shabby chic china

i love it, don't you? especially the art deco influence! i have several different partial sets that i use at the cottage. i love to mix up the patterns! these pieces were found on a trip we took last fall - no markings on them, probably 1920 -1930s - shabbiliciously chic!

this is for sale in my shop

thanks for stopping in and hope y'all have a fab week ahead!

evie and ilene...

...who are they, you might ask...my grandmothers! evie (evelyn) was a "well-to-do" socialite who lived in a big house on Peachtree Street in Atlanta in the 1920s. she spent her time at dances and running around with her girlfriends in flapper dresses. ilene was a farm girl, the daughter of hard-working irish farmers. she spent her days working on the farm and attending barn dances and the ocassional movie with her brood of brothers as chaperones. they have both been gone from this planet a while now and i still miss them! so i opened another etsy shop and named it after them! yep, i am nuts, and you don't have to wonder, just know it! i cannot sit still and it is fun, so why not! here are a few items from evie and ilene...

thanks for stopping in and hope y'all have a fab week!

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Time to Make The Pillows...

... since we are sort of "snowed-in". Georgia just shuts down when the snow and ice come - the last time it was like this was 1993, on my birthday. I will never forget it - Mr. CatNap got in his four-wheel drive and went to pick up my birthday cake from a friend who made it for me! Anywho...no birthday or cake today, but I am thankful for the stacks of sacks that I have in my studio, so I have had my nose down to my faithful Singer and my pedal to the metal (well, really, it is carpet) and have cranked out a few more for the shop. Hope everyone is staying warm! And thanks for stopping in today!

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It's Soup Time Pillows...

...I fell in love with this fabric - it is so fun and unusual. It was left over from an order that was made for the Museum of Modern Art. So, as you would expect of me, I made some pillows and aren't they fab! I love the vibrancy and fun they add to my living room. I made enough to share - hope y'all have a wonderful week, stay warm and have a cup of soup!

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1-1-11

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Wow! It's finally here, but on the other hand, where did 2010 go? And it went so quickly! Time for a fresh beginning, kind of like cleaning out your sock drawer, but on a bit larger scale! No resolutions for me, not really, have lived long enough to know that they soon fade, usually in about two weeks. BUT, the 8 pounds I gained between Thanksgiving and today have got to go, so back to my regular eating and no more indulging on whatever looks good, eat it! And lushing with my beloved red wine - time to put on my thinking cap and forge ahead into tax season. I will be very busy at my real job, and will emerge April 16th tired, but with lots of ideas for pillows and jewelry! I wish you all the very best that 2011 has to offer - and oh yeah, maybe I will make just one small resolution and that is to stop and smell the roses more, enjoy my granddaughters just a wee bit more and spend time listening to my husband a little more, even when he talks about things that I have no interest in - kind of like Charlie Brown listening to his teacher... wah wah wah - I think you get the idea. I'll just slow down a bit and not make a job out of everything that I do, even my hobbies! Well, good luck to me with that! LOL!!! The stripes of a tiger do not come off, but maybe I can get mine to fade a bit! Thanks for stopping in and reading and all my best to you! xoxo c

Happy New Year!

What a pretty white treasury from the front page

of etsy featuring one of my pillows! :-)

Hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season

and has a Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas!

from vinyl lettering.etsy.com

wishing everyone a wonderful christmas and

a new year filled with many blessings!!!

Today is the day...

Well, all my stuff is down from the attic and I have a few new items, but it is just hard to get started without a plan. I want something new, something to make me excited and charged up to decorate - I am thinking...why do I do this, when I just have to take it all down in a few weeks?? Truth is, I will decorate and will love it, just need a good kick in the rear - some inspiration to get me started. Soooo, I made a treasury of beautiful neutral items from the Cottage Style Street Team this morning and once, I have had a few more cups of coffee, I will be ready - aren't these items lovely....

Have a super day!!!

Vintage Earbobs!

Yeah, I seem to get a bit carried away sometimes, well,

most of the time, but aren't they just so unique and pretty

picked them up in an antique store this week when

I went to pick up my antique cotton picking basket!

Hope y'all have a fab weekend!

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How Time Flies - 200th Post!

antique cotton basket i scored today at an antique store in town

ca 1920s - 1920s

...it seems like yesterday my dear friend Barbara nudged me into blogging land! This is my 200th post - wow! It has been fun sharing the good, bad and the ugly and sometimes the quite beautiful with y'all. Thank you for laughing with me and crying with me and being faithful to support me in my efforts with my excessive need to create things and occasional rants about things I have no control over! The words are not flowing very freely today, I am struggling to find the right ones, so I am hoping y'all can read between the lines and know how much I appreciate each and everyone of you! Y'all have a great weekend and, until next time, take care and do something that you enjoy! Take time for you! You are special! xoxo

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