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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Pinterest Inspiration Thursday #4

Good Morning. Hope your week is going swell and fast. My week flew by. We're heading out on another ski trip this weekend, and Friday afternoon can't come fast enough.
I kicked off my first Linky Party this week. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous no one would show up. I tried a technique that has worked in introducing me to new blogs...sending an invite (via comment) to share a post. It always works on me, and I find amazing blogs from the invites. I guess karma works, cause I have posts on my Linky Party (insert jumping up and down)!

On Pinterest this week, I'm trending Home Decor. We've been living in this house for just over a year, and my walls are still pretty bare. I'll be honest, my husband does most of the decorating :) Seriously. My construction man has an eye for decor. When I went to Toronto this fall, I came back to my mirror wall installed. I had sent him a picture of one off of Pinterest, months before. 


Then he rounded up all my odd gold mirrors, and filled the living room wall. I receive sooo many compliments on it, and I just grin when I tell them who did it. 
 Here's what mine looks like.

I love a good old gold ornate mirror. Say that 3 times fast.

On to my Pins for the week. This is a collection of Decor that I plan on making or obtaining.


This comes from Cindy at cottage instincts. I think I would spell our family name down the center. What word would you use?

I love this next one.


You have to check out her tutorial on dish stacking. What an art form. This is posted by Yvonne at stone gable blog. 

I've already started to collect my silver platters for this one.


I also grabbed a few of these vases today. I'm gonna get the kids to do this one. 2 for 1, keep them busy and tackle a DIY for me. Win/win for me :)


Thank you for the inspiration Jamie @ anderson and grant.

Well those were my fav Pins for the week. You should see some of these showing up in the near future.

Until next time, take care.

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Chic By You Wednesday Linky Party #1

Hello. I'm so excited!!! I bet you can guess why. Today I'm launching my first Linky Party. Yay! I can't wait to see everything you have to offer at Chic By You Linky Party. Then check back next week to see if I've featured you. Sounds great? I think so.

A few things
1. Please link up only your original posts.
2. Please back link to this page in the post. I will only feature posts that link back.
3. Visit other links and leave a comment. Lets pay it forward. Karma!
4. Follow me, to catch the party every week.
MOST IMPORTANTLY!!
5. Have fun.









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Headboard Chalk Board DIY

Happy Monday!! Well not really. It's still freezing here, and I'm dreaming of the sun. It always makes me jealous when I see other bloggers photos with green grass and flowers in the back ground. I WISH! I have tried to convince my husband to no avail that we should move to nicer weather. Sadly, its not happening anytime soon:(


Back in December I came across this great post by createinspireme. She had turned an old headboard into a DIY chalk board. I had one of these bad boys sitting in my furnace room. Picked it up a year before hoping to refinish it for my oldest, but she changed her mind.




Here's my finished Chalk Boards. I smile that I got 2 from 1. Doesn't everyone love BOGO's?





I had the knobs saved and added some Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze. My fav stuff.

 If you like this DIY, please vote for me here by clicking my photo on the East Coast Creative. Check out their blog, really cool projects!. Mine is way at the bottom #210. I would love to make the team!!

Thanks for stopping in and take care. {or stay warm if you are living up North}


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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Graphite Tables

Hello. Hope your enjoying your Sunday. It's kinda cold out here at minus -26 C (-15 F). Which I guess really isn't that bad, but I'm done with winter. I think I've hit that point in the winter, when I've just had enough! I want to paint in day light hours, be able to take fab pictures anytime and not have to rush home after work to get natural light. {anyone use photographers lights?those big circle ones?}
Anywho, I wanted to showcase a set that was brought to me from far away, 6 hours to be precise. I wish I had taken before pics, but I never seem to remember. That should have been my New Years resolution. 


What do you think? I painted these with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Graphite. I was hoping for a more richer black... but loved the slate color. I used 2 coats of Annie Sloan ark Soft Wax. 

When painting, I used random direction strokes to built lots of grooves. This way I could work the dark wax into all the lines and crevices. 


I just love the profile of these babes!


I tried turning the window in this one. I love to paint, but have no experience in photography.


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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Vintage Pail

Hello. Happy Friday! I'm feeling a quite a bit under the weather, so I decided to take it easy and play with my camera. Peek-a-boo! Can you see me?


I love this vintage pail. I grabbed it from an antique mall in Edmonton over a year ago. This little gaffer has been resting in my spare bedroom on a shelf. No purpose for a year. Isn't that crazy? It's perfectly dirty, a little white paint spots all over. Nice green handle. Could probably use a little rust? But otherwise, perfect.
I've been observing other furniture photos, trying come up with ideas for better furniture pics. I will be introducing more props in my photos, or staging. You'll be seeing this man of steel around more often.


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