Christmas in the Country

Well this weekend (December 2, 3, and 4) is Cedarburg's Christmas in the Country.  I will be in the basement of the Cedar Creek Winery.  Here are a few selections of what I have made this year.

These are snowmen (and women) made from vintage salt and pepper shakers, some clay, and some vintage costume jewelry.

Here are some ornaments made from vintage yard sticks, and some Scrabble tiles.  I think they are so cute!

These are ornaments made from tiny clipboards:

Glass ornaments decoupaged with vintage book pages:

Genuine Snowman in a Can! (ornaments)

Market bags with French prints (LOVE THESE!!):

I also have some mixed media collage, and some prints like this on vintage dictionary pages:

Stop by and see me... I'd love to see you!

xoxoxoxo,

Jane

New collage

My friend gave me this frame a few years ago.  She thought I might be able to do something with it.  So I painted it white, and then it sat, for years.  I put the paper and vintage lace in it last year, then it sat again.  Until now!

In the beginning of September I found this perfectly preserved dead dragon fly on my driveway.   I recently repainted my bathroom and the new shower curtain has dragonflies on it.  What a perfect fit!

Here is the finished collage:

I hung it my newly painted bathroom.  Love it!

Jane

2 New Pieces

Well, I just completed two new pieces for my bedroom.  I only remembered to take a before picture of the chair (typical!).

Here it is:

I bought this chair at a rummage sale for $1.50!  It is so sturdy, I knew I had to re-do it.  Here is the after:

A close-up of the arm, and the beautiful fabric:

A close-up of the back:

One of the legs:

I LOVE IT!!!!!

I used Annie Sloan's Coco, a dark wax, and a clear wax for the chair.  Next, I painted a dresser that I have had for awhile.  When I picked up this dresser, it had multiple coats of latex paint on it.  I did not like it, so I stripped it, and stained it.  Well, after 9 years, I decided it needed another makeover.  Like I said, I forgot to do the before picture (oops!).  Here is the after.  (The pictures don't really do it justice...)

I used ASCP Aubusson Blue, and French Linen on the top.  It looks so nice in my newly painted bedroom with the king sized duvet cover I just made.  (More on that later).

Thanks for looking!  :)

Jane

The loft!

Well, as promised, here are pictures of the completed loft!  I used 2 x 4's a giant piece of plywood, and one piece of pine.  It is painted in Annie Sloan's Old White, and Old Violet.  Mike just added a railing so Sarah would not fall off.  It is not painted yet, but I just could not wait to show this off... so here it is!!

Another few views:

The desk (I love it!)

I also re-did her dresser.  Of course, I did not take a before shot, but I just love how it turned out.

In the un-used corner of the room, I thought a little reading nook would be nice.  The picture is a little dark, but you'll get the idea :)

I added a cute children's table so she could sit down and read if she wants.

What do you think??  I think, for never building a bed before, it turned out so cool.

Thanks for stopping :)

xoxo,

Jane

A new beginning for a girl's room

Hello All!

So this will be the first post of many showing the room makeover I just finished for my daughter Sarah.  About 3 years ago I garbage picked these two display pieces to use for my art shows:

I brought them up to Sarah's room thinking that I might make a headboard or something for her bed (sometimes I really need to visualize ya know!!)

Well, I called my husband Mike into the room and asked him to humor me.  "What if...", I said, "we used these for a base and make a loft out of them"?

Usually, at this point, Mike rolls his eyes and says "good luck".  But, to my surprise, he did not say that this time.  He actually thought it was a good idea!

So off to the lumber store I went.  I will post the outcome soon!!

In the meantime, my friend Laurel Flannery gave me this chair to re-do.  Because I was adding a desk top to the loft, I knew my daughter would need a chair to sit on.  Here is the before chair:

The base of the chair:  (pretty, but definitely needs something)

A sideways close-up of one of the legs:

The seat.

Here is the after:

So pretty!  Used Annie Sloan's Old White, and a beautiful Toile in green and white.  The detail actually has children playing, and swinging outside in the tree's.

Another sideway's view!!  You can see a sneak preview of the desk behind the chair!

More to come tomorrow :)  xoxoxoxoxo

Jane