Last Sale of the YEAR!!!

Elaine and I will be hosting our last sale of the 2012 year...

I can not believe it went by soo quick!

 

Come shop for unique, handcrafted and vintage items at Betsy BoyerSmith's home. (3971Teal Ln, Lewiston, ID 83501)

There will be items by multiple talented people such as BU2ful Farmhouse Charm, Laural Smith, Konen's Karamels, Oh Sew Green, Gourds by Phyllis, Deanna Grimm and many more!

Shop on Friday, November 30th from 4:00 to 8:00 or Saturday December 1st from 9:00 to 2:00

Hope to see you there and you are more than welcome to bring a friend!

Red Barn Farms 2012

      Finally!!!       Here are some pictures of the booth Elaine and I threw together. We have so much fun going to Red Barn year after year and seeing the same shoppers love our booth puts huge smiles on our faces. This year was a little chilly, but no rain...yay! We can't wait til next year.

 

BIG thanks to Jennifer Konen, Deanna Grimm, Phyllis Hewett, Shirley Boyer and Uncle Don for joining our booth!

April's AFTER, TA-DA

 Well folks, here she is! I am usually not a girly-girl but I had a lot of fun making this camper girly. With a little paint, some TLC, elbow grease and a couple of decorations I am smitten with the results. She will be all set up and for sale at the Red Barn Farms Fall Festival in Colton, WA, October 13th and 14th.

April, my new camper project!

So...driving to work the other day I noticed a camper I had been

eyeballing for about a year

got a fresh coat of

turquoise paint.

 And then, on my way back from lunch I noticed that the little turquoise camper now had a FOR SALE sign in the window. So, what did I do? Stopped to look at after work,

liked it, bought it and brought it home.

Here is a look at the before shots. She is a 1959 16ft Forester.

Puttin' Scraps to Good Use

Here is a quick little project I whipped up to use up some of the material scraps I have laying around. I bought the tote bags at Jo Ann's, with a coupon of course, and accessorised with scraps of vintage fabric, ribbons, buttons, flowers, you name it, it'll work.  I love the green ones, myself!

Farmer's Market Happiness

 I love going to farmer's markets. Last weekend I was able to stroll through the Missoula Farmer's Market (one of my all time favorites) and this weekend the hubby and I hit up the Moscow Farmer's Market. I can never get over the vibe, the smells, the colors and the yummy food of a bustling market. We originally went up to pick up my latest addition to my blue bike family, a '62 Hollywood Schwinn! After we got home I was inspired to make a quick batch of pickled green beans and picked some blackcaps for jam later today. A while ago, my mom and I made three different batches of pepper jelly, um mm good!!! I LOVE SUMMER 

Hallway makeover and a bonus!!!

People may think I'm nuts, but I love when my husband leaves on business trips...that's when I GET STUFF DONE!!! Ha ha, but really, when he leaves I can do whatever I want, how ever I want and quickly too. On his latest trip I decided to redo our hallway, finally.  Wallpaper - floor to ceiling - on top of plaster, grrr. I really wanted to do wainscoting to match the bathroom and choose to stick with the same colors also.  After texturing, sanding, painting, cutting and loving using the nail gun, my whole hallway project was around 100 bucks. I was pretty pleased!

Eventually, I would love to get chandeliers, but I just spray painted the existing light fixtures for now. I love that my fish tank fit snug into that awkward cubby and I even painted the drawers a fun turquoise!


Here is my bonus project. With the left over wainscoting pieces, I made chalkboards. The back is a panel from an old door that fell apart and the chalk holder is a Scrabble easel.

Thrifting in Spokane

 A few days ago, I listed my dining set for sale on facebook and a good friend of mine, Windie, bought it. I decided to deliver it to Cheney for her so that I would have an excuse to go shopping. I was so excited to visit all of my favorite thrift stores and a few new ones I had never been to. I wanted to go to PINK, which is a newer store downtown, but they were closed, sad day.  My next stop was at ROOST, on main, and I saw tons of things I loved. #1 Painted chandelier light fixtures- the brighter the color, the better they are!, #2 The adorable barn pillow-if I had a little boys room, this would be in it and #3 A wall of corrugated metal-I have been wanting to do this in our house for sooo long.  My next stop was to the International District on Sprague, where they gave me this handy-dandy little map. I found a store I had never been to and was so pleased...Vintage Warehouse! They had everything from vintage clothes to over sized neon letters (and very affordable). I proceeded to hit up a few more thrift stores and then finished the day off with a mini Cinabon, um mm!





Here are a few of the treasures I picked up to makeover; orange chair, chandelier, two matching lamps with crystals (they desperately need new shades), mirror, and not pictured is my favorite purchase, a fake tinsel log fireplace-the orange light bulb gives off such a warm glow...hahaha