Beautiful Angel

Hi ya'll, hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July.  We ate too much especially homemade ice cream and stayed in out of the heat! No fireworks its to dry around here for those.

I wanted to share an angel picture I put together for myself recently.  I found this icky, brown, plaster frame at a yard sale.  I painted it with silver acrylic paint and during the process broke a piece off the top, bummer, but my hubby glued it back together for me so I was still able to use it.  I had an angel graphic that I had been wanting to do something with that I got again from "The Graphic Fairy".  

I took a sheet of  scrapbook paper that was a dark silvery blue to a pale blue in the center and printed the angel out on the center part, which was tricky as I cut down a 12" x 12" sheet to fit my printer. I had picked up a piece of glass to fit at my local hardware store and DADA! a lovely picture to put in my yellow and blue bedroom.

Hope this really easy project inspires you today. Have a good one.

A Great Find!

Well, hi ya'll. I intended on having this post up a lot sooner but the computer decided to try my patience today and wouldn't let me edit my pictures. Sigh.  But at last here's my post for today.

I stopped at a local shop the other day and found something I have always wanted and I'm so excited! I love to do counted cross stitch and needlework when I have time and have done some things that I plan on sharing with you one day soon. I know and understand all the work it takes to finish one of these large cross stitched pictures and have always wanted one done by someone in the 1800's. During that time learning to do needlework was a must for any young lady and was part of her schooling.

The following picture was probably done by a young girl as her final piece at the end of the school year to show everything she had learned and how adept she was with her needle.  If you'll notice at the bottom it says Mary Whitworth's work 1851. It is sewn on linen and you will notice that on the left side there are less dark blue stitches than on the right.  It could be an error or simply that she ran out of blue thread.  Also, there is a little bleeding of the yarn under her name where someone washed it.  Other than that it looks great to be over 100 years old!  I think she did a wonderful job don't you?

I hope you love it as much as I do its going on the wall in my family room.

Have a great 4th.  

A Door to Nowhere?

Hi ya'll, 

Hope everyone has great plans for the 4th we are planning on grilling burgers and trying to stay out of this exhausting heat!


I thought I would share my take on the door hall tree. I made this one for those of you who have a small entryway like I do. It was a bathroom or hall door that was in sad shape with several colors of peeling paint.


 I sanded and painted it a lovely aqua green, then distressed and antiqued it with a water based stain. I  painted the frame of  an antique mirror white and antiqued it then added two hooks, a small shelf, some architectural interest, and a glass door knob. I really like how it turned out and thought it would look great in any home but especially in one decorated in the rustic or country style. By the way, you can buy the hardware to fasten this to the wall at most hardware stores.

You can find most of the items I put on my blog at King's Antique Mall, 133 King's Hwy, Shreveport, LA.