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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

White Wednesday



Your glass can be half empty...

or half full...



It's all up to you...



Thank you Kathleen for another White Wednesday
and
Thank you Karen for the wonderful graphics!

Friday, April 9, 2010

TGIF

The cool things about selling to many stores,
all of them with different looks,
is that I can go
from the country...


to the beach...

to Paris...


without leaving my worktable!

This has been a crazy busy week.

I'm almost done with all the orders...

Now it's time for me to get a giant coffee...
yes, at 6:30 pm...
yes, I can still sleep 8 hours with no problems :)

and watch The Lakers.

Because...

"Weekends don't count
unless you spend them doing something completely pointless"
~Bill Watterson~

Enjoy your weekend!!!

Monday, April 5, 2010

White Wednesday

I had trouble coming up with a white post today...
The week end was busy...
Monday was busier...
and today...well, today lets just say is not a fully inspired day.

All the white I have today is this...
White, chippy walls...

Just the perfect size.
All charm.
All character...

The perfect white space to play and transform into this...



My second (and last!, I promise) space at Country Roads.


Thank you Sue for the opportunity!

Now if you want to enjoy some real white goodies, visit
Kathleen at Faded Charm!



It's about time...

We bought these two German metal mugs about 10 years ago...
We can still remember the sweet German lady that sold them to us at a San Clemente garage sale.


We always thought they were soooo cute...
obviously we are the only ones that see their cute side because they never sold!!!


Yep, 10 years later, they are still here....

Rita, a fellow dealer, once told us:
"Everything sells if you live long enough"
Let us add that Rita turned 80 a few years back...

We don't have Rita's patience...

...if they don't sell now after this quick makeover,
we are going to start thinking that they are meant to stay.


Will Rita be right or will we have new desk accessories??

Update:

Since writing this post, last Thursday, the mugs have SOLD!
Was it the number makeover that helped, or was it their "time to go"?...
We will never know!



"Patience is also a form of action"
~Auguste Rodin~


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

White Wednesday

When you are in this crazy world of buying and selling furniture, sometimes you need a plan B...or C...

When we bought this cute coffee table a couple of years ago at the Long Beach Flea Market it had the original pink paint distressed to perfection. Before we got to the parking lot, 3 people wanted to buy it...
3!!
Of course, we didn't sell it.
We took it to the store and worked in a beautiful display featuring our new treasure.

We don't have pictures of the pink finish, but trust us...it was dreamy!
After a few months, we realized that NOBODY was interested in a pink coffee table...where are those 3 people now???? Not in our store!!!

Here's when plan B was put in motion...
a coat of 2 of white paint...

and back to the store...

long enough to know that NOBODY wants to buy coffee tables anymore...or at least not THIS coffee table!
Back to the garage.

After months of table seclusion, a little voice whispered in our ear..."3's a charm"
It's time for Plan C.
3 inch foam...

a cover and trim...

same wonderful details...


and our vintage coffee table....ottoman is ready to be adopted...

In the meantime, we'll think of Plan D just in case!

"When you are through changing, you are through"
~Bruce Barton~

If you need a Plan B, don't miss
Faded Charm
The Shabby Chic Cottage

lots of inspiration awaits!

Friday, March 12, 2010

Small businesses...Big dreams...

The work table has been messy lately.
Glitter, lace, stamps,


Buttons, vintage jewelry and postcards....


An order of altered books is being sent to a new store, new for us, that is.
Some of you have probably visited
"The Hen House" in Lafayette, California
If you have you know how much fun this place and it's owner La Contessa are!

If you are far away, you can always visit the Hen's website: HERE

Another store carrying our stuff is "The Cottage" in Laguna Beach
The girls at the Cottage have been selling lots of altered books and are now carrying our pillow covers....

We came up with some exclusive designs for this wonderful store...
Sexy mermaids...


and vintage Laguna postcards perfect for tourists looking to take home a little California fun..

Thank you so much to these 2 stores and all the other small businesses around the country that help us and many artists and stay at home moms pursue a dream...
and thanks to YOU for supporting your local small store!





Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Decoupage issues...

Waiting for the Decoupage Medium to dry, always makes us nervous.
Why?



Decoupaged Ironstone Platter Take 1: wrinkles!

Decoupaged Ironstone Platter Take 2: More wrinkles

Decoupaged Ironstone Platter Take 3: you know...

We finally got it right!

and once we did, we couldn't stop...


Practice makes it perfect!!

TIP:
To avoid the wrinkles, we glued the image to our plates using spray glue.
Huge difference! The image dried perfectly flat, a light decoupage medium coat was applied later to protect the image.

Our own digital work using graphics from:
The graphics fairy
Playing with brushes

Linked to:
The Shabby Chic Cottage
The Shabby Nest