Painting Furniture...

Hello my sweet peeps,

I've been painting some furniture for my sweet little Ava's
room. Her Mother is redecorating her room and Ava picked
pink and zebra print. I'm still painting an antique twin sleigh
bed that will go with the furniture. Here are the pictures of
her desk/vanity and her nightstand.

I lined the drawers wth this beautiful print.

I also made her a sign to match her bed set.

I'm working on a few antiques for my store and hope

to have them up Tuesday morning. I will also post pictures

of Ava's bed as soon as I have that finished as well.

Thanks for looking at my blog!

XOXO

Very sad about Whitney Houston's passing

May God Bless Whitney's Daughter Bobbi and her Family.
We have lost the greatest voice of all time. We will always
love you, Whitney.

My favorite performance by Whitney Houston:

Shabby chic nightstands

I have two pieces of furniture done! I still
have three more pieces to finish and still
need to pick up the GORGEOUS antiques
I bought a couple of weeks ago. Here's
the finished pieces. You can buy them
thru my etsy store or locally in San Antonio!

Chasing my tail

Have you ever had one of those days where you

busted your buttah all day long to get nowhere?

Well, that’s what happened to me all day! I have

been painting for days trying to get 7 pieces of

furniture ready to sell. I went to glaze them late

last night and noticed all these tiny squiggly pieces

of thread all over the furniture. Home depot was

out of the rollers I use, so I bought some other kind.

Big…Big mistake! I have spend all day re-sanding

all that furniture to get rid of those squiggly threads!

I decided to take a break from that as I was a little

(a lot) peeved and needed to back away. I started

priming boards to make some chalkboards

for some antique frames. I get them all primed

and go to grab my chalkboard

paint and it’s the WRONG kind! I grabbed the

tintable can (sigh). I think I’m going to call it a

day and sketch some new designs… Here’s a

few pictures of what I painted and have to REDO!

Cedar Hill Ranch and The Shabby Apple Giveaway!

Yes, that's right... A GIVEAWAY! A really good GIVEAWAY!
A vintage dress by shabby apple! You will need to go to the
Cedar Hill ranch to sign up. Here's the details and links:

The shabby apple

Cedar Hill Ranch

Here is the link to Cedar Hill Ranch:

http://cedarhillranch.blogspot.com/

Anita is the owner of Cedar Hill Ranch and

has all the info to win a FABULOUS DRESS

by The Shabby Apple!

 Take the time to read Anita's profile!
What an amazing woman she is and
so talented! I can't wait to get to know her,
I will be a daily reader on her blog!

I need some help and some idea's!

Does anyone know how to make a mold? I would like to make a mold
out of this cast iron piece that went to an antique heater, I ripped apart
and made a manel out of a LONG time ago. I want to make a mold
out of the applique, I'm hoping I can make some out of the applique's
that are on the cast iron part I used to make my mantel. Now for some
isea's... I want to make something out of this piece after I make some
molds. It's pretty heavy and only has about 1 3/4 inches from the front
to the back. I was thinking of flipping it up side down and attaching
it to an old piece of wood and making it a mail holder for a front porch.
I think it would be so cute! Does anyone have any other idea's what
to make out of it? Here are the pictures:

The cast iron piece above went right under the

cast iron piece on the mantel, right under where

you see the bows and ribbon.

I know someone has an idea or two?

Some new items and my adorable Granddaughter!

I wanted to show you what else I bought at the flea market
and my adorable Granddaughter. I was doing a photo shoot
and Ava wouldn't let me take her picture which is so odd,
because she normally hams it up for the camera. I was just
about to take my first picture when she comes walking out
with a huge candy bar in her hands. Ah ha, I was able to
bribe her to get her picture. I think they turned out so cute!
First up is another old tool box I bought at the flea market
last weekend.

Correction: This is the same tool box down below, this is after I painted it.
I forgot I posted it. (Ding Dong) I thought I only posted the little blue one.
The little blue one sold within two hours after being posted on Etsy.

I just love her to pieces!

Some of my favs from the flea market

I don't know why, but I am addicted to old tools!
here are a few of my finds from the flea market
I went to this past Sunday.

I love them!!!

New items up on Etsy!

I'm finally doing my etsy shop, that I opened in 09.
I'm having a blast trying to figure it all out. Everyone
over there is so sweet. I'm finding it hard to blog, work
a real job, work on my business, and get all my house
stuff done! I'm hoping this gets easier as I get used to
how everything works. Here are a few things up in my store
right now (http://www.etsy.com/shop/InspireMeDesigns)

These are about the only things that are not Christmas items.

My store will be ware when Christmas is over!

~Diane

xo