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

My Camp Mack Weekend!!

Camp Mack in central Fl. is one of my all time favorite places to camp, it is like old Florida used to be, little has changed and when you drive down the long and winding road passing old country stores and beautiful farm land you feel like you have gone back in time! There are old oak trees covered in moss, dirt roads, fishing stories told beside the never ending fire pit, food being served at Rosies Diner and the sound of airboats going by in the canal, ahhhh, I want to turn around and go back!!

Look at those beautiful trees................

This is the bait house........

Need gas anyone??..........................

Rosies Diner...............A little slow right now, it was to early.

Ohhhh and we can't forget the fisherman................I mentioned the fish stories right?? They really caught 35 fishies for our fish fry (:

A view of the canal......................

Our fish fry............ I made grits and hush puppies to go with the Spec fish, YUMMY, it was so good! From the left my Daddy, Jeff's Mom and Dad, Me and Jeff. I hoped you enjoyed your visit to Camp Mack. Ya'll come back now ya hear!! (;

Hugs~Kelly

An Award~Thanks so much!!

Thank you so much Kelly Maria @http://belleamebeautifulsoul.blogspot.com/

This award is for ....."This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are extremely charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award."

Here are the blogs that I chose and want to thank for always being there to give me inspiration and friendship (;

Carolyn ~Aiken House & Gardenshttp://warrengrovegarden.blogspot.com/

Elyse ~Cottagehttp://tinkeredtreasures.blogspot.com/

Cynthia ~Cynthia's Cottage Design http://cynthiascottagedesign.blogspot.com/

Rene ~Miss Gracies House http://missgracieshouse.blogspot.com/

Sandy ~The Shabby Cottage http://pinkshabby.blogspot.com/

Becky ~One Shabby Old House http://oneshabbyoldhouse.blogspot.com/

MaryJane ~The Beehive Cottage http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com/

Bekah ~Let's Go Junkin http://letsgojunkin.blogspot.com/

A Nice Surprise~

Some friends stopped by today, they recently sold their strawberry farm/produce store that used to be next door to our house, it's just not the same without them over there, but to my delight they brought me some homemade blackberry jam and strawberry jam!! I can't wait to have some, do you think that would be on the Jenny Craig diet?? LOL. I also wanted to show you some beautiful roses I bought at Target today, I don't know where they get them from but they are always so pretty and last forever, you may remember some of mine have lasted for three weeks and they were still beautiful! I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week (;

Hugs~Kelly

I have had a couple of people asking about the teacup holders~I just wanted to let you know that they were another Homegoods find~What would we all do without these stores (;

Everything Is Coming Up Roses!

Well on my new slipcover anyways! Just in case I get tired of the white slipcovers I bought this rose covered one and I plan on stocking up on some others they have but a little at a time and ya know I thought about it after I got home from Ikea and I don't remember seeing the pink slipcovers there the other day, now it's bugging me I'll have to drive back out there and see if they still have them?? Hugs ~Kelly