God Bless You!

We are always trying to come up with ways 

to use our vintage pieces around the house!

Here is one of the ways we use vintage that

 EVERYONE ohhhhs and ahhhhhs over...

Get rid of those horrible tissue boxes immediately

and find yourself a pretty pitcher!

Open up the box of tissues and put the tissues through the opening 

and pull the first one out and voila! 

A creative and much more attractive 

than "the box"

Darling Decoupage Transformation

Don't you just love seeing 

anything decoupaged?

We just finished these pretty plaques up 

(we think they turned out adorable!)

We didn't take a "before" picture

but they looked a lot like these....

ummm....

maybe worse...they were faded pretty bad!

So....we painted everything a creamy white....

EVERYTHING!

Then we found some

 pretty Waverly wallpaper 

and cut some of the flowers out....

Then worked on a couple of different designs....

We put painted the background of the frame

and then we put a coat of Mod Podge

on the frame and placed the flowers on them

and then put another coat of Mod Podge over

 to seal the flowers in place. 

What a change!!

(for the better for sure!)

What projects are you guys working on this week?

We'd love to hear about them!

In the meantime...join us over at

What's it Wednesday 

and get inspired!

Karla & Karrie

The Summer Kitchen Girls

A Tisket A Tasket....

A Blue & Yellow 

Basket??

Soooo......we had some garden tools...

and we painted them...

then

MAGIC

started to happen!

We were trying to figure out just what to do with these 

to show everyone 

WHY

they needed them!

First we put a votive cup in them...

and of course a candle ~ how cute would that be sitting on your table...

a bunch of painted bulb planters

lighting up the dinner conversation!

THEN....we took one of our pretty floral pics 

and sat it in the bulb planter

SUPER CUTE vase ~ truly loved this idea!

But the idea that won out for our display

was sticking some moss inside the cup 

and putting some sweet eggs inside!

Both of of our bulb planter sold during Open House this weekend...

I think we'll be on the look out for more...

how about you?

Keep Creating!!

~Karla & Karrie


Joining up with.... 

The Scoop

Ivy & Elephants
What's it Wednesday!!

Hippity Hoppity On Over Here!

Because this is just the cutest idea...

and it was soooo

EASY!

1. Find a pretty Vintage plate

These will do!

2. Print out some bunny silhouettes 

and cut them out 

with a handy dandy exact-o knife!

3. Plop that adorable bunny on your plate 

and position it where you need it

4. Trace that beautiful bunny 

on your plate with a pencil....

Ta da!!!

5. Fill that bunny in with either

some black ceramic paint

(or another color!)

or use a Sharpie Oil marker

(we used gloss in both...the sharpie was definitely easier to apply...

but the marker won't go as far as the paint....just saying!)

6. Let it dry....and put that 

seriously cute bunny plate in a special spot

 that you'll see every day

(it will make you extremely happy...we promise!)

WARNING!!!

These are 

so darn cute

and will

MULTIPLY quickly.....

You just won't be able to stop making them ~ lol!!!

Join us today as we try a new blog party today...

The Scoop

Then let's Hop on over to Elephants & Ivy for

  What's it Wednesday

 and let's see what blooming about for SPRING why don't we?!!

Have a Happy Day Everyone!

~ Karla & Karrie

Treasure Box

Treasures!

We all have them...but they are usually

tucked away in a box in the attic!

Have you ever thought of displaying them?

Yesterday we were up in mom's sewing room

and saw this shadow box that our cousin made several years ago

with all sorts of vintage sewing treasures!

We had completely forgot about this box...

and that it inspired us to do

a Shadow Box Class at the store

Sweet treasures lovingly tucked inside a 

Shadow Box

so that they can be seen by not only you...

but by whoever walks into the room

We bet right now your mind is swimming with ideas....isn't it?

First put fabric or paper on the front of the board of the shadow box...

then lay out your treasures

 to see how you would like them to look in your box

We used a combination of glue, glue dots and pins

 to get everything to stay in place.

Then you can hang up your creation

 for everyone to see!

If you'd like to see some of the other ideas 

from of our class attendees ~ visit the post here.

Thanks for stopping by today...hope you were inspired!

Join us as we party with Patti and Paula

@ Ivy & Elephants for What's it Wednesday!

Sweet Vintage Linen Pillows

It all starts with a snowy day....

You're a bit board

{and don't want to do housework...which is what you should be doing...}

So you decide to 

start a project!

You know...those projects in your project room you haven't started yet ;)

So...you grab those nifty vintage linen napkins you've been saving...

and that old chenille bedspread and you cut

and cut

and cut

Then you sew those two together

and sew

and sew

and sew

and stuff....

{you get the point...we're making a LOT of pillows here!}

 A little slip stitch at the bottom....

and put them in the

FINISHED

pile

{did you hear that...FINISHED!}

 Well...

finished with this project at least!

Join us this week over at Ivy and Elephants for What's it Wednesday!

{where there's always something fun & creative going on there!!}

You guys got any fun projects you are starting or finishing today?

~Karla & Karrie

The Desk Set

One of the first things that you see when you walk into our store this week 

is this little display....

Many times people come in wanting a desk...

and LOVE the tables that we have

but want more storage....

so we found a solution to the problem...

added two smaller nightstands on either side....

For plenty of storage

AND an adorable...one of a kind

Desk Set!

Join us over for What's it Wednesday 

for more great vintage decorating ideas!!

The Desk Set

Talking about this desk set makes us think of

Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy...

Have you ever seen it?

The computer against good old humans...

only as Hepburn and Tracy could do it :)

An Open Window....

We LOVE the use of old windows!

This summer we were in Vermilion & had lunch at Woodstock Cafe

and that is where we saw this great 

window/wall divider!

We came in the way of a LOT of old barn windows this summer

and we sold chippy ones with glass, 

and we painted ones without glass and hung around the store.

guess what....we sold them ALL

and got more in...

sooooo....what is it that everyone wants all of these windows for?

Here are some adorable ideas:

A chalkboard....

We don't know about you guys, but we ALWAYS

need to write things down and this idea is a great way to repurpose 

these old windows!

As frames....

This was, by far, the main reason 

that everyone wanted the windows with glass in it ~ can you blame them??

Multi-Purpose Area....

We HAD to share this...it's got the chalkboard AND the photo

area...and especially the extra cute points 

for the shelf with the mason jars on it...ADORABLE!!

Now the only question is...

what would you do with a window??

Today we're joining What's it Wednesday....
pop on over and say hi!

Barnyard Treasures

We came across a basket of old Barnyard Pulleys

We love their shapes, the iron and the wood

just makes for a lovely object d'art!

Barnyard Pulleys were used to lift bales of hay into the loft of the barn...

one single pulley can cut the amount of force needed

 to lift an object in half!

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 So...what do you do with a vintage barnyard pulley?

Hold your light fixture....

that is a fantastic way to display your newest find!

One of our favorite ways that we've seen to use 

pulleys is in the garden....

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Imagine how cute these would look with

mums in them for fall!

We love them just sitting around as well...

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What a fun idea to use a pulley in your bookcase!

"I'd rather be on my farm 

than be emperor of the world."

~ George Washington

Today we are linking up with the girls over at 

Ivy & Elephants for What's it Wednesday!