tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69305839444684023592024-03-18T12:57:50.389-07:00Details by KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-12475588605010511902012-06-17T15:40:00.001-07:002012-06-17T15:40:54.758-07:00Yes I am still here!For the few of you who are my followers, Yes I am OK!! Life most certainly gets in the way of our best intentions, but I have not forgotten about this blog.<br />
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I will make no promises I cannot keep, so I cannot tell you when my next post will be but I will tell you there will be more. I am just not sure when.<br />
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Bear with me and don't give up on me. I will be back with great ideas and other fun stuff, I promise!!Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-89671260959815780272012-04-08T12:06:00.006-07:002012-04-15T17:56:07.696-07:00Happy Easter! A bunny, wreath and a nest!!Happy Easter to everyone!! I hope you are enjoying your day with friends and family!! We are off to eat our Easter ham dinner shortly!!<br />
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In the meantime, I thought I would share some fun Easter photos!! First is of some bunnies. The vintage looking one I purchased at my workplace about 5 years ago. He is my fav and they don't make him anymore. Too bad, I would have bought more!! The second bunny is a yard sale find from last year, as is the nest. These sit on my sideboard in the dining room!!<br />
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I also thought I would share with you the spring wreath that is on my front door. I made the wreath using the tutorial from <a href="http://jonesdesigncompany.com/decorate/a-spring-wreath/">Jones Design Company</a>. I also made the nest using the tutorial from <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/">Miss Mustard Seed</a>. I love the way it turned out!!<br />
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Enjoy!!<br />
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Kari<br />
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<a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.com/">Newbie Party at Debbiedoos</a>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-11896544764730583412012-03-24T13:57:00.000-07:002012-03-24T13:57:02.068-07:00Ace Hardware Paint GiveawayFirst let me say that I am not being paid by Ace hardware for this post. The opinions are strictly mine!<br />
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Today, our local Ace Hardware, just a mile down the road, was giving away quarts of their new paint by Clark and Kensington. It is a paint and primer all in one. All you needed was a coupon, which was e-mailed to us because we are a member of the hardware rewards program. Yes, we are frequent visitors!! <br />
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So, we brought in the coupon and had it custom mixed, also for free, and home we went with our free quart. Do you want to see what color I chose.............<br />
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Its the pretty orange called Crouching Tiger. And yes, I love the kitchen! And what am I going to paint with it? That has yet to be determined, but it will probably be a piece of furniture. When I do use it I will most certainly share it with you!!<br />
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So, hurry and run on in to your local Ace hardware and get your free paint!!<br />
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KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-10568708008347428612012-03-04T11:12:00.002-08:002012-03-11T18:22:31.436-07:00Little White Cabinet with a Touch of TurquoiseOh how I wish garage sale season would get here.....I am so ready. The thrift stores are so picked over and I need some "stuff". Up here in Michigan it will be a couple of more months!!!<br />
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Anyway, I picked up a cute little cabinet last summer at an estate sale. It looked like it had been handmade, and I found out later than it was, by the gentleman whose estate this was. Sad, he had passed away but there were a ton of treasures to be found!! The cabinet was pine and his dear wife had painted fruit on each of the drawers. Cute, but not the style I wanted!! <br />
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Sorry, I don't have a "before" pic. I am not very good at that!!<br />
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I removed the old hardware and painted it with Annie Sloan chalk paint in "Old White" -2 coats. I then distressed it- just sanding off some of the paint in spots.<br />
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I purchased some cute turquoise knobs at Hobby Lobby( half off) and added those to the drawers. They just add that cute touch!!<br />
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I put this little gem in my booth and she sold the very next day!! Maybe I will find more "gems" like this when garage sale season starts!! For now I am only dreaming!!<br />
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Kari<br />
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Linked to:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2012/03/sunday-showcase-party-no-92.html">Sunday Showcase Party</a>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-65052233087725174902012-02-04T16:27:00.000-08:002012-02-05T20:04:40.347-08:00Easy and Cheap Valentines Project- Take 2I promised another Valentines project before Sunday so here goes!!<br />
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This is what I used:<br />
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1 felt rose placemat<br />
cream wool felt( I used an old sweater)<br />
twine<br />
burlap rosette<br />
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heart pattern ( mine was cut using my cricut)<br />
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Make a heart pattern, any size you would like. Cut out your heart from both the felt placemat and the felted wool. Glue the placemat heart onto the wool felt heart using hot glue. Glue a burlap rosette at the top point of the heart ( see pic). There are plenty of tutorials out there for making rosettes just use your fav one!! Glue a piece of twine on for hanging and you are done.<br />
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Easy, easy and cost nothing. How cute would these be hanging form doorknobs, a hook, or some bare tree branches stuck into an urn!!<br />
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Kari<br />
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<a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2012/02/sunday-showcase-party-no-87.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20UnderTheTableAndDreaming%20(Under%20The%20Table%20and%20Dreaming)&utm_content=Google%20Reader">Sunday Showcase Party</a>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-66697079830233113462012-02-01T15:30:00.000-08:002012-02-07T19:51:46.292-08:00Easy, Inexpensive (cheap) Valentine ProjectMy goal this week is to do 2 blog posts by Sunday, and they will both be about Valentines projects!! Yippee, lets see if I can do that........Yes I think I can!!!<br />
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OK.....lets start out with the first one.<br />
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I wanted to make something cute that I could sell in my booth and I did not want to spend any money. So I combed my craft stash and came up with these:<br />
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A $1 frame from Michael's<br />
A wooden heart left over from another project<br />
2 pieces of scrapbook paper ( one black print, the other red)<br />
Some mod podge<br />
Off white paint for the frame<br />
some e6000 adhesive<br />
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So first I painted the frame off white ( sorry I did not take pics but all of this is easy) 2 coats.<br />
Then I covered the wooden heart with the red scrapbook paper, using mod podge. <br />
Then, I covered the cardboard backing that came with the frame using the black and white scrapbook paper and mod podge.<br />
I added a little bit of brown distress ink to distress the heart after it dried, but this step is optional.<br />
I then put the frame back together and using the e6000 I glued the heart right on the glass.<br />
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Voila, done.......and here is the finished project. Cost to me, $0, because I had all the supplies!! YES!!<br />
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Look for another Valentines project coming up before Sunday night!!<br />
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Kari<br />
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Linked to:<br />
<a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/02/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-dcwv-deals.html">Tater Tots and Jello Weekend Wrap up Party</a><br />
<a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Wow us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style</a>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-54217174296713784332012-01-13T16:07:00.000-08:002012-01-13T16:09:22.594-08:00Orange and Cottage Style....um?<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div><br />
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My style is most definitely "cottage style" and maybe a touch on the traditional side. I am not sure that orange would work with "me". But before I jumped to conclusions I decided to search and see what I could find that was orange and "cottagey". <br />
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There was much more out there than I thought and I liked a lot of it. Maybe not enough to redo a room in my house, but I liked it nonetheless.<br />
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I really liked this living room with its touches of orange combined with fuchsia. Just enough I think!!<br />
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This room is so very coastal. I loved all the texture and just small pops of color.<br />
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The orange and periwinkle pillows were what drew me in here.<br />
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This one is by far my favorite. It looks so calm and serene. Now, this room is one I may recreate!!<br />
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I should add that all photos are from pinterest. It was fun to see how I could make this color work with my style!!<br />
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KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-58209395300373711712012-01-01T16:05:00.000-08:002012-01-01T16:07:11.614-08:00Happy New Year and My Fav Posts of 2011!!Happy New Year to all of you!! I wish you a wonderful and prosperous new year!!<br />
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Looking back on all of my posts(which I know were irregular and erratic and followed not order and gave not a clue when and if I would ever post again,) I decided to pick my favorites. But before I do that, I want to say that one of my resolutions is to post more often, share more projects, and to be a better blogger. I am going to try very, very hard to do that!! I promise!!<br />
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That said here are my favorite two posts of 2011!<br />
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My favorite project of 2011 was my farmhouse chair.<br />
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I look forward to sharing new projects, and new decorating ideas with you in 2012!!<br />
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KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-76954464285391235832011-12-22T19:30:00.000-08:002011-12-22T19:30:00.390-08:00Merry Christmas To All..........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>and to all a good night!! The retail insanity has just a couple of days left. Then sleep will come. For those of you who have ever worked retail you know how it goes. <br />
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I would just like to take this time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for all the kind words and praise. It means so much. <br />
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I leave you with a photo of my Christmas tree in all its nighttime glory!!!!<br />
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Kari<br />
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When I was working in my booth last week, a customer requested that I make some small (like 5-6" tall) sheet music trees to use in homemade snow globes. So I thought, why not, I can do this! I made my own cones out of a cereal box. I then followed the same method for making the larger trees. When I was done I glued either a star or a small bead on the top. I also used some glitter glue to embellish a few of the "branches". And yes, they are for sale in my booth but I had to photograph them next to the church in my Christmas village.<br />
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So, so cute!!<br />
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Enjoy!!<br />
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<a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/">http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/</a>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-50120613369800294602011-11-29T18:30:00.000-08:002011-11-29T18:30:26.986-08:00Yardstick StarsA while ago I was at a local thrift store run by the local Humane Society. I don't usually find much there but I like to go in and see the cats they have for adoption, plus it is next to Hobby Lobby so I ventured in.<br />
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In a corner I found a tub full of yardsticks. They are probably not vintage but they were cheap so I bought a bunch at .29 each. I was not sure what I was going to do with them. So I googled projects with yardsticks and came across a tutorial for a yardstick star at <a href="http://mamiejanes.blogspot.com/2010/11/vintage-yardstick-star.html">Mamie Janes.</a> So I made a few. A couple I put in my booth and one I strung with red Christmas lights and hung it on my fence.<br />
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Here is one pictured in my booth.........<br />
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I just love the rustic look. I may try cutting one up and making ornaments like Mamie Jane did too. See her ornaments <a href="http://mamiejanes.blogspot.com/2011/11/yardstick-ornaments.html">here</a><span id="goog_1368647830"></span>.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
Kari<span id="goog_1368647831"></span>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-9944055492021391512011-11-17T19:32:00.000-08:002011-11-17T19:32:12.193-08:00Not So Shabby Open HouseLast weekend the shop where I sell my creations had their annual open house. It was a rousing success!!<br />
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All the rest of these pictures are of some of my fellow vendors creations and booth pictures. All the pics are from "Not so Shabby's" facebook page.<br />
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KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-37848401919438255762011-11-04T18:10:00.000-07:002011-11-05T07:15:57.879-07:00MIA and Unique Gift WrapI know, I know I did no posting in the month of Oct. Bad, bad, blogger. I could come up with a million excuses but basically life just got ahead of me. So I am back, full of fun ideas for the upcoming Christmas season and lots of just plain fun stuff!!<br />
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Tomorrow, the hubby and I are headed to a wedding. I wanted to do a unique gift wrap. Something memorable, something different.<br />
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So.........I took some brown craft paper and wrapped the 2 boxes. I then taped the boxes together using packing tape. I went to Hobby Lobby and using a 40% off coupon, I purchased a fun ribbon. I then tied the ribbon around the 2 boxes and made a bow. Also, at Hobby Lobby, a purchased a wood "S" , the new couples monogram. I painted the back of the "S" black and covered the front with old dictionary pages using mod podge. I then used walnut distress ink to give it more of a distressed look. I then put a sawtooth hanger on the back and using twine tied it to the ribbon. Voila, a unique gift wrap that will be as memorable as the present!!!<br />
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</div>What is in the present you may ask? I will reveal that later after the wedding. We don't want to spoil the surprise!!!<br />
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<a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">tatertotsandjello.com</a>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-6349830649187451502011-09-29T18:13:00.000-07:002011-09-29T18:13:44.040-07:00Tip Of the Week Thursday- Homemade Laundry Stain RemoverThis recipe for homemade laundry stain remover I got from a neighbor years ago. It sure beats the commercial stain removers and removes just about every stain. I have used it on all types of fabric but if you are in doubt about the colorfastness then test it on an inside seam.<br />
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1/2 cup liquid laundry detergent ( I like Tide but any will work)<br />
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If you have a tip for me I will try to use it on my Thursday posts. Just leave a comment!! Thanks!!Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-4891474620672101532011-09-27T17:21:00.000-07:002011-09-27T17:27:42.126-07:00Puppy Dog Birthday Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Yesterday was my birthday........Happy Birthday to me!! My dear husband got me the cutest cake from our local bakery. I love dogs as many of you know. Well, he got me a dog cake. I think that the pictures say it all............so here is the cake with a close up of a couple of the dogs!!<br />
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I so love it!! Maybe those of you that decorate cakes( not me sorry!) can find some inspiration from this.......It would be cute for a kids b-day!!<br />
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Kari<br />
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PS. The cake was marble, with raspberry filling and buttercream icing!!<br />
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What I did was took chalk paint in old white and mixed it with some craft paint to get the desired color. I just mixed enough for my project ( maybe a little bit more so I did not run out) I used just a few drops of the craft paint. The paint still had the desired "chalkiness" and distressed wonderfully!!<br />
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Here is a large spoon I painted grey using old white chalk paint and slate gray craft paint.........<br />
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So I quit looking. Just put that idea on the back burner. Then I talked my hubby into going into Goodwill that is on the way to the cottage. He would not go in. He stayed in the car with the girls and listened to his "50's on 5" !!<br />
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"What in the world are you going to do with that "thing"". Of coarse I had a plan so home it went. Here are a couple of other pics.<br />
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I am sure she was beautiful in 1975!! Anyway, I cut off the cord and removed the socket that was there (but not in my pics!!) I then gave her a good scrubbing and painted her with chalk paint in Olde White. I let that dry and then distressed her with some dark brown paint. I then painted a small wooden finial that I had and glued it on the top of the lamp. <br />
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Viola.........a big, heavy, finial. I am not quite sure where it is going to go in my house but I am sure I will find a place for it!!<br />
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So todays tip is about cleaning. I hate to clean the bathroom........really really hate it. So anything to make it easier helps. We have an old re glazed tub and a new ceramic tile surround. <br />
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to about 10 ounces of water in a spray bottle. Spray the tub and tile with this solution after each shower. It will help the soap scum just slide off the tile and WOW easier cleaning. Also its cheaper than those "after shower" cleaning sprays!<br />
We got this tip from the guy who re glazed the tub!!<br />
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So, lets take this chair I found at a yard sale for $5. It had good bones and the lady conducting the sale said it was her parents so she figured it was about 50 years old. She said it also had 3 siblings that "died" a long time ago. So here it is in my garage after bringing it home........<br />
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It still has the price sticker on it!!<br />
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Anyway, at another sale I found an old Gold Medal flour sack for $4. ( guess where this is going?) So, I removed the dusty, musty seat and painted the chair with chalk paint in olde white. Then I painted some "grain sack" stripes down the back and distressed it. I finished with a coat of clear wax. I then covered the seat with the flour sack. For $9 and some change I got a farmhouse chair!!<br />
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<a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2012/01/sat-nite-special-link-party-115.html">Funky Junk's Best of 2011 Party</a>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-2417055891401145242011-09-10T15:54:00.000-07:002011-09-10T15:54:03.760-07:00Hydrangeas Take 2 and a Sunset!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Last month I posted a couple of really, really and terrible photos of hydrangeas at our cottage. When we went there again for Labor day weekend I thought they would be way past their prime BUT I was wrong. So here they are again.......Color Fantasy Hydrangeas!!<br />
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While we were at our cottage we ventured over to Lake Michigan to see the sunset. It was quiet and peaceful and we just enjoyed the evening. I did manage to shoot a few pics!!<br />
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KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-71063830250048821872011-08-31T17:19:00.000-07:002011-08-31T17:19:37.557-07:00One More Day!!I have 1 more day of radiation treatment for my cancer and I am done. So we will start the month of Sept off right.......no more daily trips to the radiation center. Hopefully, I will have more energy and will get back into this blog and doing more craft and decorating projects around the house and cottage. I really missed blogging but I just did not have the energy for it. I reserved all my energy for the day to day things I had to do!!<br />
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A couple of weeks ago we went up to our cottage to check on things since we had not been there in a while. To my surprise one of the hydrangea plants was in bloom. I had my hubby snap a pic with his phone.<br />
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</div>The phone takes terrible pics ( yipes) but what I really wanted to show was the color. They are such a deep pink they don't look real!!! They are called "Color Fantasy" and are a small type of hydrangea- only growing about 3 feet tall.<br />
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Well maybe next year I can take some proper pics!!!<br />
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KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-91275701959027208762011-07-27T17:03:00.000-07:002011-08-05T06:59:19.401-07:00Better Late than Never....Chalk Paint!!I know chalk paint has been the rage all around blogland for the past few months. Well, I finally got around to purchasing some. It really happened as an accident. As many of you know I have a booth at a store called "Not so Shabby" It is home decor, some antiques and lots of painted furniture. About a month ago I stopped in to check my booth and there it was CHALKPAINT. It seems that one of my fellow vendors is a stockist so I just had to buy some. OK I am boring so I chose "old white". I just love this paint. It covers great, dries quick, and makes it super easy to distress an item!!<br />
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So......here are some before pics of a child's chair that has been hanging around in the garage for the past 8 years.<br />
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</div>The chair itself is cute but distressed and not in a good way. So with minimal sanding and 2 coats of old white chalk paint it looks like this........<br />
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PS. For those of you that want to know I made the pillow using the crown graphic from the <a href="http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">Graphics Fairy</a>.<br />
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I am going to try to post as often as I can providing I have the energy. I love your comments and read them all. I have some great ideas about posts I would like to do and I will, but not now, probably in the next few weeks when my treatment is over and my life gets back to "normal". Thanks for still following me and thanks for understanding. <br />
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Today I am posting a pillow round up. I love pillows.....they are such an easy way to change the look of a room. Enjoy the photos.........these are pillows that we have in our cottage. Until next time .........enjoy!!!!<br />
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</div>Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-32001556398707387132011-06-29T19:35:00.000-07:002011-06-29T19:35:21.957-07:00Fun, No Sew, Rag Purse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I just have to share with you the most talked about and complimented item in my wardrobe.......my rag purse. Everywhere I go people ask me about how I made this purse. It gets a lot of attention!!<br />
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Let me share some photos and then I will share how I did it..........<br />
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I followed the tutorial at <a href="http://ohsohappytogether.blogspot.com/2009/08/todays-tutorial-rag-bag.html">http://ohsohappytogether.blogspot.com/2009/08/todays-tutorial-rag-bag.html</a> I did change a few things though.<br />
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I used a loose weave basket type purse, I added the rag strips all over the purse not just on one side, and I made a cut fabric flower that I hot glued on one side. I found the basket weave purse at goodwill and just used fabric scraps that I had on hand. It cost me less than $5!!!<br />
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KariKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857162714442602637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930583944468402359.post-62849834119063588872011-06-22T19:45:00.000-07:002011-06-22T19:47:30.509-07:00The Cottage- ExteriorI have been blessed in my life to have 2 of my lifelong dreams come true. The first was to own a bed and breakfast, which we had and loved for 8 years until I got burned out!! The second was to have our own cottage in Northern Michigan. The cottage we purchased 3 years ago and we have been adding our own touches.<br />
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The cottage is all new inside and was renovated by the builder we bought it from. It does sit on a 1940's foundation and still has many original interior features. It is just 3 blocks from an inland lake and 1 mile from Lake Michigan!!<br />
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It is about 1400 sq. feet with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, a large kitchen, and a sunporch. It sits on about an acre of land. Just the perfect size for a cottage for 2, and of coarse 2 yorkie girls!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another front view!</td></tr>
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This little place had been so much fun and we escape there whenever possible!! Stay tuned for more photos of inside as we work on each room!!<br />
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