CYBER MONDAY SALE!!!

I'm having a CYBER MONDAY SALE over at my Etsy

shop.  Be sure to stop in and enter the coupon

code above for 30% off your entire purchase (not

including shipping).  Sale runs from Sunday midnight

until Monday midnight!

~Stacy~

Cute Little Creation...

Just sharing a cute little creation that I picked up at a fundraising market last weekend...a vintage bottle brush tree inside a darling old rose creamer.  I love the glittery Merry Christmas message attached by old book pages...

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

~Stacy~

I am linking with Pink Saturday

Basement Guest Room - My Mom's Room

My Mom stays with us every fall.  I am lucky that she can

come and stay with us for so long...2.5 months this time!

She has a bedroom in our basement and a nice bathroom

too.  Every year I do something a little bit different in her

room...here are a few pictures of what her room looks

like this time around.

I love this old metal bed.  It has a lovely medallion on the

headboard and footboard.  Some people would probably

have painted it straight away, but I liked the way it looked

this way so I left it.  The screen behind the bed is from

Target and it is a Simply Shabby Chic piece that was

available years ago.  Why is all of the great Shabby Chic

stuff discontinued?  The green rose throw pillows are

also SSC as well and yes, they are discontinued!

Just a closer view...

I love the details on this bed!

Here is another view of the room...the closet is behind those curtains.  The white chair in the corner is a chair

(one of a pair) that I purchased at an auction years ago

for $40 for the pair.  They are Ballard Designs chairs

and I looked up the retail price of them...quite crazy!

This is an old needlepoint that I framed in a beautiful

ornate gold frame that I had kicking around in my stash.

I love the way it turned out.  I have a mixture of cottage,

French and Shabby Chic items in this room.

One of my favorite pieces is this old claw foot table.  It is

shabby and worn and I just adore it!  The dresser is another

auction piece...there is another matching dresser on

the other wall.  I was forbidden to paint them.  Does your

husband ever do that?!  (*_*)

This lamp shade and base is also from Simply Shabby

Chic and they are long since discontinued.  I always include a picture of my Dad on her bedside table.  We all miss

him so much!

One of my favorite statues wearing her little tiara...

An old corday lamp and lamp shade.  I just propped up

the frame against the wall to give the lamp a background.

The candles are all flameless so Mom doesn't have to worry

about setting the basement on fire!  Ha ha!

I have had this little floral settee for years now.  It was

upstairs in my front room for a long time, but when I

found a new French settee, I moved it downstairs to the

basement.  I works perfectly in her room and it has roller

wheels so it is easy to move.

Isn't it cute!

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my Mom's home away

from home.  She really loves it down there in the basement.  It gives her privacy and it's very comfortable.  I have a little portable fireplace that she uses as well if it gets too

cool for her down there.

My next post will be pictures of her bathroom.

It really turned out pretty!

~Stacy~

DIY: Making Your Own "Bling" Jeans

Today I am going to share a little post with you on how to

embellish your own jeans.  I rarely do DIY posts as I'm not

really into "crafty" things these days, but when the rare

occasion pops up, it's time to share!

I have been wanting a pair of embellished jeans for quite

some time now, but I absolutely refuse to pay the price

for them!  I saw a pair the other day that I loved, but they

were $140.  Yes, you read that right.  I don't think so!

Now if you are a woman under 30, you can get away with

an awful lot!  If you are a woman over 30 (and in my case)

quite a bit older, then in all reality, you do not need

that much bling on your butt!  Some of those jeans out

there are way overboard...at least for me!

So with a cute pair of boyfriend crop jeans from Apt. 9

at Kohl's...off I go...you will need jeans (obviously),

lace, buttons, sequins, fabric glue and a needle and

thread for attaching any buttons, etc.

I had this pretty lace trim that I wanted to use because I

wanted to make my jeans more "pretty" and less "blingy"

if that makes any sense.  Now it was time to figure out

where to put the lace on the pockets.  I tried seeing how

it looked going through the middle of the pockets...

At the very top edge of the pockets...

And then settled on putting it just under the line of

stitching on the pockets.  I just didn't like it on the very

top edge, but that is entirely up to you and what you

think looks best!

I bought this fabric glue at Hobby Lobby to use for this

project.  I have never used it before, but it had all of the

qualities I was looking for so I decided to give it a go.  It

dries clear and it states that your articles of clothing can

be washed so we'll see how it goes after I try to wash them!

The next thing I did was to measure and cut two pieces of

lace for the pockets.  I didn't want the ends to fray, so I

cut them about 1/4" larger than the pockets so I could fold

them over and tack them down.

The next step was to iron the lace, fold over the edges

and pin the pieces on the pockets to see how they looked.

The edges look a bit off in the pictures, but I swear in

person it looks even.  I don't know how the camera picks

up that stuff!  I fixed the edges a little bit and off I went

to the next step...

I spread the fabric glue down on the jeans and then pressed

the lace down and held it for a few moments.  I was quite

surprised at how firmly it seemed to hold the lace, but I

still wanted to take a needle and thread and tack down

the edges on both sides of each pocket.

I then added (and I'm sorry for this lousy picture!) a cute

blingy shank button to the center of each pocket along

with some pink sequins.  I used the fabric glue for the

sequins so I hope they stay put.  It says right on the bottle

that the glue can be used for sequins so we'll see.  It has

been quite awhile since I held a needle and thread in my

hand and I was quite proud of my accomplishment with

the button...until I cut the thread on the back, admired

my handiwork and realized that I had sewn right through

the pocket rendering my pocket useless!  Yes, way to go!

A seam ripper does come in mighty handy...yes it does!

So here is the end result...lace on the pockets, a rhinestone

button in the center, little pink rhinestone sequins on the

lace and a few little rhinestones on the actual jean material.  Of course you can do whatever suits your fancy!  The great thing is that the possibilities are really endless with this type of project.

The end result and if they hold up after being washed,

well great!  If not, I'm not out much...at least I'm not

out $140 for a silly pair of jeans!

If any of you have done this type of project, I'd love to

hear what type of glue/adhesive you used to hold your

embellishments in place and how well it worked.

Thanks for dropping by today.

I hope you enjoyed my post!

~Stacy~

Manni Details

Today I thought that I would share a few pictures with you

of my mannequin.  She sits in my front room beside my big

rose painting.  I love her!  I tend not to put a lot of clothes

on her, but I thought that I would add this cute pink fringed

skirt for something different.

The skirt is actually a party table fringe that I purchased at

one of my favorite stores, Dear Lizzie, in Highland, UT.

Okay, it is my FAVORITE store!

I just cut a piece off the garland and pinned it around the

waist.  I had the other bits and pieces on her before so I

just had to put them back in place.  I don't know why, but

I like my mannequin more simple these days without a lot

of clothing...who knew?!

I love this pink tissue paper fringe.  It's so flirty and fun!

I also have pink silk ribbon, white rose covered ribbon,

a big burlap bow and a cute cameo necklace on her.

I had no idea what I was doing when I made this bow.  I 

am not too adept at creating bows, but this one just

seemed to work for me.  It gives it some added texture

which I don't have a lot of in my home.  I need more!

Finally, this cross adds some pretty bling to the look.

I am quite into bling these days it seems.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I have been missing in

action on my blog these days, but it's summer and I

have a really hard time blogging in the summer.  I

hope to be back to a more regular routine in the fall!

Love,

~Stacy~

Musical Chairs

Last week I had the chance to go junking with a

good friend of mine.  We found the best stuff and

had such a wonderful day!  At one of our favorite

antique malls, we came across an amazing pink

needlepoint chair!  It was everything I adore in a 

chair and it was like it was made for my front room!

Alas, the price was just abit too high for me and

I walked away without it.

On our very last stop at one of the thrift stores

that we frequent (and with only 20 minutes to

go until closing), I came across this adorable little

French Provincial chair.  It was only $8.00.  Yes,

you read that right!  It jumped into my cart

pretty quickly when I saw the price.  I got a cute

little chair after all!

Well this story takes another little twist and turn...

I was speaking to my Mom on the phone that night

and described my thrift shop find with her and I

also described that glorious needlepoint chair that

was in the antique mall.  She thought that it 

sounded really pretty...we talked about it for

some time.  We get off on these tangents you see...

The next morning the phone rang quite early and

the caller id announced that it was my Mom.  I

thought that it was kind of strange (she lives in

Canada) seeing as how we had talked for some

time the night before.  Right away I could tell by

the sound of her voice that something was up!

She said...I want you to go on a caper for me!

Mom and I are always going on capers when we

are together!  (*_*)  She told me that she wanted

me to go down to the antique mall and pick up

that beautiful pink french chair!  Of course I told

her that I couldn't and that it just wasn't in the

cards for me at that particular time.

She told me that I most certainly could go and get

it because she had called down to the antique mall

and had purchased it for me as a present!  What???

My Mom is always up to something!  She had an old

flyer of all of the antique stores and sales that she

had brought home with her, looked up the number

to the antique mall and phoned them first thing in

the morning and purchased the chair for me!

That is just the kind of person my Mom is.  She is

always trying to do things for me and buy things

for me and I'm always saying NO!  I guess she

decided to totally bypass me this time and leave

out the middle man...that would be me!

Little does she know that I had already purchased

some gorgeous china for her from an Etsy shop in

Canada (Jennelise Rose) and it is on the way to

her.  She should be receiving it today and I did

that before I even told her about the chair.

That will serve her right!  (*_*)

Oh, and the $8.00 chair?  It is already downstairs

in the guest bedroom that is decorated with

French Provincial furniture!  

~Stacy~

My Life In Bloom

We have all waited long enough for spring this year.  

My blog, as usual in the spring, has taken a back seat

yet again to the arrival of blooms and blossoms in my

yard.  My thoughts always turn to the outdoors when

warmer weather arrives...I have to be outside!

We planted these lovely trees along our park strip a

few years ago.  They are the gorgeous Japanese

Kwanzan flowering cherry trees...the ones that

herald the arrival of springtime in Japan and also

here in our own Washington, DC.

This is their third year and they are doing really well.

Eventually we plan on planting more of them along the

north park strip, but for now I am enjoying these three.

Their blossoms never cease to amaze me.  They are so

delicate and pretty.  They remind me of tissue paper that

has been formed into intricate little flowers and glued

onto the branches.

 They sway gently in the breeze and add such a

romantic look to the front of the house.  We often get

very strong winds here and I was afraid that they were

all going to get blown off a few times, but they stayed

strong!  Even so, they rarely last longer than a few weeks.

Until next year my sweet, lovely blossoms...

~Stacy~