The Star Treatment.

Make sure to read the interview with our featured seller this week--Niftic,

and comment for the giveaway!

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(Written Last Night, In A Reflective Mood)

I am looking out tonight at the start of something wonderful-Spring!

I love the winter, love the snow, (when there are reasonable amounts of it)...I enjoy the occasional rainy day, but oh, I love the Spring when it starts to lose the cold edge and mellows out.

During the changing of the seasons it is a chief pleasure of mine to stare out the window.  The kitchen window here faces the backyard and beyond that a farmer's field.  On any given day we are graced by all sorts of birds, squirrels, deer and the occasional stray cat.  

I love to look out during the day through bits of old lace at streamy sunlight.  

But even more I love the singular beauty of Spring night.  

The whole world seems to be still and waiting, and the sky is dressed in her finest rhinestones--

Vintage ones.

Today's blog is a tribute to those windows we look out of, and the wonderful, whimsical, stylish and simple things we add to them.  

From Guschislinenscloset...Lace Luxury

From Besserina...A Dreamy Drape

From Stanfordglasshop...A Stained Glass Stunner

From Polka Dot Canary...An Ode to Strawberries and Cream

From Pillows2Please...A Profusion of Paint

From thislittlehome...A Soft Sophistication 

and From Thesourgrape...A Felted Fantasy

Thank you to all these shops for allowing me to use their images, 

please visit them for more wonderful items! 

The Joy of Briwax

For anyone who hand paints furniture or signage and loves an aged and distressed look--Briwax is Amazing!  I no longer have to take out my glazing medium every-time I want to accentuate chippy paint and surface scratches.  Now I grab my trusty rag and can of Briwax and let er rip!

This has been a fairly recent discovery for me, I love to frequent a primitives store called Apple Valley in Piqua Ohio with my Mom.

The shop owner makes the yummiest oils for candles and really lovely sewn primitives and all that...One day I was chatting with her and she asked me if I had ever used Briwax.  Since I had no clue, the answer was a no, and I left with it that day in my bag, as an experiment.

I have used it many different ways, from getting a yellowed aged feel for primitive furniture, to all out aged water stains on my French Shabby pieces.

I am honestly not trying to sound like a commercial here, but it has really helped me out--it also protects a piece--and for those of you who hand paint furniture, I encourage you to give it a go.