Sunday, September 29, 2013

Travel Time...

 
Hello and Happy Autumn to you all! Getting ready to fly over to see my sweet niece and family over in Germany. We plan to do lots of 'fleaing' in France and Belgium and we also have a beautiful weekend planned near Versailles. I will be posting right here all about the trip. So please stop back by and take a peek into my European travels. Be back in a few days my friends!

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Something A Little Different....

 
 
This week's designs are all about luxe textures and rich details. This is my new line, "Vintage European Fall Treasures" and they will start making their way to my Etsy shop tonight. The pieces include vintage hand beaded collars, old vintage fur trims, French and Italian holy pieces, European seaside souvenirs, carved cameos, glowy/showy French mother of pearl, Victorian lace, and antique French textiles. Here's a little peek at this past week's designs and there is still more to come from this line in the coming weeks...and just in time for the cooler Fall weather...




 
 


 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



Au Revoir for now mes amis. Be back real soon and thanks for stopping by!

Monday, September 16, 2013

A Work In Progress..


 
Hi everyone, I have just returned from my "happy place" and oh happy joy we managed to get so much finished on our new mountain 'chalet'. There is still so much left to do, but some major milestones were made on our huge cabin remodel. There is a complete overhaul of the interior going on here and lots of hard work but it will be so worth all of the effort when finished. Here is a little peek of some 'before' and 'after' pics. I am not showing every 'before' picture, because in all honesty, some of the previous owner's interiors were just plain hideous! LOL
 
Here's a peek at the 'before'....
 

 
...nice vinyl floors, right????  NOT....




Look at the fireplace...it looks as if it had never been cleaned.
(I'm willing to wager that it had not ever been :-)
 
 
 
...gorgeous blue 80's Berber carpet :-/...(with a hint of sarcasm mixed in)


 
 
...and, someone before us had a serious penchant for wallpaper and birdhouses...




...and let me just say...it was not fun removing each and every one of them!
 
 

 
 
The 'After'....







 
 
...still trying to decide if I am going to pickle finish the brown cabinets. I really want to...that is, if I can win my husband over on the idea.
 




 
 
...my first experience hanging wallpaper...
 

 
.....Not very fun, but so worth the end result!

 
Still lots to do... like install the roman blinds, hang the over the oven microwave, add a few more pieces of furniture and the most important thing...hang a chandelier! All chalet's need a
chandelier, right?
Will post more pictures right here as we put the finishing touches on the place. My goal is to be finished by November.
 
Oh, and be sure to stop back by this weekend and check out the new jewels I have coming up. They will be part of my new "Vintage Europe-Fall" collection and I am so excited to debut them right here.
See you soon and thanks for stopping by!!!
 

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Getting Closer...

 

Getting ready and very excited for my upcoming trip to Europe in a few weeks....


Where everywhere...


...you turn...


...there is something...


...Beautiful to see!




...and here are some new pieces coming to my Etsy shop tonight...


Auf Wiedersehen for now!



Sunday, September 1, 2013

Festival Mayhem....


 
Just posting a few pictures from the festival I have been showing at this past weekend.
Great turnout of people but super hot and humid. This combination makes for one tiring and long weekend! One more night to go...



Some of the fun activities for the younger crowd at the festival....

 
 
Some really pretty ladies modeling my bracelets at the show...


 
 
Here are a few pieces I have been working on this past week.... some of which will be available in my Etsy shop starting tomorrow....
 
 














































 
Hope everyone is having a lovely Labor Day weekend. See you back here soon!