Yesterday the Romantic Homes magazines for April arrived. And it is all about the Romance of all things French. Since I had already announced that I would be doing an April in Paris Tea at the beginning of April, the arrival of this issue of the magazine will provide a lot of inspiration [...]
Archive for February, 2008
April in Paris is Right Around the Corner
Posted in At Preserve Cottage on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Finished Vanity
Posted in The Shop on February 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
To attach the skirt I used velcro. The velcro is tacked onto the wood and then I sewed the velco onto the top band of fabric. It is so much more user friendly when you want to wash the skirt.
Brick Wall Finished by My Valentine
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This man is a keeper!
Mixing Fabrics for Cottage Flare – Vanity Skirt Cont.
Posted in vintage cottage, vintage linens on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Years ago I learned quickly in retail that many people are so afraid to mix colors and patterns because they are unsure about what “goes” together. And I am hearing this as much as ever. The magazines are currently all chock full of photos of rooms that really have a wide mix, particularly of [...]
Vanity Skirt — Repurpose — Reuse
Posted in vintage linens on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My mother always said she would much prefer to start sewing something from scratch as opposed to altering something. But then she never liked anything vintage very much. (She is still wondering where my sister and I got this bizarre obsession.) I find myself reworking or refitting things all the time.
Months ago we got [...]
House Mojo, Reading Glasses and Chrome
Posted in In the Cottage on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading Glasses: The ones that I had thought I had left at home the other day have never materialized. This is why I pick up a pair in the Dollar General whenever I see a pair I like or whenever I am out and about and discover I don’t have any with me. But the [...]
Best Laid Plans and ADD are Counterintuitive
Posted in The Shop on February 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Have you come back to see how the chrome cleaning went? Well… let’s see….I misplaced my cell phone….I looked and looked…As I tried to fight down my rising sense of panic, hoping that I hadn’t somehow lost my phone in the Dollar General Store last evening when I went in to get the oven cleaner [...]
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