It's a Birthday Party!

Attention all you furry kids out there!

A superstar of the feline variety is having a special Birthday Celebration.

Baby Kitty

 our amazing "co-host" from

 Confessions of a Plate Addict

(click above to get party times and directions)

is turning the big 8 on Friday

and we're all gonna

Par-tay!

It's a little early for the party,

but the girls and I thought we'd send out a head's up invitation

to one of the biggest little parties in blogdom.

They're taking a break from their supervisory painting positions

to get spiffed up and send hugs and kisses

to the most handsome dude around.

Baby Kitty, himself!

Miss Jenkins...

and Miss Wrigley

are saying,

"Come on all you cool cats and pups,

let's get down with the fun!"

Be there, or be Square!!

See ya back here Thursday afternoon for

Vintage Inspiration Friday!

Summer Under Glass

Playing with my Living Room decor has become so much easier

and more inspired since the paintbrush came out last week.

Decorating with a white palette has been what I've been striving for

and now I feel like I have so many more options.

What can be more "summer" than seashells?

I have a conch shell that was given to me by my mom

that she and my daddy had their entire married life.

Believe it or not, it was a doorstop for the front door.

I'm not an expert, but it seems quite large to me as conch shells go.

I added another smaller one,

and a nautilus shell to some old books

for a summertime cloche vignette.

I'm painting my sofa table and some picture frames today

so these were taken amid the mess.

I also finished my frenchy toile sofa pillows,

you can see one in the background.

They weren't an easy job,

as I'm no professional seamstress,

but they look pretty good from a distance!

I found my husband standing in the middle of the Living Room last night,

"It's really growing on me", he said.

"In fact, I really like it."

Now there's a man with a "chippy" gene.

I'm joining Marty for her Summer Cloche Party

and the rest of these fun parties.

xoxo

In the mail...

The redecorating ninja is at it again,

this time not as much work to do,

just some long overdue new bedding.

I've been scouring the catalogs and online for what I think

could work with some of my existing pieces;

An heirloom white on white medallion quilt,

antique white shams, and a bed skirt that fits inside our sleigh bed.

I'm excited to get these pieces from Pottery Barn.

(new pillow shams and a duvet cover)

I've chosen the taupe "natural" in the foreground, below.

I don't know how accurate this color swatch is but it's close to our wall color.

Sort of a "camel, butterscotchy, caramel" color, by Benjamin Moore

Doesn't look this bright on the wall.

I haven't shown our master bedroom,

because we tend to be a little "techy" in there with my husband's

laptop and stock manuals.

But I'll do a one-day "put-away" when I get things together.

Hope it looks as good as I think it will.

Hope you're having a great weekend.

I'm still tweaking in the Living Room,

more of what I've done, this next week.

xoxo

Vintage Inspiration Friday #46: Where Bloggers Create

This is my second time participating in

 Where Bloggers Create

hosted by the lovely Karen at My Desert Cottage.

Welcome to my studio

It's the place where you can usually find me!

June 2010

(these walls really were not mustard,

but I just couldn't get a good picture in here)

I've made a few changes in here,

the one with most impact was painting the walls a creamy white.

Seeing the photos from last year prompted me to get out the paintbrush.

(I seem to have a small addiction to paint...)

This is my computer station where I do most of my blog.

My vintage worktable...

always piled with ideas for new projects

with old train cases, suitcases, and trunks full of paper supplies.

This sweet satin partial manny is my model for my jewelry photos

 for my Etsy Shop

I use "found items", and old jewelry pieces to create one of a kind key pendants.

watch pendant

Last fall I painted out a cupboard to hold jewelry supplies.

And a chippy shelf holds a variety of fun items.

"watch the birdie!"

Birds are a favorite theme in my studio

I recently put together these altered art hanging photo album pages

with vintage bird graphics.

They'll be in my Etsy store soon.

My over stuffed comfy chair with ottoman and vintage standing lamp

Every studio needs a spot to relax

An old piesafe holds other craft supplies

This is Irma, named for my paternal grandmother

who also models for me.

TV armoire

Hope you enjoyed the tour,

thanks for coming by from Where Bloggers Create

I'd love for you to come back and visit again soon.

Last week at

Vintage Inspiration Friday

we had so many wonderful posts,

Here are just a few:

Joy, the Savvycityfarmer has the Dish Gene

A Sense of Design

shares How to Stencil a Wall

Just gorgeous!!

Alison from Stuff and Nonsense shared a recent visit with

Mr. Duff and his house,

scroll down to Wed. July 6 to read about it.

And take a look at this creative display

Chicken feeder turned dish rack

from Rita at May-Days

Hope you'll join in for

Vintage Inspiration Friday

"anything vintage or vintage inspired"

please link back to this post with a button image or link in your blog post,

thanks, guys!

I'll be linking up with these great weekend parties

links on sidebar buttons

edited on 9-21-11

to join in for:

At Family Brings Joy

Have a great weekend!

love you all,