Antique Booth?

I have been insanely busy this week. I  have been wanting my own antique booth to sell some of this stuff I've been collecting. I went everywhere looking at antique malls that I would be willing to drive to that weren't too far away. Luckily, my favorite one is the closest to my house. I was going to get a booth in this popular mall but I missed it and someone got it before me. I have to wait until the end of the month and see if any new ones open. At first, I was upset but then I felt so relieved. I wasn't ready and I was making myself crazy going around trying to find enough stuff to put in the booth. The entire reason I collect things is because I enjoy it. I am going to take my time and build up my inventory and get a lot of furniture painted so when one does come available I'll be ready and I can enjoy the entire process. And I know I have so much to learn!

In the mean time I am looking at lots of pics of booths to get ideas on setting one up. Here are some pics that I have found and pinned.

Finding Home

Collected Treasures

Whimsy Decor

Junk Bonanza

Do you have an antique booth? Any advice for those just starting out? 

Sofa Shopping

My poor 7 year-old sofas have had it. But they are so comfy! They are definitely the kind you just want to sink into. Since we sink into them so much the poor cushions are pitiful. The fabric is chenille and the texture has flattened. But I do love it. My husband complains about it though because he says you can't sit up because the back cushions are so horrible. I say who needs to sit up anyway?

Mandy from Cre8ive Motives bought a beautiful sofa from Haverty's. I looked at it online and thought it was perfect. Last weekend, while my daughter and I were suppose to be at the movies, we dropped in Haverty's to look around. I found Mandy's gorgeous sofa and I loved it! I walked around some more and saw another one made with linen fabric only it had 3 seat and 3 back cushions. The sales lady saw me drooling all over it and told me they had the same sofa that someone had ordered and decided they didn't want it so it was $400 off! SOLD!

Isn't my family room so pretty? I rushed my new sofa home and decorated and painted my family room in one week. Yeah right (Haverty's pic, of course).  I love the color and it really has that relaxed cottage feel I was going for. Now if I could just get rid of all of my old furniture! I still have my 2 old sofas and my old dining set. My house looks like a used furniture store gone bad. Hope to get some "real" pics up of my sofa and family room makeover soon.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Planting Flowers in a Watering Can

I love to plant flowers in "old" watering cans. I found a blue, chippy watering can at TJ Max. I love this color blue! It really stands out in my flower bed. And the rust and distressing on it are just perfect. 

You can tell from the above pic that the opening is not very large. I knew I wanted a variety of flowers of different heights, shapes, and textures but how in the world was I suppose to fit them in it? I found the solution with Confetti Garden! This container of flowers was at WalMart. It already had a great variety planted together and the bright pink colors really popped against the blue. 

Here is a close up of the card with the names of all of the plants in this one small container.

I added my Miracle Gro potting soil to the can along with the flowers. Since this can didn't have an opening for drainage I had to drill some holes in the bottom.

I would have never been able to buy all of those separately and fit them in the container. And another good thing...the flowers were less than 10 bucks!

Sooo pretty! If you are having trouble picking out flowers for containers you may want to look for Confetti Garden flowers. It makes it so easy! (And no, I wasn't paid to write any of this. I just think they're fabulous!)

Pantry Door Chalkboard

I have been wanting to hang a chalkboard on my pantry door for a while. I have seen many tutorials on turning your pantry door into a chalkboard. But with the way my door is made (plastic with faux wood grain and faux inserts) that wasn't going to work.

So I did the next best thing. I bought a mirror at Target for 5 bucks and spray painted it with chalkboard paint and hung it on my pantry door. Voila!

The $5 mirror leaning on my plastic pantry door.

My cute assistant reading the instructions on the spray can.

My cute assistant shaking the spray can.

The mirror on top of the saw horses about to be sprayed

After a couple of thin coats of chalkboard spray paint.

Here's my new chalkboard! I hung it on the door with command adhesive (removable kind). I tied some burlap/jute ribbon (from Wal-Mart) into a bow and made it look like it's hanging from the bow. It is sooo cute! I love it!! 

Linking to My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia   Todays Creative Blog   

Under the Table and Dreaming   Savvy Southern Style

Tater Tots and Jello

Silk Ruffle Pillow Tutorial

Silk and drop cloth had a conversation and this is what they came up with

Supplies:
Pillow form
Silk
Drop Cloth

Measure your pillow form and cut drop cloth. For instance, if your pillow is 12 X 16 cut one piece this size. Then, since we are making an envelope pillow the back is going to be two pieces. Cut 2 pieces that together will be about 3 to 4 inches longer so they will over lap. If your pillow form is 12 X 16 then your 2 pieces will be 8 X 16. So together when those 2 pieces over lap you will have 4 extra inches of fabric to make the envelope.

Take the one large piece and sew the two smaller pieces on each side.

Fold over the ends of the sides and stitch to finish the ends.

Measure how tall the pillow will be and cut a piece of silk twice this length. As far as the width, my ruffle is around 6 inches wide so I cut a piece of fabric 12 inches wide so I could fold it over and it would be self-lined. You don't have to do this. Since the pillow form is 12 X 16 I cut my ruffle 24 X 12. But you could cut yours 24 X 6. I don't like to finish the ends on ruffles so I fold mine over and they are self -lined. You will need to finish the top and bottom of the ruffle. I just folded and tucked mine inside and top-stitched it closed.

Sew the ruffle onto the middle section of the pillow.

Fold the back two pieces over and sew the remaining sides together.

When finished turn it right side out and insert the pillow form. This is what the back will look like with the sides overlapping forming the envelope.

Here she is all finished! This is so simple. If you have any questions about this tutorial you can leave a comment or ask me on facebook. If you don't want to bother with making a pillow like this and would rather buy one go to Dear Lillie. Her pillows are my favorite! They are so gorgeous!