...missing you terribly my dears!

 

 

 

 

i'm trying to find my way back

truly i am

 

~ but ~

 

fluffin' this nest has been taking everything i've got!!

 

top

to

b

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t

t

o

m

 

my wand has touched it all...

 

i started with the worst room in the house:

the kitchen

 

my mom suggested i take before photo's

i. did. not.

i was too mortified,

as you can not

~i repeat~

CAN NOT

even imagine how hideous it was!!

 

the walls and cupboards were SHINY brown

and the counter tops were,

are you ready for this?

yellow!!

bleahk!!!

 

the previous tenants did their worst,

so to speak,

on maintaining this home.

hence my long absence

 

yes my loves,

it has been a challenge!

the walls were washed with a "silver lining" blue

and the counter tops were painted

with krylon's counter top paint in dove grey

aahhhhhh

serenity is bliss!!

 

 

 

 

what you are seeing here is my kitchen window

the lighting is terrible.

we are on a wooded lot and sunlight is scarce:(

so sparkle and shine was absolutely necessary in my makeover...

i started with the sheerest cotton organdy fabric

i could get my hands on,

and spun them into these "cupcake" window ruffles

(don't you love the sound of that??!) 

i wanted light dancing off of the walls

and in order to do that

you need crystal!

i searched hi and lo for a small crystal pedant light to no avail

soooo,

i whipped one up!

this WAS a crystal candlestick votive

(wink, wink)

and with my handy dandy dremel tool,

and a polished silver pendant kit,

it became this!

 

 

 

 

i love the dancing light sparkles that it produces!!

 

now,

this is by far

the smallest kitchen i have lived with

and cupboards are scarce here too

~but~

i need beauty!!

so off came a door

and faux bead board wallpaper went up

along with a light on a dimmer switch,

added two glass shelves

and crystal prisms to a piece of metal stamping

and voila!!

 

 

 

 

somewhere to put my beautiful bubble glasses!!

 

 

 

 

and this fabo "silver lining" inspiration holder from a kindred soul

is showcased oh-so-lovely now,

between two silk ribbon wrapped candles...

 

 

 

 

i have a slight obsession for iridescent bubble glasses

they make anything fizzy simply magical!!

 

 

 

 

the center room light throws delightful shadows on the ceiling

casting away any residual "eewness" from what it once was...

 

 

 

 

as i find the time,

i will be back to share the other magical things going on

in the land of odds...

 

 

 

 

and hopefully you will be inspired

to wave YOUR magic wand

wherever you are

as you can make it beautiful too

even if it's temporary!!

 

 

 

 

be good to yourselves my dears...

 

next time,

i'll show you just what IS

a "looking glass" chalkboard!!

 

 

 

 

until then

 

hug,

hug,

kiss, kiss!!

 

 

here's to silver linings and all things sparkly!

 

...things of fairy dust, decorating and silver linings

...hello dear readers

sometimes in life,

i find it useful,

to carry a few shiny bits of magic around with me

for those occasional moments,

that sneak up and try to steal my joy away!

aaahhh ~

yah no!

"NOT today!!"

i say, as i toss a bit of fairy dust in the air!

this is my mantel

~ i put up a grey linen/vintage bit of irish lace backdrop

because,

long pause......

deep breath

(and even then, i hesitate to tell you)

but

this is just our temp abode!!

(yes, we are seeking a house ~ STILL!)

so needless to say,

if i had my druthers

(does anyone say this anymore??!)

 my wall colors would be more along this line...

as we are only here until july-ish,

i have no extra energy to paint it!

(what's that you say??)

((you think i'm a nomad??!!))

(((yes,

yes my dears,

it IS beginning to appear as such)))

HA!!

but on this journey to my most authentic self,

it is simply a must

A MUST!

i tell you,

to remain open to the twists and turns in life

for i have found,

those turns do have a purpose...

so i adorn my spaces,

for however long,

as best as i can...

with things that i find beauty in,

and fill in the rest with as much love as i am able

i recently read somewhere

something that struck a cord with me

 and made me throw my head back in laughter...

would you like to hear?!

well then,

here.

it.

is.

be the kind of woman

that when your feet hit the floor each morning

the devil says:
"Oh Crap, She's up!"

i know right?

~ AWESOME ~

i read this as the kind of woman i want to be!

which in no means is as a negative woman

but instead,

a woman that is strong in her soul

that knows that with those glorious rainbows

that also,

the storms will come

but

she can deal with it graciously and she won't fall over!!

i believe that at the end of every challenging road,

there stands a silver lining...

if you give up,

you will never see it!

but if you keep on,

you may see a glimpse of heaven...

my heart is broken in many places

and i wouldn't trade it in for a new one if i had too!!

would you?!

i have earned those cracks

and it is my hope

that through those cracks,

you can see a lovely light within me...

and perhaps, my whimsy:)

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here's to silver linings!