are so lovely to look at!

I’ve also added some of my beadspreads to the bottom shelves. The colours work so well and it’s always nice to have some warm blankets on these cold winter nights.

Here is a little peek into what I’m working on right now! Hopefully it will be done by tomorrow…fingers crossed!
I’m trying to decide between these 3 different wallpapers, I love them all! They won’t be going on walls though.

I’ve primed and painted and now I have to choose…

Here is an even bigger peek!
(Please ignore my teeny shade on the big lamp, I’m still searching for the right shade.)

 I’ll see you tomorrow!

Hello everyone! Just a quick post to show a few of my little thrift finds this week, as well as to give a big THANKS to all of you who have allowed me to share a little bit of my life with you!
With 300 followers I think it’s time for a giveaway! I’m just not sure what it will be! Lol
I’m trying to come up with an idea and should have something posted this week.

I found these little coasters for 1.99 at value village. Love em, they are very coastal don’t you think?

Along with a bag of these shells.

One of my weaknesses are clear glass vases. I’ve become a little more selective lately, due to the fact that I have one on every flat surface in my home, and only choose ones with a good heavy glass and unique shapes. This one is about 18 inches high and  came loaded with shells!

 I removed the shells and replaced them with some more wintry themed baubles. (I’m saving the shells for my spring/summer look and can’t wait to take them out!)

My daughter asked what was I thinking when I got this…

Hello everyone! I guess this is my first project of the new year and I’m excited to share it with you.
I found this little stool at Value Village for $12.99 and couldn’t pass it up!
I used drop cloth again to cover it and added a little frilly skirt. I think it looks cute.

This is what it looked like before:

Jack was nice enough to let me set it in front of his chair for a pic!

In reality, this little stool belongs to Butters.

The stool is for Butters to use as a little step to get up on the sofa.  Sometimes Butters slips on the  floors when he trys to jump up on the sofa so he cries for us to lift him up. Now he has the freedom to get up on the sofa all by himself.
Here he is with his blanket and “bear” which he dragged up via the stool.

Hello everyone! I’ve been busy the last few days trying to clean up from the remains of Christmas and New years as well as learning how to work my new Nikon D90! I’m so excited about my new camera…and also, a little afraid!
It is quite intimidating to look at (oops, should have  shown you all a pic of it, but I’m sure you all have the general idea.)
I’m up to my ears in aperature, depth of field, shutter speed and whatnot, hardly know what any of that means but I’m working on figuring it out!
I’v also been working on tuning up this blog but have to admit I am so computer illiterate! I still have to make a button and don’t have a clue how to do it, (If any of you know an EASY way of describing how to do it I’d sure appreciate it.) Kristin at My uncommon slice of Suburbia just posted some how to’s which were great but I’m still not understanding the whole button thing, its very frustrating.
I thought I’d better change my header due to all the Christmas content, and just used some of my practice pics. I may change it again as I take new pics

Here is Butters my little chihuahua, how adorable is that little face?

Yes…yes, I STILL have some greenery up in the kitchen.

I love lavender and the pic turned out pretty good.

Ok, this pic was taken the other night and it is not very good I know but I was too lazy to take another and wanted to show you all my garbage find. I seen this ladder by the side of the road while Butters and I were walking the other night and had to take it home. It is a pale grey with chippy paint and apparently belonged to “Dale” lol
My husband seen it standing there in the morning and said “what a find!” I thought he would just say “oh you found some more garbage” I was so impressed that he could appreciate the vintage aspect of my little find! He is learning!
BTW, the greenery and Christmassy stuff is all down from the family room.

My big boy Jack.

 Just some more randomness.

This chair was the  first reupholstery job I’ve ever tried! The most difficult part was removing old staples…Ughh. But I think she turned out lovely.

This is what she looks like now and sits proudly in my little breakfast nook.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little corner of the world and I look forward to sharing much more with you all in 2011!

These last few months have been a real roller coaster ride for me. It’s been scary, busy and exciting!

I’ve met so many awesome ladies,  made some new friends and am so greatful and appreciative for you all.  Thank you for making my first few months in blogland so rewarding.

I pray that this Christmas season will be a time of faith, family and fun!

Hello everyone!
I bought this chair a couple of months ago and it took me that long to remove the staples from it!
Here it is! I still want to do a little “roughing up” to it but I hate sanding and have put it off for now.
I’ve added some of my Christmas wrapping to spruce it up.

Here is the before. I got it from the GW.

 

It was my first reupholstering job!  I had no directions but just took pics of each layer removed and how she was put together. I gave her a quick coat of primer and then painted her in Benjamin Moore’s Cloud white. I covered her with drop cloth from the HD better known as “Poor man’s linen”.

Hello everyone! I decided to start some Christmas baking today and thought I would make a cheesecake. I usually use my aunt’s recipe but it was lost when she moved recently. I thought I would get a recipe from one of the many sites online.

I got out my trusty old Kitchenaid mixer that I love!

I started with a graham cracker crust.

Then I mixed all 4 packages of cream cheese with sugar.

This is where it all went wrong!
I’ve seen on  cooking shows when using eggs that they are broken in a bowl first and then poured into a mixture, however…I was in a hurry and felt like an iron chef and decided to crack them over the mixer. That’s  how one egg shell fell in the batter and was mixed up with all the wonderful cheese and sugar!
I quickly stopped the mixer and…held back the tears…all that wonderful  cream cheese, ten dollars worth!
After I regained my compsure, I proceeded to wade through the  batter and tried to pick out all the eggshells. I’m still hoping I got them all out.