Chilly Weather...a Project Finished!

There is just something about chilly weather that makes me want redo my furniture!! Maybe because FINALLY it is not 110 degrees...and I can make a mess without sweating!! Here is my Gramma's lovely Maple table that I have been NEEDING to refinish for years!!! Oh so hard to stain something instead of paint...BUT I did it!! And I LOVE it!!! I stained it a dark walnut...goes so well with my Hoosier...I am really glad I did not paint it. Here it is!! It is a HUGE drop leaf table that I pull our for the holidays!

And...did I tell you that I think I decided to have a Blue Christmas??? So...I painted my coffee table turquoise (still in that I can't show you stage) and I think ONLY a Blue Christmas will do for my living room. So to get in the mood...I painted this aqua Merry Christmas sign! It was made using a salvaged vintage dresser drawer...and I just found this yummy vintage snowman artwork! I LOVE him!!!! This sign will be available in my Etsy shop...just as soon as I can get it in there!

Oh...it is getting dark...off to a big pot of chicken noodle soup and cheesy bread!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

Kristin

Oktoberfests & Babyshowers

It has been a weekend filled with parties!!! First my good friend's daughter's babyshower!! Baby girl clothes have changed soooooo much since I have had by babies!!! OH...SO...YUMMY!!!! All those clothes and little blankets!!! So much fun!! This is the Sign & Hook I painted for baby Ada...it matches her baby room:)

And...I always like to make a "What Happens at Gradma's, stays at Grandma's"...or in this case...Momom's...for that new Grammy!!!

Then, last night it was off to my friend's Oktoberfest!! Sucha lovely evening...I mean...Good Beer, hot Pretzels, German Potato Salad and Gingerbread...how can it get any better than that??? Although, today I am feeling like I may have eaten a few too many carbs...but oh well...that is what Mondays are for!!

Hope you all are havinga a beautiful weekend!!

Kristin

I LOVE TO CAMP!!!

This was the view from our campsite last weekend...from the back window of our camper. One of my favorite places to be...Carpinteria!!

I think I am going to use this as the front of our Christmas Card this year!! I always try to us some kind of beachy theme!

Here is a custom sign I did this week. Don't you love it when you have return customers that just keep coming back!! So wonderful & Sweet!!!

Happy Saturday everyone!!!

Now I am REALLY getting in the Fall mood!!!

Oh...so wonderful...the weather has changed!!! The Central Coast of Cali (we are just about 25 minutes inland) has finally had a weather change! We call this "layer weather" It still could be over 90 degrees...anytime...but now it is chilly in the morning...and cools down at night!! So lovely!!!

Some things I am looking forward to with this change of weather...

** Baking

** Crock Pot Dinners...coming home to that yummy smell!!

** Attacking some of the BIG pieces of furniture I have been wanting to re-do

** Chai Tea(I only drink it in the Fall)

** Camping with friends

** Cleaning out my awful scary closet under the stairs!

I cannot wait to get started!!

I finally finished I project I have been working on for a few weeks. This was a table a client of mine wanted me to restore!! It a was sooo difficult for me to paint this yummy vintage table anything but white...or just leave as is...BUT my client wanted dark brown...with green patina showing through (she has a more Mediterranean look) She has brown concrete floors that she wanted me to "copy." You know...when you start painting...it is soooo scary sometimes!! You just never know what is going to happen. There is always a stage in the process that I think...OH NO...WHAT HAVE I DONE!! Well, I could not quite get it in the pictures...but it turned out WONDERFUL!!! I was so very happy! Best of all...she LOVED it!!! YEA!!!!

I was also able to make a few signs for my mom & sister....I LOVE this season!!!
Have a wonderful Week!!!!

Kristin

And Relief Came on a Breeze...

It finally feels like Fall here on the Central Coast of California!! I am pretty positive our warm weather has not gone for good....OH but relief came on a nice cool breeze on Sunday afternoon! We had 10 days of triple digits...110 on Saturday!!! Yesterday & today...75...oh so lovely!!! I think the whole town was smiling yesterday!

Over the weekend...I did pull out some of my Fall junk...I could not help it!! I also found...stuck in the back of a drawer in my hoosier...a BIG bag of vintage buttons I have not seen in at east 2 years!! For some reason...I have an OBSESSION with vintage Buttons!!! I do not know what it is...I don't even sew! I think it is the thought that went into saving them...putting them in a jar...using them someplace else!! Our Grammies were the recycle & reuse queens...before it was popular!! So I have JARS of buttons...from Grandmas on both sides...then special ones I have found over the years. I decided to sell this BIG bag of buttons on Etsy...since I had not even thought about them for 2 years! You would have thought I had decided to sell a family heirloom! It took me all day on Sunday to make that decision...what a goof I am!!

Here are some pictures of my personal collection of vintage buttons.

My hoosier...decorated for Fall...now I just need to add some pumpkins!!

Have a BEAUTIFUL Fall day!!!

Kristin

Altered Tin SWAP!!!

Look what I got from my wonderful SWAP friend @ http://theredbulletinboard.blogspot.com/ !! I LOVE it...just the sweetest goodies inside! She is SOOOO creative! This SWAP was great fun...I cannot wait to do another one!

It is too HOT to be Fall!!!

Ok...it is officially Fall...but it feels more like the middle of summer here!! We have a whole week of triple digit numbers ahead of us!! Traditionally...I get all my Autumn stuff out today...and start decorating. BUT I just cannot see putting our pumpkins until the weather cools a little!! Oh well...before you know it...I will be complaining about being too cold:):) You are welcome to gripe at me when I do...I know our California winters are NOTHING compared to a real winter. I am just a weather wimp:):) So...to get us all in the Autumn mood...I made 2 of these Oktoberfest Signs...one for my sister in law (she has a real German Oktoberfest party every year) and one for Etsy!

Happy Fall everyone!!

Kristin