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Raw Materials Design French Apron Giveaway

2012-02-14T10:06:00.000-08:00

Styling and modeling by Janna Lufkin

Hello!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I have a fun giveaway today....

Janna Lufkin of Raw Materials Design is sponsoring a French Waiter Apron Giveaway Today.....

You will be able to find the giveaway information at the end of this post.....

I also wanted to share a little more about Janna Lufkin and Raw Materials Design.....

Janna Lufkin is a designer, producer, and photo stylist, whose work is seen in magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens.

You can see more of Janna's work on her website Photostyle!

Styling and modeling by Janna Lufkin

Janna in the above image is wearing the French Waiter Apron with the raw edge.

Janna started Raw Materials Design back in 2008, by designing a sturdy grocery bag....

Raw Materials Designs, a family based business now produces a line of aprons, dish towels, placemats, napkins, drink coasters, and gift bags.....

Their products are 100% American made from domestically sourced materials.....

All of their products are made with a heavyweight cotton canvas....

Every product is made to last so that they can be used in the kitchen daily.....

Not only are their products durable, they are also very affordable.....

Here is a sampling of a few of Raw Materials Designs Products.....

Styling and modeling by Janna Lufkin

Image by Tim Marr of Chef Shop

These kids aprons are adorable......

Image by Tim Marr of Chef Shop

The Child's Chef's Apron

Photography by Jules Frazier of Sugar Photo Studios

Gift Bag

Raw Materials Design on Facebook

Placemats

dinner napkins

I also photographed my daughter Nicole in two of the Raw Materials Design

Aprons.....

Nicole is wearing the Classic Chef Apron with the blue serged edge.....

I bribed Nicole with some homemade cinnamon rolls : )

I will share my mom's recipe when I announce the winner.....

It's a family favorite....

In the image below Nicole is wearing the French Waiter Apron with the serged edge.....

I love their products so much I will soon be carrying the Raw Materials Designs in my shop soon....

Thanks to Janna Lufkin one lucky reader will receive the

french waiter apron!

This particular apron has the red serged edge....

We thought this was perfect for Valentine's Day.....

Giveaway Information!

One French Waiter Apron finished with the red serged edge will be given away to one

lucky reader chosen by random.org

The giveaway ends on February 21st.

Giveaway is open to my international readers as well : )

To enter the giveaway you just have to leave a comment on this post....

For extra entries.....

you can visit Raw Materials Designs and tell me

what your favorite product is.....

You can share the giveaway on any of the social networking sites.....

such as....

Facebook

Twitter

You must leave a separate comment for each extra entry to count....

Winner will be chosen by random.org...

Thank you Janna!

Raw Materials Design

Take Care,
Maria

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Souvenir Lifestyle Magazine!

2012-02-13T07:23:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!

Heather Bullard has launched a new website for

her lifestyle magazine Souvenir!

Souvenir will now be available digitally online, in an ipad friendly version,

and in printed form.....

There will be over a 100 pages of content which will include stories about homes,

crafts, entertaining ideas, travel stories, as well as lifestyle....

You can read more about it by visiting Heather's Blog.....

I am honored to have been asked to be one of the contributors for the spring issue!

Thank you Heather Bullard.....

I hope you get a chance to check out the new website!

Souvenir

Souvenir is also now on Facebook!

If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do so here.....

Last fall I had posted about how the kids and I imprinted fall leaves onto some scrap linen we had around the house....

I got this easy and fun idea from one of Heather's simple craft projects she had shared in Souvenir.....

The kids loved doing this fun project.

Heather Bullard's Blog

Souvenir Lifestyle Website

Souvenir Lifestyle on Facebook

I also wanted to say congratulations to Heather Bullard who produced and styled the home that is featured on the cover of the March issue of Country Living!

I will be back tomorrow with a fun giveaway!

Take Care,

Maria

Thank you Janna Lufkin of Raw Materials Design.... The French Waiter Apron

2012-02-12T08:48:00.000-08:00

Hello,

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday....

I just wanted to share a few images of Janna Lufkin's Raw Materials Design French Waiter Apron.....

I received my package yesterday and I could hardly wait to get home and photograph the aprons....

I was only able to photograph the French Waiter Apron, as I ran out of light....

Nicole agreed to be my French Waitress yesterday....

I discovered Raw Materials Design back in December....

It was love at first site....

(if you read my facebook page, then you already know how much I LOVE Raw Materials Design)

These would make the perfect Valentine's gift!

I love how simple yet stylish the designs are....

This particular French Waiter Apron has a red serged edge....

I LOVE it..

Janna Lufkin is a designer and a photo stylist....

Janna is also a contributor to Better Homes & Garden...

You can read more about Janna Lufkin here....

I will be sharing more with you about Raw Materials Design and Janna Lufkin in the near future....

and thanks to Janna, I will be giving the French Waiter Apron away next week!

I will be carrying Raw Materials Design's aprons in my shop as well: )

I can't wait!

Thank you Janna Lufkin!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday....

I haven't forgotten about sharing a few more images of my living room....

I will be back tomorrow!

Take Care,

Maria

A Special Guest Post Today.... Maria of the Blog Rusty Hinge!

2012-02-09T09:34:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! My name is Maria from Rusty Hinge. I live in a hundred year old farmhouse in the countryside of northern Michigan with my husband, Karl. I love interior design, gardening, re-purposing and collecting anything old!

{Photography and Styling by Maria of Rusty Hinge}

When I first started my blog last spring, I never imagined all the dear friends I would make through blogging. What a wonderful ride this has been.There are really no words to describe my gratitude for all the encouragement I have received! Thank-you, Maria, for all of your support along the way and for helping me step out into blogging. I am honored to be a guest on your lovely blog today. I think it's safe to say I can speak for everyone here that your blog is a true inspiration for us. And you are as sweet as you are talented!

{Photography and Styling by Maria of Rusty Hinge}

With spring right around the corner and all the Christmas decor packed up for another year, I would love to share a couple Valentine inspired ideas with you.

{Photography and Styling by Maria of Rusty Hinge}

My Valentine tree is merely several red branches stuffed into an old french stone pot. I hung red crochet and tin bucket heart ornaments onto the branches.

{Photography and Styling by Maria of Rusty Hinge}

I especially love to decorate seasonally with whatever I have laying around. I would pick up these vintage tin cookie cutters here and there, and soon had a jar full. Many where heart-shaped, so I thought why not throw them into my old dough trencher for a table centerpiece!

{Photography and Styling by Maria of Rusty Hinge}

Thank-you for taking time to read through my little post. And a huge thank-you to Maria for inviting me. It has been a real treat!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Maria ~Rusty Hinge

{Photography and Styling by Maria of Rusty Hinge}

Thank you Maria of the RUSTY HINGE!

I hope you get a chance to visit Maria's blog....
SHe is very talented....
I think Maria and I pretty much love all of the same things...
I was excited to meet someone else that loves red striped grain sacks as much as I do : )
I will be back with a few more images of my living room....
Take Care,
Maria Carr : )

2012-02-07T04:30:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I hope you are enjoying your week!

As of tonight I think my computer is officially back to working again : )

I have so much to get caught up on since I have been without this computer for soooo

long....

I will be back with a few more images of my living room space that I recently rearranged.....

Enjoy your Tuesday!

Take Care,

Maria

Sara also designed my blog and website....

Montana Farmhouse Soaps Coming Soon..... Antique Ceiling Tin Memory Board

2012-02-02T10:11:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I wanted to tell you about a soap line I will soon be carrying in the shop.....

I was born and raised in Montana, and luckily grew up in a large family of 10 children.....

My brother, Merle lives in Manhattain, Montana with his wife, Nancy, and two daughters Katie and Amelia....

My nieces Katie and Amelia raise nubian goats and show their goats at the county fair every year....

Nancy and the girls have been working on developing an all natural soap line using their

goat's milk....

I have been using her soap and love it....

My entire family loves it as well....

Nancy is getting ready to launch her line, Montana Farmhouse Soaps soon.....

You will be able to purchase her soaps in my shop....

The above pictures are of my daughter Bethany and our nubian goat, Dolly.

Dolly has been apart of our family for 11 years and is well loved....

On another note....

I wanted to show you a quick way to make a memory board out of an antique ceiling tin.....

My sister actually makes the prettiest pictures frames using antique tin tiles....

Since I am not that handy I decided to use clothes pins to hold the pictures in place....

All you need is a ceiling tin....

A couple of clothes pins...

I was lucky and found some vintage french clothes pins....

This is a 12" x 12" square so I only clipped on two pictures of my adorable niece....

Prop the tin up on a shelf and you have a unique memory board...

I added a few of these to my shop and will be adding more tiles tonight.

I also wanted to Congratulate Sara Duckett, Sara will be on the Nate Show tomorrow, February 3rd!

Be sure and watch tomorrow's show....

I will be sharing an interview with Sara in the near future along with a fun giveaway!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

I am unfortunately headed back to the Apple Store today.... : (

Take Care,

Maria

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Kids Only Parents Keep Out

2012-02-01T08:47:00.001-08:00

Hello,

I have unfortunately been experiencing a lot of computer and internet issues the past couple of weeks.

I think everything is back in order again!

I wanted to share this picture I recently took at Maison Reve....

Yasmine had created a space just for kids in her shop...

I love the

Kids Only Parents Keep Out sign....

and the kids loved it as well....

We also made a trip to Petaluma....

The below image of my girls was taken in Petaluma....

This is a neat historic town you should make sure you stop and visit if you are ever in Northern California and like to go antiquing....

There are a lot of great antique stores in Petaluma.....

Now that my computer is running again I will be loading more products to my shop over the next week and will be able to start blogging again!

I have lots to share with you!

Enjoy your day!

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow morning.

Take Care,

Maria

EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP IS NOW 40% off!

Maison Reve~Chapter 2 ~40% Off Everything in the Store

2012-01-18T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I wanted to share some images with you of my favorite shop....

MAISON REVE

Yasmine, is closing her shop in Mill Valley, CA, January 31st....

Maison Reve will be moving onto Chapter Two!

Yasmine will be growing her lifestyle brand, Maison Reve's way of living, in a new and exciting way....

Yasmine will be holding seasonal workshops at different inspiring locations....

She wants to inspire others to slow down and enjoy life the Maison Reve way....

You will still be able to shop Maison Reve online.....

Maison Reve Inspirational Blog

Yasmine ships worldwide...

I took a lot of pictures for all of you!

Everything was 30% off!

Better yet

everything in the shop is now 40% off!

Here is a quick tour of Maison Reve!

Hunter Boots!

Maison Reve carries beautiful bedding.

Organic throws and pillows....

grain sack pillows...

I especially love this one...

Lamps and vintage seltzer bottles...

organic bedding....

Tables....

I love this vintage bread rack....

reclaimed old growth douglas fir shelving....

We purchased some of this wood and can't wait to show you what my husband

is going to build with it....

Slipcovered furniture....

Vintage Lighting....

A table made from reclaimed wood by a local artist....

Slipcovered chairs.....

Vintage bottles.....

A knitted floor pillow.....

A claw foot tub.....

A wine bottle chandelier...

I LOVE this....

I hope you get a chance to stop in at Maison Reve before it closes January 31st...

Everything is now 40% off!

While I am sad that Yasmine will be closing her shop....

I am so excited for Yasmine and the future of the Maison Reve brand....

You can read more about the exciting future of Maison Reve on Yasmine's Blog....

Maison Reve Blog

You can find Maison Reve on facebook....

You can shop Maison Reve on...

Maison Reve's Website...

Thank you Yasmine, you are an inspiration to me and so many others!

We all wish you the VERY BEST and look forward to seeing more of you and the Maison Reve way of living in the future!

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Take Care,

Maria

Nicole made three of these peppermint wreaths....

A Slightly Late Christmas Post

2012-01-13T04:30:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I am finally going to share some images of what little Christmas decorating I was able to get done this year....

We usually only decorate the living rooms and the dining room....

This year I barely got one room decorated....

We got our tree from Aimee Peterson, who

owns a shop called the Antique Gardener.

Aimee invited us to her parents' Christmas tree farm this year, they have the prettiest tree farm!

The kids and I got to pick out our tree....It reminded me of when we were kids...

We would always cut our own tree down, and a lot of times would have a Charlie Brown tree that we covered with a lot of tinsel...

I shot the above image of Emma, Aimee's daughter, while we were there...

Thank you Aimee!

I have posted about Aimee's shop before on my blog.....

We picked out a beautiful White Fir Tree.....

We had intended to decorate it : )....

However we ended up leaving the tree bare....

We wrapped an antique french ticking duvet around the tree to cover the tree stand....

I thought the tree did look pretty just left natural.....

My sister Liz, made this stocking from a scrap piece of antique french linen and a grain sack scrap.....

I will have some of these available in my shop

I hung my wreath from an antique french door.

I hung it using dutch butcher twine, and then tied the ribbon at the bottom of the wreath.....

Lately I have become obsessed with vintage french cheese boards....

I added a red striped European grain sack to the top of the table and then added the cheese board....

My son, Trent, sprinkled juniper berries on top of the cheese board....

I kind of got carried away this year with throwing juniper berries around the house....

They smell so good....

I added some pears, hazelnuts, and juniper berries to my mantle.....

I made the kids stockings the week before Christmas...

I really liked the one my sister made, so I made some more like it...

The grain sack cuffs remind me of candy canes ; )

The kids loved their new stockings....

The pears help add a pop of color to my mantle....

I had received a beautiful gift from KT Merry, I displayed her beautiful Christmas card on my mantle and her box of bath salts on my stool.....I also tied a red and white ribbon around a pair of pillow slips made from antique french linen and topped the box with a bundle of mistletoe made from wool felt....

I filled a vintage french strawberry crate with the ornaments we usually put on the tree.....

I hung a few of these wool felt wreaths around my house.....

You can read my post about how to make these, here.....

We had lots of paperwhites to place around the house.....

You can read my post about planting paperwhites here.....

That was really the extent of my Christmas decorating I did this year....

Hopefully next year I will actually post pictures before Christmas....

On another note....

I started blogging two years ago this month....

I started a blog before I even knew what blogging really was....

I can remember feeling so lost when I first started blogging....

I was always searching blogs for tips on blogging and had a hard time finding any information.....

I subscribe to Miss Mustard Seed by email, and was so excited when I

read that she was apart of a Growing your Blog Series....

Kate from Centsational Girl came up with the idea.....

Five bloggers got together and did a series on Growing your blog....

They all share different perspectives on five different blog topics....

It is really a great series, I loved reading each blogger's perspective, and found it to be very informative and helpful....

I am sure a lot of you have already read the series, but just in case some of you haven't I wanted

to share the links to the five day series with you....

The Nester~Authenticity & Blogging

Thrifty Decor Chick~ Making Money Blogging~

Tater Tots and Jello~ Building a Community and Social Media

Miss Mustard Seed~ Photography & Styling

Centsational Girl~ The Great Juggling Act

Thank you ladies for putting such a great series together for us!

I hope all of you that haven't read the series get a chance to read it...

On a final note....

I wanted to let you know about a very generous photographer that is giving away

a Canon 5d Mark II......

She has a very inspiring story that she shares with her giveaway as well.....

My Four Hens Photography

Enjoy your weekend!

Take Care,

Maria

Jeanne Oliver Designs....

New Items in the Shop, Savannah Bee Honey, Jeanne Oliver's Creatively Made E-Course

2012-01-08T12:23:00.000-08:00

Hello!

We made it back from our quick road trip to Montana....

I haven't had much of a chance to be on the computer lately,

I wanted to do a quick post today....

I loaded a few new items to my shop this weekend, and will be adding more this evening....

I added some vintage french bread baskets, that come with vintage french linen towels...

I also added this 19th century ironstone transferware compote dish....

I will be adding more transferware this evening....

I also bought some of this Savannah Bee honeycomb at Andrae's Bakery over the weekend....

It is truly the best honey I have ever tasted......

I also bought a bottle of the tupelo honey, it is the best!....

If you are ever in Amador County be sure and check Andrae's Bakery...

You can read more about Savannah Bee Honey by visiting their website...

On another note.....

I wanted to let you know about Jeanne Oliver's Creatively Made E-Course

she is now offering, it starts on Monday.....

If you would like to sign up for Jeanne's E-Course, there is still time....

You can do so by visiting Jeanne's website...

If you would like to read more about it, you can do so by visiting Jeanne's blog....

or you can watch Jeanne's vimeo, where she tells you more about the e-course....

I will be back with my Christmas post...

I am a little embarrassed that I still haven't gotten a chance to post about

what little bit of Christmas decorating I did....

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Take Care,

Maria

Martha Stewart's Sugar Cookie Recipe

Last Minute Gift Ideas and a Favorite Hot Apple Cider Recipe

2011-12-24T03:57:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I am sorry I wasn't able to post yesterday....

I am a little short on time, so I will have to post about the one room in the house I decorated after Christmas.....

I thought I would do a quick post, and share some last minute gift ideas with you....

These were our favorite gifts to make and give out this year....

1. An antique european grain sack wine and or beverage bag along with a bottle of wine and or sparkling cider.....

2, Homemade marshmallows and hot cocoa mix....

(an image of cookies the kids and I made last year)

3. Sugar Cookies...

We used our favorite recipe,

a Martha Stewart Sugar Cookie Recipe and

for the frosting we used a Penzey Spice Recipe....

Penzey Spices Vanilla Frosting Recipe...

I also wanted to share a family favorite hot apple cider recipe with you....

We make this every year during the holidays....

Not only does it taste good, it will also make your entire house smell good : )

Hot Apple Cider

6 cups apple cider

(our favorite is the 365 Organic Apple Juice)

6 cups of pear juice

a pinch of ginger

3 whole cinnamon sticks

1/4 tsp. of nutmeg

10 cloves

1 TBLSP of fennel seeds

Bring all the above ingredients to a boil and let simmer for 25 minutes....

Then enjoy!

Before I go I want to remind you that Jeanne Oliver's camera bag giveaway is still open on my blog....

If you would like to enter you can do so by clicking here.....

The giveaway ends December 28th.

Thank you Jeanne!

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop in and read my blog.

Merry Christmas to you and your families!

Take Care,

Maria

photography and styling by Lara Sheleheda

Special Guest Blogger, Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey, Home Tour

2011-12-21T09:43:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays Everyone!
I hope you're enjoying this wonderful season!
I would like to thank Maria for having me as a guest on her inspirational blog today!

My name is Cheryl and my blog is called Sweet Young Journey.
I live in Santa Barbara with the love of my life and our two precious daughters.
I have a passion for interior design and photography!
My goal is to create beautiful and comfortable spaces in my home for my family and friends to enjoy.
Blogging has been a fabulous discovery for me, because I love sharing my design project from my life and home with others.
I would like to share with you a tour of our home during the holiday season.
I hope you find it bright and merry!

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

This recycled tin barn star was found at a local antique store. I used mason jars as candle holders to complement this look.

To add a little greenery, I tied snippets from the Christmas tree to the jars with Dutch butchers twine from Maria's store.

You'll see Maria's lovely red twine in several different looks in my home.

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

A simple branch was used to hang the burlap stockings above the fireplace.

A branch is an easy way to bring the outdoors inside.

Beneathe the stockings, I placed an old country stool casually covered with a small wool rug. I added some white lanterns, candles and some gathered pinecones to finish the look.

Every year, I buy fresh garland from my local home improvement center to make my own wreaths similar to the one hanging from the mantel.

These wreaths are an inexpensive way to fill your home with holiday fragrance, plus, I love the simplicity!

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

A shaggy wool rug, a pair of found tree stumps used as a coffee table and a reindeer made from canvas with real twigs for antlers give our living room a cozy winter feel.

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

I used inexpensive burlap to make a tree skirt and added some pretty white ruffles to coordinate with the stockings.I've also made a pennant banner out of grain sack material and butchers twine to use as garland for the Christmas tree.
It's really easy to do and requires no sewing, just a little bit of time.

I made a no-sew Christmas tree garland tutorial for you...

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

1. Trace a triangle with a stencil on desired fabric and cut out triangle shape. I used a cookie cutter for my stencil.

2. Using a hot glue gun add glue to the top of one side of the triangle

3. Use a tool (I used my scissors) to measure spaces in between triangles.

4. Add twine across the glued area

5. Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

In my girls room I've added Maria's adorable little grain sack stockings, a Charlie Brown Christmas tree standing proudly in a galvanized bucket and paper stars made from old sheet music. A pair of angel's wings found at a local antique store lend to the room a heavenly touch.

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

A fluffly Santa teddy bear rests on an antique white chair. Adding a touch of whimsy is a little sign reminding the girls "better not pout."

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

On my dining table I used grain sack material as a runner and 3 lovely potted plants on top of white ironstone plates (or any casual white plate will do). For a bit of extra holiday cheer, I added these fun red patterned drinking glasses as well as Maria's little stockings to use as a pocket to hold a fork and knife.

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

Guests enjoy having their own baguettes which I use as a name place holder by stamping their names on a card. A coordinated idea for napking rings is to cut out a 1 inch star from the grain sack fabric and glue it to an 8 inch piece of twin and wrap the twine around the rolled napkin and tie a basic bow or knot.

A rustic heart shape wreath simply hanging on my decorative door represents my feelings regarding the holiday season.

Styling and Photography by Cheryl of Sweet Young Journey

I hope you enjoyed the tour!
I'll soon be sharing a tutorial on my blog how to make the burlap tree skirt, wreaths out of garland and some handmade ornaments out of grain sacks.

Best wishes for a Happy Holiday and New Year!
Thank you once again Maria!

xo
Cheryl

Thank you Cheryl! I love the way you decorated your home for Christmas!
I love this post Cheryl did about turning apples into paint cups!
I hope you get a chance to visit Cheryl's blog.
Sweet Young Journey

I will be back on Friday with some Christmas decorating.
Take Care,
Maria

Special Guest, Lara Sheleheda of Air Kiss, Devil's Food Chocolate Cupcakes

2011-12-20T06:51:00.000-08:00

Hello,

Recently I asked two talented women to share a holiday decorating idea and or a favorite holiday recipe

on my blog, to share with you during the holiday season....

Today I would like to introduce you to one of those bloggers, Lara Sheleheda, of the blog, Air Kiss.

I love Lara's photography and food styling, and I know you will too.

I hope you get a chance to visit Lara's Blog.

Air Kiss

Hi everyone! I'm Lara from Air Kiss and Maria invited me to guest post at her gorgeous blog. First of all, let me say it is such an honor to be here at one of my very favorite go to blogs for stunning photography. You are truly gifted in that art Maria! Maria has never ceased continually amazing me with her beautiful and unique style from day one.

I am completely addicted to cooking and baking food, styling it, and photographing it. You can see more of my photos over at my blog, Air Kiss. Right now it has been all about the making and; baking of holiday sweets. I am making my first pâte de fruit tomorrow - the last sweet on my agenda. But, I can't wait to dive into some healthy winter vegetable salads which I'll be sharing soon.

In the meantime, my kitchen has been filled with the smells of chocolate and cool peppermint lately. Who doesn't love peppermint in December? Even better when it is with some chocolate!

These cupcakes are adapted from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book. Such a great book to have if you love baking up really great cupcakes. These are the Devil's Food Chocolate cupcakes paired with her 7-minute meringue frosting. I didn't have Dutch-process cocoa powder, so I used Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa powder. I put some candy canes in a Ziplock bag and bashed them up with a the back of a wooden spoon. Then I rolled over the crushed pieces with a rolling pin to get them finely crushed.

Between the batter and the meringue, there are ten eggs used in this recipe. Good practice for separating egg whites!

I love using Ateco pastry piping tips. I used the Ateco #809 for the chocolate chip shape piping. You pipe straight down and then pull the piping bag right up to make the little peak. A Wilton #1A will also work for this.

These cupcakes are super delicious after they have fully cooled and the flavours have had time to meld. Do the freezer for portion control method like I do to avoid temptation. ;-)

I hope everyone has a holiday full of peace and cheer!

Thanks for having me as your guest, Maria!

You can find more recipes and beautiful photography on

Ghiradelli Chocolate Cupcakes

adapted from Martha Stewarts Cupcakes book

makes 32 cupcakes

3/4 cup Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa powder

3/4 cup hot water

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt

3 sticks unsalted butter

2 1/4 cups sugar

4 large eggs, room temperature

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup sour cream, room temperature

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk together cocoa and hot water until smooth. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Melt butter with sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring to combine. Remove from heat, and pour into a mixing bowl. With an electric mixer on medium-low speed, beat until mixture is cooled, 4 to 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Add vanilla, then cocoa mixture, and beat until combined. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the sour cream, and beating until just combined after each.

Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three- quarters full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool 15 minutes; turn out cupcakes onto racks and let cool completely. Cupcakes can be stored overnight at room temperature, or frozen up to 2 months, in airtight containers.

Let cool completely before frosting.

7-Minute Frosting
from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book
makes about 8 cups

1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup water
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
6 large egg whites, room temperature

Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar with the water and corn syrup in a small saucepan; clip a candy thermometer to side of pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves. Continue boiling, without stirring, until syrup reaches 230 degrees.

Meanwhile, in the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk egg whites on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. With mixer running, add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, beating to combine.

As soon as sugar syrup reaches 230 degrees, remove from heat. With mixer on medium-low speed, pour syrup down side of bowl in a slow, steady stream. Raise speed to medium-high; whisk until mixture is completely cool (test by touching the bottom of the bowl) and stiff (but not dry) peaks form, about 7 minutes. Use immediately.

Thank you Lara!!!

Lara's blog, Air Kiss.

You can also find Lara on....

Flickr

Twitter

I will be back with my second surprise guest tomorrow evening.

Take Care,

Maria

Decorating for Christmas.... and a Jeanne Oliver Camera Bag Giveaway

2011-12-19T02:21:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

I finally got one area of the house partially decorated for Christmas over the weekend and have a couple pictures to share with you today....

We finally got our tree up as well...

It just isn't decorated yet...

I have a lot more pictures to share with you....

I will be back soon with a few more images and details about the room and our Christmas tree : )

On another note...

I wanted to share with you Jeanne Oliver's beautiful new clothing line, The Coming Home Collection, Jeanne recently released.

I hope you enjoy a preview of Jeanne's new line, I love it.

Jeanne is also giving away the Natalie Camera Bag to one lucky reader today.....

So be sure and read the giveaway information at the bottom of the post.

THANK YOU JEANNE!

Natalie Camera Bag

Gracie Little Messenger Bag

Anne Ruffle Messenger Bag

Open publication - Free publishing - More camera bag

Jeanne also published the above lookbook. Be sure and check it out.

Don't you just love Jeanne's work.

Jeanne is truly an inspiration to me....

Last spring I interviewed Jeanne, if you missed the interview, I hope you get a chance to read it.

You can read it by clicking here.....

I also posted about Jeanne's Ruffle Messenger bag she so kindly sent my daughter Bethany here....

Bethany LOVES her bag and uses it everyday to pack her art supplies around....

THANKS JEANNE!

Now onto the giveaway information!

One lucky person will receive one Natalie Camera Bag!

The giveaway ends December 28th at midnight.

1. All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave me a comment on this post.

If you would like additional entries you can do the following.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.....

2. Post about the giveaway on any of your social networking sites, such as twitter, facebook, blogger, and or pinterest.

I hope you get a chance to visit Jeanne's shop and blog.

Jeanne Oliver Designs

Jeanne Oliver's Blog

THANK YOU JEANNE!!!!

I will be back with more holiday decorating.
Take Care,
Maria

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Homemade Marshmallows, Gift Ideas, and Serving Hot Cocoa during the Holidays

2011-12-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I first want to thank all of you who left such kind comments about my daughter's

peppermint wreath....

Nicole appreciates every comment.

Today I wanted to share a fun recipe and a quick gift giving idea.....

I come from a large family and all of us girls learned how to bake....

A lot of times for Christmas my favorite gift to give is baked goods or homemade candies.

The fun part is finding something fun to put the baked goods in....

I thought I would share a gift idea I have done in the past....

Homemade Marshmallows and Hot Cocoa Mix

They are both so simple to make.

Nicole made the marshmallows and Bethany made the hot chocolate....

I made the grain sack stocking ornament : )

Just a warning on the the marshmallows...

They have to set up for a couple of hours, however it is hard to not eat all the marshmallow cream while it is in the process of setting.

The nice part about making these marshmallows, there is hardly any stirring involved.

Throw in a few peppermint sticks to make your gift more festive....

These are the best peppermint sticks, you can find them at Sur la Table

I thought it would be fun to put a bag of hot chocolate and a bag of marshmallows in an antique french

cafe au lait bowl....

You can also find new cafe au lait bowls at Anthropologie....

And or a french enamelware canister....

For the hot chocolate my favorite type of chocolate to use is Penzey's Dutch Cocoa.

I found these cute red and white checked food bags at Sur La Table......

That way your food is safe if you are using vintage canisters to put your baked goods in....

(I will be listing these french canisters in my shop today....)

I also wanted to share a fun way to serve hot cocoa during the holidays using a french cheese board.....

I have a bit of an obsession with these antique French cheese boards....

I think they would work great for entertaining purposes.

I put the cookies on a french ironstone platter....

I love to use my antique ironstone on a daily basis, if you would like to read more about caring for your ironstone dishes you can do so by clicking here.....

(cookies came from Andrae's Bakery)

I used a red striped grain sack runner on the table....

I tried to make the table seem more festive by adding the peppermint sticks and the red and white ribbon......

I hope you get a chance to try the homemade marshmallows.....

You can find the recipe for the marshmallows here....

You can find the recipe for the homemade cocoa here....

If you don't want to use vintage tins for your homemade gifts,

my other favorite option is to use Martha Stewart's boxes from Michaels...

They also have a great selection of ribbon to choose from.

What is your favorite thing to put your baked goods in when giving them as gifts?

Take Care,

Maria

A Finished Peppermint Wreath

2011-12-13T06:47:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I wanted to share a few images of Nicole's peppermint wreath she finished.

The above image is a picture of the wreath from yesterday.

Nicole just glued another layer of peppermint candies to cover the styrofoam wreath form.

Nicole chose to use a grain sack tie for the ribbon.

Nicole decided she didn't want to use an actual ribbon.

I posted how to make these wreaths here....

Enjoy the rest of your week.

I will be back tomorrow.

Take Care,

Maria
P.S. If you subscribe to my blog by email and wonder why you aren't receiving my posts anymore....
that is because for some reason my posts aren't being sent out anymore via email.....
I am trying to get that fixed, so hopefully you will start receiving my posts again soon.

An Unfinished Peppermint Candy Wreath and the Felted Mistletoe Wreath

2011-12-12T08:50:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I just wanted to post a quick one today....

I wanted to share a picture of our unfinished peppermint candy wreath my daughter, Nicole

made over the weekend.

It has been about ten years since I have made one of these.

I love these wreaths because they will add a touch of whimsy to your home.

They are super easy to make and are a fun project to do with the kids.....

All you need is....

a styrafoam wreath form

two large bags of peppermint candies

a glue gun

a bag of glue sticks

My daughter started glueing the candies from the inside of the wreath out. It works best if

you glue the candies on in rows.

This one isn't finished because you can still see the styrafoam peaking through the candies.

My daughter added another row of candies to cover those areas....

I will show you an image of the finished product in another post....

I also wanted to let you know where this sweet felted mistletoe wreath came from.

I showed a picture of it in my post on Saturday,

I received a lot of inquiries about it, so I thought I better let you know where they came from....

They came from Maison Reve....

Yasmine has the sweetest Christmas ornaments this year....

I will be photographing a few of the ornaments I got from their shop later this week.

They do not have the ornaments or wreath on their website, I bought them while shopping in their shop in Mill Valley with my mom.

I hope you get a chance to stop by Yasmine's shop.

MAISON REVE

I will be back hopefully this evening.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Take Care,

Maria

p.s. I was able to take a bunch of product pictures yesterday, I will finally have new products in my shop tomorrow.

My parents recently had a new litter of dantiff puppies....

A Work Studio and Last Year's Christmas Tree

2011-12-10T07:14:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

I first need to warn you this is a very random post today....

I wanted to share a few sneak pictures of my cabinet I currently use for storing shop items.

Last year I had planned to turn my guest room into a work studio.....

Well that never ended up happening....

This summer I ended up turning one of our living rooms into a work studio.

We live in a manufactured home made by The Karstan Co, it has a

very open floor plan, and has two large living rooms.

This room used to be the t.v. room, until I decided to use it as a work studio...

The guest room is now the t.v. room and the living room is now a work studio.

This large cabinet works great for housing a lot of my ironstone, transferware, and other items I sell in my shop.

I am hoping to get this room photographed next week after I finish decorating for Christmas.....

On another note....

I had to share a recent picture of our Rambo, he is a dantiff puppy we got from our parents.

He is well loved by the kids....

We are hoping to make another road trip to Montana to see both of our families after Christmas...

The kids can hardly wait to make another trip home to see their grandparents and cousins.

My sister, who has nine kids and lives in Louisiana, will be there.

On a final note....

I wanted to share a few pictures of my Christmas tree from last year...

This was about all I got done last year for decorating.

I am still trying to decide what I am going to use as a container for my tree this year.

Last year I put my tree in this antique wine jug basket and lined it with a linen sheet so you can't see the bucket the tree is sitting in....

I used vintage french canning jars for a pop of color....

I also have a number of these vintage french canning jars in a green color as well.

I will be sure and share some pictures of this year's tree as soon as we get one.....

We are headed to the Sacramento airport today.

My mom flies back home today : (

The kids and I are planning to make a trip to Michaels on the way home so we

can get some materials to make some crafts for Christmas....

Do you have a favorite craft you like to do with your kids during the holidays?

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!

Before I go, I want to introduce you to two bloggers....

Cheryl of Fresh Vanilla for C

Maria of Rusty Hinge

I hope you get a chance to stop by both of of their blogs and say hello.

Take Care,

Maria

DREAMY WHITES SHOP

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Paperwhites and a Winner

2011-12-08T11:03:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I thought I would share a few pictures of my paperwhites since they are starting to bloom.

Bethany tied ribbons around all of them to prevent the blooms from falling over.

The kids have enjoyed watching them grow....

You can read more about my post I did on paperwhites here....

I really haven't been able to do much decorating for Christmas yet....
I am hoping I can get some holiday decorating done this weekend.
I talked my mom into staying until Saturday so she could help me with the sewing.

On another note, I wanted to announce the giveaway winner....

The winner of the Dreamy Whites Stockings and Wintersteen Farms Wreath

Giveaway is

Melinda of Alabaster Rose Designs.

Congratulations Melinda!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway!

Thank you WINTERSTEEN FARMS!

I hope you are all enjoying this holiday season with your family.

Take Care,

Maria

Dreamy Whites Shop

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Christmas in New York City and Anthropologie

2011-12-04T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hello!
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.
I was going through pictures on my laptop tonight in our hotel and realized I hadn't posted pictures I took last year
of the Anthropologie in New York City......
Anthropologie had the best Christmas decorations....
I am sorry it took me a year to post the Anthropologie pictures.....

I went with my daughters and two sisters to New York City last December, we were so glad that we got to experience

New York City during the Christmas season.

It was a rare occasion for all of us to take a trip like this,

it was a trip we will never forget.

The Anthropologie we went to is in the building in the above image.

It was right next to the Rockefeller Center.

The girls really wanted to go ice skating......

However the line was soooooo long.

The Christmas tree next to the Rockefeller was beautiful......

This was my favorite window at Anthropologie....

I wished I had all day to photograph Anthropologie's Christmas decorations....
Here is a mini tour of what their store looked like last year.
Be sure and notice all the details that were added to each window display......

This was one of my favorite displays.

The kids and I have made snow globes using canning jars a number of years ago....

I am hoping we will get that project done again this year....

My sweet little Bethany....

I hope you enjoyed the tour.....

Here are a few images I shot of the city while we were there...

I shared these last year on my blog....

We loved the Apple store.....

Thank you for taking the time to stop by!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

We are still in Oklahoma City for the horse show.

We are flying back home today.

Take Care,

Maria

DREAMY WHITES ONLINE SHOP

FACEBOOK

P.S. There is still time to enter the fresh wreath and stocking giveaway!

You can do so by clicking here......

Stockings Made From French Linens, Mangle Cloth, and Antique European Grain Sacks and a Giveaway

2011-12-01T01:07:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I am teaming up with Wintersteen Farms today for another Christmas Giveaway.....

You will have the opportunity to win a Wintersteen Farms Wreath, two large Christmas stockings, and

a set of 12 Petite Stockings.

Giveaway information will be at the bottom of the post.

First I wanted to share a few pictures of some Christmas stockings I recently made and added to my shop.....

I made the stockings from a variety of antique linens.

This particular pair of stockings are made from an antique french linen sheet and the cuff is made from vintage mangle cloth.

I love the red stripe on this mangle cloth.

I also really like the contrast between the mangle cloth and the french linen.

We used Vintage Dutch butcher twine for the loops on the stockings.

My mom is here at the moment and hemmed all of my stockings for me.

Thanks Mom.

I made stockings from a variety of red striped Antique European Grain Sacks.

I like how these four mismatched stockings look together.

I made more petite stockings.....

I recently found some duvets made from antique french textiles.

I was so excited to find this red plaid material....

I added more petite stockings made from antique red striped European grain sacks to my shop as well.

I will only be able to provide these little stockings for a limited time.

They are easy to make however they do require a lot of time to make.

I will show you a few other ways to use these in the near future....

I recently posted about these stockings here.....

Thank you to Jeff and Kelly Kansala of Wintersteen Farms you will get a chance to win a Wintersteen Farms wreath today along with two large stockings and a set of 12 petite stockings from my shop.

Wintersteen Farms offers Fresh Traditional Christmas Wreaths that will fill your home with the scents of the mountain air....

Their 24" wreaths are abundant with noble, cedar incense, blue berried juniper and ponderosa pine cones.....

Wintersteen Farms is a 36 acre noble and douglas fir tree farm.

The wreaths are hand crafted from start to finish.

Each Wreath is placed in their signature brown box after being packaged in a crystal clear bag, wrapped with tissue paper and tied off with a raffia ribbon.

The material used to hand-craft their wreaths are cut daily to ensure freshness that will last throughout the season!

You can order your wreaths now by visiting Wintersteen Farms.

Giveaway Information~

One reader will receive

1. One Wintersteen Farms hand crafted Wreath

2. Two Large Stockings of your choice from my online shop.

{the winner will get to choose from Christmas stockings that are available at the time of winning the giveaway)

3. 12 Petite red striped grain sack stockings also from my shop.

Giveaway Ends December 7th at midnight.

Winner will be chosen by random.org

To enter the Giveaway Please just leave me a comment on this post...... : )

Optional

If you would like an extra chance(s) to win

You can post the giveaway to any of your social networking sites...

facebook, blogger, pinterest, and or twitter etc....

Please leave a separate comment for each social networking site you posted the giveaway to...

You must leave a separate comment for each entry~

If you leave an anonymous comment, please make sure you also leave an email address.

Thank you Wintersteen Farms!

I hope you all get a chance to view Wintersteen Farms website.

Their wreaths really make great Christmas Gifts too.

You can pre-order your wreath and they will ship your wreath out November 28th.

Take Care,

Maria

DREAMY WHITES ONLINE SHOP

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

Just in case you haven't already read my posts about Wintersteen Farms,

you can read more about them by clicking here and here

P.S. My husband and I currently are in Oklahoma City for a horse show.

I will be shipping orders out when I get back on Sunday...

I also have lots of new items I will be listing in my shop next week.

Antique European Grain Sack Christmas Stockings.... Advent Calendar and or 12 Days of Christmas

2011-11-18T04:59:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I just want to first thank everyone who participated in the giveaway.

The winner of my giveaway is Shel, who has a blog called Auntie Thesis.

Congratulations Shel....

Thank you Jeff and Kelly of Wintersteen Farms

There will still be opportunities to win a Wintersteen Farms Wreath this season....

I will be hosting a few more giveaways with Wintersteen Farms before the season is over....

On another note....

I wanted to share some images of these petite stockings I made from antique European Grain Sacks the other day....

I have wanted to come up with an idea using grain sacks for an advent calendar and or an idea representing the 12 days of Christmas for my shop.........

I decided to make miniature stockings out of grain sacks and hang them from a birch branch....
These are really easy to make...
My girls helped make these.
It is a fun project to do with your kids....

One of the things I love the most about antique grain sacks and antique linens is that all the seams were hand stitched together....

I can't imagine the amount of time spent sewing up these sacks.....

I wanted to make sure some of the stockings would have the original seams showing....

Here I strung 12 stockings from a birch branch that is tied to a pair of antique french shutters....

I thought they would also be cute hung on my mantle...

If you wanted to use these for an advent calendar they could be strung from two branches or just use a slightly longer branch to hang them from.

You could also string them from twine instead of a branch....

I left enough room at the top of the stocking to place a piece of candy inside the stocking....

I hand sewed the string (from the original grain sacks)

into the tops of the grain sack stockings.

Each stocking in shaped slightly different and the stripes are placed in different areas on the stockings...

These also make great tree ornaments and or can be used to decorate the tops of your Christmas gifts.....

I will share a few more images of other ways I used these next week.

I will be listing these in my shop today....

along with regular sized grain sack stockings....

I hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Take Care,

Maria

You can enter the giveaway by clicking here....

Twitter

2011-11-16T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I just wanted to let you know there is still time to enter my giveaway.....

A chance to win a Wintersteen Farms Wreath and a $200.00 Gift Card giveaway to my shop.

The giveaway ends tonight at midnight.

On another note....

I will be adding some grain sack stockings to my shop this week...

My husband recently purchased a serger for me, so I can help my sister out with the

sewing....

I never thought I would be so excited to get a sewing machine....

I have a number of things I have been working on and can't wait to share them with you.

I just wish there was 12 more hours to a day....

Take Care,

Maria

Dreamy Whites Online

a $200.00 Gift Card to Dreamy Whites Online.

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Dreamy Whites Online Shop 200.00 Gift Card Giveaway and Wintersteen Farms Wreath Giveaway

2011-11-09T03:33:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Today I am teaming up with Wintersteen Farms for a fun giveaway....

Some of you might recognize these pictures from last year.

Since the wreaths won't ship out until the Monday after Thanksgiving, I won't be able to shoot new images of their wreaths until after Thanksgiving.

I will also be sharing some Thanksgiving entertaining ideas in this post as well.

Here is what we will be giving away....

One Wintersteen Farms Wreath

Giveaway information at the bottom of the post.....

Jeff and Kelly Kansla are the owners of Wintersteen Farms.

Jeff is also my cousin.

I wanted to tell you a few things about Wintersteen Farms Wreaths....

Wintersteen Farms offers Fresh Traditional Christmas Wreaths that will fill your home with the scents of the mountain air....

Their 24" wreaths are abundant with noble, cedar incense, blue berried juniper and ponderosa pine cones.....

Wintersteen Farms is a 36 acre noble and douglas fir tree farm.

The wreaths are hand crafted from start to finish.

Each Wreath is placed in their signature brown box after being packaged in a crystal clear bag, wrapped with tissue paper and tied off with a raffia ribbon.

Also included in your gift to someone or a gift to yourself, is two yards of 6" satin cream ribbon....

You may also use the ribbon to hang your wreath or to tie a bow for your wreath, the choice is yours.

The material used to hand-craft their wreaths are cut daily to ensure freshness that will last throughout the season!

You can pre-order your wreaths now by visiting Wintersteen Farms.

Here are a few items you will find in my shop this season....

Grain sack stockings

(images from last year)

We also have stockings available that are made from antique french linens

I also wanted to share a few entertaining ideas with you for Thanksgiving today as well as share a preview of what you will find in my shop.....

I recently shot some product images and decided to recreate my outdoor Autumn Inspired Table inside....

My in-laws were here and we actually ate at this table....

I recently found these french baker's cups.....

I think they are the cutest little cups....

I decorated the table around these little cups.

I added some flax seed to the cup and then added a candle....

We used mostly french ironstone dishes....

Except for the drinking glasses.

I actually remembered to set silverware on the table....

I think the candles help balance the height of the pumpkin....

I basically repeated using the french heirloom pumpkin on the compote dish......

I finally have antique grain sack runners back in stock.....

I used french ironstone platters to hold the food on each side of the pumpkin.

I tied twine around the cup.....

I then added one dried hydrangea bloom and a piece of wheat grass....

Now back to the giveaway information!

Giveaway Information~

One reader will receive

1. One Wintersteen Farms hand crafted Wreath

Your wreath will be sent out approximately around November 28th.

2. A 200.00 Gift Certificate to my shop, Dreamy Whites Online.

Giveaway Ends November 16th at midnight.

Winner will be chosen by random.org

To enter the Giveaway Please leave me a comment stating where you would hang your Wintersteen Farms Wreath at in your home if you won the giveaway...... : )

Optional

If you would like an extra chance(s) to win

You can post the giveaway to any of your social networking sites...

facebook, blogger, pinterest, and or twitter etc....

Please leave a separate comment for each social networking site you posted the giveaway to...

You must leave a separate comment for each entry~

If you leave an anonymous comment, please make sure you also leave an email address.

Thank you Wintersteen Farms!

I hope you all get a chance to view Wintersteen Farms website.

Their wreaths really make great Christmas Gifts too.

You can pre-order your wreath and they will ship your wreath out November 28th.

Take Care,

Maria

DREAMY WHITES ONLINE SHOP

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

Just in case you haven't already read my posts about Wintersteen Farms,

you can read more about them by clicking here and here

A French Flea Market at Maison Reve Tomorrow.....How to make your own french farmhouse table

2011-11-05T01:01:00.000-07:00

Hello!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

I just wanted to let you know that in case you are in Mill Valley, CA tomorrow, be sure and stop in at Maison Reve....

Yasmine McGrane is holding a french flea market today, Saturday, November 5th, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

I had planned on sharing images of some of my favorite items I have found at Maison Reve over the years, and unfortunately blogger isn't cooperating with me tonight.....

I will post those images in the near future...

This french farmhouse door I used in my autumn inspired french farmhouse table post is one of my favorite Maison Reve finds....

I converted the door into a table top by placing it on some vintage french saw horses I found at a flea market.

This is one of the easiest ways to make a unique one of a kind table....

And you won't even need to get out a drill....

I also use this table in my house in an area of my living room that I converted into my work studio.

I have found so many great french architectural items at Maison Reve...

If you don't live in northern CA then you can still shop Maison Reve via the internet....

Maison Reve

I hope you enjoy your weekend....

Take Care,

Maria

Dreamy Whites Online~Shop