French Country Candle Holders

FIRST and FAR MOST,
I want to say thank you
to
French Country Cottage



I have always adored her Cottage!
Her blog is a huge inspiration!


 

 These candle holders have been around, inside and outside

 of our home for a long time.

First starting as natural wooden candle holders, 

then I painted them white,

along with other large candle holders.

And now, EXTREMELY 

Distressed

Patience is not a strong point of mine....

sooo I soaked them in warm soapy water ( to loosen

and soften the paint) for a few minutes,

scraped and scrubbed them.  Dried them and 

mushed around a bunch of different 

paint colors.

Very technical I know!

Barely dry, I gave them a crackled glass candle holder

 with crystal rocks and a tea light candle each.

I love projects that take about 30 minutes! ;)

Happy Friday!

I am linking up with

French Country Cottage, Feathered Nest Friday

Jennifer Rizzo Fabulously Creative Friday

Shabby Nest Frugal Friday

My Romantic Home

:)

Slipcovers for our Couch and Love Seat

Yaayy!

For fabric sales 

I found 7 meters for about $35

and 13 meters for about $100.

 The french script fabric is lovely

but expensive so I only got 1 meter

which pushed my creativity.

:)

I have been wanting to slipcover

this couch and a love seat

for some time now. I had to work out a plan

of how I could make the fabric work together and not 

look like I ran out.

With the 13 meters I had just enough to complete this one couch,

very little left over...phew!

It is a thick fabric and I dont know if you can tell but it

has a wonderful grey undertone, yum!

I am so happy with it! It needs a little altering

on the seat cushions, but I couldnt wait 

to post pictures.

The "right" side of the love seat fabric was

really yellow once I brought it home and

under our living room lighting. Not wanting 

any yellow in the living room,

 I flipped it over and used the "wrong"

side.  I do that a lot, use the wrong side.

:)

 It was a  ton of pinning, cutting, basting and serging....

I did a little painting,

trying to industrialize it and

give the love seat some grey to 

work with the couch tones.

I used a little of the french fabric

to cover the lampshade, but it was super painful to 

cut it..:\

Happy Friday

I am linking up with

http://romantichome.blogspot.ca/2013/02/valentines-day-cupcakes-show-and-tell.html

http://missmustardseed.com/2013/02/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-a-link-party-19/

http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2013/02/fabulousy-creative-friday-linky-party.html

http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.ca/2013/02/feathered-nest-friday_14.html

Burlap Hearts for Valentines Day

My Valentines decorations are usually all pink and sparkly,

not this year.

I am loving the natural colors

and textures.

All that texture adds so much

warmth to our home.

Finally, I  have my new hook.

Its to hold the cords of

the blinds, preventing them from tangling up.

Also a reminder...

I think its happening,

my style is changing 

AGAIN.

This heart below has had many

different 'styles'

This year it got some fabric, then I 

painted stripes on the fabric and added a bow.

Perfect for the front door.

:)

AND ...Fabricland was having ANOTHER

sale :),

I think I should have enough fabric

for something... 

I am joining one of my favorite blogs!

http://modvintagelife.blogspot.ca/

Happy Decorating ,

have a super day!