A Happy Giveaway!

Hello all!  Hope you had a great, wonderful, fabulous weekend!  We were busy as usual... one of us made two trips out to the booth... and it wasn't me!  So, later this week I will show you some before and afters of some pieces that I have completed.  Right now, I am being a little selfish and working on a piece that is just for me... well us... well, no really me *wink*  

But, right now I want to introduce all of you (many of you already know her) to Lindsey of The Pleated Poppy.  She is one of the very first blogs I started to read.  She is a work at home mommy that makes all kinds of beauties like this:

A "sunnies" case.... so cute!  

And this adorable apron!

and this great covered notebook... I love the fabrics she uses together

And my favorite~

Her flower pins... she calls these petal pushers *smiles*

She also has many other posy pins and bags and zippered cases...

well, go take a look for yourself... but don't be gone too long....

The Pleated Poppy

Alright... did you pick out your favorite?  Good, because Lindsey is giving away a $25 gift certificate to her shop... BUT if you aren't feeling lucky or you can't wait to get your hands on that sunnies case, 

she is also offering anyone reading this a 10% discount... just enter VINTAGE at the checkout!

Okay... here is how you can win... 

comment and let me know what you are going to get if you win

if you want to tweet or blog about it, comment and let me know and I will enter you again.

Be sure to visit Lindsey and say hi!

You have a week to enter... baby hughes will fish a name out with his chubby little hands next Monday.

Okay, I will be back later this week with some furniture redos and to ask a color opinion for my Kate Secretary...

I am busy redoing my photo wall and purging some stuff.... 

I call it Fall Cleaning!

Bye for now!

Friday Etsy Favorites *Industrial*

Hi Friday... nice to see you again... and you guys too!  I took an extra day off this week and enjoyed the day yesterday with a haircut and pizza and ice cream.  Oh, and we went to our favorite farmers market too and baby hughes picked out a pumpkin and I got 4 baby white ones to maybe change up things a bit.  It is still in the low 90s here, so I will wait to bring home the big stack of grey ones...  I don't do loads of Halloween decorating, but I do like me some pumpkins... and I leave them out til they start to rot... one never did... like I just ended up throwing them out... whoa.... rambling here.  Okay, back to the task at hand...This week's Friday Etsy Favorites *Industrial*

How awesome is this propellor?  Wouldn't be great hung up on a wall?  

found at bellalulu

I never get tired of locker baskets... I am going to happen upon a load of them one of these days and I will be a happy, happy girl!

found at french by design

Perfect for your cottage kitchen to take away the too sweetness

found at junk2funkbiz

are you swooning?  I am!

found at blessed in maine

wouldn't a pair of these be great to hang ferns from?

found at Uniquely Yours by Cil

If I had a old vintage kitchen island, this would be on it with a big roll of paper.

found at concept furnishings

Love this organizer... just think of all the things... like vintage buttons or shells, arranged by color

found at frog goes to market

This lamp is perfect for our library... love that stool too!

also found at french by design

We are off to go fluff the booth, taking some new pieces out... I have finished a few pieces and I will be back next week and have some befores and afters....

oh yeah... and I am having a giveaway on Monday *wink*

Have a great weekend!

bye for now!

  

*hello* I'm Michelle, and I am okay

Last week was a struggle.  Nothing was really wrong.... some frustrations, but not anything big.  But, I found myself snippy and complaining and plain frustrated.  

I read so many blog posts about how to be, how to keep it together and *keeping it real*

But, they all still seem too perfect still....

It isn't perfect here... but I am not going to show you what my messy house looks like... I am not going to give you the token messy shot.  You want keeping it real... well, here it is.....

Sometimes I don't like deep, meaningful friendships...sometimes I want someone who will obsess over what color I need to paint the back of my secretary.  Maybe someone to drool over a celeb crush.  Or someone that doesn't want to analyze every. little. thing. Shallowness.... nothing wrong with it. 

I don't watch the news... I am not up to date with world happenings.  The news depresses me.  I don't want to hear horrific things... I don't want to shut my eyes and see death and dying.  But, when I read about a sick child or animal, I feel it.  In my bones.  I cry with you.  But, do I want to hear horrific stories?  No, I don't. 

I don't want to read "bettering" books.  Because, deep down, I really like myself.  Maybe not the extra pounds I want to lose or my frizzy hair.  But, my personality with all its flaws, I like it.  I know it.

I like that I know how to read a story just right to my little boy.  And, I like that I have excellent taste on music (or so I think.)  And, I like my style.  I enjoy going overboard for birthday parties and such.  For my baby and for us, because you know what... maybe the Mr. and I  will only get one 2nd birthday.

And, I like that I don't wear socks that match. 

I am just materialistic enough to like things like little blue boxes and designer bags but know that those things aren't essential and can live without them and still be happy. 

And, I wear perfume sometimes that I think smells good even though my husband doesn't care for it and my bff loathes it.  My sister loves it and says it is me.

I can't tell you when my monster last ate a veggie (except for guacamole.)

I don't need to have a girl's night out.  I know that I am okay without one.  That maybe my therapy and let looseness involves picking up a paintbrush and painting a chair my favorite shade of green.

I am almost 32 years old (eek) and I know myself well enough to know what I need and what is important.

And, sometimes that is reading Owl Babies several times a day instead of cleaning the blasted shower.

I truly would give up my right to vote if it meant staying at home with my baby.  Girls, I am not a women's lib type of lady... I am not a go-getter CEO type.  

And, you know what?  I like myself enough to even name a piece of furniture after myself.

Silly as it may seem... this chair is me.

*Michelle*

Green, not red,

Black and white 

Vintage and modern

So, while I hope you like her (and me)

I like her (and me)

Perfectly imperfect, unshaven legs and all.

Bye for now!

 

Friday Etsy Favorites *Sky*

hey there kids!  It is Friday again... we don't really have anything "planned" persay, but I imagine we will find some good clean fun somewhere along the way.  Have I mentioned that I adore September?  I may or may not have kissed Mr. Hughes for the first time 6 years ago today.... c'mon... girls keep up with this stuff!! So, in celebration of the swirly wonderful September sky, I present my etsy favorites *Sky*

Okay.. love this... like I wish this was in my backyard right now (the whole set up that is... brick wall and all)

Found at heidi adnum

I am always drawn to this particular shade of yellow.  And, when it is paper butterflies ahh perfection!

found at megitys

okay this pincushion "sold out" but I am thinking that maybe if I beg I can get one still *wink*

I never knew I NEEDED a sky pincushion before now

found at seapinks

I think I may have mentioned my love affair with all things letterpress.  Everything looks great letterpressed!

Love this card!

found at letterpress

how happy, happy, happy is this? so sweet... spread them around!

found at mommyholly

Alright, I don't know how you feel about framed bugs, but we at the Casa de Hughes love them!  We went to a butterfly conservatory on our honeymoon in St. Maarten and they framed up the ones after they died naturally.  We bought 2 and I have always wanted a 3rd... so, one of these will be purchased as soon as I make a decision on which one.

found at bug under glass

If we didn't already have a growth chart handpainted by Mr. Hughes, this one would be on its way.
I love vintage hot air balloons

found at chocovenyl

the pillow says it all

found at freshline

This print is darling!  And happy

found at carambatack

if only everyone had a silver lining

found at roll and tumble

A little bird told me that The Roost and Three French Hens is having a birthday party on Saturday with cake.  Yum!  So, I am sure we will be by the booth this weekend.

Here's hoping that all your skies are beautiful this weekend!

Bye for now!

Meet Della

Hello there!  Hope your week has been great so far.  I was served "dinner" by a very cute waiter (barefoot, owl t-shirt) that served me some juice (that he grabbed back from me and drank) and calorie free, light as air cookies (well, they were air.)  Plus, I have been working on some pieces for the booth and a few new designs for the etsy shop and listed some vintage items.

So, here is the piece that is currently residing in our entry, Della.

It is a little different than I usually do... but I really like the way it looks.

And here is what she looked like before her little nip and tuck:

All the really cool trim had fallen off... so I just painted her a pretty warm grey.

And, since I dyed my doilies, I am crazy about dying stuff.  So I did these new ruffle pillows

Frayed ruffles... grey.... 

And I have a new towel design too

and a few new vintage items

Okay, that is enough of self- promotion! I will be back Friday with some etsy favorites!

Bye for now!