Saturday, April 12, 2008

New Living Room For Stephanie and Family

Ok so this isn't Stephanie's new living room ( its my workshop ) but we are getting her some slip covers for her "Very Loved" Furniture, I would love these for my own home there so big and soft and so comfy! So far this week I have completed the couch and chair and a half . Next, an Ottoman and some pillows. I really like the way they turned out the fabric that Stephanie picked out for the projects was SO nice to work with, it just made it fun.


Soon she will have a new living room and that's always a good thing! and I'm sure Stephanie and her family will enjoy having furniture to sit on again.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Something for Spring!

Just in the nick of time, I finally get to working on the Spring Chair
that I had committed to making for The Hog Shed


Of course the the last project that I finish up with was the biggest one! but none the less it did get finished. Another sweet little swivel rocker. I found this beautiful pink floral fabric this winter and knew I wanted to do something with it. I just hope that someone else sees the beauty in it.
Now, on the another totally unrelated subject, I finally got my Laptop for for the shop and I am in the proses of trying to get familiar with it along with loading my favorite programs. Some are working and some are not! I am not computer literate I only know enough to do what I need to do so this, I fear will take longer than I anticipated My Photo editing program is not liking the new Computer another thing to figure out.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Travelin


Summer is coming right? well I hope so, although you wouldn't know it by looking out my window but I will have faith that soon I will be sitting outside with my morning coffee, my lunch, my 2:00 break on the dock and dinner by the B B Q. but for now I am getting things put together for eBay and The Hog Shed. yesterdays mission was a Travel Tote for eBay and then some work on a very springy slip covered chair for The Hog Shed. Today I think another travel tote and finish up that chair so that I can get things droped off for the next sale, and then at some point I probably should go grocery shopping and clean up the house and the list go on..... Maybe even get started on some of my personal to do list!!

Monday, March 31, 2008

Casual Elegance

Well I snuck in another "My projects" Day again yesterday, so first it was a couple of pillows. The first being this long one that I used some great old hand crocheted lace and vintage buttons on and the second pillow that I made is the one with a monogrammed F on it. I got this GREAT idea from Katie over at Philigry she is always doing great things and I'm always looking forward to her new posts!!! Thanks Katie





The Second part of my project was to slipcover this chair that I found at a garage sale a couple of years ago and I love it cause I've never seen one like it before, it actually folds out to a single bed. Its one of the real old ones that has a metal frame.... its super heavy but its nice and big and I liked the fact that it has no arms! So in following my "Blue Mood" I found this beautiful satiny fabric and loved the print but didn't want anything in the house to feel that formal, so I found a fun cotton brushed fringe and used it in place of the piping and then added a bit of vintage lace at the bottom and I really like the way it turned out . well its back to work I go .........






Saturday, March 29, 2008

Let's Hang Him And Read The Will !!

Well Here they are .. Two of my Three My son Shayne in the picture above with his friend Rebeca and Autumn my daughter with Grandpa Pat below. We spent our Thursday night at the high school watching the play that they both performed in " lets hang him and read the will" what a fun play! and its always fun to watch the kids perform! They did a great job, we had a great time watching them.


Thursday, March 27, 2008

House and Home

Waiting for Spring.... This is something that I look forward to every year, yes I like to new spring flowers and the birds that come around again and the Sun the Sun yes yes yes the Sun!!!
But one of my other favorite reasons is so that I can redo and freshen up the house. This year I am feeling "BLUE". It's my new favorite color along with the color Green!! I love to keep most every thing in the upstairs a basic white/off white so that I can change things up easily. So this is my start on the spring summer look. With many more ideas in my head that will be added as time and money allow!!!


And A peek at the new rug that my honey got me for Easter.... so sweet.



Thursday, March 6, 2008

Slipcovering Again

Well here we go again with the start of a new year at The Hog Shed. Loving this chair. I want to keep it for my room! I found the fabric at Wally World. In its intended form as a King sized bed spread on clearance last fall. Well I knew the moment I saw it that it was not going on any bed, it was destine to be a slipcover !
I was really drawn to it because of the texture (which I had a hard time photographing) I love fabrics with texture. The only problem was that the weave of the fabric was a bit loose so I had to line the whole thing kind of a pain in the ........


Back side!

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Slipcovering Again






What a fun project. This one is out the door tomorrow on its way to The Hog Shed.


A Sweet slip covered Chair for a little girls room complete with a pocket on the side arm for a favorite book!! I added detail in the back with a lace up closure and I'm really happy with the way the whole thing turned out. I wish I knew how to do all of this when my girls were little !!!! De

Monday, February 18, 2008

Almost There

Well this was a busy weekend we painted and painted and then painted some more and today I will be painting again!!! One more coat of paint and we will be ready for window and door trim and finishing up the electrical . I hope to be moving in by Thursday I am soo excited!!! meanwhile the house is a disaster zone and its driving me crazy

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Things of late.




Well its been awhile since I have posted anything on my blog

Things have been busy with home, family and business.

I have been working on some new designs for my ebay business, this is a new style of tote that I offered last week on ebay. I love the way that it has turned out. I am also trying to get things together for the spring sales around here. I will be posting more photos in the next couple of days with things that I have been up to.... Slipcovers. Right now I am anxiously awaiting the final touches on the new workshop, hopfully within the next week I will be moving in!! but for now I am woring on stocking up for spring, which is somtimes a chalange to think spring when the temp is -12 as it is today. The cold weather always makes you appreciate the beautiful warm weather when it arrives.