Burlap, painted furniture,vintage holiday home decor and More!

BURLAP projects, painting furniture, vintage holiday decor, DIY artwork, Home decor, vignettes and more!

Great Newbie party this week!
I really enjoyed looking through all your lovely posts.
Such a talented group! It really is difficult to narrow down my features.

{a wee Meenit}

So many wonderful holiday ideas, trees, wreaths and Christmas cheer!

{hating Martha}


{i gotta create}



{Herballistic garden}



{our place on Magnolia}



{Balanced style}



{Little Miss Maggie}



{An Anglo in Quebec}



{Timeless treasures}



{Domestic8d}

I thank each and everyone of you for joining my Newbie party each week.
Have a wonderful weekend!
I am betting today a lot of you are running around like  chickens with their heads cut off.
{who ever came up with that saying, it's a little disturbing}

 I have a few new buttons in the works.
My dear friend Carol  {The polka dot closet} made them for me, and I thank her.
Now I just have to add the html, and I am good to go.
Feel free to grab one and just link it in your html gadget...we should all know how to do that by now.

Southern Christmas porch {rustic}

Not sure what exactly defines a Southern Christmas porch.

 But hey, I live in the South, and this is my rustic porch!

I never got around to showing you the other side, because I had one last touch to add.

I wanted to add a poinsettia...

While out with the girls yesterday I spied this big "OLD" SOUP pot.

Loved it, and at $9.00 it was coming home with me.

The lady at the checkout asked me what kind of soup I was making...

Soup? I said oh yes, poinsettia and cabbage soup..ever hear of it?

I love these big ole stockings I bought several years back at the Dollar tree.

Cute little ginger bread cooking cutters I scored in an antique store in Western New York for a few bucks, I knew I would find something to do with them.

Love my little family pillow.

And there is the rest of my Southern front porch. A little rustic,  little old, a little new,  little whimsy and you put it all together to create a warm Holiday Hello!

Gorgeous Carolina day here today.  A little brisk, but the sun is shining, and the sky is ever so blue.

Enjoy your day!

XO

Sharing with
Heather and Vanessa's front doors and porch party
Show and Tell
Feature yourself Friday
Frugal Friday
Chic on a shoestring
Design dazzle

Hodge podge post

Today, I received from my dear pal Peggy a thank you gift for 

hosting the runner giveaway.
Check out her site Angel baby creations

Let me say I was impressed by the wrapping and then the quality was really impressive.

Thank you  Peggy.
I also received a recent Etsy purchase made with love by my friend
Erin from




look how cute this looks in my kitchen

Here are my gifts from Peggy...

I love these place mats!
Girls I have been so busy with projects my head is spinning.
I have so many things swirling in my mind that I want to do..
I will let you peek at just a few.

This was the project I used the chalk  paint on..it did not stop here, fantastic stuff!

Had to find another use for my favorite yellow by Krylon

This is one of my favs of the day, can't wait to share it

I could not resist to show you this part of my porch now complete..The cross tin is new purchased at Garden ridge for half price. $15.00, it is really a cool piece.

My Handsome son off to his 8th grade Spring dance.
Dateless...by choice....

COLOR MY WORLD party going on
HERE
not the turn out I had hoped for..
weather and life seems to have gotten in the way.
I do thank you girls whom were able to participate.
What neat colorful projects out there.

Front porch Part II

 Here is yet another tid bit on the front porch.

This table is undergoing it's third transformation.

First time was mod podged,

second time was painted and glazed,

and this time is spray painted and stenciled.
First view a little slide show..I have done these slide shows when I first started blogging and forgot how neat they are.  I have seen some other gals doing videos, Liz, Layla, Carrie, but I am not good with the video camera, just yet, so this was easier.

 

BEFORE, painted and glazed

 

This table has three or four different paints and techniques, that I will share in the future, all very simple

notice I stenciled the clay pot too?

I am out of control with the stencils now...

I of course wanted the smeared, rustic, beat up look. 

It is not suppose to be neat and all fancy looking.

Thank GOD! I do not do well at those projects, as perfectionist is not my forte' in the painting furniture department!

That was all about I can show you of the table for now. The front porch is still in process.

Still more to come on the Front porch.
The neighbors sure are talking, and not sure if it is good! Let me just say, our house is standing out with color!

One gal stopped her car and said she  feels like a slacker compared to me..I told her,
"hey it does not take that much energy to get out a can of spray paint", really, you all need to try it and be sure to come to my partay on March 25th to see all kinds of fun colorful projects!

joining Kim for
WOW us Wednesday
Swing into Spring party 
Power of paint party 
Miss Mustard seed
Newbie party still going on
HERE

Happy Sunshine Saturday

You know I am working on my front porch.

Having fun I might add.

I finished the other chair, and I will just sneak in some snippets. I am waiting for a few more things.

Country French

Touch of whimsy

Old World Spanish

Live greenery

The Before BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!

 Next I will be working on  our back deck!

So you see I have incorportated all the elements that were reflective of the indoors.

Color,

Spanish,

Country French

Old World

touch of whimsy.

I can't wait to see it all come together myself. This was fun!

Did I mention all on a budget too?

Of course it was. When all is said and done, this redo will be roughly

$100.00

I totally understand this may not be most of your styles, or color choices.

I think this is what makes us all unique individuals. Your home and style should be reflective or you, and what you like. Hope this inspires you for the color partay!

Joining Donna from  

Funky junk interiors

Blood, Sweat and tears!

That is what I feel like after doing one chair!

Now I know why I love spray paint so much. It is way easier to paint a  rocking chair with  a can opposed to a brush and roller. So many nooks and crannies.

These rockers were purchased many moons ago, and were originally oak.

I then spray painted them black, and lightly distressed them, that was  few years back BB (before blogging)

This year our front porch is getting a mini makeover.

I always change out per season, but this year I wanted a dramatic difference.
I am not sure the direction I will be going, however, I did know how I wanted
to redo the rockers.

So I sought out my color...

and decided I would start today.

I sanded the heck out of these chairs after the paint dried.

Tomorrow I will be working on the other chair.
 I wanted a change and had to start somewhere.
The hat is not staying, I only threw that on there for special effects.

 This was last summer.
I would love some ideas.
We love country rustic, Spanish, Old world decor...
If I can incorporate a little of each, I would be happy.
I want to replace the cross too with something else...
Thanks so much!
XO
And let's not forget on March 25th color my World party..spray paint ONLY!

Newbie party still going on
HERE.
And a special giveaway
HERE
Joining Kim for WOW us Wednesday
Swing into Spring party 
Power of paint 
Miss Mustard seed