showing more love..

i wanted to share more photos of peonies growing in my garden.  

just to warn you there might be even more pics coming... ;)

enjoy..

on a side note, my etsy shops will be closed for a couple of weeks.  my husband and i bought a new house and we are now waiting to close and make the big move.  

the shop will reopen soon with exciting new products!!

peony love

they bloomed early this year.  i await their arrival every summer.  oh how they are beautiful, each one a work of art..

welcome summer! yay!!

show and tell friday!!

I'm joining in the fun over at My Romantic Home, "Show and Tell Friday"!!

What I'm sharing this Friday are these beautiful blue dishes I found at Goodwill! I was making my usual rounds and came across these beauties sitting on the shelf.  They were marked only $2.50 each. At first I didn't know what I was going to do with them, but I knew I had to purchase them.  They were way too nice to pass up!

A closer look at them, I realized just how nice they really are.  Ironstone  England... yup they were mine! 

Then I had the brilliant idea to change out the plates (well, the Christmas plates I still had up) on the hutch.  

 

With the blue English plates I added jars of vintage buttons and other pieces in ivory and creams. One of my other favorite things on the hutch is the Dorothy figure from Jim Shore. 

(My brother gave it to me last Christmas and he stood in line for hours to get it signed by Jim! I just love his pieces!)

Thanks for joining my in show in tell friday! Off to see the other great blogs on the list!

I have blogged a lot about my hutch over the seasons.  Two years ago I shared the story about this hutch at another post party at Cindy's called Favorite Things. Check out the story here.

book wreath

The holiday rush is finally over, and now I get to be little more crafty.  There are some projects I've been wanting to try out and create them myself.

The first project I tried out for myself was the book wreath. I have seen it on blogs and wanted to put my own spin on it.

I love the ruffle look of the pages.  I used a French Literature book from the 1950's.  The pages are a yummy coffee color. Perfect vintage.

I have it hanging above my stairs heading to my family room.  I am just loving it right now!!

vintage ornaments

Oh how I love vintage ornaments... don't we all? Over the years I have been collecting them at sales.  I just love the colors of them.

Why do I need so many ornaments?... I don't know but how can I pass them up?

More of my holiday decorating later this week!

a little sneak peek

Here's a little sneak peek at my studio! I have a couple more things I want to get done before I reveal it all. 

I wanted to start with one of the corners of the room. In the smaller room I didn't have any room for this lady, I was so excited to have her in this larger room.  I found her a couple of years ago at a sale. She was marked $5 which I knew was a steal. But I already had one from my boss at the florist I worked at. So I was talking it over with my Mom, and the lady said. how about $3? How could I say no to that price?

So there she is dressed up in my handmade lace rose corsages, a vintage measuring tape and some antique keys.  Behind is a vintage replica of a Vogue cover my hubby got me for my birthday years ago.

Hope you enjoyed this small little sneak peek..... more to come!!!

studio time...

I have been working non stop on my "new" studio for the past 4 days and is almost complete:) I'm so excited to share it with you! It has been really nice organizing everything from scratch, and putting labels on each container.  Hopefully now I will follow what I have started!! 

Pictures soon to come!! Enjoy your week:)

vintage jewelry box

I went to a local church sale yesterday, I forgot about going on Saturday, and on my way home I was excited to see that they were open and have a $2.00 bag sale!  I found some great goodies that I am excited to use!   

I've been wanting a vintage jewelry box and I saw one sitting on the table with various pieces of jewelry, so I added the little cutie to my brown paper bag. What a deal!!

This morning I filled it with some of my collection of sparkly stones and my favorite laces.

The starburst broach in the above photo I wore on my wedding dress, it's defiantly one of my favorites!

My hubby has graciously agreed to change our office rooms with me, his is a little bigger and I am running out of space for all my crafty items in my little studio. So next week we will be working on changing the rooms around.  I am excited to be starting from scratch; arranging everything just right! Pictures will be coming in the next weeks!!

{and this little cutie will be on display}

 

spending some time decorating...

I finally spent some time re-decorating my home today.  I feel like I have no time to work on my house because of other things going on.  So I spent the day at some sales and fixing up the house....

I added one of my favorites... Little Women novel. I remembering watching the movie for the first time years and years ago, and I still love it today. Such a good story!

I've been wanting to neutralize the hutch for some time now.  So I gathered a bunch of whites, creams, and ivory. I wanted it simple looking.  

Loads of vintage buttons, faux birds nests, glass, lace, and mother of pearl napkins rings, among other things make up my hutch... have fun looking..... happy friday!!!:)

the living room

Here's a another look at my living room. It's still a work in progress, more projects I want to complete.  

The lamp on the top of the bookcase I got at a sale for only $6, the little roses on the base are so pretty.  The shades a little plain, so I thought I would add some ruffles I won in a giveaway on Vintage Bella Studio's blog. 

Thanks for all the goodies you sent me!

Here's a another look at my living room. It's still a work in progress, more projects I want to complete.  

I had a couch cover in my sunroom that I moved into this room. I also had some black furniture pieces that I bought from Pottery Barn a couple of years ago moved to our family room. I wanted this room bright and have the shabby look to it.  I added some new pillows and ones that I made to the couch.  And to make it complete I put my bargain of a quilt over the back of the couch. 

hope you enjoyed another look at my house. more to come :)

new shabby end table

I am so excited! Yesterday I was out with my Mom waiting for Coco to get done with her hair appointment, when we went in a antique co-op. She was telling me that there was a woman that had a booth that was full of white furniture.  

I spotted this cute table. Exactly what I was looking for! It was a steal as well. The booth owner also had some other end tables I am going to keep in mind....

The lamp was from my parents to my hubby and I for our 1 year wedding anniversary... Love Birds.  I loaded up the bottom with Shabby Chic and gardening books. The hanging heart I've had for years, it was hanging in my childhood bedroom. 

I'm still in the process of finishing up the living room, so I will be featuring it soon!

Here's my little fur-ball with her new hair cut. She was sitting pretty while I was moving the room around, but soon I got the camera out she wouldn't sit still... so, sorry about the blurry photos of my Coco :)

romantic valentines

A while ago I made these cute little Valentine's for my etsy shop. I don't usually decorate too much for Valentine's Day, but I thought these would be cute here and there in the house.

I used crepe paper, glitter, card stock, and some basket shred.

This one is my favorite with the light pink combo. :)

These also can be found at the store Sheazzie Loo's in Fairport!

vintage christmas bulbs

The past couple of years I have been picking up vintage Christmas ornaments where ever I saw them. Some I got crazy deals on them, and paid next to nothing.

Taking them out this year I realized just how many I had...


The cloches I won at an auction back in September came to be very handy with displaying the bulbs. I decided to color coordinate them in each container. The very large on in the middle was pretty tricky to fill. I had to slide a book underneath when putting it on the coffee table. The one on the right with all the pastel colors is my favorite!

Aren't the colors just amazing?! When ever I see some out and about I try not to buy anymore, only if they are pink, I am hoping to making a wreath out of them for next year!

Have a great weekend!!