Sweet Treasures & Contest Re-Do

My facination with little nests and eggs continues.....You can see my pretty Contest Re-do in my last post, it came out so pretty! I love the vintage spools of thread with old lace and burlap, they are so sweet. If you have been keeping up with my ParisRags blog, you'll know we are getting ready for The Mount Dora Extravaganza November 20-23 I hope you will come visit, our text this year will be so beautiful I can't wait! Thanks so much for stopping by,,,I always love comments if you have a second, hope you all are happy and well, Hugs, Kimberly

ohhh Lala Contest! UPDATE 10/31

AFTER!!! I had so much fun with the different shades of blue, and did a Verdigris patina on the scroll work and crevices , the sweet little birds nest is divine I love it! As you know I have a love of nests' and little birdies. Go to Fifi's blog to see all the amazing makeovers, I hope I will be in the top 14 ! Wish me luck!!

BEFORE PICS

I'm so exited to take part in Fifi's contest, I'll be redoing a old sewing cabinet that is in pretty bad condition right now, I cant wait to finish it and show you all the results at the end of the contest. You all can join in too, hurry it ends Oct 31st ,it will be thrilling to see all the finished pieces, Fifi's link is up on my sidebar , wish me luck!!

Marie Antoinette

Here is a lovley vintage italian box I dedicated to Queen Marie, it came out so pretty! I hate painting over the antique gold patina's so this was fitting for a Marie piece. It's amazing how her lifestyle inspired so many beautiful creations. I recently saw an amazing fan created with Marie images, i'll have to find it again, just crazy beautiful. Hope all of you are getting some cooler weather, were still in a hot box here in Florida! Wish you all a lovely week ahead! Hugs, Kimberly

Mary Travers, 1936-2009

Mary Travers, 1936-2009, originally uploaded by Roadsidepictures.

So sorry to hear of Mary;s passing, she had a beautiful voice....Growing up Peter , paul &Mary were a big part of our life. Dad played guitar and always sang their songs. Dad took me to see them quite a few years back, they were great. Well miss your beautiful voice!

Summer Greetings!

Hi there! Been a while since my last post, life is so whirlwind isn't it? I managed to finish some projects as seen in the photos, a Cottage bench, wash stand, and vintage pillar column. They all came out so pretty! Other than painting, just sewing, cleaning and some home improvements, as always. I did get a new cell phone this week a razr, I wanted a blackberry but at 500 that was out of my budget range, but the razr is great too, I can get my email and go web surfing, I'm so happy about that! As they say your Always Connected ! That's me now, I guess....I had grand plans of finishing my book this summer but I'm only one woman so not sure when exactly. We have plans for a DVD ( Learning how to paint roses) Part of a book and DVD collection, Paint your "Art" Out ! My new book Title is Embellish Your "Art" Out! The DVD is nerve racking since I'm not a fan of being on camera, Yikes. I'm not teaching one stroke, but my different techniques I've learned after 12 years of oil painting. These projects will be finished soon, I'm hopeful....Since I home school I have to work around that schedule , Micayla is now in 6Th grade, so lots of science projects this year. Have a happy rest of summer , make every minute count!! Hugs , Kimberly

It's the WEEKEND!

I always look forward to the weekend, this weekend we are having a yard sale, time to get rid of the clutter, I don't have too much clutter just enough to drive you crazy, or me crazy, I've gotten a little neurotic in my young age of 42 well almost 42 June 30Th. Here are a few things I have been working on. I love the lilacs painting and the little cottage painting. So sweet..... Wish me luck at the yard sale, should be fun though it's so hot here in Jacksonville you can hardly breath in the heat of the day. I picked up my new issue of Romantic Country magazine today it's just full of beauty.... perhaps the best magazine issue ever, home after home wow, usually the other magazines just shoot the same home or shop time after time, it gets boring,I'm so happy Romantic Country has Ms . Fifi, she is very talented, great style and seems so sweet to boot! She's making these Metal primitive hearts customized , which I will get one of , when she has more time, which is very rare I'm sure, still thinking of what I want mine to say, they are adorable, I cant imagine they are easy to make either! Stop by and see Fifi's Hearts, I'm sure it's nothing new to you all, if you blog you know who Fifi is! Happy weekend , thanks for taking the time to visit me , love comments too!! Hugs,

Painting Again......

Lately I have been consumed with our new little venture ParisRags.....I haven't painted much....I suddenly had the desire to paint! So here are a few pretties and some mosaic work i did, another craft I love, it's so relaxing you can't imagine! I finished three pieces in one night with the exception of grouting and sealing them. I've added so many things to the website, little treasures I've treasured for a while and new found pretties. I only wish I could stick with one art form, and be really great at it. I seem to have so many crafts up in the air....I have two antique Boothe's here in Jacksonville 2 websites, ebay auctions, Etsy shop and sell a few things here and there on Craigslist! You might think I was rich by now :) Thanks for stopping by to read my little blog, hope you have a great week!