Amazing Before and Afters

This week is a crazy week for me.. Our Annual Harvest Festival at the elementary school.. I have been super busy getting stuff done for this event, but in my "me" time, I found the best ever "Before and Afters" on pinterest.. They will make you think.. "why didn't I think to do that?" 

Enjoy!

OK, we all come across these dressers.. I have one in my garage right now. and one I just finished.. but I wish I had doen this to it..

You can bet no more will pass one up that has the drawers missing.. LOVE this!!!! Want this!!!!!

And wait till you see this.. I mean who would of thought of doing this?

AMAZING! My Dog would LOVE this bed.. That is the coolest dog bed I have ever seen!

And you remember this wonderful bedding?  I am almost finished with it.. I am LOVING it too..

I just made my first batch of Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats and they are super yummy... It won't be my last.. Go to pinterest and type in Cake Batter Rice Krispie, you will LOVE them too!

Have a great weekend.. More interesting stuff once I get this Harvest Festival over with.. It is my final year.

~Mechelle~



New Shop Pictures

OK, so I have been missing for a bit, and this is why.. I expanded a little in one shop and I have been busy sewing and re-doing furniture.. Here are some pictures of the shop spaces.

Here are the chairs I did not the before of.. They were just dark brown and scratched up.. but the cane is in excellent shape!

The mirror is not mine and I think I may move it.. and expand my aprons with the holidays coming up.

I need to put my rug in, hang up more stuff and take the rest of my inventory down.. It will be packed in about two weeks!

This is the other shop I have things at, right next store.. We are the same shop, but I put more of my "sewing" stuff in one and more furniture in the other one.. The pretty white furniture is the handy work on my awesome husband who helps me do it all!

I figured out how to make these prints.. I will so a tutorial on this in about two weeks.

My girls favorite office chair.. which if it does not sell, will come back home with me.  We are in the middle of switching out our furniture and re-doing our basement.. It is a huge MESS in short.

No sooner did I get these pictures done, the bookcases sold and I helped the lady take them out.. Then I had to redo the booth again :)  I'm not complaining at all!

This was my husbands idea!  I love it, not that anyone in my house would actually obey this :)

My favorite saying..

A few Burlap wine bags..

A collection of sheet music framed. .The best cheapest art you can find!

Don't ask me why, but I just love these old bottles.. Maybe because they remind me of my childhood, or just the graphics.  I know a few are about to become a birthday gift for a dear old friend who will Just love these!

This actually rolls up and is the coolest little thing.. I have had it for years and really just don't use it..

If you see anything you like, shoot me a comment or email and I will be happy to ship anything you see.. except the LARGE furniture of coarse, lol.. Have a great day.

~Mechelle!~

Floor Pillows

Is this not the cutest, easiest to make floor pillow ever? Found this on Pinterest and then went to the great site to learn how to make one, or a a few for our house..

Go here to learn how to make some for your house.. 

I have been so busy lately.. working on our Fall Family Festival for our elementary school, soccer games for two games, dance class for the girls and trying to keep the shop stocked too.  I am expanding to a biger space in one shop.. I am moving in slowly today,lol ad as I finish up some more works.  If I remember to take my camera I will take photos, lol..

Now off to finish up the cushions for the Chairs I posted last week, then off to the shop. 

Hope you all have a great day!

~Mechelle~

MIA

I have been a bad blogger lately.. busy with school stuff for the kids, I did manage to find this great subway sign for $22.00 at Home Goods,but I have been so busy, the blog took a back seat!

Speaking of seats.. take a look at these chairs I found.. I know I am terrible at taking before photos but they were a dark brown.. I am in the process of making new chair cushions and I promise to take photos of the finished product..

I have squeezed in a few sales here and there.. found some awesome old fabric scraps at a sale around the corner.  These were mostly old clothes the lady had saved because she loved the fabrics..I bought a few, all for $3.00 and then washed them up.

This yellow an white was a old dress

This is black and white and was an old curtain at one time

This is Navy blue and white and was part of a dress..

And this sweet little number was a vintage dress made back in the 40's or 50's by Designer Mollie Stone.. LOVE it.. she will be displayed on one of my ladies with an apron around her dress :) 

I am expanding my space at the Mercantile.  I will down there this weekend working on that and getting it stocked for the Holidays.  Lots of great items going in the shop weekly, so if you live close, stop by.  I am hoping to get my esty shop re-stocked by next weekend.  I promise to take photos of my shop space too.  Have a great weekend!

Mechelle

Winner

April @ Polka Dots n' Pinky Swears is our winner of the fab, Family Rules Subway art.. Contact me with your address to claim your prize!!! Congrats April!!!!

I have to apologize for the LONG delay.. WOW.. Our internet has been acting up like crazy.. Finally I had the cable company come out and fix it.. Geez! I was all ready to do a great post, show some pics and now my camera batteries are dead.. It sure does feel like a Monday, even though it's Tuesday!!  So off to get batteries and run a few errands.. I will be back on later with some new things.
Have a great day! Thanks for all who entered!  Sorry for being so Boring lately...  :)
~Mechelle~

Subway Art GIve Away and New things

I have a great Give Away going on starting today and ending Sunday evening @ 6:00p.m.

I did not make this one, but I found a few and thought I would offer this one as a give away.  These are such great fun things in your home, give as a gift, everyone loves one.  This one is all about Family Rules and things we should all be reminded to do daily! :) You get your name in the drawing one time each for the following:

1.  Leave me a comment

2. Become a follower (if you are not already)

3. Mentiont this give away on  your blog

Be sure to tell me which ones you have done.  I will draw the name next Sunday afternoon at 6 and list the winner here on the Blog.  Good Luck!!!

This is a sneak peak at some new things I am working on.  I will show you the rest this week.

Hope everyone has been doing great.  I have to tell you.. WOW having a kid in High School play a high school sport is an eye opener for me.  The daily time and games.. What was I complaining about before when he played Rec Soccer? Geez! He is having a great time and making some wonderful new friends and he is happy, so that is all that matters.

Also I went out Saturday night with some friends from High School, we danced, laughed and had a wonderful time.. before this night, I had considered doing a Zumba class, thought it would be fun and really how hard can dancing be?  Well let me tell ya! OUCH, I feel like I was in a car wreck, my sides and back are killing me! LOL..I have figured out why those girls are loosing so much weight and look great, dancing uses a TON Of muscles that when your 22 you don't notice! So this sore old woman is re-thinking Zumba :)  I'm staring to think I am just fine the way I am, and my love of Chocolate cake is alright!

Anyone else tried Zumba? What did you think?

 Don't forget to enter the Give away...

Have a great day!

~Mechelle~

Vintage Lace

Don't you just love old lace?  I simply can not pass it up and I try to put as much as I can with the things I sew.

I've done a few of these, this one is not mine, but Look how beautiful it is with the lace added to it

I love this idea of taking a piece and making it into a necklace. Clever idea and what a great use for your wedding dress in your closet.. 

I can't make enough of these, I love them.

And one day I will try this.. Beautiful. 

Hope everyone has been super busy and in great health.  I have a major strained back and I am in pain! I live on the heating pad and sitting at the computer for more than 10 minutes kills me.  I have been standing up to sew, and it actually is alright. Guess time will heal it. 

 I have a show this Friday for Ladies Night at Purcell Marian High School.. I am busy this week getting ready for that and hoping my back holds out! Not a good thing that I hurt it now when I have one show a month, plus the shop to keep up on, plus the kids school and sports! I'm starting to think that sleep is over rated and I will do plenty of that when I am old!

Well back to sewing and school meetings for the kids. Oh and THANK YOU for all the help with the glue, I found a cure and it is working perfectly! I love all you blog ladies and how we all help each other out! It's a never ending sea of Girlfriends all across the globe!

Have a great week!

~Mechelle~

Some jewelry help and Advice

OK all you crafty ladies out there I need some advice and help. 
A while ago I made a few of these:

My problem? I can't get them to stay on the little blank bracelet thingy.. I have tried E6000 glue and they pop off the next day.  Any adive?  I three sold, but I dont' want to just give them back only to have them pop right back off again.. Any help would be appreciated..

That brings me to my next topic.. Help.. I have had several people email me about things and ask how I did something or what method I used and I Always happily offer advice.  I don't understand the few I have emailed about this, only to send me back Nasty emails telling me to figure it out on my own.. Mean ladies!!!

So if any of my NICE Blogger Buddies know what I can do to make these stay on better, I would appreciate your help!

Back to my super busy Friday :)  Have a great weekend!!!
~Mechelle~