tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52547420753508297372024-03-18T20:04:00.412-07:00The Floppy CowThe Floppy Cowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120462038287865351noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5254742075350829737.post-88785943468521170012011-03-07T18:45:00.000-08:002011-03-15T07:12:51.488-07:00Chicken Wire Cloche Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHk7ZH9ojnzYfUTymy-z_vJEjQYw6Lm7BasNNgc1DGM21zbdlUgvWqKwuQagWeqSNGew5lMFEfgsBEIfOAgOsf_Mfi6j0kJrTxjU5UexP9ywZh469SIBchxV-WVJB2iZ5XtSLgKcCO8o/s1600/cloche+parts+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHk7ZH9ojnzYfUTymy-z_vJEjQYw6Lm7BasNNgc1DGM21zbdlUgvWqKwuQagWeqSNGew5lMFEfgsBEIfOAgOsf_Mfi6j0kJrTxjU5UexP9ywZh469SIBchxV-WVJB2iZ5XtSLgKcCO8o/s320/cloche+parts+2.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMt5xAh2D0MxQS7Qv35Wm-O50wjZQantskSCyX2mKSIlc_daBtMGDB9E1hSufrEUVvNSyMdKwvQG9TvpDGYV2N2Da3A9r_d2rq9pUGn72WIkko7SrT3l9WJvKOtl0iRwAobMxMrlUNbo/s1600/cloche+parts.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMt5xAh2D0MxQS7Qv35Wm-O50wjZQantskSCyX2mKSIlc_daBtMGDB9E1hSufrEUVvNSyMdKwvQG9TvpDGYV2N2Da3A9r_d2rq9pUGn72WIkko7SrT3l9WJvKOtl0iRwAobMxMrlUNbo/s320/cloche+parts.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfjgiBCY8f6DFH6sTKFX-gQ3xFK9b24Pd_Uivj0di1eABg9PfTGxO_apdAiTM7B2i8ZESikRlNVmYr5n0yMXuZdoLYNhqIhUrLZXkAJvxE8X-7PBTxxwwDpxEzMbP6twXUP3bA8y1FxQ/s1600/type+and+cloche+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfjgiBCY8f6DFH6sTKFX-gQ3xFK9b24Pd_Uivj0di1eABg9PfTGxO_apdAiTM7B2i8ZESikRlNVmYr5n0yMXuZdoLYNhqIhUrLZXkAJvxE8X-7PBTxxwwDpxEzMbP6twXUP3bA8y1FxQ/s320/type+and+cloche+003.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXWPWiaM6xQeU_95F_akwtt78L6hn0cGBtJrGmQZtsmEvQfgLSwjZVA5Fm8AFu-G4MblLMgPCQkYnfoPA1-6g7cZ1EVfr38dQoyOgbENnHRlfRWWY3WFWNUBtO46mweCN2L5Igd-S68M/s1600/100_9368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXWPWiaM6xQeU_95F_akwtt78L6hn0cGBtJrGmQZtsmEvQfgLSwjZVA5Fm8AFu-G4MblLMgPCQkYnfoPA1-6g7cZ1EVfr38dQoyOgbENnHRlfRWWY3WFWNUBtO46mweCN2L5Igd-S68M/s320/100_9368.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIL2A4_5gqHg_Q0kcDr7-0jQx9B2LZ0Ga_BJz-lLABTn_1poxMB9BZN0IqBylsxa92FGQcmyrscrvmo0v_oHCUjz5eh1Tlrp9U78qm_zSyx1-yxksEubU5EIpkxohtbH47b_eOrdn8ZQ/s1600/cloche+tall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIL2A4_5gqHg_Q0kcDr7-0jQx9B2LZ0Ga_BJz-lLABTn_1poxMB9BZN0IqBylsxa92FGQcmyrscrvmo0v_oHCUjz5eh1Tlrp9U78qm_zSyx1-yxksEubU5EIpkxohtbH47b_eOrdn8ZQ/s320/cloche+tall.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A picture is often worth a thousand words.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Enough said.</b></div>The Floppy Cowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120462038287865351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5254742075350829737.post-34652829047276513492011-02-08T05:02:00.000-08:002011-03-07T19:38:14.722-08:00Chicken Wire Cloches<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so ready for spring. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tender plants.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blooming flowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Baby chicks.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love spring!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am quite excited and can hardly wait for my March issue to arrive.My imagination has been running away with me.I am sure that I am going to fall in love with the way the incredibly talented staff over at Country Living used my chicken wire cloches.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Those changes have required a lot of my time blogging time and I have truly missed it.It is my goal to designate more time for The Floppy Cow in the near future.I look forward to sharing photos and stories of my life as a farm chick, as well new and exciting things happening with The Floppy Cow.</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of our my most popular items at The Floppy Cow has been chosen as a featured in The March issue of Country Living Magazine.How funny that the item is made from chicken wire. I am quite excited and appreciative. Thanks CLM!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>It is a gorgeous day here in WNC!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have so many projects that I want and need to get done today, that I actually skipped thrifting.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope that all of you that are thrifting today find lots of cool stuff.Be sure to share with us,I LOVE seeing what everyone finds! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have some really cool things from this past week that I am dying to share with you. It must wait another day or two as I have seeds to get in the ground,many pieces that I want to spray paint and the front porch needs some spring tlc. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Enjoy today, it is a gift!</b></div>The Floppy Cowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120462038287865351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5254742075350829737.post-60559227800345330352010-04-08T13:36:00.000-07:002010-04-08T13:36:05.370-07:00Vintage Eye Candy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Just a little vintage eye candy for you to enjoy!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>I recently purchased some lovely vintage paper ephemera at an auction.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Some of these handwritten letters and documents date back as far as 1897. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>I love leafing through these items, it is like stepping back into time.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The penmanship is beautiful,I think I may scan a few of these pieces to use on pillows and towels. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> Be sure to check my shop, as I will be listing a lot of new vintage inventory. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRHu5gyqwf5UYVYYBLU67_M1_5cG9F0ZgJ039ilkjuqBJI_tSlYEzkkvL7HTnPixarxKSVdp8G4kpuUNh8gXBEBVSMOB2-J7ILKDgxxSG6IUvZDls6TgOk5uYDN8vRCnU_1NvhILATOg/s1600/watermarked+vintage+paper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRHu5gyqwf5UYVYYBLU67_M1_5cG9F0ZgJ039ilkjuqBJI_tSlYEzkkvL7HTnPixarxKSVdp8G4kpuUNh8gXBEBVSMOB2-J7ILKDgxxSG6IUvZDls6TgOk5uYDN8vRCnU_1NvhILATOg/s320/watermarked+vintage+paper.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span><span class="med" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></div>The Floppy Cowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120462038287865351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5254742075350829737.post-16017075404001843792010-04-08T08:42:00.000-07:002010-04-08T09:39:44.619-07:00Vintage Cherub Plaster Lamp<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>My husband and I absolutely love to go thrifting and junkin.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>In fact,our younger daughter Taylor has grown to love it as well and she has a pretty good eye for things.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>We were on our way home yesterday evening from having a wonderful meal at our favorite Cuban restaurant,when I suggested we buzz through a Goodwill that was on the same street.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Boy oh boy am I glad that we did!</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>As I turned the corner of one aisle and headed over to the lamps, this gorgeous lamp caught my eye. My stride sped up a bit.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Oh yeah, this is old, it is gorgeous,the detail is unbelievable.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>I find myself just standing and gazing at this lamp. </b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>It has a few very minor chips and again paint that just adds to the vintage shabbiness of this piece,AND it works!</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Mine. Mine. Mine.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>I didn't dare try to lift it down from the upper shelf as it weighed a ton and I am on the shorter side. I stood there with my hand on it,as if I dared anyone to come closer..lol.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Finally my husband and daughter came into calling range."Hey Dave, come here.Check this out!" </b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>Score! </b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>In the buggy she went.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> I could not believe my eyes. I loved it,it was love at first sight!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>There is just something about this painting that just intrigues me and draws me in,not to mention the colors were perfect for our master bedroom.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>How could they toss this into the dumpster?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>I suppose beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>I have searched the internet trying to find out something about the artist without any luck.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>It reads:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> Jose' Gutierrez or Guilierrez M. 63</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Time to invest in a magnifying glass. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>If anyone knows anything about this painting or artist,I would love to know the history of it.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The customer told my husband that it had been in the closet for years and had been given to them by his wife's parents.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I already had the starfish, a couple of weeks ago, I found 2 huge bags of beautiful white finger starfish at Goodwill!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I already had the old vintage books, the perfect little gold frame that could be white washed but I did run out and purchase more burlap and a bag of charms.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxjcPlyK2uxkqJPTDMQbrA2BrMMG7LvFITwzqojrK0eBJqaUcPyfFQqr-ZoQJ31c4TD1jR1IcVme_CqFxM4vsNO7Wmf8qD2-aKIhvhLdApSFIZSo7YB8Vjs8vm6kBhR23yqs8DeH8Xic/s1600/100_7834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxjcPlyK2uxkqJPTDMQbrA2BrMMG7LvFITwzqojrK0eBJqaUcPyfFQqr-ZoQJ31c4TD1jR1IcVme_CqFxM4vsNO7Wmf8qD2-aKIhvhLdApSFIZSo7YB8Vjs8vm6kBhR23yqs8DeH8Xic/s320/100_7834.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Notice that I said we?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>That's right Mr. M even got involved in this one!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>We burnt the edges of the prescription and simply decoupaged it to the jar.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> I am really happy with how it turned out.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>I have plans to make several more in different sizes and styles with prescriptions from 1915.</b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSMDthDMo3mLmI-P3ejHO1O767k7j2D7LPp86HyG2te_VbSui1X9DHw2tzCsI2kqfEGL6VD1jNMwLjJzkWiWljlXQE4BTzeQnlF8mHTnmf03E0JtMkZyHYoAzTj17IpcDa8547CNJ9H4/s1600/before+magnet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSMDthDMo3mLmI-P3ejHO1O767k7j2D7LPp86HyG2te_VbSui1X9DHw2tzCsI2kqfEGL6VD1jNMwLjJzkWiWljlXQE4BTzeQnlF8mHTnmf03E0JtMkZyHYoAzTj17IpcDa8547CNJ9H4/s320/before+magnet.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Okay,I am willing to admit that I really enjoy thrifting,especially at Goodwill.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Okay,maybe it would classify as an addiction.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I find myself wondering what bargains I may be missing on the days that I do not go to the stores.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Does anyone else suffer from this?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I found this cute little magnetic message board on Monday for $1.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was cute to begin with but needed some pizazz.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <br />
I changed the ribbon out for a piece of jute and tea stained the white,burlap style material. Next, I used my favorite stamping kit and added a cute little ephemera, scrap booking piece that I had laying around.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I LOVE a bargain!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OYsWxvt6awtgVVaPhwltt-5Apywo4Wi8fAmfvbfF-_QdUEBJbq3AGpPk_7lAqD_65eBwNevsOO0PPxFLzzfZOZUIgImalcJAuXkAi3P69uOWXnhn2cTgip1RAXkHS0szRpYhxrjwsIg/s1600/after+magnet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OYsWxvt6awtgVVaPhwltt-5Apywo4Wi8fAmfvbfF-_QdUEBJbq3AGpPk_7lAqD_65eBwNevsOO0PPxFLzzfZOZUIgImalcJAuXkAi3P69uOWXnhn2cTgip1RAXkHS0szRpYhxrjwsIg/s320/after+magnet.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What beautiful weather we are finally having here in WNC!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The warmer,sunnier days have finally given my husband and I the opportunity to work on the antique trestle table that we picked at Habitat for Humanity several weeks ago.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We have sanded down the top,and applied the first coat of satin polyurethane. The wormy chestnut wood was so dry that it is drinking the poly like water.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can't decide what I want to do with the base of the table.The black paint is really dead and chalky looking in some places but I do not want to repaint the entire base as the corners and edges are wonderfully worn. I love the beauty of time worn pieces,maybe I will just leave it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What would you do with the base?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have one last really LARGE box that is awaiting to be unpacked.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Check back later on to see what it is,you're gonna like it,I promise! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">O.K.,here it is....</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was made in Italy and has amazing inlaid detail,not to mention the blue is gorgeous on this cart.I have not seen one in this color before.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used a lamp shade that I had picked up at Goodwill for 2 bucks. The paint is Jacquard textile in 122 black,for natural and synthetic fabrics. The brush that is used when painting a script makes all the difference in the world. The finer the point,the better . I used a number 4350 liner,by American Painter. </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did exactly as Gina taught us,printed out the script that I wanted,then taped it to the inside of the shade,with the lamp turned on and then painted away! </b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For the postal marks,I used my Cavallini stamping set and then just painted over the top of the stamped image.It really was not as hared as I had anticipated it being and I estimate my cost at around 5 bucks max!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And oh, by the way, the table edge that you see in the background of the picture, that is the antique trestle table that my sweetie picked up for me a few days ago at Habitat for Humanity. More on that later!</span></b></div><br />
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<i><b>I was as busy as a bee, working on the new listings this morning when my hubby calls to inform that he has stopped by our local Habitat for Humanity. Argh...he went junking without me! I could tell by the excitement in his voice that he was on to something nice. As you recall, several months ago,he dropped in and found our awesome vintage drafting table that is almost identical to the one Pottery Barn sold. So this morning during his breeze through visit,he finds a dining room table that has made my heart skip a beat or two already and I have only seen a couple of pictures.I do not know if I can handle seeing this beauty in person. The table has dovetail joints and my husband believes that the top is made of solid wormy chestnut.There are two drawers,side by side.The price was $155.00. Before my husband could even leave the store, he was offerred 300.00 for the table.</b></i><br />
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<i><b> I kid you not, just last night I suggested to him that I would like to paint the lower section and legs of our dinning room table black,while leaving the top the natural wood color. He cringed..lol</b></i><br />
<i><b>I canhardly wait to see this in our dinning room. I will be scouting around for mismatched vintage chairs to place around this gem.So for now,I will go back to working on our new inventory and try my best to focus.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>We know very little about this table at this point other than the fact that we love it,it is quite old and we got an awesome deal! </b></i><br />
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I am excited to announce to my my blog friends and customers that I will now be offering these industrial cart coffee tables. These carts are the same exact carts that Restoration Hardware carries,only we can offer them at a much better price. We will only have a very limited supply available</b></i><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> and plan to offer the carts both refinished and untouched.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Feel free to contact us with any questions or to place your order. </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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