BUSY,BUSY,FALL,HALLOWEEN, and CHRISTMAS

Hello Friends:

I have been so busy, with my business, getting ready for fall and Christmas.  I make everything in my kitchen farm table.  I have been trying to move my "shop" to my study, but it takes time.

I have what some call "a cottage industry"  I could use two people, because when you handmade everything
including painting furniture, restoring furniture, making clay knobs and beautiful tags, sewing pillows, shades, and more.  The list is endless.

I had a lot of orders for my famous wreaths, knobs, specialty tags, and they take time, lots of time.

However, my blog friends are very important to me, love to write, love to create and share.

love this white shabby pumpkin!!!!

Great hostess gift for Thanksgiving dinner!!!!!

Here are some of my inspirations:

shabby fall pumpkins  lol
HGTV

This is from Michael Cox, New York, love his fall decor, incorporating nature, and leather,

Happy Fall Decorating!!!!!



martha

Inspiration for Fall Decoration

FALL DECORATIONS:


Its time to say goodbye to summer, I know how hard it is, but I'm beginning to put everything away, and bring the colors of fall to our home.  


Some Inspiration to get us going:

House Beautiful  great entry way!!!!!

From Better Homes and Gardens,  beautiful mantle.

Better Home and Gardens beautiful unique mantle.

Gorgeous mantle!!!!

One of my favorite mantles.

Courtesy of House Beautiful


Let's go and change our decor for fall, hope you got as inspired as I did. Now we have to come up
with our own decor, and dress the mantle and living room, dining room, kitchen, and the house for fall.

Happy decorating!!!!!

Martha

Happy Friday!!!! THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

Hello friends:


I love PICKING  DO YOU????  My favorite show lately is:


You guess it right, "Picking Sisters"  Love their pieces, their creativity, their style, well love, everything about their show.


Two gorgeous sisters picking for RUSTY PIECES, eclectic, unusual,
old, with a NEW PURPOSE.  Is this inspirational or what??


These girls have an eye for decorating that is very unique, 
they follow simple rules of picking, some of them are:




*  MIX OLD AND NEW, MODERN AND ANTIQUE, RUSTIC  AND MID-CENTURY.


* BE PRACTICAL  WITH YOUR PICKING THE PIECE HAS TO BE USEFUL AND FIT YOUR DECOR


* YOU AND ONLY YOU MATTERS, ITS YOUR STYLE AND TASTE  BE UNIQUE  PERSONALLY, I TAKE A LOT OF CRITICISM  BUT EVERYONE LOVES MY HOME, MY STYLE, AND MY MODERN AND ANTIQUE MIX>


* EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE SOUTH IS THE BEST PLACE TO PICK, BUT DON"T MISS THE NORTHEAST
   IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY, WEAR YOUR THREE LAYERS AND GO FOR THE MOST UNIQUE FINDS AND BEST
   PRICES.


* 

From the "Picker's sisters awesome chairs

"PLEASE SIT DOWN  SISTER"  THIS IS INSPIRATION IN CAPITAL LETTERS  LOL

"Please sit down Sister's style, again to me this is CREATIVE STYLE LOL

Love fall, its a lot of fun.  Here is some sweet inspiration:

From "Picker sisters"  Way to go, truly vintage, industrial !!!!!!

These two sisters are a true inspiration to me, I tend to pick pieces that nobody else wants, full of rust, and very old,

things I can use or others can use, like the radiators, look at that chair, so simple but so well put together. Radiators are very cheap, and that chair all redone can sell for $1300.00  to me, that is extraordinary. 

Kudos to Tracy and Tanya.

Tanya, a school teacher who discovered that she had another talent, decorating with found items, became a famous decorator, wife and mom. Hollywood discovered this bright girl, and she showed us her unique and creative talent.

Tracy was a stylist and unique decorator, not your average cotton, plank wood, and antiques.  She took items and make them fit in an average family home, truly functionally.  Hollywood discovered her talent, and the rest is history.

Truly, she has a unique eye for decorating new, eclectic, vintage, rust, modern, antique, and designing rooms that make you say "AH".

I hope you are inspiring with the post, and watch the show.

love

martha

Happy Friday!!!! New Decorating Book

Hello friends:


I love decorating books, browsing through the books at Barnes and Noble, I enjoy the different ideas and inspirations, here is " AGirl's  Guide to Decorating" by Abigail Ahern from the UK.

Typography on leather, LOL

WEEKEND INSPIRATION

1, Martha Stewart weddings, 3, Ivetteinuffio,4 Debee Campos

My fave are Ivette and Debee, incredible phorographers and designers, their photos and vignettes are soo

lovely and well define, here are two people who know photography.  Just incredible

Simple, but great photography!!!!!



Enjoy this weekend, just remember, you are the best, don't worry about what others say, just do your best,

Have a great weekend,

martha

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INSPIRATION For the walls

Dear friends:

I found some inspiration to fill those empty walls.  We all have them, and here are some ideas on how to mix and match our pictures, prints, typography, Big letters, etc.

ENJOY~~~



















Hope you enjoy the posting,
email me about your ideas,

martha