Projects and springtime...

This was one of the projects I completed yesterday. Have I ever mentioned that I have hundreds and hundreds of frames and hundreds and hundreds of prints. Sometimes I don't know where to start, but yesterday these two little girls spoke to me... maybe they remind me in some way of my own girls. This was a magazine cover from July 1934 that someone had saved in a scrapbook. I couldn't find a frame quickly that would fit it just right, but I had this black one and I knew it would make it pop... then I need to figure out how to bridge the gap. I didn't want to mat it as matting somehow makes it look too new for me, so I dug out one of my old wallpaper sample books and found this sweet little floral print that brought it all together... for me anyway. I hope you like it, too!!!

Have a fantastic Wednesday and may the sun be shining where you are, cuz it sho ain't shinin' here!!!

Oilcloth ... one of my very favorite things at Polly Ann's

...as a shelf liner

...as a table runner

...as a cover up for yucky kitchen cabinets

...the obvious... as a tablecloth

... 15 patterns available at Polly Ann's... almost all retro and vintage designs

... shopping bags, beach bags, the possibilities are endless

... precut in 36"X47 1/2", 47 1/2" square, 47 1/2" x 60", 47 1/2" x 96", and 60" rounds

... how fun!

...the Oilcloth trademark...

"A new oilcloth makes the whole family happy."

This is for the birds... and the cats and dogs...

Mr. Polly Ann... aka Bobby, built this little window cabinet for me and I just love having fun displaying different things in it...

This is for the birds...

and the cats and dogs...

Upholstery Project...Coming soon!

This is a before picture of an upcoming project... I have about 5 different fabrics in rose, cream, green and gold that will be adorning this beautiful set. I just have to figure out how it will all come together and I'll be sure to share pictures when it's done.

Views from the Collector's Eye...

Found 'em!

Ready for the Collector's Eye...vintage wallpapered bins and more

Yesterday was a really fun day for me. Normally I work every day with my honey and we get a lot accomplished, but all day long I have to listed to country music and have someone who is constantly keeping me on task and needing to be kept on task... Bob worked with my brother on a project yesterday and it left me to myself... doesn't happen all that often, but I LOVED it (just for a day is enough without him with me, though). These were a few of my many projects that I got done yesterday.

I acquired these vintage calf milk powder cartons and decided to use some of the old wallpaper I've had for years and see what I could do. It's an easy project if you aren't a perfectionist... thankfully I am NOT! There are many wrinkles and bubbles, but they don't bother me a bit.

Step 1 - supplies...

Step 2 - do the work...

Step 3 - stand back and say YES!...

My favorite is the floral one, of course. I wish I had other paper that would have worked going sideways... most of it was very one directional. The stripes are fun, too. I think the two that are rather plain may see some decoupage before all is said and done. Great storage and could even be used as an end table with a piece of glass on top... somewhere in that mess we call a garage, I have a piece or two of that glass... off to find it...

Oh yea... I painted the screen and put the panels on it yesterday, too... made some pillows, mended some tablecloths, priced some goodies for the show... ... ... ... ... ...

My goal at the shop to day is to fill all these boxes with my greatest stuff to take to the show... any requests??? ;0)

See you at the show... Midwest Antique & Art Show and The Colletor's Eye... this Sunday, April 10th from 10am-4pm at the Hawkeye Downs main building on 6th Street SW in Cedar Rapids... BE THERE!!!

Better late than never... Collector's Eye, Cedar Rapids... here we come!!!

This is what you would see if you pulled up to my garage and hit the opener button... not a pretty sight, but wait...

This is what you would see if you opened my kitchen door and walked out in my garage... another not so pretty sight, but wait...



This is what you might have missed if you didn't look closely... Treasures upon treasure lurk in the aftermath of a quick dig through the chaos...

Vintage gardening items, complete with a vintage metal tool organizer/sign...

A pair of gnarly old windows with the opaque star print "bathroom" glass... 6 panels of it each! Even a pair of oars... just in case your ship comes in and you need to row it home :0)

And an already found and loved chair rescued by Miss Barb simplyiowa freshly returned from a rebuilding and spring tying at the upholsterers...waiting to be taken home to be loved one again... it's been a while for this beauty...

I wonder how many of these lurking treasures will find their way to the trailer sitting at the bottom of the drive already busting with great stuff that will be heading to the show this Sunday... I can't wait to see how it all turns out... hope you all will come and see...