Attempting to Organize ~ ha !!

I am in serious need

of organizing my office/studio ~

Soooo.... I decided to add

all of my "destash" stuff

to the Flea Market category

of my website ~

I have so much "stuff" that I

have been keeping to someday

make things out of ~ Or maybe

use for little photo shoot vignettes ~

It isn't happening so it has to go

{So I can get more....ahhhhh!!!}

I think that may be a sickness of

some sort ~ :)

Here is the beginning and I will be

adding more as I clean ~

California Dreamin'

I just got home from a few days

in Central California ~

Oh my goodness it was glorious

there! The weather was awesome

( it was great to get away

from the Texas heat )

and well I just pretty much

love it all ~

Family, childhood memories, the beach,

the mountains, the vineyards,

the weather... I could go on and on ~

It is funny how when we lived there

I completely took the beautiful

hills and ocean for granted ~

It has been 16 years since we

moved to North Texas and I am

a happy gal to have family

in California and flight privileges :)

I am a lavender freak so seeing it

all over is amazing to me!

This is a beautiful bed and breakfast that

a friend's wedding was at in Templeton ~

This is a really fun place in Avila Beach called

Avila Valley Barn ~

This is my sister and niece

picking yummy apples ~

I have been home a day and am totally

ready to go back ~

Hopefully in October for the

Remnants of the Past Vintage Show

and

Three Speckled Hens Show ~

Now it is back to work (fun)

for me ~

Vintage Wedding Burlap & Muslin

It totally feels like it

has been forever since

I have blogged!

We have been moving our daughter

and son in law into their home

and redoing our master bathroom

and life just flies by ~

In between that I have still

been working on things

for my website ~

I have been LOVING

all of the pictures of

vintage weddings

using burlap, lavender, muslin

and old stuff ~

So going along with that theme

I decided to make a little

flower girl basket and

ring bearer pillow ~

I just love the combination

of burlap and muslin ~

They are on my website here ~

Cuffs & Photo Actions

I was reading Miss Mustard Seed's blog today

and got totally inspired by her post yesterday

on Actions for Photoshop ~

Soooo I hopped on over to the shop she

recommended, Florabella Collections ~

I bought a collection right away

and went to add it to

my super outdated Photoshop Elements 4 ~ hmmmmm.....

I realized I needed an upgrade and quick ~

{ I am kind of impatient when I want to try something new }

So I upgraded and downloaded and WOW !!

It is so fun !!!

Here are some gorgeous Cuffs I just added to my shop

and the before and after the Actions ~

{ Before }

{ After }

{ Before }

{ After }

{ Before }

{ After }



Now I want to go buy every action

and edit every photo

on my website because it just brightens them

up so much !!

My Girls and Their Blogs

I have introduced you to my family in the past but
I wanted to introduce you to my girl's blogs ~


Kristin, our oldest daughter, has been doing photography
with her husband for a while and recently launched her own
photography website and blog ~

Her business is called Kristin Brandon Photography ~
They are traveling to Italy soon to shoot a wedding!
I am so excited for them !




Stephanie has started a blog journaling her and her
husbands cottage home transformation ~
They actually are just closing on it today and are
having fun going to Salvage Shops, Flea Markets
and Craigslist to find vintage things for it ~
Her blog is called College St. Cottage ~

It is so fun to watch them get excited
about all of the treasures they have found ~

{ Photos are by Kristin's husband James
at James Brandon Photography }

Both of the girls are just introducing themselves and their blogs
so they would love to have you stop by ~

Chalk Paint Class

I was so excited to

get to take a Chalk Paint class

today from

Karla at Lady Butterbug

in McKinney, Texas ~

Taking classes for chalk paint

is fun because

you get to learn new painting,

distressing and waxing techniques ~

There are beautiful colors which

can be used as they are or mixed

to make a bunch of different colors ~

I love that the colors

are inspired by European furniture

from the 1800's ~

This next picture shows my least

favorite piece as we were working on it ~

It has 3 different colors, dark wax

and clear wax and a couple different

distressing techniques ~

After I got it done I ended up

LOVING it because

in real life it looks like an old

building that has had layers of paint

and wear ~

I really like this color combination

too and would love to incorporate

it in my home somehow ~ I have

all creams and whites but I am

thinking that Duck Egg Blue

needs to be there too!


It was alot of fun!

I love how easy, fast

and fun Chalk Paint is to use ~