show time...

Hello everyone!

I thought I'd give you a little snippet

of what I've been up to, and that revolves 

mainly around shows and markets.

 Show time is fun time for me,

I love "playing house" in the booth!

'shopping' my house and barn for display pieces,

and then finding awesome fill in pieces at fleas and yard sales.

like this urn...

I've had the table for awhile and painted it last year for the house, 

but it just made it's way out of the barn to do shows this summer.

Because I am thinking right now about long I have had some of these

pieces, I even shocked myself when I remembered that I

found this table about 23 years ago!

I just painted it for the first time this year.

the beauty of taking it to shows, is that it is two pieces.

I love those legs!!!

The china cabinet I have had for almost as long.

I traded my brother and his wife for it

when I stenciled on the walls of their dining room in their first home!

best decoration in the whole booth...

My 15 year old daughter Hannah telling our shoppers about the benefits

of using our natural products!

I just sit back and beam when I listen to her talk to everyone.

I am fortunate to be able to say that this

is a family affair.  When our 10 year old Max is with us,

he gets right out in front and does the same thing!

When Danielle and John are home for a visit they pitch in and 

Cameron has been helping at markets and

Duane does the weekend shows with us after making

phone calls all morning!

love. love. love.

The displays do take a beating though and this girl was looking pretty rough,

let's say more rough than the shabby look I love.

What's a girl to do?

why, paint her with chalkboard paint of course!

She came in quite handy for displaying earrings.

I grabbed the old door at the last minute hoping for

a better way to display the repurposed necklaces...

it's going to be a permanent fixture from now on. 

I am constantly on the hunt for pieces to display my jewelry.

I could keep adding things from around here to bring

with us, but then where in the car and truck would I put them?

I do have to make room for the staff!

:)

Like I said,

I love "playing house" when we set up our booth.

Fluffing and then fluffing some more.

Next time I might think about adding

a chair to take a break in once in a while,

so that my back wasn't hurting today.

(back to the chiropractor I go.)

Thank goodness that Duane and Cameron 

really do all of the heavy lifting these days,

I couldn't bring any of these pieces without them!

love. love. love.

I hope that you are having a lovely summer.

Take in an art show if you have any near by...

the inspiration out there is endless!

Thank you everyone for your visits. I know that 

there are so many blogs to follow and that I am not here

nearly as often as I used to be, so I really

appreciate your stopping by for a visit and your comments!

love,

t.xoxoxoox

next post I will share more of what I've been creating to take to the shows.

here's a peek...

the effect company has on me... and my home

Sweeping, mopping, dusting, rearranging, cutting the last of the peonies,

fluffing, and fluffing some more...

is this what having company does for you?

I really need to have company more often and then maybe my house would

stay reasonably clean!

... not 'pop in' company, although they are my favorite kind of company,

but they unfortunately don't reap the benefits of my crazy

cleaning and fluffing!

They just take me as I am, and as the house is

and I am thankful that they want to knock on my door again and again!

My 'pop in' company are my friends that know they will

probably walk into scraps of paper strewn everywhere, the smell of 

a hot soldering iron, next to a sewing machine and piles of fabric, 

and a sink full of dishes,

and yet they still come over.

Thank you!

p.s. the door is always open ;)

They don't see the house as you see it,

photo ready.

(which by the way, please excuse the blurriness of these

latest photos, the light wasn't the greatest and my camera

is temperamental to it)

I couldn't retake them because, as you may have guessed

this room did not stay like this for very long.

Between the kids and the cat, the next morning

as I headed out to work, I walked through, shook my head and 

then closed my eyes.

I'm glad that I got pics of the peonies in the old crate and blue jars

 while I could because Oliver thought that I provided him with a new toy

 and had them shredded by the next day.

Good thing I love the booger.

p.s. that goes for the kids too!

Today I have it back in order, (mostly)

except for those pesky dishes and the never ending laundry...

wanna stop by for a visit?

If you call first, who knows what kind of projects I could get done just for you!!!

(sometimes I get crazy enough to break out the spray paint too!)

Happy Monday!

love,

Theresa

xoxoxo

linking to:

White Wednesday

Primp your Stuff Wednesday

A BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!

I have been having major problems with our internet... I am really going through some tough 

blogging withdrawals...

it's not pretty people, not pretty!

Seriously, someone needs to mend this quickly so I can do all of the things I want to do on the blog.

I have so many ideas to share,

posts that I NEED to post.

I have been thinking of ways that I would change up things over here.

Post more, tutorials coming your way, lots of fun things on the horizon...

now I just need our router to cooperate!

As soon as it does, I want to show you some of the fun I have been having over here!

(Right now I am sitting in the public library in the young adult room, 

acting like a young adult,

 and whining because I miss all of my friends!)

Until this gets worked out these librarians can expect to see much more of me around here!

I don't let myself whine for too long though

sooooooo

on to happier things...

This was one of our presents from Hannah... 

another reason why her and I love/stalk

Pinterest!

She saw this idea on there and then proceeded to make three of them to give as presents!

I think it turned out beautifully, I love the little girl that Hannah painted, blowing bubbles

under a rainstorm of green and yellow.

Also, before Christmas I won a giveaway from Jeanine over at 

Okio B Designs

I received a box stuffed with crafting supplies and oh my gosh,

I cannot wait to show you some of the creations that come from

Jeanine's generosity!

She is not only generous in her giveaway but she give us doses of  inspiration on a daily basis... 

go and check her out,

 you will be so glad that you did!

Hannah, Max and I were all digging through the box, coming up with ideas for all of the goodies!

(Jeanine's picture, we tore the box open like wild animals-

I think we are lucky the mail lady will still deliver to our home!)

For instance Jeanine put a paper mache' dress form in the box

and I snagged it before the kids did, because a couple of years ago 

I made this silver platter assemblage and it sold on etsy,

 and I have been wanting one of my own for a while now

so THANK YOU Jeanine for contributing to our crafting habits!

I think my new one will be wearing some of the hand stamped ribbon that was in the prize box!

THANK YOU JEANINE!!! XOXO

You see, I have so much to share with you...

but the girls just flickered the lights over here and I think that must mean last call

or something, so I gotta say good by for now.

Please know that I'm thinking about you and wondering what you have been up to!

You can bet there will be a great game of catch-up the next time I can link up,

whether here at the library or hopefully in the comfort of my own home, where people

won't look at me weird when I laugh out loud or ooooh and ahhhh while

oogling all of your beautiful creations!

I hope you have a fabulous 2012, full of love, laughter and many blessings...

in other words...

may your cup spilleth over!

and when it does, may you have a super sized

 SHAMWOW 

to mop up the excess!!!

:)

love,

Theresa xoxoxoxoxoox 

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