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I can't believe school starts here in two weeks!  It's going to be hard to get some crafting in during that time so forgive me if I don't post a lot and don't get a chance to visit.  Once the kiddos are back in school, I'll have more time to whip up some fall pieces like these.
 
Yup, these are Starbucks coffee bottles.  A lot of fun to envision but kind of a pain to paint.  I had to break out the newspaper, painter's tape and paint brushes for these.  Way too much work for me.  I'm more of a spray-it-once-or-twice-and-it's-done kind of gal.
 
But I have been wanting to make something like this all summer.  First I started by doing the coat of white paint.  Then I moved onto the orange.  Those two coats were done with spray paint.  Since I didn't have yellow spray paint, I had to hand-paint the bottoms. 
They are a little sloppy in some areas but overall, you get the idea.  Plus the black tea-stained seam binding hides a gap and an oopsie or two.

I plan on using these as candle holders for October.  Okay, probably September.  Yes, I'm one of those people who starts their fall decorating right after Labor Day.

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Have you seen H&M's new home collection?????  I'm swooning over here as I try to decide what I'm going to get first.
Photo courtesy of H&M

Love these pillowcases for the bedroom.  It'd be great if they came with matching sheets, but for $5.95, I don't mind!

Photo courtesy of H&M

These storage baskets are super cute and under $15 each.  I love their Pottery Barn-ish look minus the hefty price tag.  You could use them for so many different things.
Photo courtesy of H&M

This fab pillow is linen but I love the grainsack look it has to it.

Photo courtesy of H&M

I'm in need of a new shower curtain and this pink ruffled one is perfect!  My Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic white ruffled one is from Target and is quite a few years old.  And it was a bit pricier if I remember correctly.

H&M really put together a fabulous home collection!  The best part?  A lot of the pieces are $25 and under.  What will you find??????

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Imagine my surprise last week when a writer from the New York Daily News contacted me after she saw the Jane Austen tags in my Etsy shop.
She was doing a piece on the new Austenland movie and wanted to chat about "Janeiacs."  We talked about the movies, the books and of course some of the Jane items in my shop - all images courtesy of the Graphics Fairy.

The article came out today and you can find it here!

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Can you believe I'm still working on pieces that I picked up at AmVets a week ago?!  This is the wood caddy that I got there that originally came from Michael's.  It was pink and had the word spring on both sides.  Here it is now:
I gave it a couple of coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue.  I popped over to The Graphics Fairy to pick some French text I could quickly add to the front of it.

Using graphite paper, I carefully traced it on.  Then I sanded it down a bit so it looked a bit aged.
 
It's holding some faux cotton stalks I got from Decor Steals last week.  I haven't found a place for her yet and I'm still figuring out what I'm going to display inside.

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Yes, I know I'm incredibly early for fall, but I just couldn't resist making some shabby fabric pumpkins this morning.
I've been seeing them all over Pinterest and they are just so darn cute that I couldn't resist.
I used some fabric pieces that I had stashed in my craft room for over a year (one of the benefits of never throwing stuff out!).  I used some tea-stained seam binding a French fabric tag for this one.
 
I used cinnamon sticks and a regular stick for each of the stubs.  This one has a hand-stamped fall tag and some raffia ribbon. 
 
This one has a hand-stamped pumpkin tag and tea-stained seam binding.
 
I think I'm addicted and it's not even September yet!

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Just some quickie makeovers for White Wednesday.
Drawing inspiration from Petite Michelle Louise, I turned an ordinary ceramic canister (from AmVets) into a Frenchie piece.
 
I simply printed off the image onto label paper, peeled and stuck!  Super duper easy.  What's nice is, when I get bored with that image, I can just stick on another one.
 
This little flower frog I picked up at a garage sale over the weekend.  It was a whopping 50 cents and was originally black.
 
Here's how it looks after a few coats of white spray paint.  I also added some French book paper - after making it a little grungy with Distressed Ink - to each square.  And stuck a French flashcard inside.

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