French Nest After Dark...

Last Saturday, Mr. Sweet Pea and I attended SECOND SATURDAY ON THE DRIVE in the College Park area of Orlando, where you can also find FRENCH NEST the shop I am now selling in. The second Saturday of every month all the businesses on Edgewater Drive stay open til 9pm and you can stroll among them and check out what they have to offer. Next month if you are in the area stop by FRENCH NEST and have a glass of wine and a fabulous cupcake by Bluebird Bake Shop.







This twig chandelier is mine and was in my shop that closed in 2008. Now for sale to a lucky new owner.











Mark and Marsha Stokes~~Owners of French Nest

52 FLEA GIVEAWAY

Run don't walk over to 52 FLEA for her 200th POST GIVEAWAY! It's the most fabulous idea ever for a giveaway and you do not want to miss out! Tell her SWEET PEA sent ya!!

Hugs,

Shelley

Where I Create

So, very recently KAREN of MY DESERT COTTAGE hosted a party called Where Women Create. Well I missed the boat so to speak. Guess I wasn't keeping up with my favs and so I didn't get in on the fun. I have been planning a post for a while featuring my studio space, and this finally got me to stop procrastinating. Come on in...

Looking in at my studio...


Where I blog and chat with you...


Old cupboard where all the stuff lives...


Where I sit...


Old chippy column and one of the "girls"...


Super old buttons hand~sewn on a card and labeled in the hand of the previous owner. Some are 1800's...


One of three dress forms I own and love love love...


View of the old zinc-top table I covet. Above it a collection of found objects on an old piece of architectural trim from an 1800's home.


My fab table and an old medical stool...


Old French bottle drying rack used to hold ribbon and seam binding...


Found objects...



Fab old suitcase with gorgeous wallpaper lining holds my old grain sacks, an old frame and my initial "S"...



Perfect place to sit and read a magazine...


My "junk" collage on old baby bed springs...


Old oil painting of pansies...


One of my favorite old cupboards that houses my books and flower frog collection. On top, my favorite old corbels...


My inspiration board made from a huge old frame. I pieced together some old grain sack fragments quilt-style and added wire to hang found objects from...



Maybe the favorite thing I own~~an old French grain sack framed in a chippy old white painted frame with the original wavy glass...


Can't get enough of these old ghosting mirrors. The post card was my great~grandmother's.


I love wasp nests. This is the grand~daddy of all time and a double decker...


Gorgeous old silver beaded cord with tassels...


Pile of grain sacks...


Last but not least, my huge chalkboard I made from an old mirror frame. This hung in both of my shops and I could have sold it a zillion times. I never will...


Hope you enjoyed the tour... Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Shelley

WHITE WEDNESDAY

Meet me in the kitchen for this week's edition of WHITE WEDNESDAY. My kitchen~~like the rest of my home ~~is teeny but hey, somebody has to live in small houses right? But you know what, when I think back to the size of my grandma's kitchen and lack of counter space and storage, it's pretty amazing the meals that came out of that even tinier space. If she can do, so can I right? Hope you enjoy the little touches that grace this space...
















Cake anyone?