Sneak Peek of where I will create. . .

I am laughing at myself as I type this post.  So go right on ahead and laugh at me too.  I won’t mind a bit.

Our craft room is not quite complete, but silly old me could not wait any longer.  I mean I’ve been anticipating organizing and decorating it for a few months.

In fact, I made this little create banner to hang from my vintage typewriter a couple months ago.

Remember these?  Barn doors to hang in my craft room.

As you can see, they are not hung yet.  Still waiting on the hardware.  But did that stop this gal from filling up the shelves?  That would be a big fat, ‘NO’!

And certainly this little cupboard that I painted wouldn’t be in the way.  Did you notice my old chippy pillars on the side of the window?  LOVE!

There’s still a little more.  Take a seat on my grain sack chair.

Remember my daddy’s desk?  It’s really a special piece.  You can read about it here if you’d like.  Who's Your Daddy?

It’s the desk with the mismatched drawer.

I really wanted an old bed spring to hang above it.  Hadn’t found one yet, and saw this at T.J. Maxx.  Pretty cute, so it will do.  The wire book holder came from Décor Steals.  I just used the clothespins to attach it.  A few pics of the grandies.  I just sat it on top for now.  Kind of liking it.  May leave it as is.

A few old finds.  A $4 globe that I painted the base black and an old stapler and staples.  Staples in an old box deserve to be out on display.

I wanted this room to have a shabby chic feel.  When I spied these cute lights at Ikea I knew they were just what the Dr. ordered.  What Dr. would that be?  The décor Dr. of course. lol!  They will hang over my old laundry table that will be my ‘create’ station.

Now for a look at the closet.

I love anything with numbers.  These cute 1,2, 3 jars were only $7.99 for all three at T.J’s.  No wonder I love that store.  I bought the ruler basket at Thanksgiving Point.  Later a set of 3 was available on Décor Steals for just a little more than I paid for just this one.  Live and learn, right?

More baskets numbered, yup you guessed it, 1,2,3.  I bought these (T.J. Maxx) even before I knew I would have three cubbies.

I’ve had the red baskets for a long time also.  I attached my ramesign #7 win to the large one.

The brown baskets and the large jar with bakers twine I am storing for my daughter, Kylee.  Knew she wouldn’t mind if I put them to good use.  I bought the chalkboard jars at Pier 1.  They were on sale and cost about the same as buying jars and making them myself.  I already had the ribbon holder.  Purchased years ago on clearance from P.B.

My walls are painted Whetstone Grey,  but it’s kind of hard to tell.  Can’t wait to get the doors hung!

What do you think?  Could you create in this room?

hugs,

Jann

p.s.  I want to thank Sandi from Rose Chintz Cottage for featuring my post,  Lilacs & Silver.  Just a funny note, I featured her at SYC the same day she featured me.  Nope, didn’t even know.

I will be sharing with:

A Delightsome Life for Home and Garden Thursday

Common Ground for Be Inspired

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Shabby Art Boutique for Shabbilicious Friday

Rooted in Thyme for Simple and Sweet Friday

The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home

Alderberry Hill for Make the Scene Monday

Share Your Cup Thursday #59

Hello my friends and welcome to Share Your Cup.  The party where you share what ever it is in life that makes you happy.

The last few days, my mind has been weighing heavily on the disaster in Oklahoma.  Sometimes it’s easy to think that being happy about the mundane things in life seems a bit trivial.

Disasters and tragedies happen.  Even during these terrible times, we must look for things to bring us happiness.  Tears came to my eyes seeing photos of children being rescued from underneath all that rubble.  It was easy to see that they were so HAPPY to be alive.  Many have lost everything, but still express gratitude and happiness for being spared.

Keep them in your prayers, but don’t stop being happy for life’s every day little pleasures!

Features from SYC #58:

Michele from The Nest at Finch Rest shared her beautiful red tea in the garden.

Kathy from A Delightsome Life shared two fabulous posts:  This wonderful Garden Party

and her thrift find of a  Vintage Scale & Teacup 

Patti from Old Things New amazed all of blogland with her hand painted wall.  Yes, hand painted, not stenciled.

Marsha from Creekside Creations used vintage items to throw an amazing Graduation party for her Girl Scouts.  She also gave them such wonderful words of encouragement.  Must go see!

I adore these chippy benches and old books that Joy from A Vintage Green found in an old shed.

I always have such a hard time choosing one food feature.  You know this girl loves to eat. lol!  But doesn’t Sandi’s Banana Mallow Pie look delicious?  She shares the recipe at Rose Chintz Cottage,

Thanks everyone and please grab my button if you were featured.

A few rules and then let the fun begin!

1. I would love for you to be a follower of Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson.
2. Link up a particular post and not your entire blog. Please limit your links to no more than three.
3. Please have a link back to this post. That way others will know where the party is. Feel free to grab my button on the sidebar if you’d like. Only those with a link back will be featured.
4. Please find time to visit at least two other participants. It’s a great way to find new friends.

After you link up please come back and leave a comment. They help to fill my cup

Bye Bye Birdie. . .Cloche Party

For a few months now most of my cloches have been added to my bird vignettes.

Before we know it, summer will be here.

This week I will be pulling out my poppy décor.   My poppies always bloom right around Memorial Day.  Things are a little later this year.  They are full of buds, but not sure they will make their debut in time.

I thought I would share with you my sweet tweets.  Sme of the cloches will remain the same while others will be filled with summer décor.

Pretty pink depression glass teacups hold a tiny nest on a shelf in my living room.

A pedestal nest with pretty pastel eggs hides under my large bell cloche.  Mama bird is wanting to get in.

This little spoolie finds refuge under this mini cloche.

The bird theme is carried on throughout my entry.

In the kitchen this royal bird welcomes Spring.

While my bird measuring cups stay corralled for easy use on the island.

A couple weeks ago I created a new fern vignette on my hounds tooth table.

Although cloches are a little difficult to photograph, they are one of my favorite items to add to a vignette.  Everything looks pretty under glass, don’t you agree?

Today is Marty's Cloche Party.  It’s always so fun to see the creative way others use their cloches. 

hugs,

Jann

p.s.  Hope to see you at my link party, Share Your Cup today.

I will also be sharing with:

Rose Chintz Cottage for Home

My $35 Table. . .

A few weeks ago my friends and I went to a cabin in Midway, UT for a weekend getaway.  On Sat. we headed into the town of Heber.  Much to our surprise we spied not one, but two thrift shops.

A couple of my friends saw this $35 table and said, “Don’t you need a table?"  “This is pretty cute.”  I agreed and thought that I might have hubby bring me back up to buy it.

The following Friday night I called and asked if it was still there.  As luck would have it, “YES!”.  Hubby and I headed up Sat. morning and brought her home with us.

Yesterday I finished giving her a make over.  What do you think?

Now, she’s not the ideal farm table I was hoping for in my basement kitchen.  However, for $35 how could I go wrong?

This is what she looked like when I bought her.  You can see that I almost forgot to take a picture.  It was the double pedestal that made me fall in love.

Using my homemade recipe (3 parts paint, 1 part plaster of Paris, and a little water) I mixed up some Vintage White and Benjamin Moore Black chalk paint and then finished her off with both dark and clear Annie Sloan wax.

I wanted it to look as though it had traveled across the prairie so I sanded her in a few places.  This was not easy after 4 coats of paint.

She was pretty with just the paint, but looked more cottage than farm style.  What do you think, do you like the sanded areas or should’ve I left her alone?

I love how the edges and these little accent pieces turned out.

A while ago I found this bench at Home Goods.  Does that not look like an old farm bench?  Guess what?  It was made in China.  lol!  Oh well, I won’t tell if you won’t.  Oops, looks like I just did.

I wasn’t sure where I would use it when I bought it, but just loved it’s rustic charm.

What do you think?  “Do you like it with the table?  My $150 bench with my $35 table.  Sounds like it should be the other way around, right?  By the way, I have to say, I love how the black legs look with the flooring.  Just noticed that the felt protectors I put on the bottom really show from this angle.

Still working on chairs to go with it.  They don’t match, but that’s the fun of it all!

"I’d love to know what you think!

hugs,

Jann

I will be sharing with:

Kathe with an e for You're gonna love it Tuesday

Flusters Creative Muster Party

Green Willow Pond for What We Accomplished Wednesday

Dolly is Cooking for Country Homemaker Party

The Thrifty Groove for Thrifty Things Friday

Lilacs & Silver. . .

This morning I went galavanting for a couple hours with my sister, Jeanne.  Along the way I searched for yard sale signs, but much to my disappointment none were to be found.

We did however stop by the D.I. (thrift) and I picked up a few items.

As I was driving along I kept seeing so many gorgeous lilacs.  I wanted so badly to have a bundle to play with.  Don’t you love playing with flowers?

Knowing that my Lilacs are still in bud I called my dil and asked her if I could stop by and pick a few.  She and my son bought our previous home.  She was very obliging and had the clippers in hand when I rang the door.

Isn’t it funny how you manage to pick ‘just the right amount’ for the container you have in mind?

I have had this hotel silver pitcher for a few years.  It was a yard sale find.  Are you impressed that I knew it was ‘hotel silver’?  Ha, ha, I must confess that I just learned that this week after visiting Laura at  Sunday View.  What is hotel silver?  Heavy silver made to withstand lots of use.  This puppy definitely is heavy.

After using every last branch  I staged it in a couple places.

The rock wall.

My white garden bench.

As much as I loved it outdoors, I had to bring it in to enjoy the heavenly scent!

Now I have to show you the blooms on their tree Peony.  It had more blooms than ever before.

I had Samantha hold her hand by it so you can see how large they really are.

Is that not gorgeous?

Now, one last thing.  I have found a new weight loss program that many of you are going to love!  Did you know that going to yard sales can help you lose weight?

I just discovered this recently myself.  A few weeks ago my friends and I went to a yard sale in St. George where I snagged this wicker table for $3.  I asked one of them to take a picture of me for instagram so my family could see what I was up to.

Afterwards we all checked out the photo and they exclaimed, “Oh my gosh, you look so skinny!”  lol!  So there you have it going to yard sales helps you lose weight.  Or maybe you just need to carry a wicker table around. Hee-hee!  The truth is I think it’s just because you can’t see my big tush.

What have you bought that has helped you lose weight lately?

hugs,

Jann

p.s.  Big thanks to Victoria for featuring my  Weekend (Wonder)fuls at her new party, Mid Century Café.  Hop over and link up your vintage items.  She would be so happy to have you!

I will be sharing with:

Rose Chintz Cottage for Home

Tootsie Time for Fertilizer Friday

Pink Saturday

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday

Vintage View Sunday

A Stroll thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday

The Scoop

Lavender Garden Cottage for Cottage Party