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 .........

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

No Slipcover ???? Must Recover

Well Here it is, in it's before State. There are actually two of them! the Challenge ... to slipcover them. OK I can try... Ive never slipcovered chairs like this before, but you don't know til you try Right? well I just couldn't figure it out!!!

So Now what???? tell the client that there's no Hope? I don't think soooo.. well, I can try and recover them and see what we come up with .. anything would be better than this right !!

Well Here they are and I am really proud of how they turned out! and the client was HAPPY!

Pillows for Sara

Well the First Project for the New Year and I really like the way it turned out!

Pillows for a Clients window seat! I love the color combination , so much that I even considered some for me too> but no time for that kind of fun! I am on to the next project of the New Year, upholstering Chairs, Listing a few things on EBay and the on going task of deep cleaning and organizing for the New Year oh yeah and Getting ready for the big move into the new shop!!! Insulation is next on the list then drywall ....... getting close!

Something Fun For Grandma

Something Fun for Grandma that I whipped up last minute. Hopping that it would turn out and surprise surprise it did! and she loved it.

Just a simple collared shall that closes with a broach that way it can be reversible.