Simply Vintage by the Sea : December 2012

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Back at it...with the Girlies getting a little Creative!

A basic unfinished lingerie bureau

delivered by my sister and brother in law from Annapolis

Thank you Lisa and Ian!!

A base coat of Old Ochre

washed with watered down Provence

A coat of chateau grey

A top coat of Miss Mustard Seed Shutter Grey

Love the grey finish with the blue and green layers showing through!

needs wax... clear and dark! will do tomorrow!

not sure about the white knobs...maybe some cut glass!?

While I was painting away the girls were inspired to paint their wooden carved monograms they got from friends down South! Where they supposedly monogram everything!

loving their color choices!

Beautiful work!!

Saturday, December 22, 2012

A Christmas Vignette

sorry for the poor quality photo....but you get the idea!

My Grandmothers Kissing Angels...with our collection of Margaret Furlong Angels

The sequins balls we spent hours making before we had kids! Copying the one in the middle that was my Grandmother's

These jars are actually presents but looked so cute I had to leave them while they are waiting to be filled!

Love my starfish votives that my friend gave me for my Birthday! Thank you Kathleen!

These little pinecones I found while walking Hope! I love the little bit of added contrast they add under the cloche!

She is wondering if we will be walking again today!!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Let It Snow!!!

Again while on Martha's Vineyard...

We were inspired by a window display

The kids joked about visions of stringing cotton balls...

So much so that it became the joke of the weekend! Funny they were laughing at me until they needed decorations for school! Then it was a brilliant idea! and they made some for me!