I'm Still Here!

Hi everyone and thanks for asking if I'm okay (; Yes I am kind of, I was going to take a little break and get some things done that I have put off but then my aol service decided I should take an even longer break than I expected! No service for days!! I was having withdrawels, LOL. I did get lots of things done like cleaning out drawers and closets then packing things up for Goodwill, my floors got a deep cleaning , laundry room cleaned up, dusting oh and lots of furniture moving! I guess you would call it an early Spring cleaning. The only casualty of all this hard work is my knee, I have injured it and can't hardly walk right now! Anyways I found these adorable sheep at Joann's craft store and thought they were so cute~ sooooo I bought some fake grass and just set them in it on my fireplace, simple I know but cute right??!! I wish I had more pic's to share with you but I am having one of those times where whatever I try to decorate I don't like it, as a matter of fact I took out all my Easter decor and started putting it up and thought I just am not ready and put it all back in the boxes and put it away, I don't know WHAT is wrong with me!! LOL, this is not how I am usually, maybe it's the knee pain?? I hope to get some inspiration soon! I have missed you all (;
Big Hugs~Kelly

Happy Valentines Day!

I wanted to wish all of my sweet blogging friends a Happy Valentines Day! I am going out of town and will be back next week (; I hope all of you enjoy your day with your sweeties!!
Big hugs & kisses~Kelly

My New Treasures!

I am in love with this new bed frame I bought the other day and wanted to show you all, it has roses painted all over it!! I am going to be putting this in the guest bedroom.

See the beautiful roses .............

A closer look................

I bought this metal sign at Marshalls, I thought it was cute.

A tiny cake pedestal ................

And this tablecloth, it looks and feels like an antique one. I'll show you pic's when I get the bed all put together, the lady that sold it to me has the bedframe at her house so I will be picking it up sometime this week, then I can get it all together. I think that I am going to have Jeff make me a bench out of the bedframe I have in this room right now, you may remember it was a dark wood and it isn't in very good shape so I will probably paint it and add some wood appliques to it, we'll see. I hope everyone has a good week!!

Hugs~Kelly

What do I do when bored??

Walk around my house and take random pic's to share with all of you of course!! LOL. First of all I would like to thank you all for the sweet, sweet comments you left me on my hutch, I can't tell you how much they mean to me (; I love you all from the bottom of my heart!!

The first two pic's are in my garage where you enter into my cottage.

This is our guest room in the bunkhouse, I have named it the Grandma rm because that is who stays here and I added bits and pieces of all them in this rm.

A little armoire that I store extra sheets and blankets in...

A pretty writing desk...........


I have never shown a pic of my pink cabinet, it is for a kitchen and is originally from England, it even came with a newspaper from England still in it. I t also has a flower bin inside the door. The island in front isn't attached so you can move it around in your kitchen (: The sewing machine I have sitting on it was my Nana's. By the way it was already pink when I bought it!!

This is a favorite plate of mine and I only have 4 of them):

My love sign cause I love you all!!

Some cute candle's that look like chocolates~good for when your on Jenny Craig, LOL.

Another heart I bought in N.C. with my Mom and another fav dish of mine.............

Just beautiful isn't it!!

Some more hearts on my hutch............I hope everyone gets a sweet little or big something for Valentines day!! Thanks again to all of you for making my life a little brighter everyday!!!

Still Playing!

Okay so here she is......... I think she may be a little overstuffed with pretties, it's still a work in progress but I thought I would show you what I have accomplished! I decided to leave the aqua for now, I kind of like the color with all my white couches, so I'm leaving it (; I have some tweaking to do but I'm happy with the end results so far, I also took a pic of the dish I made a while back, I bought the dish at goodwill and then added my broken china pieces to the lid, I also did a teapot, it was a lot of work cutting the china, I think you need really good glass cutters for this type of project (; Did you notice my feather tree with the hearts on it, I got a whole bag for a dollar at a church thrift store, they are all hand stitched. I was happy to be able to display some of my favorite teacups from my Nana's collection, I think she would be pleased. I decided to put the old knobs back on the hutch, they're porcelain and made in Japan, I was going to use wooden ones but I really like the original ones after I tried them.

Hugs~Kelly

The Hutch Progress and Your Opinions Needed

While I'm waiting for the paint to dry, I thought I would show you what I have gotten done so far, my only dilema is~remember the inspiration pic I showed you, well it had a cream color paint on the inside of the back of the hutch, I can't decide if I want to leave the aqua color or paint it cream, what do you girls think I should do?? I really can't decide what I like better, I thought for sure cream until I put one of my rose dishes up against the aqua and it looked so pretty, please give me your opinions to help me make up my mind(;
Hugs~Kelly
For those who were asking about my painting process~ I lightly sanded it then brushed on Kilz primer and then this time I used my paint sprayer to apply the top coat of aqua. After it dries good I will distress the edges with sand paper, where normal wear would be. Hope that's helpful .

My New Project

Hi everyone, this is my new project, I purchased this hutch last week and I wanted you to see the before pic of it and the pic below is how I am visioning the way I want it to look, a robins egg blue for the base and cottage white for the back of it, wish me luck, I'm also going to order some appliques to put on each of the doors. Can't you just picture my rose dishes and pitchers and maybe some rose paintings leaning up on the top of it, I am so excited, can't wait to get started so that's all for now, I have to get my painting clothes on and get busy!! Hugs~Kelly
P.S. I am going to put this in my living rm not in my dining rm, just in case anyone was wondering (:

* photo from Cottage Chic Store