A Re-cycled Ruffle, Our Spring Mantel & New Vignettes

Spring is making it's way around our house. Last week I shared our bay window's re-do in the kitchen and today I finished the fireplace and mantel, along with some new vignettes.

Ivory and white with a touch of red always makes me happy :)

The linen ruffle is just pinned to the mantel. It was salvaged from my old, no sew, pillow covers.

This is one of the pillows and the post is here.



 I knew, eventually, they would come in handy for something! It's just attached with tiny straight pins, as you can see, without any fear of damage to our "lended mantel"....we're in a rental, remember?

Faux roses in silk and the "coffee filter" kind

"Daddy's" baby shoes 

Our white, rustic ladder now hangs above. I love using ladders in our gardens and decor. If you'd like to see more just type in ladder in my search bar, you will find lots of other posts with my ladders.

I attached two, saw tooth, hangers on the top backside to suspend it from.

The side chair got a really quick re-do with some burlap.

I just cut it slightly larger than the old red fabric, turned the edges under and hot glued it right up close to the braided trim....easy peasy,"no sew!"

A white washed, bushel basket with a little glam holds a useful blanket for chilly nights on the hearth below.

A candle votive filled with coffee beans and made by my dear niece, sits on top of a vintage column on the other side.

Another ladder also "springified"

with our garden lantern decked out in pearls

it fits perfectly on top.

More faux roses and a recent, old, french book find.

A bird with pearls in a burlap nest with grandma's handkerchief aside.

A burlap nest is so easy to make....it's just a long strip, twisted, wound and hot glued!

A special pic of me and my "honey," posing next to our limo, for a special night out on the town. It was his 50th surprise celebration, 15 years ago last fall!

 Yesterday, I made a, no sew, lampshade cover for my shabby lamp.

That post is up for viewing!

Love, Hugs and Kisses,

JP

and Gucci, too!

Visiting Southport,  N.C? b e sure to stop by my booth @ the Northrop Antiques Mall and see what I may have there for you!

A very special "thank you" to Kathy from  lifeonlakeshoredrive  
for featuring this post on her blog!


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Who Remember's a "Sit Upon?"

Our, No Sew, "Sit Upon's" now cushions our butts!

Missing the kids and being without a car is NOT a good combination. So, for now, I am relaxing by the pool :) and dreaming  up project ideas.... something to stimulate my creative flow!


What a gorgeous day for the pool!!!

  I've  been trying to work with things that I have in my stash and won't have to sew. (machine fix needed)
This is what I had to use.
Foam seat cushions, burlap fabric, burgundy spray paint, letter stencils... white craft paint and white, cotton, roping and hot glue(not pictured)

 This little project came into mind while sitting on our very hard, rough, brick steps.

This is how I made them.
Cut fabric to fit around your cushion as if you were making a neat little package.

(my actual neat, square cut not shown :( )

Glue the burlap edges and add rope trim and bows with hot glue...

 Ooops! Forgot to paint them first!!!

So, off came the roping so I could spray them burgandy. I re-attached the white roping and bows and stenciled our initials in white craft paint.

In my days of  being a, young, "Brownie" we made these cushions for sitting on by the campfire. Back then we made them by layering stacks of newspaper and covering them with fabric and hand stitching them closed....no easy foam inserts back then!

This is where they will be getting their use and just maybe in the Nascar Grandstand, too!
 More of our entry can be seen here and here, too!.

 When I feel ambitious, I might just make one the "old fashioned" way and embellish it with some handy, cross stitch!



Love, Hugs & Kisses,
JP



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