Have you seen these super cute dairy bottles at Michael's? I picked up two of them when I was last there. I gave one a couple of coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint earlier this week. I sanded it in random spots for an aged look and added a little lait (French for milk) tag using baker's twine. I'm going to paint the second one white as well. And if I recall correctly, the bottles...
After seeing and reading so much about Jeanne D'Arc Living magazine in the blogosphere, I finally bought an issue off of eBay. Boy, oh boy, am I hooked! Yup, I've already bought three issues. The magazine costs $13.95 a pop (I look for sellers on both eBay and Etsy offering free or cheap shipping). Ordinarily a bit pricey for me but my theory is they provide tons of inspiration and I will likely hold on to them...
I picked up a four-pack of these mini wood easels last week at Michael's. I broke out some chalk paint and gave each a few coats. When that was dry, I flipped through my stash of vintage French book paper. I cut the pages into little slivers - just big enough to fit on the ledge of each easel, and distressed them a bit. The perfect size for displaying trinkets and little works of...
(Image courtesy of the36thavenue.com) Wishing all of my bloggy friends a safe and happy Independence Day! Jeanine ...
Remember my nest frame a few days ago? Here is the sister frame, done up in all its Jeanne D'Arc-inspired best. As with the first frame, I gave this one a few coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint. I, again, added some vintage sheet music as my backdrop. All of the images are from The Graphics Fairy. I added some faux flowers tied with twine to the bottom and a French enamel number tag to...
