Time to get your jingle on

I don't know about you

but I'm ready to start celebrating

the holidays.......

I started baking today,

 

I put the tree up this week

(yes, before Thanksgiving)

I'm ready to get my jingle on!!

  

My house is feeling festive

even the screened porch

is a little merrier this time of year

I love to spread the joy around....

 the bedrooms and bath also

get a little touch of Christmas

I hope you have a very

blessed Thanksgiving

followed by the joyous

spirit of celebrating 

Christ's birth

Let the Holidays begin!!

Every Little Birdie says

  I can't wait to see how you

get your jingle on!!

Fun Week

This past week I headed north

to visit my family in the

Dallas/Ft.Worth area

I visited my daughter's 

Pre-K class

 Such a joy to watch her teach

 She calls her students

her "sweet peas"

She loves them and they love her!!

Also while visiting

I found some time to shop!!!!

 I stopped in at my favorite

antique shop located in

my old stomping ground

take a look around......

I love this place and always 

find something delightful

that needs to go home with me!

Another thing that I found

delightful was the fall trees

in the Metroplex area

  beautiful fall colors

every where I drove

 Lots of quality time spent

with family

The opportunity to do a little

shopping in the big city

Every Little Birdie says

Priceless!

Icky Sticky Bubble Gum

October was a great month
for my Vintage Nest Booth

I even sold a few pieces of my furniture

One of the pieces I sold was my twin bed

Needing to re-stock I stopped by

Salvation Army 

to see what they had

 Found this twin iron bed

for $50.00

It was missing the decorative knobs

on the post

and some dear child had thought it was

a good place to stick their gum

Lots, and lots of gum all over the posts

NOT TO WORRY

a little goo gone 

a little elbow grease

gum be gone!!

Next a trip to Hobby Lobby for 

some new knobs for the bed posts

...and now it looks good as new!!
 

 How darling is this????

Also here is a sneak peak
at some of the furniture
I bought at the barn 
last week

It's been mistreated 
and in need of a lot of love (and work)
but I'm up for a  challenge!!!

I think it's got great bones
and will look beautiful 
in Annie Sloan "Duck Blue"

Every Little Birdie says

 One man's trash
+ a little love and work
= a real treasure!!!

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Bedroom Reveal

In my last post I showed you

the bedroom set my friend
hired me to paint

I also told you I'd share pictures
after she had decorated 
this cute bedroom

Well here it is.....

 
 and today I helped her cover her chairs 
in the matching fabric

She still needs to hang her pretty
white curtains

They will hang from the top of the ceiling
to the floor 
replacing the blinds
 

 
 

She bought the cute painting on a trip to Rome

I think her granddaughters are
going to love sleeping in this room

Don't you!

Every Little Birdie says-

I love working on a project
and then seeing it all come together  

The Unexpected

As some of you know I have a little side

job on a ranch

No not roping or herding cattle

but working in the office 

on an as needed basis

I was asked to work this week 

and that's where the unexpected happened

Monday I showed up to work the office

and the rancher's wife mentioned that I should

come over to the house and look at

some furniture she was going to have painted

It was a beautiful antique bed, dresser, chest, 

a couple of chairs and a dressing bench

She wanted it  painted with

Annie Sloan Old White

Well long story short

as it ended up guess who did the painting......

ME!!

Take a look at the finished product

 

It was a fun job!

She is putting together a very cute

room for her little granddaughters.

I'll show you the room when she

is finished decorating 

Another unexpected thing......

she took me to the ranch barn

where there is some old furniture stored

I came home with an old singer sewing

machine base, a dresser, and a vanity

Every Little Birdie says-

  Don't you love it when

unexpected blessing happens!!

 

 

Shabby Christmas Crafts

I've been working on new inventory 

for my booth

Here are some of my shabby creations

A shabby Christmas tree in a galvanized bucket

Most of my ornaments are 

made from book pages

Plus a few vintage ornaments I found at the

Rustic Barn Sale in Gonzales

My vintage ironing board

in my booth is the perfect

place to display my trees

 I saw these cute trees

at the Gonzales Barn Sale

and they inspired me to make my own

and guess what I scored for $5.00

while shopping in Gonzales

last weekend....

 a bird cage!

  Perfect for a Christmas tree display

Yes, it's beginning to look a lot like 

Christmas

at the Vintage Nest Booth

  

Every Little Birdie says

 Do you like a little shabby in your 

Christmas decor??