Many thanks to Beckie at Knock-off Décor for featuring my Knock-off Clock table!
Knock-off Clock at Knock-off Decor
Burlap Love Winner!
Thanks to all those who entered the burlap pillow giveaway from Kijsa Studio! I love reading about the “good things” that have been happening to you and for you. I think we ALL need a reminder to stop and count our blessings sometimes.
Alaina from Arbor House Lane has an extra reason to be grateful, because she is the winner of the pillow!
Alaina said...
My favorite pillow is the address pillow and I love the rectangular shape. These are really cute pillows and I would love to win one.
February 23, 2012 8:26 AM
Congratulations, Alaina! I will be e-mailing you.
COLOR.....Are you in?
Are you embracing the latest Color Trend? After years of the muted 'Belgian' look and a dour economy, just maybe this is what we need to brighten our outlook. What do you think?
Everywhere we look...........fabrics
Furniture
The trends in flower development is a sharp infusion of intense color
Flora Grubb's in San Francisco
A favorite.......the British Morris Minor. Remember turquoise cars? Well, even turquoise appliances?
I'm wondering if that would ever return? That I would ignore!
Would you go this far?
Fashion is easy.......Tiring of my basic black, I welcome a wardrobe switch
Inspiration is everywhere
Happy Weekend, enjoy the Oscars!
xo
Debra
Burlap Love–a giveaway!
Growing up, picnics and holidays were an excuse to make homemade ice cream! My introduction to burlap began there—my dad would put a big chunk of ice in an old burlap sack and whack it with the flat side of an axe to crush ice for the ice cream freezer.
If I told my dad that people (meaning me) were using burlap for curtains and pillows, I *know* he would think I was crazy!
But take a look at these adorable pillows from Kijsa Studio!
She makes them out of old burlap sacks
Dad, I’m sure she washed them first.
…and she has generously offered to give one of her initial pillows (your choice) away to a Red Hen Home reader!
There are two ways to enter:
1. (Mandatory) Please visit Kijsa Studio’s Etsy shop, then come back here and leave a comment telling me which pillow is your favorite (initial, zipcode, address, etc).
2. (Optional) Leave another comment telling me something good that happened to you within the last 24 hours!
That’s it! Winner will be determined via random number generator on Monday, February 27. Good luck!
What are you waiting for?? Visit Kijsa Studio HERE.
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P.S. For those sweet souls who are wondering, the table issue isn’t quite resolved yet. Apparently the manager got an e-mail back from the corporate office finally on Wednesday, and they were firm but kind on the store-credit-only stance. The manager said he would send a second e-mail back saying HE thought they should give us our money back. We shall see!
Card Catalog Coffee Table
Where do the pictures hide on my computer? I wish someone would tell me! I am missing my “before” pictures of this card catalog, and I am not in the mood for hide-and-seek!
Last summer a friend showed up at my door. He had a piece of furniture for me to look at before he went to D.I. Did I want first dibs?
At this point my garage was stuffed with furniture, so I was practicing my polite refusal…
Then I saw it was a card catalog…a piece of one, actually…and I was a goner!
It looked like the middle section had been pulled out at some point. There were no legs, and no top—just holes where pegs would have attached it to another section.
I used a piece of wood leftover from building the sewing armoire to fashion a new top…
…and a trip to IKEA supplied casters for some industrial-feel feet!
I painted the whole thing in an off white, and then glazed and distressed it all to show off all the knicks and scratches. I used Rub-n-Buff in pewter and black to tone down the original brass handles—mostly to make them blend in with the casters, which were silver!
I kind of intended to take some more/better pictures this afternoon, but it sold before I could do that. Not that that’s a bad thing.
Although I think this is a fun idea for a coffee table, I also thought it would be so cool at the end of a bed—to store gloves and scarfs, or maybe a variety of small toys.
Note: Instructions for the Book Birdhouses can be found here.
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This project has been featured at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Elizabeth & Co., Mod Vintage Life, {aka} design, Simple Home Life, and Beyond the Picket Fence.
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Linking up here:Had a little get-away, purchases, gifts, updates
Get-A-Way
Took a couple days and headed up to my brother/sil’s place this week – needed a bit of a get-away. Being in the north woods is always so peaceful and relaxing.
We got up there on a gorgeous 40+ degree day and the next day as well, felt like Spring, but woke up on Friday with snow…no telling what our weather is going to be these days. Not much of a Winter so it makes me wonder what our Spring will be like.
Thursday bright and sunny!
Friday…SNOW! 
This is what I saw outside our bedroom window
Frame Building
For Two days we built backdrop frames for our space for the craft show this summer in Lititz, PA.
Gene has a huge pole barn that’s heated so it was a perfect place to work in…we all got into it and it got done in no time.
The frames have chicken wire and the wood will be stained or painted…most likely stained a nice rich Pine color.
The wood on the corner braces will stain the same as the frames so it won’t look like it does now…just different types of wood.
We made 6 - 3’ x 4’ frames in all. and the holes in the sides are for attaching them together at the show so we can use one, two or 3 attached together depending on the setup we do. I plan to attach Tobacco Cloth panels draped to make it look for inviting.
Shopping Day
The next morning we headed out for a ride to Wisconsin Rapids to one of our favorite shops…COUNTRY FRECKLES.
( http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/p/country-freckles.html )
And as usual…it was fun! I wanted to purchase some Wool from Jonie. I found so much and didn’t want to stop but as it was in these piles I had $85 worth!!! This will be used on my Traditional Penny Rugs for the show.
But first you have to see Joni’s new baby…sorry I can’t remember her name but she’s an 8 week old purebred Cocker Spaniel. Her coloring is just beautiful and so shiny. There were several shoppers in there and we all had our turn at kissing and cuddling her. When Joni put her back in her bed behind the counter she zonked out immediately.
Love my Wools
Golds…the checked one on top is a lot darker than it’s showing up
The colors in this are deeper than they are showing up
More Cooking Things
While we were gone a package arrived – I had ordered a large sauce pan to go with the cooking set I bought last month.
They never seem to include a LARGE sauce pan – one large enough for potatoes and things like that. A 3qt. is usually the largest and with my new set the 3qt. was large around and shallow. So I went online and found the one I wanted – it’s 4-1/2 qt. and called a ‘Saucier’ pan. Large enough to hold a mountain of potatoes! Oh, and good for popping corn too! I like that the bottom is slanted INWARD…the reason for this is for thick things like sauces, etc…easier to stir and get to it around the bottom edges vs the straight up sides of regular pans.
Special Gifts
The next day another package arrived…this time it was a delightful surprise from a ‘forum friend’. She sent it as a thank you for me getting some of her pictures posted on the forum as she was having some difficulty…I think I came out on the better end of this one.
I received a darling picture of Two children dressed in period clothing looking into a chest that hold an American Flag.
And a beautiful Blackened Tin candle holder. Both had a home immediately on the cabinet in the family room
THANKS SO MUCH MARY LOU.
Waiting!
I’m anxiously awaiting an order from Teresa’s Primitive Treasures…she was offering this on her new site: http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/ But I missed out on it and e-mailed her to see if she had another one…she had a couple more too be finished and said I could have one. The body is painted fabric stuffed with straw and the fur is raw sheep’s wool…isn’t it a beauty! 
Thanks for stopping by and visiting today…enjoy
Goodness I almost forgot…at the very top (below the header) in the tabs…I posted pictures of Paula and Rick’s house.
(Go to the tab or click here: http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/p/paulas-house.html )
I also updated my Amish Fiction tab as well (Go to the tab or click here: http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/p/amish-fiction.html )
I added more books and an Amish glossary along with a few recipes I found in the books I have read. I apologize for the crappy look of the additions…I copied them and pasted the document into the post….it was going to take forever to type it all out. SOMEDAY I might take the time.
At some point I will be updating the shopping tab too.
Karen
