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teacher, crafter, reader, cook,
and sometime gardener.
Did I mention I love coffee?Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.comBlogger561125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-25914415564006305572015-07-29T23:54:00.001-07:002015-07-29T23:54:03.758-07:00Have You Entered My Mason Jar Giveaway?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a $10 Starbucks Gift Cart<br /><br />And<br />this cute towel set from Target?</td></tr>
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<br />Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-7200234053832354732015-07-27T10:46:00.003-07:002015-07-27T10:46:44.976-07:00It's Stripping Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> know. It sounds wrong. But it's really <b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">FURNITURE</span></i></b> stripping day!</div>
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1. <span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>his slant top desk I picked up this weekend for my Baby Bee. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> wish I could just slap some chalk paint on this cutie and be done with it, but the black paint is bubbled and just pretty nasty, so I'm going to strip it. Who knows? I might just leave it with a wood finish instead of painting it. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span>ong story short - or as best as this verbose bee can make it. I bought this pine table unfinished but wanted a wax finish for it. Now wax finishes were not as popular then (about 13-14 years ago) and I was a bit chicken so I had an unfinished furniture store wax it for me. It looked gorgeous on the pine sample they had. When I went to pick it up, it was so grayish. I hated it! (Now, of course, I would love it.) I asked what can we do to make it look more "honey" and they said they could stain and poly over the wax finish. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>ell, yes, I do believe you can do that. However, that process sucks! It started chipping immediately and showing the wax finish underneath. I've finally had enough and I'm going to try stripping it back to the wax finish. I have no idea if this is going to work. It could end up being a huge disaster. </div>
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Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-43008351947120552172015-07-22T05:30:00.000-07:002015-07-22T05:30:00.696-07:00A Few Sneak Peeks at the Craft Studio<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span> still have some finishing touches (er, projects, really) to do. For example, this little black bookcase is going to get a paint job, but it's doing the job right now.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span> pulled in this wicker chair from the Girls' Clubhouse and put a cute pillow I bought from Amy at <a href="http://sointovintage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Into Vintage</a> several years ago in as a seat cushion. I am on the lookout for a soft cushiony chair, but this works for now.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">T</span>his was our china cabinet I painted a few years ago. You can read all about it <a href="http://sweetbeecottage.blogspot.com/2010/09/are-you-green-with-envy.html" target="_blank">here</a>. It is so cute in here. And it's filled with a ton of paper mache. I didn't realize how much of it I had picked up for crafting until I put it all in one spot. Eventually I want to paint this a brighter green, but it works for now. It's just so nice to have a space for all my things. (And did you notice the galvanized bench? That's for another project.)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span> painted one whole wall with chalkboard paint. Now this is a project. I need to rub the whole wall with white chalk before I can draw anything on it. I am not looking forward to it. Baby Bee has promised to help me with it. Or maybe she just nodded at me when she had her headphones on. Same thing, right? I really should change Baby Bee's name now that she's 14. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">H</span>ere's a bit of the worktable. It's a door. Yep. You read that right. You don't need new glasses. It's a plain old $20 slab door. I covered it with something special though. And....you can get some too. Go check out <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/modernjune?ref=ss_profile%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20?ref=ss_items" target="_blank">etsy</a> or <a href="http://modernjune.com/" target="_blank">ModernJune</a>. It took 4 1/2 yards to cover the door. I love it! So easy to clean and so cheery!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">T</span>his was originally under the table, but I needed another surface to put things on, so I pulled it out. I'm using an awesome upcycled/repurposed tray thingie. When I am all done, I'll show you another picture. (tons of pictures, I'm sure)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">F</span>or now, this is my work chair. I like it, but, I think I need to have the Fabulous Phyllis make a slipcover for it! The guest room had about 40,000 Mary Engelbreit pillows on the guest bed, but I just couldn't keep them all. However this cutie is staying. One of my favorite Mary Engelbreit illustrations.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">T</span>his is so exciting to me. I got almost all of it organized last night and I was so excited about the projects I am going to make in it that I could hardly fall asleep!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A</span>nd....have you entered my giveaway? All you need to do is leave a comment on that blog post. Why you can find it by clicking <a href="http://sweetbeecottage.blogspot.com/2015/07/its-time-fora-giveaway.html" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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For your delight my giveaway includes a cute World Market set of Mason Jar measuring cups, an equally adorable World Market set of Mason Jar measuring spoons, a mason jar towel, and a Starbucks gift card!</div>
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I'll be sharing my brand spankin' new craft studio soon! </div>
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<br />Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-23415523133182223522015-06-29T20:09:00.003-07:002015-06-29T20:09:46.542-07:00Just Two More Days at Paint Chip City....<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ren't they purty???<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (The paint chips I mean...although I do like those outdoor poufs a lot too.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">T</span>he big news is that in just two more days we start the conversion of the guest room into the craft studio. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> recently got an email from the <a href="http://chairish.com/">Chairish.com</a> site to participate in a style challenge - a Mix'n'Chic Style Challenge! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> thought, sure, why not? It might be fun......and it was!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Y</span>ou might be aware <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tongue firmly in cheek)</span> that I'm going beachy in my cottage with aqua, greens, blues, whites, and natural textures and I found several perfect items on the <a href="https://www.chairish.com/style/shabby-chic" target="_blank">Chairish.com Shabby Chic Category</a> that I thought would go together great!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>o......here is my first style board.....evah!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> was asked to use items from their <a href="https://www.chairish.com/collection/vintage-furniture?styles=Shabby+Chic" target="_blank">Shabby Chic category</a>, specifically eight pieces, and I found this fabulous china hutch that was my inspiration piece.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>hen I started poking around in the entire Shabby Chic section and I found this great table and industrial cabinet. I'm a big fan of mixing a little cottage, a little industrial, and a lot beachy together. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd this industrial cabinet is just as it was found <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and, bummer, it has already sold)</span> and I thought it would make a great bar cabinet. Such a great color! I love finding something you can use in a new way. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span>or seating I just love metal garden chairs - almost talked Worker Bee into getting some on clearance at World Market last summer, but he just rolled his eyes at me. Sometimes you have to go with your gut and not push it with my poor husband. Maybe someday he'll come around. Anyway, I digress <span style="font-size: x-small;">(such a perfect word for my blogging style</span>). </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> found these fabulous aqua chairs at Dot & Bo. Perfect for my casual beachy vibe I was going for on my first evah style board. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> A</span>nd, of course, you need to have an area rug for your dining room! What could be more perfect than seagrass? Why, it even has "sea" in it!<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (although, truth be told, I would probably go with a synthetic seagrass rug because they are so easy to maintain and clean)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span>TW, I just told Worker Bee I had finally decided what color I wanted to paint the dining room chairs and he said, "What? You're painting those?" Clearly he does not listen when I am going on and on about what I would like to do. Probably a wise choice on his part. But I've already gotten clearance from my mom <span style="font-size: x-small;">(aka Sewing Bee)</span> to paint them since they were originally hers, so it's a go. Oh, and I want to paint them aqua! I know! You're shocked! Pick yourself up off the floor. You had to know it was coming. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(And, Worker Bee? While I'm at it I'm recovering the seats too - with drop cloth! Hope that got your attention!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd, you know I could add more to this, (oh Lord, Worker Bee and Baby Bee know for sure how much more I could add to anything) but I kept it simple, as if it were for somebody else. Somebody who likes things clean and neat and not a bit cluttered like I do. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>houghts, people? Yes, you, with your hand raised??? Just kidding dear friends! I wouldn't call you out like that. A little teacher on summer vacation humor! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>hanks for buzzing by! </div>
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Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-87817198150993999122015-06-24T05:00:00.000-07:002015-06-24T05:00:03.191-07:00A Simple Idea...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> live in a part of California that is very hot in the summer. This makes for delicious peaches and plums and nectarines and almonds and grapes and raisins and more. This however means if I leave a candle outside, it's a goner, for sure. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>owever, I've learned a little trick. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>ave you ever seen these kind of candles in the grocery store? Lately, I've found ones that are just plain with no religious images. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Worker Bee assures me that we are not being sacrilegious if there aren't pictures of Jesus on them.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd guess what? They survive some of the harshest temperatures ever! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(And they're only $1.99 each.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd don't they look lovely in these star lanterns Worker Bee got me for Valentine's Day? (He got them at Target and they can still be found there in the Smith and Hawken section.)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>ould you like to come out and sit under the stars (or right next to them) and chat? Wouldn't that be fun? We can have a nice iced latte or perhaps an icy cocktail!</div>
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Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-8758305506303127282015-06-23T04:30:00.000-07:002015-06-23T04:30:01.095-07:00Those Summer Plans….<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> am feeling very ambitious this summer. Very ambitious. Probably to the point where I will<br />
over-promise and under-deliver. But, I like to put these ideas out there and let them percolate for awhile <span style="font-size: x-small;">(in other words, get Worker Bee used to the idea)</span>, ruminate on them, and then execute.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>o. What are my plans?</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1.</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span>inish the Girls Clubhouse OR turn it back into my Potting Shed.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span>efore Baby Bee came along our house came with a playhouse. Very simply built and we almost didn't keep it, but the idea of using it as a potting shed grew on me and, in fact, it was my potting shed until Baby Bee was about 3 or 4. At that point it became her playhouse. A few summers ago we had big plans to convert it into a clubhouse for Baby Bee and her friends to hang out in. But they don't really go outside much when they are here or they just hang on the patio. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>o, I'm thinking about turning it back into MY Potting Shed. I've got some galvanized things I would love to put in there, plus reuse a lot of what we put in there for the clubhouse. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hat are the chances I get this done? About 50/50.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. C</span>hange the Guest Room into Sweet Bee's Studio. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> think our guest room is a very cute and charming room with it's vintage plaid and sort of cabiny vibe, but it serves two masters - neither one of them very well. It's also where I store all my craft supplies. Worker Bee has already agreed to this change (and we can use Baby Bee's room for guests if need be and put her in the living room or studio to sleep - she's young - she can take it). In fact, I went on a road trip to IKEA and bought quite a few of the supplies/pieces needed for this conversion. However, it hasn't been tackled yet, because we need to completely empty out that room and PURGE! Oh Lordy, do we need to purge. Okay. I need to purge. Not a weekend project and not one I want to live with for several weeks as I work on it during the school year. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span>hances of this being my first project and the one I definitely complete? VERY HIGH.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>t's been a few summers since we did this and I really loved it at the time, but it's just a little too dark for my beachy summer look I'm dreaming of. The walls need to be repainted (they are currently a lovely mocha color) and the furniture we painted black now needs to be white or apple green or something more cheerful. This will be a pretty simple project because I know what I want to do and I just need to do it. Plus I'm pretty good at purging in there because it is so small and we have VERY limited closet space. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> do need to get a bedspread or dust ruffle/coverlet, some new lampshades, and I would love to find a comfy reading chair for the room <span style="font-size: x-small;">(or clothes piling on chair - you know how that goes)</span> but I pretty much know what I want to do so it's just a matter of getting it all put together.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd the chances of finishing this little dream? Pretty good - better then the potting shed, but not as good as the craft studio.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>e bought our little cottage in 1997 and wallpapered shortly after we moved in - and I ADORED the wallpaper then. The kitchen is a Waverly vintage cherry look and the bathroom is a gorgeous bright floral - all bright blues and greens and reds and yellows with white backgrounds. But I am done with them. DONE I TELL YOU! (I keep telling myself and my husband and other people and yet I still haven't done anything about it.) I am going to look for someone to strip it for us and prep the walls and then we will paint. I think we haven't done it because we DREAD the idea of stripping the wallpaper. I think I would rather stick an icepick in my eye then strip wallpaper. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Any my sincere apologies if I've brought up painful memories for any of you who have stabbed yourself in the eye with an icepick.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>here are many other projects we need to do with the bathroom/kitchen, but those are going to have to wait for a while. In the meantime, I have to --- <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>I HAVE TO</b></i></span> --- make that kitchen reflect my current aesthetic. Somehow. Some way. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span>hances of getting this job done? VERY GOOD, if I can find someone to strip the wallpaper at a reasonable price. And….I have no idea what a reasonable price might be. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. R</span>eplacing the bookshelf under the living room/sun room connecting window with a set of bench drawers <span style="font-size: x-small;">(or would it be drawered benches?)</span> that will be a long banquette kind of thing in the sunroom for the dining table. Similar to this picture.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>ere's what it looks like now. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>gain - it was perfect when the sunroom was like a little family room, but when we kicked the dining room out there so we could have a library, it didn't quite work for me anymore. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(yes, I used the pronoun me, not us, because frankly these are all my ideas and Worker Bee is just along for the ride</span>). That room was so cute - I had it filled with bent willow chairs and tables, a cute tan and green striped couch and floral pillows and the bookcase was filled with books. Didn't have a blog then, so I never really took pictures of it - or if I do they are in another project box - so you will just have to trust me.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd will I actually get this project done? The odds are on this one are the lowest because Worker Bee is not on board. He is worried that one day we will have a very entertaining dinner party and someone will throw their head back in laughter and go right through the window and die. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(He can be such a party pooper.) </span> But I have gently reminded him that we have the same set up in the kitchen and no one has found us to be so hilarious that they have thrown their head back into the window and shattered the glass and died. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">P</span>lease wish me luck on at least getting the craft studio done! I'm itching to make some things and I don't want to start if I know I'm tearing the room apart!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>hanks for buzzing by for a visit! It's always so nice to know you stopped by. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>o I played with dishes in the backyard!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> saw on Instagram there was a #summerdesignchallenge for a garden party and I thought it would be fun to play along. Of course, I missed the deadline, but oh well, I had fun and I took enough pics to share with you!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> started with this table runner I picked up at Home Goods earlier in the spring. It's perfect for where I'm heading with my sunroom/dining room. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>e have my parents old chippy picnic table and I love the way it looks. However, Worker Bee is fed up with it. He is worried about ingesting paint chips. I told him it's good for the digestion, but he disagrees. I just might have to repaint it this summer. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd I am such a rotten friend. I texted pictures of my little imaginary garden party to my friends teaching summer school. Don't worry, I promised to have them over for a nice garden luncheon.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">O</span>ver Memorial Day weekend, I met up with the ever so talented More Creative Bee to start planning our fair tables and trees and whatnot.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span>ucky for us….Glorious Junk Days was just a few blocks away from where we always do our planning (it's always Panera Bread - great inspiration spot) and I just have to share with you one of the best finds ever!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">N</span>ah! It's not this great bread box! (Although I DO love it. Twice the size of my old one from World Market – of course – and it's a fun beachy blue.) I'm pretty sure this is not vintage, although it's got that great vintage style.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hat I did find and what I wish I'd splurged on are these whimsical (you know I such a sucker for whimsy) and quirky (seriously, quirky too? how can I possibly resist - I even named my iPod Quirky Tunes) ROBOTS!</div>
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(And maybe a bit creeped out by a few too - I was so fascinated by them. I hung out at the booth for quite awhile, but I WAS NOT acting creepy.)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Y</span>ou know you're charmed, right? Who can resist a strawberry robot?</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span>an you see the kitty and its mouse? I mean c'mon! Robots that amuse you! I love folk art that just charms you!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd this interesting one was the one I couldn't take my eyes off of. I like it and then I'm creeped out a bit by it and then I like it again!</div>
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<a href="http://www.owbots.com/" target="_blank">owbots.com</a></div>
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you can find their etsy store here…</div>
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you can find some of their creations here on…..</div>
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And, by the way…it's been a pretty stressful school year. But….it's almost over! I hope to visit with you a bit more now that there's only 7 more days of school!!! (Can I hear an alleluia?)</div>
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My last post was about inspiration for my future craft studio.</div>
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Here is what it looks like now.</div>
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It's sort of cabin-y, rustic and has always been one of my favorite rooms. I used to have a wing chair in there for sitting and reading, but we moved it to the library and slipcovered it in white denim. I'm on the hunt for another one though, because I think a room for inspiration should have a comfy little reading spot. </div>
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The new space will be bright and colorful and those barn reds will be going away. I'm going to miss them though. The walls will no longer be grocery bag brown. Well, that's what we called that color. </div>
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I really don't want to get rid of them. But I don't think they'll quite fit in the new room. Hmmm…..Baby Bee is a few years away from going to college. Maybe I'll save them for when her room becomes the new guest room. (It was the old guest room before she was born. It was cute too and cabin-y. I had two beds with white coverlets and red plaid dust ruffles and shams. Somewhere I have pictures of it. I'll have to find those someday.)</div>
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One of my favorite things in here are the curtains and the "rods." </div>
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I bought those two bent willow fence pieces to use as headboards in the old guest room (before Baby Bee was born) but when that room became her nursery, I just couldn't part with them. Sound like a familiar theme? The chambray curtains I think I picked up at Target, but then never really used them. Then one day, the inspiration fairy came for a visit and she made me think I could use those fence pieces as a valance and then tie the curtains onto them. Seriously. That is one of my favorite things and it will not be going away.</div>
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Did you notice the duck phone? When it rings it goes, "Wank, wank, wank, wank…….wank, wank, wank, wank." Frankly, it scares the (you fill in the blank) out of folks who aren't expiating it.</div>
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(Well you will now since I just put a picture here.) When Worker Bee and I were first married and we lived in two bedroom apartments, the second bedroom was always an office. This was in the early 1990s and Worker Bee decided he wanted a duck theme in there. We even found a wing chair in hunter green (remember, it was the early 90s) with embroidered ducks on it. In fact, it's the other wing chair in our library that's also covered with a denim slipcover. (Don't tell anyone, but Worker Bee thinks ducks will come back in fashion one day and he'll get his duck chair back. Ha! Ha! Ha!)</div>
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Eventually I will find a bigger china cabinet for out in the sunroom/dining room to store my dish hoard and when that happens, the old china cabinet will come live in the studio. </div>
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(True story - in one of Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion issues they used this same armoire for one of the cutest cottages ever and I was obsessed with getting one. I believe it was from Wal-Mart. Worker Bee went to every Wal-Mart in the valley trying to find one of these for me. Isn't he a sweetheart? So. Maybe I can't get rid of this piece. Too much sentimental value. I originally used it in the kitchen to put the microwave in and the dream machine and other kitchen supplies. It was great! Wow! That was a very long parenthetical passage!)</div>
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So. Now you know the story of the guest room/craft studio. </div>
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This is going to be fun! </div>
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Worker Bee and I have been talking. That's a good thing.</div>
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We have a guest room that has also been functioning as a part-time crafts studio. I love the room, but it doesn't quite function completely as either room. </div>
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So, Worker Bee and I have been talking. Okay, I might have been doing most of the talking but he nodded in agreement. </div>
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We are going to turn the guest room into a full time craft studio! YIPPEE!</div>
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I am so glad I picked up a copy of this magazine 'cause it has provided some SERIOUS inspiration.</div>
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In particular, this little work table set up is perfect for my little room.</div>
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This studio used this set of drawers from Ikea…</div>
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a hollow core door…….</div>
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The project will get underway during our Spring Break. That is if I can talk Worker Bee into that road trip. There might have to be some serious bribery involved. </div>
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I am so obsessed with my beachy colors these days. </div>
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I was just innocently entering the shipping information for a recent etsy sale and I decided I needed to search for aqua/turquoise pottery while I was there. </div>
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And, of course, I found something.</div>
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The real McCoy, you know.</div>
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Should be here in a few days! Can't wait!</div>
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Wanna' see what else I found?</div>
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So, what random things do you search for on etsy?</div>
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Thanks for buzzing in! Such a delight to see you!</div>
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P.S. And thank you so much for your kind words from my last post. That's one of the things I love about this community!<br />
P.P.S. I bought the basket weave McCoy planters, but the rest are available on etsy…….for now…..</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>P</b></span>lease go about your business and let's just all pretend that I've been posting projects and recipes and ideas here regularly, okay? That way I can lift my head out of the deep pit of blogger shame I am in.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>F</b></span>irst, my little cottage was built in 1951 (and I wish Chip and JoJo could work a bit of their magic on my kitchen/bathroom/living room/etc.) and my cute (but kinda' dated) kitchen has vintage pine wood paneling along some of the walls. Why am I telling you this and what does it have to do with an estate sale? Well, we went to the cutest little cottage - and it made my house feel like a mansion - on the second day and almost every wonderful bit of vintage fun had been picked over and sold off. But the intrepid Worker Bee and I ventured into the garage which was filled with a lot of junk (as garages tend to do) but for some reason I looked down and found some cut pieces of this same gorgeous pine paneling that we have in our house. (btw, ours is painted white) </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I</b></span> knew I had at last found the perfect piece of wood for a project I've had in the back of my head for many years. Do you ever have something like that happen? Just all of a sudden the pieces fall in place and it's like something you'd totally forgotten about suddenly is solved!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Y</b></span>ou see, a few years ago, like maybe ten, Worker Bee and I had gone to that gorgeous town of Carmel and I had found these three milagros in a charming little shop. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Y</b></span>ou can just imagine the glee I felt when I saw this piece and how it connected to what we already had in our house and how I finally had the piece of wood that had the right character for my sweet milagros. I bought every piece they had (which was 4) and I paid $2 for all of them! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>P.S. </b></span> Cute indigo washi tape from a flash steal from <a href="http://decorsteals.com/" target="_blank">Decor Steals</a>! I LOVE them! </div>
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<br />Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-43133219978204629472014-12-13T09:30:00.000-08:002014-12-13T09:30:01.061-08:00Have You Ever?<div style="text-align: center;">
Have you ever found an etsy shop where you LOVE everything the seller makes???</div>
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Well, my dear friends, I have found one! I am in LOVE! (Shhhh…..what Worker Bee doesn't know can't hurt him, right?)</div>
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So. I have to share this with you. </div>
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First things first. The name of the shop is – <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SlippinSouthern" target="_blank">Slippin' Southern</a>.</div>
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I'm not sure I've mentioned before, but both my grannies were from the south, so I do feel like I have a few southern sensibilities, although I dare not claim to be a real southerner. </div>
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Enough of that. </div>
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Let's get down to business and look at the fun and whimsical pretties!</div>
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Santa grabbed my attention first...</div>
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and then there was another one….</div>
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and another one….</div>
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and found a couple more signs there that I might not be able to live without.</div>
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And then I had to check out the beach department…</div>
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and found more treasures to drool over.</div>
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And then I had to check out the kitschy department (cause I love me some kitsch)…</div>
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I have a thing for giant flatware. </div>
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But no need to worry about me. </div>
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I can't be the only one with a thing for giant flatware, right? </div>
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Right??? </div>
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And then there was the Southern charm department….</div>
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and how am I going to resist this jadeite hobnail cake plate??? </div>
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I can't even begin to add up how much all of these things would cost, </div>
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but a bee can buzz, </div>
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Well, you'll be the first one to know when I do get one of these fun folk art pieces!</div>
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Thanks for buzzing along with me! </div>
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Always a treat to see you!</div>
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So, I promised you more pictures from the Big County Fair and I know you've all been waiting for the with bated breath. Whew! You can breathe now. ;)</div>
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Let's start off with the table the More Creative Bee created. </div>
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MCB (as I like to call her) works for our county mental health department and she wanted to tie her table into both the fair theme (Locally Grown Fun) and Each Mind Matters and an Art Hop that showcased the art of people who have been involved with the county services. </div>
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Funny! We didn't really talk about it too much, but we ended up going with the same color schemes! (Great minds, you know the drill!)</div>
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Table 2 today was this adorable Cowboy Barbecue!</div>
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Trimmed with bandanas and burlap.</div>
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Table 3 for today is this adorable breakfast table! I wish the pictures had turned out better cause some of them were so cute. But you do what you can do the County Fair Picture Police are making sure you don't get any pics of the other tables?</div>
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Isn't this the cutest quilt? I love the combination of white and red dishes, red flatware, and the vintage accessories - like the milk bottle, coffee percolator, and salt and pepper set.</div>
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Wouldn't you have a chipper day if this was where you ate breakfast???</div>
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Table number 4 was a sweet little Christmas tea table.</div>
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There's Paddington!!! Did you know there was a new Paddington Bear movie coming out soon? Just saw a preview of it - not sure if I like the animated Paddington or not.</div>
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And finally, Table 6 for today (and the last one) had a Downton Abby theme.</div>
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She told us she'd been doing these table settings for about 20 years. MCB and I were like, wow, and then we realized we've been doing this for about 15 years! 15 years?!? Crazy how long we've done this. Baby Bee wasn't even born yet when we did our first table.</div>
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Now I have to leave you with a picture from MY favorite table setting - my own!</div>
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And I can't wait to share with you some of the Christmas doings over here at Sweet Bee Cottage!</div>
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No. Not that kind of catsup! </div>
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Did you miss it? You know, the annual posting of all the table from the county fair? Were you looking for it in October and I let you down? Well, I'm here to rectify that RIGHT NOW!</div>
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The More Creative Bee and I bounced ideas off of each other this year, but we mostly did our own tables this year. For my theme this year I went with - don't be shocked here - a Beach theme. (I know, pick yourself up off the floor. I'm nothing if not consistent with my obsessions.)</div>
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I started with a burlap tablecloth that we have used several times at the Big County Fair.</div>
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My mom, the Sewing Bee, was a sweetie and sewed up the napkins for me. She even sewed a few extras for us to use every day. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Each place setting was a plate from my new every day dishes and these amazing sea urchin bowls I found at World Market. The flatware was some pearl handled ones I bought a few years ago at Home Goods. All the glassware was from Dollar Tree! I couldn't believe I found the perfect blue and green glassware there! Gotta' love a bargain!</span></div>
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The centerpiece was a beach glass candleholder and then two driftwood surrounded glass hurricanes. I found all these pieces at the ever fabulous World Market.</div>
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I took shells and beach glass and strewed them down the center of the table. </div>
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I LOVED my table, but I only got 3rd place in my division. (And to be honest, I think there might have only been 3 entries.)</div>
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But the best thing is that I get to keep all that glorious beachy things for my Sweet Bee(ach) Cottage!</div>
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This table had a farm theme with a sophisticated touch. Can you spot the black and silver barn that's part of the centerpiece? </div>
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Aren't those dishes adorable? </div>
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I always adore the combination of black, white, and green too! </div>
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And here is another fair themed table... </div>
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Cute and I really liked their menu board.</div>
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Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-42947410773097472582014-11-30T00:14:00.001-08:002014-11-30T11:20:29.768-08:00Hello? Hello? Can You Hear Me? Is This Thing Even On?<div style="text-align: center;">
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My name is Janelle aka Sweet Bee and I have been a bad blogger. I have excuses (and my dears, believe me they are good) and too many irons in the fire and so I must start my reparations to you, my dear readers (and is there more than one reader out there? do I have too much nerve to write that as a plural?) </div>
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So, yes, I will start by confessing to you what I did not get painted. </div>
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The back of these bookshelves? Still red.</div>
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The dresser that was my mom's and is now our sofa table? Still has its original finish from 1960 something.</div>
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(and you knew there had to be one, right? A "but" I mean.)</div>
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I did get a teensy weensy bit of painting done. </div>
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And while in the middle of this painting deluge I might have gone on to Craig's List. And I might have spied an adorable little china hutch. And I just might have gone and bought it. And I just might have painted it too!</div>
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Maybe. But I'm a tease and I'm not going to tell you.</div>
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All right, all right already1 You twisted my arm. I'll tell you! I'll show you! I'll even listen to you oooooo and ahhhhhhh over it. </div>
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But first, you have to look at my other little pretties. (Somehow as I wrote that down, I was cackling like the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz when she says, "I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too." Don't ask me why. Sometimes my brain amazes even me.)</div>
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Red heart shaped table? </div>
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Now a gorgeous aqua! </div>
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She sings now! (It's true, if you listen closely, she sings….okay, I couldn't keep a straight face….she only sings to my heart!)</div>
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Black as night corner cabinet? Not anymore!</div>
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Gorgeous white with the same aqua inside the cupboard and new mercury glass like hardware!</div>
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My milk glass really pops now!</div>
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Baby Bee's BFF drew all over them! (Let's call her Ginger Bee. Ginger Bee is quite the little doodler. Future etsy seller???)</div>
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Now, getting back to my Craigs List find….</div>
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Can you believe this piece? You know it was the cute little scallops that got me. We were really looking for a bigger china cabinet and this cutie popped up and now she lives in our entry way/living room. </div>
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It's vintage Ethan Allen and even has the original sales booklet/brochure in the drawer. </div>
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It is so stinkin' cute!</div>
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I painted the inside a deep, almost navy blue and I love it, but it does need some light on it. </div>
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I've filled it with vintage blue, aqua, white and green glass pieces. </div>
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I've been looking for a sweet little lamp to place on the top of the buffet part. I have a sweet little vintage lamp but I cannot find a lampshade for it to save my life! It's either too big or too little. I've looked for new lamps too but they are all too big! Rest assured that one day I will find one! </div>
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Well, this is what I accomplished in August. Hang in there. I'll be back to share a few more big projects I've tackled and finished at Sweet Bee Cottage.</div>
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And thank you so much for your visits. Even when I've been a bit too busy with that real life stuff to have put much up here. </div>
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Thank you again dear bloggy friends!</div>
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I can't say I haven't had a chance to do this yet this summer, but….I've been…..reading. I know, I know. It's a shame that a teacher spent the summer reading. Why you'd think I actually enjoy it! HA!</div>
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Today it's only supposed to be in the mid-90s (which is glorious for our summers) and I only have a few days before school starts so today is the day. Really.</div>
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But I also am a horrible estimator for how long something might take. (I know. You're shocked. Pick yourself up off the floor. Don't <i><b>make</b></i> me stick my espresso under your nose.)</div>
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I want to paint the heart shaped end-table. (Frankly, in my humble opinion, this is a piece that has not been appreciated enough in blogland, so c'mon, tell me how much you love it.)</div>
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I want to paint the corner cabinet.</div>
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I want to paint the "sofa table" or mom's old dresser.</div>
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I want to paint the jelly (for some reason Worker Bee and I keep calling it the "jelly roll") cabinet.</div>
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I want to paint the back of these bookcases.</div>
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I want to paint Baby Bee's nightstand. (Also from my mom's bedroom set.) </div>
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I really should touch up Baby Bee's dresser. (Although she says she likes it all chippy. What? Has a dream come true? Is my Baby Bee turning cottagey???)</div>
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And I need to paint the chalkboard paint on her closet doors I've been promising for about 2 years now.</div>
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I think that might be it. Think I can get all of these done in one day? Yeah, me either. But I will set my priorities and you will just have to wait and see what I get done. </div>
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Wish me luck and lots of lattes! </div>
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P.S. I want to paint the piano too. But Worker Bee would just die. Really. He would just climb back into his hive and he would never buzz again. And frankly, I like the guy and I've painted enough things that have made him cringe, so I just won't do it to him. Plus we're getting close to the 25th wedding anniversary and I'd like to make it that far. </div>
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Okay. You've caught me. I'm not really working my fingers to the bone, but my etsy stash keeps growing and I have not been listing, so I had to have a photo shoot, a measuring & weighing session, and a TV marathon while I typed up descriptions and listed away!</div>
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Wanna' see some of my stash that will hopefully be leaving me soon??? (So I can buy more stuff for my stash, of course! But shhhhh…..don't tell Worker Bee. I don't think he's on to me yet!)</div>
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Have I mentioned that Worker Bee is a small collector? Hmmm….what do I mean by that. Well, when we were first married (and well before Baby Bee) he collected vices. Now I don't mean the kind of vice you might find in a garage. I mean vices - like drinking and gambling! In the spirit of that collecting I bought this cordial decanter for him for a birthday. He did not love it. But he's a sentimental guy (and pretty sweet too) so he never wanted to get rid of it, but I finally convinced him I would not be hurt if it went bye-bye. </div>
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So…up for sale….a French made, card suit decanter set is now for sale on etsy.</div>
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And then this fun piece! I've had it for quite awhile, (and another similar one) but they just don't stand out and I never quite know what to do with them. So these could be yours too!</div>
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And sometimes I just find something so pretty I have to bring it home because I just know someone will love it. Right? Some sweet granny crocheted all those roses and leaves and the doily and this pretty little gal was just calling out to me from the bin at the thrift store. (I might be talking to stuff I see at thrift stores too much. Do not be alarmed.)</div>
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And this! LOVED IT! So wish I'd known about estate sales when Baby Bee was a baby and I was decorating her nursery. I kept telling people I wanted to decorate it in a vintage style and no one got it. (This was waaaay back in 2001.) This is what I meant! (Sadly, this little cutie had some paint lift off when I took off the price tag from the estate sale, so she'll be going cheap. Oh! Don't let her hear that. I don't want to hurt her feelings. And really, do not be alarmed. It's really okay to chat your vintage items up.)</div>
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You all know why I scooped these up. How could I resist a pair of Hazel Atlas cereal bowls in white and turquoise?</div>
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Ahh….something else from Worker Bee's "vice" collection. Ask me if we've ever made any of the cocktails on this shaker. Go ahead. Ask me. </div>
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Found a great quilt top at another estate sale. Wish I could do something with this myself, but I am just not a sewer (Worker Bee is concerned your going to think sewer like pipes & plumbing & toilets, but you all know I mean seamstress, right? He worries too much.) at this point in my life. Hope somebody else will fall in love!</div>
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Cute, right? Enough said about this vintage sewing basket. </div>
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And finally, the piece I changed my mind about. I was all set to sell this gorgeous aqua milk glass and I did some research (I believe it's a French piece - a Portieux Vallerysthal Compote - but if you know more, let me know) and I just can't say good-bye yet. </div>
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I hate to say this, but I'm a bit of a procrastinator. I've had all summer to clean up my guest room and I'm running out of time. I wanted to clean out my closets too and I didn't do that. The problem is I always think I can do it tomorrow and I'm running out of tomorrows. There was just always a book calling me or maybe a movie. Or (deep confession here) one of my summer shows. I confess. </div>
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Just two weeks before I have to report back for duty and about three weeks before my new third graders come!</div>
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Oh. And this should probably be more than a by the way, but Worker Bee and I just got cast in a production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. </div>
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Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-88850863399012982042014-07-28T17:55:00.000-07:002014-07-28T18:24:28.686-07:00A Tribute to the Quilting Bee<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>ow things can change in a month. Sometimes for the good and then sometimes not.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span>ate on the evening of Feb. 1, Worker Bee got a text from his brother saying that their mom had just been diagnosed with cancer. Cancer of the pancreas, liver, and possibly lungs. The doctors said 90 days. She stayed with us for four weeks.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>his post is so very difficult to write. I loved my mother-in-law very much. She was a role model for my daughter and me. She was generous and very loving - especially to her family - and I was lucky and blessed enough to be loved by her too because I married her baby boy.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> haven't written a lot about her before. She wasn't a part of our daily lives like my mom is, but she was always in our heart.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hen Worker Bee and I met in college, his parents lived in the Bay Area, one of the loveliest parts of our state. I loved going up to visit them and I think we must have gone up about once a month. I remember being so impressed with how warm and inviting their house was. And thus began the lessons I feel I learned from Helen (aka The Quilting Bee). From her I knew I wanted our home to be inviting. I knew I wanted it to feel warm. I wanted for it to feel cozy. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>t that time, she was also very into gardening. Worker Bee shared that love with her too. And then he shared it with me. I learned the names of plants and how to care for them from her.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>hen, shortly before Worker Bee and I got married, his parents were transferred to Ft. Worth, Texas. And again, Helen made the house in Texas into a warm and welcoming space. I also saw her make a new group of friends. I've almost always lived in the same town I grew up in and my parents grew up in and my grandparents grew up in. I marveled at how she did that. How did she even know what to do to make new friends? </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>nd she became a quilter in Texas. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>he made beautiful quilt after beautiful quilt. I'm not sure how many she ended up making, but each grandchild received one, and there are 11 of them. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>his is the last quilt she made and she made it for Baby Bee.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I </span>want you to know that she could do anything she set her mind to do. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>he took cabinet making classes (I never knew that - she might have kept that one secret so I wouldn't ask her to build me a new kitchen) and learned how to build furniture.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>he took classes on ornamental horticulture and worked towards getting her degree in that. Sunset magazine came out and took pictures of her succulent Christmas tree. She won blue ribbons for her plants at the Santa Clara County Fair. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>he refinished furniture. She reupholstered furniture. About eleven years ago Helen and Bob (my father-in-law, he passed away in 2004) flew out to see us and I convinced them to reupholster our couch. It was amazing! They made such a fabulous team. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>fter Bob died, she uprooted herself again and moved to Louisville which was closer to her oldest son and much of his family. And she made a new group of friends again. How did she do that again? At the age of 74? </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>elen was born in Wisconsin, then moved to Illinois (where Worker Bee was born), then to Southern California, then to Northern California, and to Texas and then Kentucky. She made friends wherever she went, but family was first. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> didn't mention what a bridge fiend she was. She loved to play games, but bridge was her favorite. She tried to teach me a couple of times, but I just wasn't interested enough. Worker Bee likes to play bridge, but who our age plays bridge?</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>o, today, Helen, on what would have been your 84th birthday, I am finally able to write down a tribute to you and how much you meant to all of us. We miss you every day and especially when Baby Bee dances. I know how much you loved to see her dance. I imagine you dancing away in heaven with Bob (after he has cooked a gourmet dinner and dirtied every pan, utensil, and dish in the house). </div>
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Sweet Bee Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621819781979605687noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787108342617537960.post-1083919890422174062014-07-22T09:49:00.002-07:002014-07-22T09:49:48.447-07:00Too Many Irons In the Fire<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>ow! It's been a busy few days.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>ell, the house is a mess with furniture that needs to go to the Fabulous Phyllis, a bazillion (yes, I counted them) little girl toys/accessories/etc. that need to be donated, bags of trash from Baby Bee's room, boxes of supplies I bought for my future third graders (did you know 48 notebooks, pencil boxes and other items can take up quite a bit of space in your living room?), and just we're too lazy ('cause it's summer) to really get everything put away. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>o. Nothing pretty to show here. Not one thing. But at least you know I'm still fighting the good fight. Today I'm working on straightening up things (although that furniture and donations will still be in the entryway) and just making the house a bit more presentable. <br />
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When we were at the little beach cottage a couple of weeks ago, there was the cutest little dresser in the master bedroom. (It was built into the wall, which I loved, but that just won't work at our house.)</div>
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Now. Was I a good blogger and take a picture of it? Of course not, so you'll just have to take my word for how adorable and beachy it was.</div>
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Here's what we started with…</div>
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And this is what we have now…</div>
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Simple. The little dresser at the REAL beach house was pine and had a different knob on each drawer. They were all in colors of blue, green, and yellow. This is an end table in our living room/family room that started off as a nightstand in our bedroom but I'm of the "Anti-Matching Nightstand School" (yeah, there's night school for it and everything - I'll show you my diploma some day).</div>
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Wanna' know what we keep in there?</div>
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We keep our DVDs in there! Please note the slight addiction Worker Bee has for The Simpsons. (And he converted Baby Bee too!)</div>
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So Step 1 is complete. Yeah, I know. Too easy. But, hey. It's a start, right? Weather is supposed to cool down a bit later this week so maybe…finally…..I'll get some painting done! But no promises. </div>
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Found the perfect fabric for welting on our white denim slipcovered wing chairs in the "library." </div>
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Well, Baby Bee has a friend buzzing over for the night, so I better get dinner ready….yeah…ha…..calling out for pizza! I know how to make those teenage girls happy! </div>
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P.S. And you'll never guess where I got the knobs. No you won't. Okay, you're right. I found them at World Market. (aka the "Bad Place") Don't judge me. <br />
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Okay….maybe only Worker Bee thinks of it as the "Bad Place." Oh yeah, Baby Bee is not a shopper (yet….one day I'll turn her into one, I'm sure) so she doesn't love the "Bad Place" either. </div>
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And then I found a cute dish towel that fits my new beachy look. </div>
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And….of course…..</div>
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I could NOT resist this!</div>
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I passed it by the other day, took pictures of it, talked about it on instagram and Facebook and after much contemplation, I had to get it.<br />
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(But I didn't buy one of those for you - I know - I'm cruel that way.)</div>
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But I did buy two of the things I mentioned in this post (and it wasn't the dish towel) to share with you in a giveaway….soon I promise. I mean, I've so neglected my blog lately, I've got to do something to bribe you to come back and visit!<br />
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So, what's your favorite "Bad Place" to shop?</div>
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P.S. BTW, my "Bad Place" is World Market if you didn't know. Really! They should hire me!</div>
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(well, they did when I was in college)</div>
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P.P.S Do you love emojis? I'm afraid I might be addicted to them when I text. There could be worse things, right? Right? I'll try not to get addicted to them on blog posts. </div>
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