The last two days I have been working in my kitchen on a project, and I cannot wait to share! But today I wanted to get a little personal, and talk about what it was like growing up in the 1970's verses today. A commercial that someone shared on Facebook struck a nerve, and really put things in prospective. Let me share a little about me and my childhood. I was born in 1966, so I grew up in the 1970's. (yes this is me crafting away ;-) ) Down the street from our house lived a sweet lady. My friends and I would walk on down to Mrs. Little's house and ask if we could pick cherries off of her tree. Sometimes she said yes, and other times she told us they weren't ready for picking. Either way, Mrs. Little was always kind when we asked. I am sure we pestered her quite a bit. When ... View Post
Distressed Furniture Techniques That Will Blow Your Mind!
Distressed Furniture Distressed furniture is so easy to create! I 'm always pushing the bar trying to think of new and creative ways of adding patina to pieces of furniture. Let's face it, finding those pieces that have original paint and patina are hard to find, and they can be expensive too. Yeah, I love those chippy pieces. Sigh.....it's a love affair I have had for a long time. Seriously my heart skips a beat when I come across a cool vintage piece with the perfect color and patina. Below is one of my favorite pieces. None of the texture or patina is the same on this piece. It also has a few other colors peeking through, from the years of being painted on over and over again. Which makes me love it even more. It's those imperfections that are perfection to me. As I said I do ... View Post
Fabulous Furniture Friday Feature Paula Blankenship
Today for fabulous furniture Friday feature, I am sharing an amazing and inspirational person Paula Blankenship, and a paint that changed my life! I have had many ask me how I was introduced to Heirloom Traditions paint. Back in in October or November of last year I received a message from Paula Blankenship in my FB messages asking if I wanted to try a sample of paint. I said, why of course, I would love to! The sample was sent, and I fell in love with the paint. My first post sharing this amazing paint went viral, How to distress paint using vinegar. From that day on, I was hooked! I love how creamy this paint is, and how easy it is to work with. It distresses with ease, I love the color selection, the waxes and all the new products that have recently came out. This ... View Post
Master Bedroom Makeover On The Cheap
Master Bedroom Makeover Our master bedroom was ready for a little update. Nothing earth shattering, but it needed a little update. This was achieved easily and for very little money. Yes, I'm using mostly what I already had. (This post contains affiliate links, please ready disclosure policy) FAB is actually a product that I used on my fabric chair to paint it :-) It was created by Heirloom Traditions paint, and helps the paint adhere and not crack on the fabric. Heirloom Traditions paint is a chalk type paint, and it will adhere to practically anything. And I've already shared how to paint on fabric using Heirloom Traditions paint. I noticed on a few pieces on some of the fabric the paint started cracking. Personally I didn't mind some of the cracking on the pieces that I painted, ... View Post
Shabby Chippy Patina
Shabby Patina I love shabby patina, how many times have you heard me say that. Probably a million times. Well I guess it depends on how long you've been following me. If you just started then maybe you've only heard it a few times. Believe me, I say this a lot. If I am out treasure hunting and I spy a perfectly chippy piece, my heart skips a beat. Yeah it totally does, I'm not just saying that. My family thinks I am crazy at times, because it doesn't have to be a piece of furniture with chippy piece. We can be out for a walk and if I spot a piece of chippy paint, I sort of lose it a little. I grab my phone, start taking photos, so I can keep that photo and drool over it. I really do, I'm not kidding. I love the beauty of age except when it's on my face. So when I am painting a piece ... View Post
Re-Screening The Porch
I am so excited today, I feel like Dora The Explorer, and I want to jump up and down singing, we did it, we did it! Why am I so excited? My husband and I re-screened our new screened porch. Yeah, a year and a half later I am re-screening the porch. Would you like to know why? Here she is..... Yes, she is a pretty sweet cat, but I wasn't happy at what she did to my porch. But in her defense, it was not her fault, so of course I was not mad at her. Anyway how could you be mad at that sweet face? Several weeks ago she was accidentally left on our porch over night. And it was not my fault, my husband and daughter were up late, and forgot to make sure she was back in the house. Lesson learned the hard way! We are not sure if she was terrified, trying to catch bugs, bored, or had ... View Post
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