ending the weekend with some shop shots....

What a difference a camera makes right? If you don't believe it, check out previous post.

Just wanted to end the weekend with some fun shop shots. Check out the awesome French bird cage. Daisy and Dazzle (the finches) have made home in it for now.

The little handmade gift card holders/business card holders are back in stock. Perfect to throw a Lola B's gift certificate in or stash some of your business cards in also.

This last photo shows the hallway into the back. Check out the lovely old mantel against the wall....................
if you can check out this blog, my little shop was featured!
Revamp Boutique

A surprise visit....

Why is it when you most need the camera, that it's not available?
So sorry for the awful photo, it's with the camera phone:(
Etsy girls were in the house today, it was so exciting.
Alyssa, the one in the middle, has the Etsy shop Revamp Boutique.
The one on the right is Vana, and her shop is Le Papier Designs.

It's so fun to see "word of mouth" customers come in, because that is really how my shop operates. No budget for advertising! Thanks girls for popping in!

Now look at these AWESOME skeleton keys! My good friend Tracy, who also is customer #1, brought me these keys! Just gave them to me, out of the blue!

yippeee.......

One of my favorite rooms.....really!

Why is it, that the room that we wait to do, should actually be the first to do.

This is my bedroom that i just finished. I am a bedding fanatic (amongst other things), and have gone thru countless sets. Does the bedding look familiar? Yes, you got it, it's from Anthro.

Yup, the pillows also.

See the door next to the bed? That goes to the closet that i showed you a while back. Yup, that closet that i told you would only take a month to do, and of course it'll be another two months.

I did finish painting the closet, but that's about it.

And of course, my repertoire of vintage sheet music comes out to play on my walls. Hubby says i go a little overboard, but hey, it's better than the "U2" poster that i can envision him putting up if it were up to him

lovely find....

I had a lovely Saturday at the Flea market with one of my best friends who was visiting from Colorado. My friend Jeanne, who also happens to be going with me to Ohio next month (I can't believe I just said "next month"!!) for the Country Living Fair.
Anyways, Jeanne grew up about an hour from St. Charles, and was here with her kids visiting. So I told her, you can't not come and not hit the flea market.
We had a fabulous day, with a lot of finds. My favorite was this mirror..........omg.................So fabulous!! It's hard to tell in the picture, but it's almost 5 feet tall. I have it sitting on a desk right now at the shop and will be bringing it with me to Ohio.....

Do you see that adorable bird frame? Yup, that's one of Jeanne's. All of her handmade lovelies that i carry here at the shop will be at the show in Ohio as well......

Can't wait!

Artful Blogging....

Have you seen the new issue of 'Artful Blogging'?
Well..........................my little header of my blog made page 40.
Sara of Sadieolive did a Q&A for the magazine, and they chose a handful of cool designs.
I'm lucky to have made the cut, and am grateful every step of the way.

Dinner in the Midwest....

Who doesn't love to sit outside, on a lovely evening, in a beautiful garden setting? The wine is chilled, the table set, the candles burning.

Now add the mosquito's, the large bugs, the little bugs, and the bugs in between!

Hence, the best invention ever made......

the mosquito net!

It even adds a sweet ambiance to the setting, don't you think?

On a second note, I cannot believe that The Country Living Show is only 6 weeks away!

OMG!

I have SO much work to do to get ready! Last year I signed up to do the show a mere 6 weeks ahead of time, and showed up at the show, sold out of everything, but was NOT prepared. Little did I know what i was getting myself into. The show is huge, and this year, we are going to be prepared, and the whole shop is coming to Ohio!

I also haven't decided if the shop is going to close or not that weekend, but i will let you know.

I'm also SO excited because I get to have an evening with some special ladies. Some of the girls that I got to meet last year, Mcmaster and Storm gals , The Farm Chick gals, as well as a few talented friends that have Etsy shops are getting together for a "shop gal" dinner.......yippee. Oh, I do hope you'll join us Sara!

A little gossip!

I just love a little gossip, don't you?

First, don't you just love altered art? Well, i have to say congrats to my friend Molly at Mixing Whimsy, she was contacted by Somerset about her lovely bottles, so I hope everything works out for her, nothing like a little free press!

Second, you just have to read, if you haven't yet, what Andrea from Velvet Strawberries wrote earlier in the week about ideas, and it is SO true! Everyone has a place in this "retail, craft,blogging" world, lets just not steal ideas and copy them as their own!

And lastly, I wanted to get my friends a little attention, as they just landed into blog land!

My friend Beth, who has a shop in my old stomping grounds of Colorado, and my Friend Jeanne, who has an Etsy shop (and is truly one of the most talented girls EVER). I carry almost everything that Jeanne makes in my shop!

My friend Sara, from Sadieolive designed both their blogs, and they turned out just LOVELY!

Anyways, enough GOSSIP for now!