TWO for YOU and TWO for ME! Jeanne d'Arc Giveaway ~

Two issues of Jeanne d'Arc Living Magazine for one lucky winner!

The Special Edition Christmas Issue

and the Autumn Issue

This publication is timeless and beautiful ~

All YOU have to do is keep your fingers crossed and leave me a comment!  The winner will be picked on the 11th of November.  Can't wait another minute?  Order your copies on the sidebar.

And now on to my win.  Lucky girl that I am, Janet from Shabbyfufu gifted me with a sponsorship spot on her blog for two months and a six month spot from Cathy in her Avalon Rose Marketsquare!  Cathy is a crackerjack at website designs.  While you're there, look for new supercool shopping digs for the holidays and my new 'button'.  Janet is a pioneer in romantic decorating and I love reading her Paris posts.  Look for tresors from her jaunts to France.  She is a doll and as sweet as her creations!
                   

                                                                 
                                                        Thank you Girls!
                                                 xo

                           

                           

Barn Sale Discovery Part II

Carol has a knack for finding, fixing, decorating and baking.  And she makes it all look so darned easy!

Well, as the story goes, she had been pining away for months for an industrial shelving unit for the dining room to display her ironstone.  She was even considering having one made when along comes her BFF (yes, that would be moi) and spots some at a barn sale! 

And at this point my dears, I'll let her tell you the rest of the story. Hop over to Lori's blog at White Flower Farmhouse where she interviewed Carol about this diamond in the rough.

We are all so envious Carol!

Stay tuned for a Jeanne d'Arc Giveaway! 

The Autumn and Christmas issues!

xo

A Booth at the Antique Mart

Hello!  First off, I have to tell you that it takes me a full month to get back into the swing of things after going back to work (school) in September so that's why I've been MIA.  With that said, I've decided to make my life just a little busier by renting a space at the antique mart.  I've missed the shop over the last two years and I just kept coming across all this great stuff.   The old schoolhouse chalkboard got me going and since I don't have a wall big enough for it, I had to grab it for someone else!  Very 'restoration hardware' at a fraction of the price.

I chose this space because of the brick wall, but in between the walls was a boring section of drywall.
An easy and inexpensive fix was two dropcloths ($10) sewn together, and three large clamp worklights.  The dropcloths washed up so soft and drapey that I was totally amazed!  I was going for an industrial sort of look, nothing fussy, so these lights did the trick and for under fifty dollars I was able to get the look I was going for!