Friday, March 25, 2016

My Cottage Kitchen

 Welcome to my cottage kitchen, I am excited to show you around!  Its a very tiny space and so "Cottage Style" works best. I love French style, and so let's say its French Cottage Style! I am joining some French Country bloggers in a one room home tour, which is such great fun. Check the links at the end of the post! My kitchen is the room I rarely share, and so  I hope you enjoy getting a peek at it today. It is in the center at the back of our home and is connected by...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Pretty Easter Centerpiece

This is a good centerpiece idea for last minute table decorating for Easter. Maybe some of you are like me this year....a bit behind the eight ball? Matthew Mead and I love to set a pretty table, and it starts with the centerpiece! When you hit the grocery store buy some white eggs and some spring flowers. You will need some moss or grass as a  "covering", and in this video we used sheet moss from Walmart, but you could also use Easter grass, or make your own grass by shredding your...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Pretty black floral desk

  Last time I blogged, I spoke about how my grey industrial work table just wasn't working for me in my home office/studio.  I said I was likely going to go looking for a French style desk or writing table.  But then a funny thing happened after I did a run to Michaels craft store for some supplies. At Michaels, I noticed some very pretty black floral drawer liner papers.  I bought two boxes of them thinking I might use them to cover books or line the back of...
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Lilac for the home office and other random bits

 This is one of those catch up posts, loaded with new additions and updates! With Easter fast approaching, it seems Spring will be here before we know it.  And when Spring arrives I will be having two photo shoots at the house, one which will be with Fifi O'Neill for most all of the house, and then a separate one for the magazine, Where Women Create.  That is a very cool magazine dedicated to  showing off creative women in their habitats. And so, my home office will...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Create a Botanical Wall Grouping

 Botanicals are a classic in home decorating and have been for years.   Never out of style, they add a bit of garden ambience to the home. For a while I have been wanting to create a wall grouping of botanicals. You can purchase vintage or new botanicals online at Etsy.com or Ebay,  or maybe you have a large garden book that you can color copy the pages or even tear them out and use them for a coordinated grouping.  My botanicals were issued in the early 70s from...
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