Jeanne d' Arc style candleholders

I have been wanting to create something...anything , but just haven't had the time so today when I had this idea I got right to work. They were very quick to make and I love the results.

Can you tell what I used? Vintage bandage fabric (gauze) and then I rubber stamped pretty images and words, wrapped it around a glass votive holder and glued it together.

Didn't they just turn out so cool? I think so.

I even made some for Christmas and used my new Joyeux Noel stamp.

Fun, easy and S.I.M.P.L.E.

I will be linking this post for White Wednesday again this week. I had to think up something quick as it crept upon me too fast once again, but I do look forward to it every week.


Hubby used a vacation day yesterday and we removed a door from our den/studio/computer room, filled it all in, resided that side of the house in new siding and got the shutters back up. YAY! All in one day. I had my doubts, but we kept plugging along. We were done before 6 pm and I must say it looks great! {picture later} We still have to finish the inside yet , but all in due time. Always something to work on in old houses, but I love the character they have...most days anyways. ha!
Blessings~

Surprises by snail mail

I ordered something a while back from Petite Michelle Louise

and just look how cute she packaged it up. I didn't open it

for a day or two because I just loved looking at the adorable

petite package! I am kinda strange I know! lol

Thank you Michelle!

Just beautiful!

I was very surprised to open my mailbox a few weeks

ago and find a package from Lady Pamela.

She is sooo sweet to me!

She included this beautiful sachet that she made,

... along with this vintage book for me to read to

my grandchildren. I was blown away by her

thoughtfulness. This book has the most adorable

pictures, but I forgot to add them to this post.

Thank you Pamela!!

Then I had entered a giveaway over at Ozma of Odds

and I was one of the winners. It came packaged up

all pretty like this.

This was what I won...I snatched the picture from

her blog so I hope she doesn't mind. Thank you Rosemary!!

Happy Tuesday everyone ! I am doing much of nothing today. Just kinda hanging out with granddaughter. My kind of day! :)

Blessings~

Mini Pantry Makeover

If you remember I live in a very old house built in 1890's

and one thing that is not abundant is closet areas.

In fact we have one closet in our bedroom and that is it !

Yes, I suppose we should have gutted the house ,

started over and added some, but...at the time of purchase

we were young in's with babies...several years of lay offs

took their toll and we really never got around to it.

Now I am too old to care! lol.

That being said...there is a deep area outside our bathroom

door that was a built in pantry when we moved here.

Several years ago we tore that out

{it really needed taken out!} and spruced it up.

A few years ago we added shelving to put pantry goodies

on and I hung a curtain, but it never really looked *pretty*

to me. Yesterday I changed that.

I whipped up some floor length curtain panels and added

some of my gauze roses to it and it looks much better

if I don't say so myself.

I also had two of these linen baskets just hanging

around upstairs so instead of just piling my jars on the

top shelf like before, I put them in these baskets.

Much prettier don't you think?

I have to tell you about the curtains. I purchased them at a garage sale this summer and was about jumping for joy! {it is the little things that make me happy}

I got four gauze panels that were approx. 180 inches long each if not longer for 50 cents each. I was trying to figure out what in the world they were because they were just hemmed on the top, bottom and sides with no pocket for a curtain rod and I finally realized they were swags.

I took one panel, ripped it in two pieces and since the one end and the sides were already hemmed all I had to do was make a curtain rod pocket on each panel. Easy peasy!! I do love the new look much better. I thought about adding a few ruffles at the top... what do you think?

I will say that I have been wandering antique malls lately with tape measure in hand to find a tall cabinet for this area, but haven't had any success yet. So I guess this will do for now until I find that special piece.

Happy Thursday! Blessings~

Gauze Curtains and a Gift ~

I wanted a new look for the curtains in my bathroom (without spending any money) so I got out some white gauze fabric that I had in my stash. Then I remembered these pink drapery clips that I purchased from a resale shop for a little of nothing some time ago. I had no clue what I would do with them at the time of purchase, but just had to pick them up. Now I know why. I love them with this gauze fabric. I embellished the curtain with a hand painted ribbon rose made by Erica at Meadowstreet. I adore her roses and I have several of them.

I also wanted to thank Marietta over at Sweet Old Vintage for bestowing this gift on me a few days ago. I will pass it to Lady Pamela at Lady Pamela's Cottage. I know there are others I could pass it to, but when we reformatted our computer a few days ago I lost many of my links and I am in the process of finding them all again.

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