~on top the piano~

Hello everyone!

I thought I would show you a little

refluffing I did recently on top of our piano....

but first the weather ~ ok. rain.

moving right along....;)

I found this vintage typewriter at the goodwill bin store

down the road.....cool huh?

very heavy....

I had to adorn her a little ~ give her a little bit

of lavender & lace....

much more interesting that way!

we actually got this piano off ~ you guessed it ~

craigslist!  And it was F R E E!!

sadly, a result of a divorce.

I brought my very musically inclined friend

who tested it and told me it was an amazing piano w/

wonderful sound.  It is.  I love it.

of course, I'm not especially loving the BROWN wood

I mean, come on!  Right???

but, Mr. T & T has strongly suggested

 (uh what?  what does that mean??? hee hee)

that we leave it alone....huh?  what?  I don't think I really got that....

not that I would EVER do something crazy while he wasn't paying attention....

nah....never....

we shall see.....lucky for him I'm too busy to cause

too much trouble right now! ;)

but I have to admit.....this particular paint treatment is haunting me.......in case you didn't see this post from Miss Mustard Seed....GO SEE NOW!!!

you won't believe how gorgeous her previously BROWN cabinets turned out!!

are you back?  Cool!

where was I?

ok back to the brown piano...

so, I moved my little cherub laying on her french vintage books

and added a few plates & platters....

tore up a couple books....

{fyi....make sure the books are old enough or they really don't turn out that great....course

all you super talented decorating ninjas already know this.....;)}

adorned a few candlesticks with vintage french sheet music

~ that was a little difficult ~ cutting it up....hated to do it!

but it doesn't really do me any good just holding on to them ~

stacks of vintage music sitting on a bookshelf, right?

fun stuff ~

re did this little table ~ again!

since I stole the cherub....

moved the lavender to this neat old trophy

and added a little clock.

welcome spring?  she's declined thus far

to be welcomed..... errrr....

 ~*~

I wanted to let you all know that I'm now offering

tablecloths in the Linen Shoppe

I recently completed one for a custom order & thought it was

so beautiful ~ I decided to add them to the store.

you can find them here

I also wanted to show you a beautiful necklace

I recently purchased from another

etsy shop

it came so beautifully wrapped

what a treat it was to open!

my girls were gathered around soaking it in!

just beautiful ~ all completely hand done

the artist is Laura Venosa DellaPorta

and her shop can be found here!

here is another beautiful example

of her work....

go see her ~ you will not be disappointed! :)

oh and btw....she is an absolute sweetheart.....

now, I'm back to work.

got 2 girls home sick...

Kenzie age 13 ...sore throat, cough, fever, ear ache

Allie age 10..."hurt foot" and tired.... ha ha no

just kidding she does have an owie and let's say

a plugged nose (at this point) I do believe it's time

for her to get back to class! :)

Have a wonderful Thursday!

xoxo,

Shellagh



~a spring vignette~

Happy almost Friday!!

my favorite day of the week....

it has been one stormy week here

in the good ol' northwest.....

it's funny ~ every single

year at about this time....I'm ready

to pack up & move somewhere sunny....

like seriously.....pack up & move....

every s.i.n.g.l.e. year.....

then usually just when I'm about ready to lose it  in the nick of time......we get an amazing

spring day.... or shall we say spring moment?

we had one of those today....sunny for about 3 1/2 minutes....

I love pussywillow....it's been awhile since

I've had any & I just cannot believe

how amazingly soft it is!

like bunny ears...so soft....

btw....this is an awesome book.....

Mr. T & T gave it to me for Christmas

and I have really enjoyed it....

I hung a few vintage french postcards

from these darling little antique clips...

also from France.....

they are seriously the cutest things ever...

aren't they just the cutest?

ok...our motto....laugh with joy.....!

as often as possible!! :)

I also got this darling little Johnson Bros. tea cup and saucer with a hyacinth bulb ready to bloom...

...same antique store....

I think the little cup & all was only $6!

I thought that was a pretty good deal....

I decided I  liked the vignette better without

the hyacinth ~ but had to show you anyway....

well that's all I've got today.....

I really hope you all have a wonderful

weekend!!!

Thanks for coming by!

xoxo,

Shellagh



~spring wreath~

Hello friends!

I am officially.....anxiously......

impatiently waiting on spring......

yesterday it was sunny and beautiful.....

and the air smelled so fresh & wonderful.....

today ~ not so much.....back to rain

rain

rain

rain

partially sunny forecasted for

 S  a  t  u  r  d  a  y 

come on......spring....!

I'm ready to welcome spring!

ready for daffodils, hyacinths, lilacs,

tulips.....sunshine.....

one of the saving graces is the happy birds

chirping outside my window.....

love that!

the sweet sounds of birds in the garden

bring me a lot of joy.....

and the smell of lavender.....

can't get enough ~ :)

I picked up this fun wreath at an

antique show over the weekend....

I met up with Kathleen from

Faded Charm....you know White Wednesdays?

she's awesome & we've met up

several times at different antique malls & stuff...

so I did a little fluffing this morning....

I'm embarrassed to say this window

in my living room sat empty

since um....Christmas.....

the shame.....

and "you call yourself a blogger"

hee hee....now you all know!

:)

I'm really loving our sisal rug

we got a few months ago.....

you can see just a peek of it here

but it really adds so much warmth to the room....

we will probably be painting this room

in the next few months....

I really like the texture on the wall ~

but the "parchment paper" look

tends to look a little more yellow than I want....

I'm on the hunt for sconce lights or maybe

candelabra/sconce lights for either side

of the window......

I'm not sure I'm going to leave it (the window) there

long term or maybe move a big mirror

I have into it's place...

I've always loved this little table

I picked up a few years ago....

it may or may not stay but I do love it......

on a side note....

I got some very fun items in the mail

recently.......

isn't the packaging darling???

have you been to Lori's site?

she has a wonderful blog

and a

 "brick & mortar" store

called Round Barn Potting Company

and let me tell you....she is a accessorizing,

vignette creating NINJA!

you will gain so much inspiration from

her site....go check! :)

these are cute little paper pulp pots....

they look like aged cement....

can't wait to put something in them...

and show you

she sent me some beautiful cards along with

the package ~ she also designs greeting

cards!

apparently the pots look awesome stamped so,

I'm thinking about trying "the citra-solv

transfer method"...on them....maybe I'll

transfer some kind of fun graphic!

fun to look forward to ~

well that's it for today!

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

xoxo,

Shellagh



~meet Madeline~

Hello everyone!

Well it has been quite the crazy

week or 2 around here!

snow

rain

sun

rain

wind

snow

it'll be a miracle if my new little garden

plants survive!!

I wanted to take just a minute

to introduce you to another little

chair slip I dreamed up....

meet Madeline...

I had fun creating Madeline....

I loved adding the teeny tiny ruffle...

I had the vision in my head for awhile and

had to hunt around etsy

to find the right graphic....

if you are interested in finding graphics

for your projects

you can find LOTS on

The graphics fairy ~ click here

she is totally amazing and literally posts

new graphics every single day of the year!!

and they are   F  R  E  E !!

but this one I actually found in another

etsy store called Vintage Restyled

she has lots of fun and unique graphics

so go check it out!

here's the back view....

just a simple little white ribbon tie....

I really like the delicate tie with the dainty ruffle....

so that's Madeline.....hope you like her~

she's available in my store if you want

to take a closer look

{ no pressure of course! ;) }

I also hope you don't mind seeing all

my new creations......

I hope to someday start doing some

decorating again & show you some more house

stuff but for now all my energy is right here

in my little etsy store...

so this is what I've got!

Hope you're all doing fantastic!!

xo,

Shellagh



~linen & ruffles~

Happy Tuesday!!

I'm so excited to show you some

linen & ruffles......

I've been having a lot of fun creating new designs, sewing them up & getting

things listed in Etsy!!

first up to show you is the "Emma"

chair slipcover

Emma is skirted and romantic in feel.....

she's made of 100% pure linen, and

is available in white, ivory, natural or oatmeal.

she has simple grosgrain ribbon ties in the back......

and oozes with shabby chic yummy-ness....

shabby, romantic and feminine~

you can find Emma here

~*~

Now I've got some new pillows to show you!

but before I show you the latest,

I need to introduce you to the person who

is making all this creative energy possible!!

Until I found her, I was so bogged down in sewing,

that the creative juices had just DRIED UP!

I don't want to sound negative.....my shoppe has been

a huge blessing......and I have LOVED making your items.....

but I was sewing pretty much 24x7.....which left very little time for anything else....like creating...

or grocery shopping, cleaning, decorating, gardening, cooking....*ahem*....

taking kids places....etc...etc....

so I had to change things up a bit and, I truly believe

an answer to both our prayers, I found Diane!

let's just say that Diane is a sewing super ninja.....

in fact, I am pretty certain all kinds of elves & such

come out the minute she starts to work!

she is an expert seamstress & is now using her

crazy super ninja sewing skills to sew up a storm

for me!!  YaY me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so I am looking forward to more time for creating,

blogging, decorating & everything else in life!

now let me show you a few more goodies that are newly

listed!

these are more along the lines of simple, french farmhouse style.....

Vintage French Lentilles Vertes Pillow Slip

 Vintage French Boulogne Postmark Pillow

I really love the graphic on this pillow.....

it's always fun going shopping for graphics!

Vintage French Journal de Paris Pillow

well, that's just a small sampling for you.....

it seems blogger won't let me add the rest of my pictures &

after messing with it for an hour.....I gotta give in for

today!

Grainsack pillows are up next.....

I've been procrastinating cutting them because they are so beautiful......but they are now on the chopping block ;)

Have a great week friends!

xo,

Shellagh