It's a Little Bit French!

Recently I found one of the most generous ladies out there.

Rhonda from her beautiful blog, "A Little Bit French"

has an amazing giveaway every Friday.

Yes,

you heard me right.

Every Friday...

And I was fortunate enough to win one of her beautiful give aways.

She is so talented and creative,

so all her giveaways are from her own two hands.

This is a lovely pocket she put together out of old sheet music and scrim.

I'm so glad she did the research to name this wonderful piece of fabric.

And look at all the yummy graphics and lace she stashed in the pretty little pocket!

It's A Little Bit French

Ahhh, I'm in love...

Please go visit and get to know Rhonda,

hope you're having a lovely weekend.

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I'll be starting the new Bible Study at

 a day in the life...

tomorrow morning in Galatians.

And I've been working on some new jewelry pieces

with pewter crucifixes and medals.

Can't wait for you to see them.

really pretty.

(sneak peek)

love,

 Debra

Songs and Sonnets at the Petite Boutique

I have as much fun displaying the jewelry as I do making it.

 This little book of Longfellow's collected verse was the perfect backdrop

 for a few new pieces I completed.

Here are a few photos of the latest items.

Come visit the Petite Boutique to see the latest.

Send me an email if your interested in anything.

Hope you're having a wonderful day!

love,

 Debra

A Family Cupboard Gets a New Life

As a lover of all things "stuff" I have a lot of it. And more now that I've been doing jewelry again. This spring and summer I've had the time to accomplish a few projects that I've had in my mind for awhile. Repainting the dining room and then my office/studio were two biggies. I have a lot of space and I'm not short on furniture, it's just the dilemma of organizing and utilizing what I DO have. So then, as with all things "stuff", the obvious question will always be..."where to put it?"

My mother-in-law unloaded all her material stash from this great pie cupboard several years ago, and sent it home with me. It had been her great grandmother's, and she is now 85. I've always loved it, and knew it's potential,  but she had restained it about twenty years ago. I don't know what it looked like before then, (I've never asked, but I cringed at the re-do). It just never quite did it for me with the blah brown stain. 

(Original pierced tin insets)

See what I mean?
Uh-oh, here's the paint can all ready to go.

You know how someone gives you something,

 but then there's all these stipulations that go with it?

uh....yea.

See, it even comes with an assistant.

presto-chango.

Love the new Behr paint and primer in one!

It's now in my studio holding supplies and other misc. "stuff".

Then I added back my little chippy shelf.

Now I really love it, and it's serving an important place for organizing supplies.

I won't show you what was inside it before,

or that every bit of it is still waiting to be "dealt with"

all over the downstairs guest room.

That's another project...

My favorite day of the week,

White Wednesday!

And the Shabby Chic Cottage

And My Romantic Home

love,

Debra