I'm back!

It has been FOREVER since I posted on this blog!  I wasn't even sure if I remembered my password.  Blogger looks really different! I am sharing today a sweet deal that I scored yesterday at an estate sale.  We have lived in our house for 5 years.  Most rooms have received some sort of "decorating", but our bedroom is sorely lacking. 

 I'm gonna do one of those before and after pictures like they do with makeup, etc.  Imagine in this first picture that our bedroom has no makeup on, is standing with its shoulders slumped and has a big ole sad face. 

Before

And now after a little makeup and hands on hips!  

 Seriously, have you ever seen such adorable lamps??  I got these along with the lampshades for only $39!  They are a gorgeous shade of aqua.  The shades are taupe with a windowpane texture. They are just the touch of color that I've needed in our bedroom.  

I hope that this is the umph that I've needed to restart this blog.  I've missed it!  Thanks for stopping by!  

 Tricia
John 16:33

Meet the the Cloche family

Papa cloche-he's the size of a cake dome





Mama cloche-she's the size of a cheese dome



And baby cloche! It's little bitty! Seriously, isn't this the cutest thing? The green from the pear is showing up in the background so ignore that please. I got it at a new thrift shop in Goodlettsville, TN that benefits Teen Challenge. They have some really nice things.

I'm such a copycat

I saw this project on http://www.dollarstorecrafts.com/ a few weeks ago and I knew it had to be my next craft project. I bought the canvases at Dollar tree and used my cricut and some really pretty scrapbook paper from Michaels. Hubby has promised that he will help me hang them this weekend.

Pottery Barn Lite

My latest addiction is Pottery Barn. I saw a super cheap version of this message board on Dollar Store Crafts and was pretty sure I had the supplies on hand to make my own version.










I bought the cork tiles at Re-store for $2.00 and got the frame somewhere? for only .49. I covered the tiles with burlap and then stamped them with some Paris themed stamps that I bought recently. I stamped plain clothspins and hot glued thin push pins onto the back of the clothspins. My version is about 1/3 the size of the PB version, but it fits perfectly on a wall by our computer desk. I think it looks pretty good!

NYC

My version of the Pottery Barn subway wall art piece. My wonderful husband gave me a cricut machine for my birthday. I am having a ball using it! I had this canvas that came from Ross on clearance for about $10. I spray painted it glossy black and used my cricut to spell out the names of some subway stops in NYC. All 3 people who read this blog know how much I love NYC. I have been several times and last year I went there on a mission trip. This year I am leading the trip and I can't wait to get there. Now, if I could just get hubby to help me hang this.....

An old bench prettied up

This bench goes with a bedroom suite that has been in my family for at least 60 years. The other pieces have gone on to their reward throughout the years. I re-covered the top 10 yrs ago but the legs were pretty banged up. Since I now think that everything needs to be painted, I decided to re-cover it and paint it another color. I guess because it is so old, the paint just soaked in and I never could get it to cover completely. I was too lazy to go get more paint so I stood back and looked at it and decided that it looked like I had tried to distress it! What do you think?

And yes, I know that my floors need to be cleaned.

Candlestick redo's

I bought these candlesticks a couple of years ago on clearance for about $20 at The French Shoppe in Hendersonville. This is a lovely little boutique whose clothes are made for tall skinny women. At that time they carried quite a collection of home accessories. They did fine in our new house up until a few months ago when I became bitten with the decorating bug. As a result, there was no way they were going to stay the same color. I am ashamed to say but, I THINK they were silver plated. I don't even really know! Anyhoo...I gave them a couple of coats of Heriloom White and dressed them up with ribbon, scrapbook paper (I didn't cut the lines straight, but it's ok right?),

and some homemade jute rosettes.
I liked them before, but I like them better now!

Window Mistreatments-the final product

I will tease you with this photo....

I got these two 80 inch Waverly panels at Goodwill for $3.99. They are a beautiful black and cream toille print. I added a little black fabric that I had at the bottom to give them a little more length. Aren't they pretty?