BIG ANNOUNCEMENt

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

   SALLY, she is the winner of the giveaway.

Have fun Sally, there are 255 candies, (oh la la)


the fun begins now, again, thank you all for visiting, and be watching soon I'll have another
fun giveaway.

A SUMMER LOOK

Hello Friends:

A simple way to change for a new season is with pillows.

I made these simple pillows with antique grain sacks.

Simple three mother of pearl buttons.

This sack had lines and letters

This is one of my fav. I made a French ribbon with muslin and stamps, ketp it simple and the weave is beautiful.

I hope you have a great weekend, happy junking.

XOXO

Martha

A blank wall (continue)

Dear Friends:

Welcome to my blog. I'm trying to find a solution to a couple of empty walls, and I found the answer last night. Here it is:

Antique vintage ceiling tiles from a factory made into a picture.

at night with my mason jar solar jar light.

My antique ceiling tile 8 x 5 picture.  It looks very good on the wall, and I like it better than a bunch of plates, or pictures, its something that I made, its antique, and a conversation piece.  How do you like it? tomorrow I will hang it up. Its big and heavy.

 I got this tile at a Salvage Place years ago, it sat in the basement for a long time.
A rainy day, I brought it up, got myself some plywood at Lowe's and glued the tile 8 ft. by 5 ft. on it. It took forever, you have to put bricks on top  and wait many days for the glue to adhere. This is a large old block of tile, it was the smallest I could find, for the price.  Only the gorilla glue works on this tiles, they are very hard to glue, and this was a big piece.
I painted it with one of my favorite Michael's Robin's blue spray paint, (40% coupon),  I did  prime with a special primer for metal, then, I antiqued a little bit with the antiquing paint, just a bit, and sealed it.  You can see its not perfect, but I love it and my bedroom walls are a very very pale antique blue. So I think it will go perfect.  I just have to glue a couple of (teeth hooks thingy) and oh la la,
done.

Have a wonderful Thursday,

Martha

Decorate a blank wall with simple art and New finds.

Hello friends:

WOW, its hot today here, but we need to keep moving, all of us  "designers" and creative people,

have to keep busy, we are not used to the hot and humid weather, but I welcome it.
I have two blank walls, and for years I look at them, but don't know what to do. I tried the traditional one picture, didn't like it, then I tried another traditional transfer ware plates, all the same
color , I tried three, then four, I'm looking at them but I still think the wall looks empty.
So, I'm looking for some inspiration and found these idea, I kind of like it but I not sure??

and this wall, and another one:

I like botanical, but don't have any, what do you think???


This last one I like, minus the furniture, one of the walls is in the kitchen and the other one is in the bedroom. There is no room for furniture, its small with a low ceiling, you know, the old old, cottage style wooden ceiling, nice and cozy but difficult to decorate because if you put too much, it looks
clutter, I have three windows, two together and the other one to the end of one wall. Difficult walls.  But I think the white plain pictures would look good.

Please I need your ideas, do you have a blank empty wall that needs something??

Now to the fun fun finds:

I found a lot of "junk/treasures"

This hooked rug by Marie Claire, large 6x4

My favorite this handmade rustic rustic, shabby and not a single nail on it. This bench is adorable.

Look at this beauty I'm telling you most people think I'm crazy, I'm crazy for antiques, handmade, rustic, great for the yard, deck, porch.

Solid oak dresser, cannot paint this, love the color of oak, I'm sometimes afraid to paint nice pieces.

The bench look at the details.

I also got two mirrors, but I didn't do the pictures yet, more tomorrow,

XOXO

Martha

A summer night feast and a bit of inspiration.

Hello friends:

apartment in the city

It is summer around here, tomorrow we are hitting 90s and very humid, so its time to decorate for summer, we are a bit lazy but
These floors caught my attention, and the red walls, I always wonder how to do the red walls.
Fun kitchen chairs.

Courtesy of Tartele

Pan Bagnat sandwich and Portuguese Gazpacho

A nice summer snackThe Pan-bagnat The sandwiches are pretty straightforward, combining all the ingredients of a Salade Nicoise; tuna, oilves, green beans, eggs, tomatoes into a sandwich that needs to be made the night before, such as the Pan Bagnat, so that the bread can get all soft inside and the flavors meld together inside.(Occitan: pan banhat for wet bread)

Portuguese White Gazpacho Recipe

Ingredients

| metric conversion

For the white gazpacho

• 1 1/2 cups 3/4-inch cubes of day-old rustic white bread, crust removed
• 2/3 cup (3 ounces) unsalted blanched whole almonds
• 1 small fennel bulb (about 6 ounces), stalks and core removed, bulb chopped; reserve a few of the frilly fronds for garnish
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet onion
• 1/2 seedless English cucumber, peeled and chopped
• Leaves from 4 fresh oregano sprigs
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Get more deliciousness at Portuguese White Gazpacho Recipe | Leite's Culinaria

Scramble eggs "delicioso"

Great scramble egss recipe  from" I cann't rememeber"


 Scrambled Eggs With Parsley & Garlic Mushrooms
Serves 2

You'll need:
For the mushrooms:
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 cup mushrooms of your choice (we like shitake or chanterelles, but any earthy mushroom will do), chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

For the eggs:
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons crème fraiche or sour cream
1 teaspoon olive oil or butter
Salt and pepper to taste

Remaining ingredient:
Fresh or toasted bread


In a large sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat and cook the mushrooms, with the garlic, until the mushrooms are just beginning to soften. Remove from heat, add the parsley and toss with a wooden spoon. Make sure not to burn the garlic or it will become really bitter.

Crack the eggs over a medium bowl and scramble them a few times with a fork. Mix in the crème fraiche (or sour cream). Season with salt and pepper. In a smaller sauté pan, heat the olive oil (or butter) over medium heat, add the scrambled eggs and gently stir them with a wooden spoon as they cook. You can decide to cook them until dry but we like them a bit soft and runny.

Serve the scrambled eggs over fresh or toasted bread and spoon a generous amount of sautéed mushrooms over each toast.YUM<YUM<YUM


XOXO

Martha

BIG NEWS:

Katecreativesalvage  giveaway at the "Pink Postcard Blog" .   Go to this link and see details. Denise has a beautiful blog and is a talented furniture painter, and crafter. Thanks Denise for hosting my giveaway.
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Love,

Martha