tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49768284403150033372024-03-18T15:57:07.875-04:00Shabby LoveMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426487927848589546noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976828440315003337.post-14903064042381562182016-03-13T13:00:00.002-04:002016-03-13T13:00:51.806-04:00Perfect Linens Review and Coupon Code<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong><em>“Life is too short for bad sheets! Do not just change your sheets… Change the way you buy your sheets.” — Perfect Linens</em></strong></div>
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I have to admit that sheets are something I give very little thought to. I don't really pay attention to quality or thread count. I just buy what I need primarily based on cost alone and call it good. But then, those sheets eventually lose their shape, they pill, they scratch and are really not that comfortable so out I go to purchase another set. That way of thinking changed when I was contacted by <a href="http://perfectlinens.com/pages/home?utm_expid=91938876-4.OqbndXoRSVyn2QE7fWWP4g.1&utm_source=referral&utm_medium=MyBeautifulAdventures&utm_campaign=BlogOutreach2015">Perfect Linens</a> in November to review a set of their sheets. Specifically their <a href="http://perfectlinens.com/products/warmest-sheet-toastmaster?variant=11542991750">TOASTMASTER set</a>, which I received in January. Now I can't believe the difference a great quality set of sheets can make on a good night's sleep! Just like the company says, life is <em>way</em> too short for bad sheets and that is so very true! </div>
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The sheets are amazing!! They are cozy and warm and have held up so well to regular washings. No pilling, no stretched elastic. I actually look forward to climbing into bed each night. And with the weather getting warmer now, I'm considering purchasing a set of their cool sheets! </div>
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Their mission is to provide quality sheets that stand the test of time and I think they more than accomplish that! </div>
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Here are some of the other reasons that Perfect Linens offers the best sheets on the market:</div>
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* They specialize. Other websites sell hundreds of different products. With 30 years experience supplying sheets to the biggest retailers; no one knows sheets like them. They test for the most comfortable sheets. Using instruments and analysis like Nike and NASA, they are unique with their novel emphasis on objective research.<br /><br />* Sheets change with usage so they retest after multiple launderings. They evaluate how each sheet feels over it's lifetime, saving money and eliminating shopper frustration.<br /><br />* They curate. Shoppers select from a curated selection of the most comfortable sheets. No more searching through hundreds of sheets on multiple websites.<br /><br />* Their 45-night LOVE IT (use or abuse, they'lll accept the return) free-shipping-both-ways satisfaction guarantee.</div>
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<em>*Disclosure - I was provided these sheets to review. All opinions are 100% my own. </em>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426487927848589546noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976828440315003337.post-91820348399942367002016-02-21T19:50:00.000-05:002016-02-21T19:50:53.239-05:00Live Edge Spalted Maple Coffee Table<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hey friends! How does so much time slip by between my blog posts!?! I have every intention to get back to my normal once-a-week blogging routine, but it never seems to happen! </div>
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But, I'm back with something super exciting to share!!! My husband and I built a little coffee table today! It's one I have been dreaming about for a couple of years now!! I have been slowly plugging away at trying to finally get my living room finished up, and this was one of the projects on the list. </div>
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I've had a huge crush on live edge wood for awhile now and incorporated it into my house as a coffee table. I also love all things mid century modern, so we had to throw some hairpin legs in there for good measure! </div>
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I found both the live edge spalted maple wood and the hairpin legs on ebay. The wood came planed and sanded. My husband helped me attach the legs on with screws. I gave the top a couple coats of hemp oil to bring out the grain and I will be sealing it with some polycrylic to give it a little shine. </div>
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The black lines running through the wood is the beautiful spalting! </div>
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Next on the list are a couple of new chairs for extra seating and I can call the room done!! </div>
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I am so happy to finally have this perfect table in place! </div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426487927848589546noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976828440315003337.post-13062719668626757072016-01-18T20:36:00.000-05:002016-01-18T20:36:02.930-05:00More Plant Stands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Hey guys! I'm back again with a couple more plant stands/tables/shelves. I painted them both in <a href="https://generalfinishes.com/retail-products/water-based-paints-pearl-effects-glazes/milk-paint#.Vp2OgRHSnIW">General Finishes</a> Antique White Milk Paint, so I thought I would just share them together. </div>
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On this shelf, I used my new favorite paint method - dry brushing. It's so easy. One coat, no distressing, done! Love it. </div>
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I've never owned plants before so I'm pretty excited at how well I've managed to keep my little succulents alive! </div>
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And, I had to show a close up of this cute little Swedish gnome/Santa I found recently at a thrift store!! I love that he's white and wood. My favorite combo! </div>
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Hey guys!! I'm back with another painted table! This one could also be a plant stand. I'm not entirely sure. But whatever it is, it's super cute. </div>
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I used one of my most favorite <a href="https://generalfinishes.com/retail-products/water-based-paints-pearl-effects-glazes/milk-paint#.VpL--BHSnIV">General Finishes</a> colors on the table - Seagull gray!! It seriously is the perfect gray! <br />
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Lately, I've been liking the look of really simple distressing. Simple has been my motto these last several months, so the look is extremely appealing to me right now. </div>
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What kind of distressing appeals to you? Simple? Extreme? None at all? Leave me a note in the comments and let me know!</div>
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Hey there!! I'm back after a bit of a blog break! It was nice taking a step back, but I think I'm ready to get back into the swing of blogging. After the holidays I'm hoping to be a bit more consistent! </div>
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Today, I thought I would share a little end table I painted yesterday using <a href="https://generalfinishes.com/retail-products/water-based-milk-paints-glazes/milk-paints-furniture-paints#.VlIQQBFdHIU">General Finishes Milk Paint in Linen</a>. It's a very pretty creamy white and one of my favorite General Finishes milk paint colors. </div>
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Here's the table before:</div>
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The white is such a nice update I think. </div>
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Hi there! I'm not doing very well getting back into the swing of blogging. There has just not been a lot going on around here. However, I did paint my living room white over my long New Year's weekend and finally got around to hanging things back up on the walls. One of those I'm sharing today! </div>
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I found this wood arrow recently at a thrift store and I thought it would look perfect paired with feathers. I whipped this little project up in less than 20 minutes! So easy! </div>
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I used a combination of feathers purchased from craft stores and ones my son finds for me outside.</div>
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I thought I would also share a little view that shows a sneak peek of our new tufted leather sofa that we purchased from <a href="http://www.homedecorators.com/p/gordon-tufted-sofa/00/760/">homedecorators.com</a> and triangle shelves my husband just built for me!!! </div>
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Hey friends!!! Did you miss me?!? Do you even remember me!?! I've returned after an unintentional blog break. I don't have much to share since I haven't been painting furniture much, but over my break I did repaint my living room and buy a new tufted leather sofa! I'm hoping to post a living room update soon. </div>
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Over the weekend I painted a swinging frame I turned into a chalkboard. I used a new (to me) color by <a href="https://generalfinishes.com/retail-products/water-based-milk-paints-glazes/milk-paints-furniture-paints">General Finishes</a> called Persian Blue and it's absolutely gorgeous! </div>
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The frame was just simple and plain wood. </div>
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After two coats of Persian Blue and some distressing, it's now stunning! </div>
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The pin itself is wall art made of washi tape! Genius! I loved the idea, but wanted to add my own twist to it for a project for my booth! </div>
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I've had this crate piece sitting around forever and I thought it would make the perfect backdrop for this fun deer head. </div>
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For my piece, I really wanted the shape of the deer head be the focus rather than the tape. So, instead of washi tape I used painter's tape and used the pin as my guide to create my deer head on the crate piece. </div>
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I usually wait until after Thanksgiving to start all of my Christmas decorating, but we went away for the holiday and I wanted to come home with it all finished and able to enjoy it. I got most of it done before we left and finished things up last weekend! </div>
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I kept things pretty simple this year and only decorated our living room and kitchen. </div>
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My husband and I put together this little "forest" by using a back piece of a chair as the base and wood trees I found last year at an antique store. </div>
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I just found this well worn deer at a thrift store. It's missing an ear, has some cracks and lots of chipped paint, but I think he's so cute! </div>
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I painted this cupboard white to use on my fake mantle and filled it with all my new Christmas finds! </div>
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Moving onto the kitchen. I simplified my ironstone collection and had to include bottle brush trees. Who doesn't love those?!?</div>
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Hello my friends!! I am so excited you are here today because I have teamed up with some of my favorite bloggers for a Holiday Thrift Store blog hop! Our challenge was to find an item at a thrift store under $25 and repurpose it to decorate for the holidays and hopefully inspire you to do the same!!! A big thanks goes out to my sweet friend Alice from <a href="http://www.thoughtsfromalice.com/">Thoughts from Alice</a> for bringing us all together to share these amazing holiday projects!!</div>
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I decided to use two ordinary vintage tennis racket presses that I pass by at thrift stores ALL.THE.TIME for my rustic, woodsy theme I'm going with this year for Christmas. <br />
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I see these everywhere and they are always very inexpensive and they have the best wood patina!! <br />
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With the larger of the two, I traced the shape of the press on a grain sack I already had, cut it out and used hot glue in each corner on the inside of the press to secure the sack to the frame. <br />
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I also glued on turkey feathers to use as "antlers". I reassembled the press and tightened the screws. <br />
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With the small press I used faux fur I purchased from Joann's. Like the first one, I traced the fur using the shape of the frame as my guide, cut it out and glued it in place. This press did not come apart like the other one, but I was still able to get some glue on each corner to keep the fur in place. </div>
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I used sticks as antlers for this one. Again, I tightened the screws as much as I could to clamp down on the sticks and hold them in place. It took me about 15 minutes each to put together the tennis racket press deer! So easy! </div>
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Between the two presses and the fur from Joann's, my total for this project was around $15!!<br />
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Wow! I just realized it's been a couple of weeks since I've blogged! Things have been so busy around here and I haven't really been working on much which means I had nothing exciting to share! But, this weekend was very productive! I got some projects done and some Christmas decorating started!!! Join me over the next week or two for all the updates!! </div>
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Today I'll be sharing my Christmas mantle with you!! </div>
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I've had a pine cupboard in my garage for over a year that I've been meaning to get to, but you know how it goes.....time just slips away and other things become a priority..... </div>
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The stain was a little too orange for me, so I painted it white and filled it with all sorts of Christmas lovelies!!! </div>
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I think it was the best decision! Everything always pops so nicely off white. Don't you think?<br />
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I am in love with these sparkly antlers I found at Michael's!!!!!</div>
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So that's my mantle! The cupboard probably won't be a permanent fixture here, but I really love it! I am so excited about the rest of my décor I'll be sharing with you later, including the nontraditional route I took with our tree this year!!!! Stay tuned for more fun!! <br />
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426487927848589546noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976828440315003337.post-47897348066739655792014-10-27T00:00:00.000-04:002014-10-27T08:45:17.706-04:00Paint-A-Pillow Review and Giveaway<span style="font-size: x-small;">*This post was brought to you by <a href="http://paintapillow.com/">Paint-A-Pillow.</a> All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. </span><br />
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Hey friends! I have an awesome project to share with you today!! I'm working with <a href="http://paintapillow.com/">Paint-A-Pillow</a> (sister site to <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/">Cutting Edge Stencils</a>) to make two custom pillows! I've been looking for new pillows for my couch, so I'm very excited that I get to make them myself with an easy stenciled design! </div>
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The kit comes with everything you need to make a pillow - pillow insert, pillow cover, stencil, paint, roller, tray, and stencil brush! When I opened the box, everything was so beautifully packed. It was like Christmas!!! </div>
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Then with a little bit of pressure, roll over your stencil. You can use a brush to get near the edges and other spots that are hard to reach with your roller. </div>
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I was pleasantly surprised to find here that everything was absolutely perfect!!!!! No bleeding, no smudging, no mistakes whatsoever! Yay! </div>
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After letting the paint dry, I placed a piece of material over the cover and ironed it to heat set the paint, making the covers washable now!<br />
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There are also accessories available such as tassels and rhinestones you can get to further customize your pillow! I chose not to use any on my pillows, but they would add a fun little touch! </div>
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Then I zipped my pillow inserts inside the covers and plopped them on my couch! Love them!! </div>
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This was one of the easiest and fastest projects ever! I kind of want to stencil every pillow in sight now! I really can't say enough good things about this product!! </div>
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For Christmas last year I asked my mom for a wood burner. I had big plans for it and was excited to get one. Fast forward to almost a year later and I only just now took it out of the package and got to work........I'm such a slacker. </div>
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I don't know what it is about bread boards, but I LOVE them and I usually grab them whenever I see them at thrift stores if they have a nice patina to them. I keep some and sell the rest in my booth. I love the rustic touch they add to a kitchen or vignette. </div>
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I brought home a few bread boards from my booth that had been sitting awhile so I could finally try out my wood burner. Here's what I did!!! </div>
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Wood burning definitely took some getting used to, but it was fun! The softer the wood, the easier it was to do the shading I noticed. And, I like how the cut marks and gouges from everyday use are really noticeable now. It adds great texture. </div>
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It just hit me that when I decorate my home, I play it a little safe. I decorate with neutrals, paint my furniture white, or leave the wood tones alone. While I'm not afraid to go big and bold, it's just the look I prefer. I felt like I was living on the edge a bit when I decided to stamp a wall in my <a href="http://vintagemellie.blogspot.com/2014/04/studio-progress.html">studio</a> recently! ;)</div>
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My booth, on the other hand, is where I have a little more fun. I still stay pretty neutral, but I like to try different things with the furniture I sell. </div>
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Last year at this time we gave our living room a complete redo. We stripped wallpaper, painted the walls, added new baseboard trim, and repainted the huge floor-to-ceiling entertainment center! Not much has changed in the room over the year, except for the entertainment unit. </div>
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When the room was first finished, this is how I styled the shelves. </div>
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I tend to use this as a holding area for things destined for my booth. I put them here so I can enjoy them for awhile before I take them to my space. So, many of the things here have either been sold or have found other places to reside in my home. </div>
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I've been wanting to change things up for awhile now, but I was stuck in a rut. I couldn't decide on the "look" I wanted to go with and I didn't know what I wanted to permanently keep. For months, I would style a shelf, not really love it, become frustrated and walk away. </div>
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FINALLY, this past weekend I decided I was going to tackle the shelves once and for all!!! I went through everything I didn't want to keep and took it all to my booth. Then I worked until I filled all the shelves. I'm sure I'll tweak some later on, but overall I'm content! </div>
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The porcelain door knobs and brushes have been tucked away, unseen, in the locker baskets, so I brought them out in the open to be enjoyed and admired! </div>
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These framed photos are of my husband's grandfather. I love having them on display!<br />
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Hey guys!!! I promised a tutorial on how to make the woodland animal heads that I shared in my post about my <a href="http://vintagemellie.blogspot.com/2014/08/fall-booth-2014.html">booth decorated for fall.</a> </div>
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It has taken me long enough, but I was finally able to put one together for you today!!! Yay!<br />
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* Wood plaque to mount your animal head<br />
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I found these plaques at thrift stores, but I believe I have seen the unfinished one below at craft stores like Michael's. </div>
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I found a silhouette of a moose head and deer heads online and printed them. You will also need a piece of graphite paper to trace your image. </div>
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With the graphite paper underneath your image, trace with a pen or pencil..... <br />
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I've been such a slacker lately with blogging! I fully expected to be posting much more regularly when we got internet hooked up at home a few months ago, but life has been crazy, and busy and stressful. From switching our son to a different daycare, doctor appointments, car trouble, and traveling, I think things are finally getting back to normal and I hope to be able to give my blog a little more attention. </div>
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This weekend I decided it was time to change up my mantle that I was totally in love with:</div>
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To something geared a little more towards fall and Halloween:</div>
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With the wood boxes, I was kind of going for the look of a collection of fall/Halloween curiosities. But, since I don't have any of the usual things you find in curiosity collections like animals skulls, bug specimens, etc., I thought I would use things still nature inspired, but a little less creepy. </div>
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My son, Anderson, and I collected leaves from outside to use as part of the display. He collected some for himself too. :) <br />
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This was the only skull I could find and I'm totally ok with the fact that it's fake...and plastic....and did I mention not creepy?<br />
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First up is this chemistry beaker stand. I found the stand at one of my parents' rental houses, and the work lamp shade was a thrift store find. My husband buys super cheap, but fully functioning lamps from thrift shops to use for parts. Often times his way is much cheaper than buying lamp kits. </div>
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Nate also transformed tractor funnels into lights for our living room and I made the drop cloth cord covers.</div>
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This green metal work light was a thrift store find with a matching green cord.</div>
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I really, really love this industrial light I found at a thrift store last year that Nate also rewired. <br />
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And the best for last! I got this accordion brass lamp from a vendor friend. It will need a new cord, and I plan to use it in my studio! </div>
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I've been thinking lately how much my style has changed over the years. It's been subtle but steady. A slow progression that continues to change. It seems I find something new I love everyday. This realization of slow change made me think how fun it might be to do a throwback to fall. A look back through the years on how I have decorated for my favorite season. So, sit back and let's take a look.</div>
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Fall 2011, my first year of blogging. I was really getting creative for the first time. Before then I never painted or crafted much. For the first time I started decorating with things other than store bought decor. I made the bunting from triangles of burlap and fake leaves and mums leftover from my 2007 wedding. I covered one of my son's sand buckets with burlap and filled it sticks and hot glued more fake leaves to them. I still love the look of that bucket of sticks. If I could find neutral colored leaves, I would do something like that again!!</div>
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I made my own stencil for the first time and created the Fresh Apple Cider sign from a wood box lid. </div>
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Notice those white pumpkins? I love them so much they make an appearance every year! :) </div>
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I technically made this wood slice wreath for Christmas, but it could be used for fall as well. It's just an example of how, in only a matter of months, my style moved toward a more rustic and natural look. </div>
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Fall 2012 and I was full on rustic mode. The more neutral and natural the better! Even now, that is still the core of my style. Nothing really beats nature in my opinion. There's not much that compares to the color and the texture of things like sticks, pinecones, feathers, and acorns is there?</div>
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This was the year I really fell in love with ironstone and started building a collection. I used my pitchers and butter pats as the main attraction here. </div>
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This year, I have no clue what direction I want to go in! </div>
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I'm still very much in love with my eclectic mantle I just put together and I'm not quite ready to change it up just yet. I may swap out the shells for pinecones or pumpkins. Add more antlers? Time will tell as I think about it some more. </div>
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My son is almost five now, and I thought it might be fun to involve him a bit more this year in the decorating. We'll see what we can come up with together! </div>
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Nate and I made these AWESOME animal heads on the plaques! I plan to put together a tutorial on how to make them very soon!! </div>
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Almost three years ago I was surprised with an extremely generous gift from the great people I work with - a new DSLR camera they knew I had been dreaming about and saving for for months! I was so excited about all the pictures I could take of my son and for my blog. </div>
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Anderson was around two at the time and I remember it was a bit difficult getting him to cooperate. I had a specific shot in mind that I knew I wanted to capture - him laying down with the leaves surrounding him. I remember having to literally hold him down and probably bribing him with candy to keep him still enough to get a couple of good shots! :) </div>
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The photos turned out just as I had hoped and they are some of my most favorite pictures of Anderson. So, when <a href="http://www.easycanvasprints.com/">Easy Canvas Prints</a> gave me a chance to order one of my pictures on canvas, I knew immediately which one I was going to use! </div>
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I received an 11 x 14 canvas and the quality of the canvas and photo are gorgeous!!!! <br />
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I'm grateful that I'll be able to display and see my favorite picture of Anderson that holds such great memories everyday! </div>
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You may have heard me mention before that I've been planning a woodland theme for my booth. I've been brainstorming and buying things for about a year now! I've decided to take it all in as my fall décor and I started working on some things today to get ready. </div>
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Last year I found these cute sparkly mushrooms at Michael's on sale after Christmas. </div>
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And attached the stem to a Styrofoam ball cut in half.</div>
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I used the mushrooms in different containers to create fun "gardens".</div>
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A little terrarium :) </div>
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These milk glass candleholders sat in my booth for months, so I used them in a new way. I'm hoping they will finally sell now. We'll see!!! <br />
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The cabinet in my living room I use as my "mantle" has been a bit neglected and cluttered all summer, so I worked to change that and made it pretty. I have been digging the eclectic look lately and gathered things throughout my home for a natural collected look. I am now seriously in love! </div>
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I had this Wagner bust in my booth for awhile, but I just had to bring him home. He belongs here! <br />
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I know you would have been shocked if I hadn't incorporated feathers in here somewhere. ;)<br />
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A couple months ago I found a really great frame at the thrift store that had a piece of thin plywood attached to the back. The frame was a dark brown color. My original plan was to paint the frame, remove the plywood, and sell it empty at my booth. </div>
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Have you heard of mudcloth? I've seen mudcloth before, but never knew what it was called until recently. It's cotton fabric made in Mali and dyed with mud. </div>
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I love the patterns and tribal designs! </div>
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I've been wanting to do an art piece using reclaimed wood for awhile and finally had a blank canvas and perfect inspiration to do so! </div>
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Using the lines and triangles of mudcloth for my design and scraps of fence boards in our garage, my husband and I created this beautiful piece of art!</div>
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Some of the wood moved a bit when I placed books on them for weight to help the glue set, but I really don't mind the imperfections. I think it just adds to the piece. </div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426487927848589546noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976828440315003337.post-47222008527343545192014-07-20T20:57:00.000-04:002014-07-21T09:27:10.691-04:00Shelf Full of Treasures<span style="text-align: justify;">After doing not much of anything the last week or two, project-wise, I had a VERY productive weekend and will have lots to share with you this week!!! To start things off, I gave a hanging shelf in our living room a little makeover by filling it with random bits and treasures.</span><br />
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The shelf has looked like this for awhile:</div>
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While you all know I love ironstone, this was looking just a little too blah! I wanted something a bit more collected and eclectic looking. </div>
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I gathered up everything from bits of nature to ephemera and this is how it all came together! </div>
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I think all the treasures make the shelf so much more interesting. Like, you just want to open it up and explore what's inside. </div>
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Let's take a peek, shall we!?! </div>
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Feathers were a must, of course! :)</div>
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This frozen Charlotte fits in perfectly.</div>
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I've had these antique calling cards stashed away, never knowing what to do with them. I love them and love having a place to display some now. They always remind me of Jane Austen's novels. </div>
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I used vintage envelopes to lighten things up a bit. Less permanent than painting the inside of the shelf.<br />
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More odds and ends.</div>
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