Bargain Home Finds & A Bold Cat

I went to do some thrift store / bargain shopping last weekend and found some awesome deals I was really excited about and thought I would share.  

I found this desk at a consignment store for $70 and loved it.  It's going against an empty wall in my dinning room and will be made into a little command center for my business right now until we can do something else.  My business paperwork and everything was managed out of our extra bedroom but my inventory is now taking up the majority of the room leaving no room to work - it's more of a miniature warehouse now than an office.

I'm going to replace the current knobs with crystal knobs.  I am really curious when this was made?  It has kind of a 70's feel to me, but I don't know so if anyone has any idea I would love to know what you think.

I like to know my stuff.  This way when someone says, "Cool Desk".... I can say "Oh yes, that's a blah blah blah, it was made in yada yada yada"

I got these fake pears from Wall's for $2 and they look much prettier in person than this picture - poor Felicity thinks they are real and keeps climbing up on the table and trying to bite into them.

I got all of these vases and candle stick holders at the Goodwill Store for 75 cents each.  I searched all over the shelves to find them all here and there.

On a different note, I had to share this picture of Felicity kissing this cat.  This is so funny because...

1) This is not a house cat and that is not it's bed - that's our dog Zoey's bed

2) This is NOT even OUR CAT - it's the neighbor's cat.  My husband was working in the garage and left the door open to the kitchen and this cat just pranced in and made himself at home!

Felicity ran in the room and was so happy and surprised to see the cat that she ran over there and gave him a kiss.... our dog Zoey on the other hand, was not so happy.

I would love to invite you to come to my "Get Inspired" blog party on Monday!

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New Wall Art & Valentine's Flowers

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I just got some new things hung on the walls that I thought I would share.

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I got the purple flower picture last weekend at Big Lots and then I've had the old green frame on the far right for a long time but I just finally got my hubby to hang it when he hung the new picture.  I used to hang things myself but finally had to come to terms with the fact I am completely incapable of hanging things level - I would always have to redo the nails about 4 or 5 times, leaving a bunch of holes in the walls so my husband finally banned me from hanging stuff!

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A while back I ordered a set of 3 framed vintage chair prints from Pottery Barn - I got them because I loved them but at the time I had no idea where they would go.  I finally decided to hang two of them on either side of our "Looney" frame....

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.... and we hung the other above my shabby old chest of drawers on the other side of the living room.

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You may recognize the sheet music banner hanging above the wall art - I actually made that for a decoration for Felicity's Valentine's Day Party but afterwards, I decided it would be pretty in the living room and I'm using it there until I find a pretty burlap banner to replace it.

I also had to share a picture of these gorgeous Valentine's Day flowers my brother-in-law sent to his 7 year old daughter - Red Roses with Peacock Feathers!

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I picked them up from the flower shop and delivered them to her school since he was at work - I loved them so much I had to stop by my house and take a pic before taking them to her, it was hard to deliver them though because I really wanted to keep them for myself!  He sent 7 red roses because she is 7 and she loves red roses and he had the feathers put in them because she loves feathers.  She's going to keep the feathers out of the roses once they die and we are going to use them to make her a new hair bow.

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DIY Fabric Wall Art

Today I wanted to share one of my most recent little decorating projects.  I have been wanting to add some more color into the little wall space between my living room window and door.  Well, I was at Hobby Lobby and saw some beautiful fabric on sale that I knew would look perfect in the room so I bought it and made this super simple DIY Wall Art.

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I put the the fabric into embroidery hoops purchased from Donna Dream Catchers & Vintage Goods on Etsy and then hung the hoops on the wall and it looks wonderful.  What I love is that whenever I get tired of these fabrics I can change it out with a new fabric or a seasonal print and get all new wall art for very little expense.

Cost of the project: I paid $8 for the hoops and around $10 for the fabric so the total was only $18.

Also had to share a few pictures of a couple of our newest little models showing off some new stuff on our site....

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Craft / Scrapbooking Organization

My mom has recently converted my sister's old bedroom into a scrapbooking space and she had some genuis organization display ideas I wanted to share....

Hang tools in a clear shoe hanging bag - they're organizaed and put away but you can see them!

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Hang ribbon on clips on clothes hangers.  Again it's put away and organized but displayed where you can see what you have!

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And on another note, I wanted to share this awesome jewelry display/organization idea I saw on Pinterest.  The original source wasn't cited so I don't know where this came from.

I love the idea of using old wooden spools for hanging knobs!  Also love the light turquoise color.

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Dollar Store Home Decor Find!

I am all about bargain shopping so when I found this beautiful clock at my local "Dollar General" for $20 I was pretty excited and had to show it off.  Here it is in my living room:

The picture frame is an unfunished wood frame I got at walmart, painted white, then sanded to give it a shabby look and then used Mod Podge to seal some fabric onto it.  The 2 bottles actually came from a 6-pack of beer my husband had!

My Mom got the same $20 clock from the dollar store that I did and she put it in her dinning room and it looks great..

Discount Code: I am still offering the 20% OFF discount code on my site.  Enter "WELCOME2012" at checkout.

Saturday Home Showcase

I am in love with the home I'm featuring today.  I am showcasing the home of blogger "Pawley's Island Posh".  Not only is her home fantastic but her blog is as well, she is obviously a woman with style as you will see from these pics of her fantastic home decor:

One of my fav things about this decor are the unexpected pops of animal print that she has thrown in here and there, I love to do the same thing in my home!

Get Featured: If you would like to have your home featured please send me a link to pictures and I will take a look and see if it fits my style and possibly feature you

Coming Up: Mommy Monday

-Pamela

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My New Peacock

I love peacocks and I couldn't resist this peacock when I saw it at Hobby Lobby last week, it was under $6 with the 40% off coupon I printed off their website.  I put it on my gorgeous birdcage and then threw some pinecones from my neighbors house inside it for now.  Next month I'll probably put Christmas ornaments in it, and then maybe some balls covered in moss during the spring.

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Now watch this segue....

Since I'm showing the peacock in my house I'll now show off the peacocks in my Etsy shop.  Click on the picture to go to the listing.

  

  

I'm participating in these Linky Parties today:

  

Christmas Decorating

I'm trying to get my game-plan together for my Christmas decor at my house and getting tablescape ideas for a local Christmas banquet I'm coordinating.  I was looking online for some inspiration and wanted to share some of the wonderful things I found.

I like this fun card display idea from BHG.

I will deffinitely be making some of these Christmas trees / Tomato cages wrapped in Christmas lights to put on my front porch.

I plan on doing something similiar to this Bower Power Blog idea of hanging ornaments from your dinning room light.  I'll probably use some colorful funky ornaments though.

If I have enough time I would like to make some of these ornaments featured on Flea Market Style.  I will probably use sheet music though.

For the Christmas banquet I'm thinking about using a collection of mason jars and different sized vases on the tables and doing something like this idea from BHG.

Last I have to add this picture of my little Felicity making silly faces last year at Christmas.  She was only 6 months old last year at Christmas - it seems like it was just yesturday, once you become a parent it's like time just goes in fast-forward!


Coming Up: Tomorrow is my new "Food Friday" and Saturday is "Home Showcase Saturday"