Fab Finds!

Bon Jour ! How are you all this weekend? I hope full and happy , I know I love Turkey dinner, it was my Grammas favorite dish , my moms too! Runs in the family :) Here are a few pretties I painted and made for the website. This fab pediment has a plate groove at top for plate display. I love painting and was ready to fill this pediment up with sweet roses. Take a minute to visit Paris Rags Blog to see pics of our Flea Market Show! Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs, Kimberly

ENCHANTING!

This is a sweet shelf I just finished ...it's so sweet I love it. My husband made the shelf from my sketches of an old 1800's shelf I fell in love with. Were busy getting ready for our Mount Dora Extravaganza, this time we will have much more than last year I'm exited mainly to set up and soon as 10 am strikes I'm on the field hunting for treasures while hubby mans the Tent LOL! Happy weekend everyone. If you don't know what the extravaganza is, here is the link for the Renningers Antique fair in beautiful historical Mount Dora, Fl . I love the town is so sweet and full of antiques and Bed & Breakfast Inns.

Sweet Treasures & Contest Re-Do

My facination with little nests and eggs continues.....You can see my pretty Contest Re-do in my last post, it came out so pretty! I love the vintage spools of thread with old lace and burlap, they are so sweet. If you have been keeping up with my ParisRags blog, you'll know we are getting ready for The Mount Dora Extravaganza November 20-23 I hope you will come visit, our text this year will be so beautiful I can't wait! Thanks so much for stopping by,,,I always love comments if you have a second, hope you all are happy and well, Hugs, Kimberly

ohhh Lala Contest! UPDATE 10/31

AFTER!!! I had so much fun with the different shades of blue, and did a Verdigris patina on the scroll work and crevices , the sweet little birds nest is divine I love it! As you know I have a love of nests' and little birdies. Go to Fifi's blog to see all the amazing makeovers, I hope I will be in the top 14 ! Wish me luck!!

BEFORE PICS

I'm so exited to take part in Fifi's contest, I'll be redoing a old sewing cabinet that is in pretty bad condition right now, I cant wait to finish it and show you all the results at the end of the contest. You all can join in too, hurry it ends Oct 31st ,it will be thrilling to see all the finished pieces, Fifi's link is up on my sidebar , wish me luck!!

Marie Antoinette

Here is a lovley vintage italian box I dedicated to Queen Marie, it came out so pretty! I hate painting over the antique gold patina's so this was fitting for a Marie piece. It's amazing how her lifestyle inspired so many beautiful creations. I recently saw an amazing fan created with Marie images, i'll have to find it again, just crazy beautiful. Hope all of you are getting some cooler weather, were still in a hot box here in Florida! Wish you all a lovely week ahead! Hugs, Kimberly

Mary Travers, 1936-2009

Mary Travers, 1936-2009, originally uploaded by Roadsidepictures.

So sorry to hear of Mary;s passing, she had a beautiful voice....Growing up Peter , paul &Mary were a big part of our life. Dad played guitar and always sang their songs. Dad took me to see them quite a few years back, they were great. Well miss your beautiful voice!

Summer Greetings!

Hi there! Been a while since my last post, life is so whirlwind isn't it? I managed to finish some projects as seen in the photos, a Cottage bench, wash stand, and vintage pillar column. They all came out so pretty! Other than painting, just sewing, cleaning and some home improvements, as always. I did get a new cell phone this week a razr, I wanted a blackberry but at 500 that was out of my budget range, but the razr is great too, I can get my email and go web surfing, I'm so happy about that! As they say your Always Connected ! That's me now, I guess....I had grand plans of finishing my book this summer but I'm only one woman so not sure when exactly. We have plans for a DVD ( Learning how to paint roses) Part of a book and DVD collection, Paint your "Art" Out ! My new book Title is Embellish Your "Art" Out! The DVD is nerve racking since I'm not a fan of being on camera, Yikes. I'm not teaching one stroke, but my different techniques I've learned after 12 years of oil painting. These projects will be finished soon, I'm hopeful....Since I home school I have to work around that schedule , Micayla is now in 6Th grade, so lots of science projects this year. Have a happy rest of summer , make every minute count!! Hugs , Kimberly