going for red...

I usually decorate my house with

white things for christmas,

(and maybe a little bit of soft pink ;),

but for this christmas,

I'm going for red!!!

So now I'm getting inspired by these

lovely pictures.

thank you for visiting my blog...

( ops!! I forgot to take notice of where I found

these lovely pictures, so sorry ! )

bohemian beauties...

wow! what a great style...

love it

sources: browndresswithwhitedots, parisapartment,

encoreuneminute, J'adore, zsazsabellagio and google.

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new life...

I love to find old chairs that are in need of a make-over,
It's a passion of mine.

(I like to think that I'm giving them a second chance in life ;)

I have already quite many chairs and I have completed

redecorating some of them, while others

are waiting for the right moment to

get their new look!

this time I began making the textile

(for me that's the fun part ;)

I painted the chair with ( just) one layer

of white primer and then I sanded

it down again to give it a used look,

to get the patina I used two colors

of wax.

I't needed a new cover badly,

first It got some white linen,

which I stabled on, and then

I made some loose cover over

the linen so it will be easy

to use and wash !

a new life !!!

the chair before...

I'm already looking forward for the next chair make-over!!

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pink challenge...

Choosing the "right" shade of pink can be

quite the challenge, but I must say the

choices in these photos are

spot on!!

Let's celebrate with a glorious pink ;)

( all images are from heartbeatoz... )

big cupcake day...

It's been a while since my last post as I have been

away on holiday, it's so good to get away from all the

routine and just relax and enjoy life.

But two days before I left we had our big cupcake day in our town!!

Each year a small group of mothers/women/friends organize

a cupcake party in our botanical garden.

We asked people to bake cupcakes and bring them to us,

and we then sold them and donated the money to

our maternity ward in our local hospital.

This time, like the year before, it was a great day ;-)

Here are some beautiful photos taken by my sister (Agnes),

and my son (Viktor) from that day.

what a nice couple ;-)

we decorated with candles and lots

of pom poms ;-)

a real piece of art don't you think ?

wow, which one do I choose ??

We got hundreds of home baked beauties and we

where so thankful for all of them.

We had live music

and a great atmosphere in the park that day.

Happy girls at the end of a wonderful day.

( We raised more than 3000 euros!! ;)

THANK YOU ALL

pretty, prettier...?

I bought this white, plain (and pretty)

flower pot from Ikea store earlier

this ear, but I didn't use it!

Instead I found myself wanting to

make it "somehow prettier" ?!

So this is what I came up with... ;)

"Bladet" flower pot from Ikea

I had an old porcelain rose but it did

not have any leafs, so I made two leafs

using clay, and once dried, I glued it onto

the pot. I also glued around the top,

a plastic neckless!!

Then it was time for two

layers of good acrylic primer

and (only) one layer of

kalklitir/limecolors, using my

favorite gray (san saccaria)

The rose got some very soft pink color,

while the leafs got a little darker gray

Then some sanding was needed to

give it a smooth and "used" look

voila...

so much prettier..? ;D

kalklitir/limecolors from www.kalklitir.com

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boxing things up...

I made ​​this box for the things we use in the kitchen,

things like olive oil, vinegar, salt & pepper etc.

This is what I did :

I bought some mdf...

and (simply) made a 36x43cm. box out of it...

in fact I made two boxes, so I still have one to go!

(I'm thinking pink box for perfume, jewelry etc.?)

I painted the box gray... ( my favorite color ;)

and I also bought these handles, which I painted

and decorated, using silver-leafs.

( my old pepper grinder got

the same makeover... )

(much nicer, don't you think?)

"voila"

Now I have all these things, that "fit together",

in one place.

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