Happy Mothers Day

"What" you say "is she nuts?  Doesn't she know it is almost Valentine's Day, not Mothers Day?"  No, I haven't lost it yet, as far as I know.  You see, I've been working for the last three weeks on pieces for the Fancy Farm Girl Vintage Market in Moses Lake WA, which takes place the day before Mothers Day.  I've got furniture, vintage pieces, and a few odds and ends like this.

So what do you think this ends up as?  It started as an old cabinet door I got at Habitat for Humanities Restore store, and a couple of Fleur de lis coat hooks which I have a bunch of.

Ta Da!  A cute chalk board/coat rack.  My husband was bored and stenciled on the bird and wrote the Mothers Day note while I was painting some other pieces.

I'll be linking up at:

savvy southern style

diy by design

a stroll thru life

beyond the picket fence

Sweet Waterfall Style Bedroom Set

Last summer I found this cute bedroom set for $40 at a garage sale.  Well I just couldn't pass that up!

It's a waterfall style with these great handles.  My husband says they look like Poirot's mustache.  The only problem with it is that the bed is a full, and it was this ugly 1980's blond wood.

Painters Prison Vanity

Have you ever bought a piece that you thought would be an easy turn around, but found out it was a disaster?  That's what happened with this vanity.  

Re-vamped Stereo Bar

Boy it's been a long time since I posted anything!  I guess with the holidays, and all of the pieces I've been working on, blogging just got left behind.  I found this stereo last summer at an estate sale.  Now I know that some people like to hit up sales the very first thing on the first day to get the best stuff.  I'm more of of the type that gets there later in the afternoon of the last day to get the best bargains.  This stereo was one of those late in the game purchases and only cost me $15.  I knew right away that it would be a great bar, and a good puzzle for my husband to work on this winter.  

Christmas Wreath 2014

This week I have a quick project and a short blog.

I started out with a cheap estate sale wreath, a broken ornament and some turkey feathers picked up in my front yard.

I bought these cute ornaments at a garage sale this summer and used them to decorate at our Christmas in July weekend.  Unfortunately this one got broken, but he was so pretty I kept him. 

So a little hot glue and voila!

I have it for sale at Paris Antiques, but won't be too disappointed if it doesn't sale and I have to keep it.
 Linking up at beyond the picket fence

Christmas Picture 2014

A couple of years ago I showed a Christmas picture that my genius husband put together for me that I love.  http://chickinthestyx.blogspot.com/2012/11/christmas-art.html  It is just a gift bag that he framed, but I hang it up every year.  What really cracks me up is how many times that post has been pinned.  This year I found a great show poster of a Christmas play done in 1993 in Seattle.  The only problem was finding the right frame.  I finally found this ugly 1980's picture at St. Vincents, it wasn't an exact fit so I made my own matting, painted out the frame and ta-da! 

I really like it and wouldn't be to sad if it doesn't sell, it could be a new addition to my decorations.

Linking up at these parties:

beyond the picket fence

savvy southern style 
diy by design

Great New Kitchen Chairs

I had the best day yesterday!  I went with my sister, nephew and his wife, to A Very Vintage Whites Christmas Market in Kalispell Montana.  Now this wasn't a little jaunt.  According to Google it was 288 miles, and it took us about 4 hours to get there.  Now if you lived around here you would understand that to most of us, eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana are unofficially one state, so the drive was no big deal.  Well let me back that up a second and give a huge thank you to my nephew Jeff for driving.  The trip itself was a great part of the day, just think of chit-chatting, a little serious discussions, and sharing some religious beliefs for eight hours.  The show was great, there were 104 venders and they all had great stuff.  I saw a lot of things that have been posted on different blogs and pinned on Pinterest, plus many new things.  And then (key the lights and music please) I found these chairs!!!!!

Mid-Century Beauty

I LOVE mid-century modern furniture.  It doesn't fit in my decorating scheme at home, so that is why I love revamping different pieces to sell.

The Soulful Sparrow

Well, as I said in my last post, I just got back from visiting my daughter in Chicago.  While I was there we went to a farmers market in Elgin and had the best chocolate almond croissant from Katic breads.  You have got to try these if you are ever over that way!   We needed to walk off some of that goodness so we explored downtown Elgin.  We stopped at a great store called the Soulful Sparrow.  I absolutely fell in love with this place.  This was an old house that owners Judy Walsberg and Mary Pierce transformed into a wonderfully eclectic gift store.  They were nice enough to let me photograph it so I could show it here.

 They had great displays,

 Fantastic Halloween Stuff,

 Nice clothes,

My beautiful daughter showing off one of the scarfs,

And a few ideas I might have to borrow.

Make sure to check out the Soulful Sparrow if you are ever in the Chicago area.

 
Linking up at
a stroll thru life
savvy southern style

Chick in Chicagoland

I haven't posted anything for a long time because I spent three weeks in Chicago with these beautiful ladies; my daughter and granddaughters.  They just transferred to Chicago this summer, barely got moved in, and my son-in-law had to leave for training for a month.  It was great to just hang out, shop (a lot!), eat great food and explore new places with my daughter.  Of course there was some junking, and revamping going on too.