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

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~

New Treasures Today!

Hello everyone!

I have finally gotten into gear and listed some

new treasures in my Etsy shop and on my web

site.  I've had a few people ask me what the

difference is between the two!  Well, nothing

really...basically I just have two selling venues.

The prices are the same, although I will say

that by purchasing on my web site I do not 

have to pay the Etsy final value fees.  That

is about it!  Now that I've cleared that up

for you...here are a few new treasures that

I have just listed.  If anything strikes your

fancy, just stop on over and see me!  Shop

links are in the sidebar!

Love this antique yardlong print!

This French lady print is gorgeous!

This porcelain bisque vanity set is so pretty!

I love vintage Italian florentine!

Another yardlong print...this one is by Mary Hart

and it's abit worn.  I called it "shabby decayed".

I love it!

Everyone loves a sparkling chandelier!

Have a great day!

~Stacy~

Reunited...and it feels so good!

Today I thought that I would share a cute story

 with you all...the case of the reunited shades!

A little over a year ago I fell in love with this

adorable lampshade on Etsy and purchased it

from a lovely seller than I have known for years.

The delicate, floppy ruffles and pretty lace

totally sold me along with the fact that it was

the most pretty shade of pale pink!  I could

not wait to make it mine!

A year passed and it was still sitting on my shelf.

I needed to find the right lamp for it and it had

taken a back seat to all of my other projects.

I decided, after searching around my city, to visit

Etsy again to see if I could find a cute little lamp.

As I was scouring through the pages, I did a double

take and clicked back one page.  Umm...there was

my lampshade.  What the heck?  I contacted the

seller, who lived in Canada, and it turns out that

she had made the lampshade almost two years

ago, but now she was going to sell it.  She had sold

its mate on Etsy to someone about a year and

a half ago and yes, you guessed it, that was my

first pink shade that I purchased.  So...between

two sellers (and a few years!), both of these

adorable lampshades are back together

again...just as they should be!

Now I guess I need to find two lamps!

Let the fun begin!

~Stacy~

A Perfectly Pink Present From Paula

I know that Christmas is over and that we have all been

inundated with Christmas pictures for ages, but I 

could not help posting this absolutely adorable

Christmas present that I received from my good

friend Paula.  Paula consigns on my web site and

we've been great pals for years so she knows me

and knows how much I love PINK!

Can you believe that she kept her keen eye out the

entire year for things to put in my Christmas basket!

Yep, she's amazing!  This adorable angel was on the

top of the package...printed from Graphics Fairy.

Look at all of these wonderful pink goodies!

Everything is just so cute and so pink!

First of all, there is this adorable vintage celluloid

deer complete with its pink plaid bow.

Then there is this super pretty antique canister 

piece covered with roses on the front.

This is one of my favorite things...the graphic 

was printed from Graphics Fairy and then this

sweet vintage pink trim was added to the bottom

to form a multi-tiered pink skirt!  How cute!

This is such a cute item and one with a story.

Paula thought that these pink rose scented trash

bags were so cute and equally cool because they

have the identical side on the back written in

French.  I told her that I used to use these back

home in Canada all of the time and I was amazed

that she ran across these.  I turned it over to the

French side and found that they were made in

Burnaby, which is near Vancouver...the same

province (British Columbia) that I am from.

Of course they had both languages on them...

everything in Canada has both French and English

on it...every single product!  I'm sorry, but I do not

missing seeing French and English on everything!

These are adorable...cute little vintage clip-on

Christmas ornament earrings!  So different!

This fabulous vintage Shiny Brite ornament will fit

in nicely with my tree next year as I changed my

entire tree to include hot pink and silver!

Love these...a roll of pink Washi tape and a very

cool vintage pink measuring tape.  I will use it

in my purse when I'm out and about!

Paula made this pink bracelet for me.  It almost

looks like candy now that I'm looking at the picture!

She also made this sweet pink paper banner that

I will most likely use for Valentine's Day.

Lastly, there is this beautiful vintage pink Pyrex

bowl with its perfect pink and white stripes!

See...isn't Paula a lovely friend to think of all

of this for me?!  I should say so!

Thank you for indulging me with my last

Christmas post.  I couldn't not show you these

wonderful goodies from an equally wonderful

friend.  Thank you Paula!

~Stacy~

My Christmas Coffee Table

It has been over six months since my last post!  It has been

a good, but rough year for the Stewarts.  I'm surprised that I

have any followers left!  More of that whole story later!

I thought I would start my blogging again with a little bit

of inspiration for Christmas!  You can see that I am getting

all of my silver polished up for the holidays.  The picture

above was definitely the storm before the calm!

I even had to resort to putting some of my pieces on the floor

because my counters were so full of stuff!  Why do I always

get these brainstorms at midnight?

Here is what I started with...a large silver tray in the center

of the coffee table and three very large silver vases on

the sides.

Then my very LARGE vintage trophy cup was added to the tray

along with some frosted glass votive candle holders...

I was searching for the right color of Christmas balls to put in

the trophy cup, but I didn't have enough.  What to do?  I

remembered that I had purchased a few bags of hot pink 

and silver present bows at Hobby Lobby a few days before.

Why not?  I like the way they look and they match the bright

colors on my tree this year (more on that in another post)!

I think that it looks pretty and very festive!

I added some shiny ornaments (that didn't fit on the tree)

in a little crystal bowl to give the tray some color.

With a little bit of imagination, you can make your holiday

displays look festive and pretty without breaking the bank!

Merry Christmas!

It's good to be back!

~Stacy~

A Few New Treasures...

Just a few new treasures that have been added to the web site and

Etsy shoppe.  I hope you are having a wonderful day and are enjoying

some warm weather in your part of the country!

~Stacy~

A Hot Mess = A Shelf Makeover!

Have you ever decorated something years ago (okay, only a few years

ago!) and then woke up one day, looked at it and thought to yourself...

just what is that HOT MESS going on with that doo-dad?  In other

words, just what the heck was I thinking???

Well I am about to give you a lesson in the "what was I thinking"

category.  Take a look at that shelf above.  Three or so years ago,

I thought that it was the bomb!  Now to me it just looks like a bomb

went off and exploded CRAP all over my shelf!  (*_*)  I've had this

shabby shelf for years.  I talked an antique store owner into selling it

to me one day and I've loved it ever since.  It has a nice cream

background with very well worn pink paint underneath.

Now take a serious look at that monstrosity...everything under the sun is

on that shelf!  There is a tray at the top, postcards, little birds, Austrian

china, Marie Antoinette books, flowers, pin baskets, altered art frames,

little bobble heads...you name it, it's on there!  I took one look at it one

day and decided that enough was really enough!  There is definitely

something in the air with me these days; clutter is driving me nuts!

So...absolutely EVERYTHING came off of that shelf.  Look at it now,

it's so bare and clean looking...a blank slate you might say.

Here is the finished result and I am quite happy with it.  I added mostly

silver framed photographs, some tarnished silver and only a few little

accessories here and there.  You might recognize the lovely postcards

on the top shelf...they are from Georgianna Lane of Georgianna Lane

Photography.  I think that it looks so much better!  I am still not sure

about the vintage pink show ribbons on either side.  I might remove them

yet.  They are really neat old ribbons that I purchased on Etsy.  I think

that the pink and white color scheme was the ENTIRE reason that I

purchased them, okay, I know it was!  They are vintage cat show

ribbons from the 1960's and I thought that they were really pretty.

Now it's on to my next project...my laundry room!  The shelves in there

are overflowing with all sorts of bits and pieces.  It's probably time for

another donation trip to the thrift store!

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Stacy~

A Few Recent Finds...

A vintage chippy aqua tole tray...

A stunning antique one-of-a-kind fairy maiden painting...

A pretty pink tapestry from France...

And another larger French maiden tapestry....

If you would love to find out more, visit my web site

where these beautiful treasures and other lovely finds

have just been listed!

I hope you are enjoying your spring!

~Stacy~