anybody else got a weakness for ticking?

just can't resist ticking - it has that old fashioned grandma-ish appeal to it

you know, like in "Grandma's featherbed"

for this runner i used red ticking rather than the traditional blue

it just seemed right for the fall and Christmas season

i love the way the ends fray

Tracey

stamp of approval

wow, doesn't it make you feel so good when folks like your stuff!

thanks to Lesley at Yates updates for including my burlap and cherry ruffles runner in her Friday faves selection. You can see all her favorite etsy picks here

and sweet Sissie at Sissie's Shabby Cottage used my "not-your-grandma's" french hand stamped vintage ribbon in her fall vignette and gave me a shout out here.
Visit Sissie's blog, you'll be glad you did, she is incredibly talented and industrious and she has been such an encourager in my blogging journey thusfar

thanks ladies, you make me feel like a bona-fida blogger!!

happy days,

Tracey

white ruffle love...

today i get to show you two of my favorite projects...

first up, i'd been searching for a sturdy wooden tray, i could picture exactly how it would look, but do you think I could find it!!

i wanted something simple * sturdy * shapely

well, I guess Janis got tired of hearing me go on about my elusive tray, she dug this out of her basement for me

gotta admit, it was pretty scary, but you could see it had good bones

i can't even show you the back, remember back when you would take a blob of paint and blow through a straw and it would streak all over...

well that's what the back looked like, in bright red paint

sanded it for-evah with my supa-dupa mouse sander

(this is after a ton of sanding) 

those tole painted flowers were super gloopy!

then primed and painted it with pure white gloss

now I'm not usually a gloss girl, but somehow my tray was always going to be white gloss

didn't it turn out great, I just love it

simple * sturdy * shapely

but after a couple days on my kitchen table something was missing, none of my runners seemed just right

I KNOW!!!!! Some ruffle love needed...

so i sewed up this cute white muslin table runner with two ruffles on either side

and i'm loving it even more now

here it is wafting in the breeze

not forgetting my two little birdies - seeing all those birdies in blogland i needed some of my own

this pair were a pretty ugly brown, but for 80c and a little white paint

*ta-da*

so, before

 and after

check out the parties i'm linking up to - so many fab ideas out there!

happy days,

Tracey

featured!!

Thanks Jen for featuring my burlap and ruffles runner here at Tatertots and Jello!

here are some of the other burlap and ruffles creations I've posted about...

Be sure to check out the other neat ideas Jen featured this week, like super-cute pincushions made from old tin cans!!

happy days,

Tracey

burlap sack ruffled runner

just can't get enough of burlap and ruffles...

this is my farmhouse kitchen runner I just finished up...

yummy layers of cherries and green gingham....

topped with white anglaise lace....

I have it pictured here on a tall side table I have...

but it would be perfect for the kitchen table, bench, porch...

just having fun!!

I'm linking up to Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Take a Look Tuesday
Lucky Linky Tuesday
Get your craft on Tuesday
Anything related Tuesday
Whatever goes Wednesday
and
check out Jenny's new linky party at Seamingly Smitten
Get your craft on Thursday
100 ideas under $100
Weekend wrap up

happy days,

Tracey 

burlap and ruffles, ruffles and burlap.....

what's a girl to do on a blah day?

eat chocolate?

create?

I decided to go with the create option. I have this yummy piece of burlap I was planning to make into a table runner for my kitchen table. See how nice and light it is, I believe it is called oyster, but it's basically off-white!

Teamed it up with some nice creamy white muslin and white broderie anglaise lace

Anyways, after I saw the gorgeous coffee sack runner my junking friend Janis of junkdreams created (you have to hop over and follow her blog, she is so amazing and unbelievably creative)...

I decided to leave the kitchen table runner for now and make a smaller rectangular one

okay, I confess

what I really wanted to do was make ruffles. Nothing cures the blahs like a few ruffles...

so here we have it, I put on two fluffy ruffles and a piece of lace.
Okay, I added the lace 'cos I was too lazy to finish the top of the ruffle!

but honestly I hardly ever get to finish a project in one sitting and today I just had to!

it is perfect for my narrow shaker nesting tables

white pitcher. white nemesis flowers. shabby white candlestick.vintage jars with scrabble tiles and boggle dice

doesn't get much better than that girls

looooove vintage glass jars

looooove scrabble tiles and vintage game pieces

looooove shabby white candlesticks (for sale in my etsy store)

turned out pretty nice I think!

and this is how it looks in my real world, with my lamp that needs a shade revamp and an outdated family photo. shabby at heart I do like a touch of black in the room!

feel so much better, and now I'm off to eat chocolate!!

and gaze at my pretty ruffles

Be sure to stop by these linky parties and see lots of great projects and ideas!

Metamorphasis Monday @ Between naps on the porch
Made by you Monday @ Skip to my Lou

I made the world cuter today @ Making the World Cuter

Made It on Monday @ The Persimmon Perch

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Do It Yourself Day @ A Soft Place to Land

Toot your Horn Tuesday @ A Silly Little Sparrow
Take a Look Tuesday @ Sugar Bee Craft Edition

Lucky Linky Tuesday @ Lucky Star Lane

White Wednesday @ Faded Charm
100 ideas under $100 @ The Picket Fence
Fun Finds Friday @ Kojo designs
Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

Happy days,

Tracey