Long Live Britannia!

Have you embraced the mania? Caught up in the furor? This is Great Britain's year!

The Jubilee

The Olympics

The Designs

Traditional Home Magazine jumped on board featuring Britain's designers as they reap the rewards of being center stage. The Union Jack is everywhere...........

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Want to join in? Here are many of the highlights of our upcoming tour, my 20th year of guiding future Anglophiles across the pond. And in celebrating 20 years, there is a "give-away" one lucky attendee  will receive free airfare (with a minimum of 6 attendees). Maximum 10.
NOTE;   BLOGGER IS REALLY GIVING ME TROUBLE. PLEASE IGNORE THE "POSTER" FOR ENGLAND 2011......I CANNOT DELETE IT...GRRRRR

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Our first two nights are spent at the up-market Priory Inn in the heart of the village of Tetbury in the Cotswolds. A lovely dining room where our welcome reception will be held.

The stunning Tetbury......Prince Charles weekend village for Highgrove and an antique mecca

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Rodmartin House of the British Arts and Crafts movement. Every piece of furniture was custom made for this home and remains completely intact

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The hauntingly beautiful Chavenage from the 9th century, a pre-medieval manor and the setting for many Merchant and Ivory movies.

 Tea in the village of Lacock
 for tea






   

  



The stunning Courts Gardens

  The impressive gardens of 'The Courts'

   Our accommodations, 'Blackrow Farm'

  Learn how to marbleize paper

 

  A massive antique market

  Kingston Lacy, house and grounds

 Athlehampton gardens

 Count & Countess deSalis

 Sue's garden, floral lesson & tea

 Moated Cothay Manor

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 Cheers!

   

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Whitaker Museum Flea Market

Mark your calendars!  Red Hen Home will be making an appearance at the Whitaker Museum Fundraiser Flea Market on Saturday, June 16th.

You can read more about the Whitaker Museum here.

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Farmers Market Canvas

Yesterday I showed off the Flea Market Canvas I created for my living room, based off this beautiful artwork by Mandy Lynne.

You didn’t think I could stop with just one, did you?

Well, I was happy enough with the Flea Market canvas, so I started sketching for the next one…

Ever drawn a bicycle?  Me neither.

My style is definitely not as “refined” as the original!  I wish the colors translated better to the computer screen…the border and the lettering are actually a brick red color, and the background is a pale green.  And again…flowers are not my strong suit!

So here’s the set…the original, gorgeous, Mandy Lynne’s:

And the debut artwork of the amateurish Red Hen:

Am I happy?  I think so!

(Photo courtesy of Chicklet #3)

Are you excited to see how they look in my house?  Coming soon!

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This project has been featured at Elizabeth & Co., DIY Showoff, and Knick of Time Interiors. 

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Linking up here:

Domestically Speaking	Elizabeth & Co.
Sisters of the Wild West	No Minimalist Here’s Open House Thursday
Friday Remodelaholic	2805
My Simple Home Life’s Simple Creations Friday	Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday
Funky Junk’s Saturday Night Special	The DIY Show Off
Beyond the Picket Fence	Someday Crafts
Knick of Time	My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Perfectly Imperfect	{Primp}
Simply Klassic Sundays	My Repurposed Life
From My Front Porch to Yours	It’s So Very Cheri
Cowgirl Up!	{aka} design

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Flea Market Canvas

I have been keeping a secret from you.

In addition to working on my front-room-to-office transformation (you can see the latest installment of that here), I have also been working on a major living room redecorating project!  I never know if I’m “supposed” to show it off in bits and pieces or with a major reveal…so forgive me if I’m not doing it right!

So while it may be a bit backward, I’m going to show off the most recent project for the living room first!

I fell in love with these vintage-y canvases from Mandy Lynne when I saw them at an upscale furniture store.

There are posters available through her Etsy shop for about $65/each (canvases are considerably more expensive), but that was both out of my price range and not the look I was really after.

So I spent a lot of time scheming how to “knock-off” her work.  I created a whole Silhouette design, but the thought of the layers of stenciling I would have to do to recreate the color scheme intimidated me more than a little.

Then I had the great idea of using the overhead projector, like I have on so many coffee tables, but on the night I wanted to do it—I found that I couldn’t get the image to be the right size for the canvas I had prepared.

So…I took a leap and just started sketching.  And to my great great great surprise…it wasn’t all that bad!  My layout differs slightly…it changed as I filled up spaces too quickly 

In fact, it was good enough that I took the next leap…painting!   I was able to choose colors that complemented my home better than the gray of the original.

Here’s how they look side-by-side!

I won’t lie to you…I’m super excited with how this turned out!  It’s my first EVER real painting!  (We’re not counting furniture!) 

I hung it on the living room wall today, and I’m not embarrassed to have it there…I think!

I’m proud at myself for attempting something so new and different.  I have a mother and a sister who are incredible artists, so trying anything remotely like painting or drawing has been very intimidating for me. 

But at least I can say now…I tried!

Updated to add:  Yes, I had to make the Farmers Market Canvas as well!  You can see it here.

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This project has been featured at Elizabeth & Co., DIY Showoff, and Knick of Time Interiors. 

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Linking up here:

Funky Junk’s One Scary Thing Challenge

Domestically Speaking	Elizabeth & Co.
Sisters of the Wild West	No Minimalist Here’s Open House Thursday
Friday Remodelaholic	2805
My Simple Home Life’s Simple Creations Friday	Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday
Funky Junk’s Saturday Night Special	The DIY Show Off
Beyond the Picket Fence	Someday Crafts
Daisy Cottage Designs	My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Perfectly Imperfect	{Primp}
Simply Klassic Sundays	My Repurposed Life
From My Front Porch to Yours	It’s So Very Cheri
Cowgirl Up!	{aka} design

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