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Friday, August 19, 2011

Vintage Inspiration Friday #51: One Year Give Away!

Hello, hello, ready for a Give Away?

I missed my 2 year blog anniversary back in June,
so I thought I'd better get busy to not miss my one year
Vintage Inspiration Friday
 Birthday!
(Hope you like what I have planned. I'm Excited!)

I love lots of different styles of decor
and I can't pigeonhole myself in one particular area,
but just having come on a journey with my Living Room
I've realized that Romantic French Styling has been my biggest inspiration.
So for a Give Away to celebrate Vintage Inspiration Friday,
 I thought I'd share two of my "go-to" books with you all.




Carolyn Westbrook's
The French Inspired Home







And Selina Lake's
Romantic Style










and just to let you know how much I love and appreciate you
supporters of Vintage Inspiration Friday and my blog
I'm going to add in one of my Key Pendant Necklaces .








A little vintage watch face on an old key
with a little bling for some fun!

Here's the deal for entries:
Separate comments please, for each one.

  1. Please follow my blog and let me know.
  2. Grab my Give Away button for your sidebar.
  3. Spread the word with a Blog post.

And then, when you participate in
Vintage Inspiration Friday
I'll count it as an extra entry.
(one link up for each week, please)

that means three more chances to win!
Ends September 3, 2011

And now from last week's wonderful entries:


My sweet friend Sharon from Sharon's Wannabe Cottage
demolished a boat sized island and "found" this
great workbench to open up her wonderful kitchen.



continuously has me lusting after her linen creations.




to make a great table runner for her buffet
and framed art.





And A Few Pennies More shows us with a great tutorial,
how to create a Feed Sack Dress Form that looks so vintage.



joining in on










Hope you'll join in this week,
please include a link within your post
or button on sidebar.



Remember we're starting the Give Away today,
so please leave your comments here on this post!

You all are the best.
Thanks for making my life so much fun!
xoxo,






Friday, August 12, 2011

Vintage Inspiration Friday #50 Vintage French Ticking

I've said several times that I'm not a seamstress, or even particularly adept at sewing, but necessity and obsession play a roll in my attempts at projects. So my latest obsession...no comments here...has been with making table runners for my Dining Room. Yes, you know, "the Dining Room That Has Furniture That I'd Love to Paint, but Just Can't Quite Get There" uh huh, THAT Dining Room.



First I used some fabric left over from my chair seat recovering from last year, natural Osnaberg, and a little nubby muslin for a ruffle. Then, once I did that I realized I really wanted a little somethin' in the way of color and pattern. So when I found this roll of French Inspired Ticking at JoAnne's Fabric that was on clearance, I grabbed it quick. Hopefully, it will be my next project, and two pillows to match for my extra Dining side chairs.




Here's one of the said Dining Room Chairs painted white, I know this set would be fabulous painted. OK, enough of that. Someone slap me please... maybe a winter project...or not.



So now back to French inspired fabric and tablerunners...



I found these woven placemats with handles a few weeks ago at Relics,
and when I went back for more...
they were gone, boo hoo.


Orphan red transferware and my French monogrammed tea towels.










I really love this fabric.



I found these other pieces of the real deal on Pinterest from Ebay.







Mine's pretty close, huh?

So here are some great links from last week's party.

Mercedes from All Things Pretty
shares her recent cosmetic makeover of her screened porch




has her Nana's wonderful Crazy Quilt on display.
(I just adore crazy quilts!)



takes us along on her visit to Mary Jane Butters Bed and Breakfast
where this wonderful lamp and shade live!



has a wonderful collection of small glass displays
full of found objects.



And I want to welcome LaurieAnna
to Vintage Inspiration Friday with her new Farmhouse Friday Party



You don't have to be living in a farmhouse
to be feelin' the love.
Check out her new link party,
 if you want to share some farmhouse inspired fun.

OK!!!
Hope you'll join in on
Vintage Inspiration Friday
where it's...
"anything vintage or vintage inspired"



Please spread the party fun by displaying my button on the sidebar,
within your blogpost, or on the sidebar with link directions.
thanks sooooo much!
And don't forget the "featured on" button too!















One more thing,
Be watching for an announcement of a Give Away
to celebrate the one year Anniversary of
Vintage Inspiration Friday,
and then the winner of the "Thank you" gift
for spreading the word for Design Challenge.

Love you all!










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