The Painted Cottage

February 7, 2011

booth fluffin'

Wow! It's been a long time since I last posted ... Where did the time go?

I did some booth fluffin' last week and I'm excited about how both places look ...

Want to see?

Artisans

Gracie's Village Shops

Happy Monday Y'all! :)

February 1, 2011

the story of a chair. {finally madeover}

Y'all remember what I started with, right?

This little chair had so much character ... Just needed a little help!

all sanded and ready for primer

primed and ready for her first coat!

before she's distressed ...

distressed

close-up

feedsack pillow added (thanks Sissie!)

and FINALLY with the pillow I won from Cottage & Vine

So what do y'all think? I'm in love!

Going to be REALLY hard for me to take it to the shop! She's looking AWFULLY good in my guest room! :)

I'm not sure what the color is ... I wanted a coral and Home Depot happened to have a good OOPS! color! Lucky Me!

Linking up to: Tuesday's Treasures at Uncommon Slice of Suburbia!

January 31, 2011

chair redo & {newbie} linky party

I had BIG plans to head down to OIB today ... A day filled with shopping & catching up with mama! Well the Mr. caught whatever bug I had last week ...

I'm pretty sure he thinks he should be on life support at the moment ... Stayed home from work today and is {REALLY} NEEDY of some attention from this Cottage Gal!

So I'm at home ... Playing nurse to one VERY sick hubs.

Oh and FINALLY getting to that chair I showed y'all last week!

Also linking up to DebbieDoo's Newbie Linky Party! It's for new bloggers or bloggers with less than 100 followers! So if you fit in there ... LINK UP! Come on! It'll be fun! :)

January 30, 2011

blog hoppin'

Y'all I'm joining this FUN blog hop! Seems like such a great way to meet new friends!

Hosted by Marie of The Things We Find Inside ... Only a few simple rules to join ...

1. Follow the host (Maria) and the guest hosts (Michaela Noelle & Melanie) on GFC. For this week, we are the number 1, 2 and 3 spots on the linky. (They will follow back.) Leave a comment to let us know.

2. Follow as many people as you can and be sure to let them know that you are from the 'I love my Online Friends Monday Hop'.

3. You are not required to, but it will be great if you could grab our button and make a post about this hop. (At the bottom of the hop, you can get the code so that the same linky list will appear on your blog).

4. Every week Marie will pick one person to 'Guest Host' the hop with me. If you would like to be considered for the guest host position, all you need to do is grab our button, write a post about the hop and follow her on GFC. Leave a comment under this post to let her know if you are interested in guest hosting.

So don't you want to join the fun?! :)

great weekend!

Y'all I need to send a BIG APOLOGY your way ... The blog has been AWFULLY quiet this weekend!

I've been so busy with the BIG sale at Artisans! We had SUCH great response to The PC which meant lots of sales and LOTS of driving back & forth to restock! Definitely a good problem to have!

Mama & I will be out & about tomorrow getting new things for the stores and of course trying to pick up the latest ideas for Spring!

The weather here is GORGEOUS and has definitely sparked us to start setting up Spring vignettes!

See y'all in a couple of days! Hopefully with FAB NEW FINDS!

January 28, 2011

WINNER!

So most of you know that I've been pretty under the weather this week ... Well my spirits were lifted yesterday afternoon at the mailbox ... Now before you start thinking I'm a total WEIRDO ... Let me explain!

Several weeks ago, Cottage & Vine hosted a giveaway ... And one LUCKY winner was to receive this fabulous pillow!

Well y'all guess who that LUCKY winner was?! You got it! ME!

Now I don't typically win ... As in, I've never won anything in my entire life! So not only did I win but I won this FABULOUS pillow from a FABULOUS fellow blogger!

I tested it out yesterday in several spots in my house ...

I think I like it on the loveseat the best ... What do you think?

If you haven't been over to Cottage & Vine, you really should! Rene always has great posts!

So thanks Rene for hosting the giveaway and thanks Fabulous but Frugal for the BEAUTIFUL pillow! :)

Happy Friday Y'all!

January 27, 2011

{sick cottage girl} and some inspiration!

Y'all when I woke up yesterday morning, I knew that I wasn't feeling well ... I tried to blame the weather. Turns out this gal is SICK! {ugh! ugh! ugh!}

So although I had EVERY intention of working on lots of projects yesterday ... I only got as far as the couch, my laptop, and LOTS of online browsing.

But in doing so ... I found some GREAT inspirations for all things SPRING! (is anyone else as ready for it as we are?!)