Today I am being featured at Hometalk for a feature called "In the bloglight". Hometalk is an online community to share your creative ideas for decorating and projects! I am always inspired when I visit.And you meet amazing bloggers and can find new beautiful blogs to visit too!Click HERE to view hometalk.          THE BEGINNING I started my blog a little over a year ago.I had stumbled upon a few decorating blogs while reading one of my favorite magazines Romantic homes. And once I started reading I was hooked.I was so inspired that one day I decided to start a blog. I enjoy decorating and transforming vintage pieces and knew I wanted to eventually start a business. When I was thinking of a name I wanted it to not only be a name for my blog but for a business as well.I love ... View Post

The clock is ticking and time is drawing nearer to the Vintage Market . I was not able to work on any projects while my daughter was off on her spring break. Spending time with her is more important to me. And I still have time. This table had nice features it just needed a little update. Roses are a favorite of mine even when they are dried. I love the color and texture. I will be bringing some of these to the market as well. I did mention that this was a table that had been updated. I decided to use Annie Sloan chalk paint in a mixture of Louis Blue,Paris Grey,and French linen. Mixing these colors until I got the color I wanted which was a silver blue/grey. It came with this beautiful serving tray. Look at the details on this ... View Post

I am not sure if I shared this or not but my family and I are vegetarians. We decided to become vegetarians for health reasons. Eating healthier and taking better care of ourselves. One thing we like to indulge in is a sandwich. Here is a meal that is super easy and delicious too. This is not a low calorie meal for us but sort of a treat.   Panera has wonderful sea salt focaccia bread.   I made my own  basil pesto. I don't measure anything I just get a hand full of basil,a spoonful of parmesan cheese,a garlic clove a bit of sea salt and extra virgin olive oil.I mix this in a blender.Add enough oil to blend. You can search and find a pesto recipe.Normally it calls for pine nuts but I leave those out. Peel and clean a eggplant.Slice length ... View Post

Before I started my blog I was a  self DIY-er. When my daughter was small I remember working on small projects while she was taking her afternoon nap. One day I decided the piano should be white so I painted it. And then I thought my kitchen table,chairs and hutch would look amazing...painted....white! Or how about the time I decided that I should smash all my pretty rose pattern china. and..... do a mosaic on my kitchen counters! Wow how unique and cool. I mean how hard can it be. I have the china...... Well I got  to work smashing china pieces. Adding them in fun designs on my laminate counter tops. It was looking amazing. Really really pretty! I thought I was so cleaver at the time! Or so I thought I was! After I had it all done ... View Post

Still enjoying my time with my daughter this week thought I would share another post that you all may not have seen the first time around. First I wanted to thank you all for your sweet comments.I am feeling much much better today thank you. We went  out today with some friends and did a little fun shopping !   I have been searching for an old wood ice cream machine ever since I spotted one on Becky's blog Buckets of Burlap . I also spotted one on Rusty Hinge . I love that old Handy freeze ice cream bucket. I have found a few.But I was not willing to shell out lots of money for one. So what's a vintage loving girl like me to do??? Well find an old one and make it special yourself!!! Here it is.This started out looking like this. Not my style.But the ... View Post