tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89055808467363323742024-03-13T22:07:16.277-07:00Creating Vintage CharmSoniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385132131667434574noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905580846736332374.post-48384566670642467542020-05-15T10:00:00.002-07:002020-05-15T10:38:54.265-07:00In-House Designs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A new collection of rose patterned designs is now available at <a href="https://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/in-house-designs" target="_blank">Creating Vintage Charm</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The gallery below is an example of what is available. Go to </span></span><a href="https://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/in-house-designs" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #45818e;">https://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/in-house-designs</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more designs and items available.</span></h3>
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Soniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385132131667434574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905580846736332374.post-85879648086499883562015-10-31T07:25:00.001-07:002015-10-31T07:33:01.480-07:00Enchanting Fall! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I</span> had announced last night on social media that I will be taking a break from publishing. Since starting school this fall I was left with very little time to put out new publications. But I had worked on a fall dining shoot that I enjoyed working on so much, it would be pity not to share.<br />
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While puttering in the dining room Ariel decided to lounge in the chair and observe. Well, for a while anyway. The sun spilling in through the windows was warm and sweet classical music was playing so she dozed off... I would have too if I sat down!</div>
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The table is set with my favorite blue and white ware. I used candle sticks and holders to display mini pie pumpkins. My hearty pumpkin and squash soup is served in a white stoneware tureen!</div>
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Spiced apple cider and tea are fall favorites for me and the kiddos so they are certainly included, as well as bread puddings and pumpkin bread. </div>
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Apples are a staple in my house, always have been. My three children enjoy their apples in packed school lunches and snacking on them through the day. So why not include them in my table center piece. </div>
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I don't have a complete collection of blue and white tableware. All pieces are different, either special gifts or treasure finds from thrift and antique stores. But set all together they still pulled together a magnificent table. I certainly do love the elegance of blue and white while adding a few leaves and moss to add warmth.</div>
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As the sun was starting to set, the room shifted into a romantic mood from the glow of the candles but the primitive lanterns and candle holder also add nostalgia to the setting which is very enchanting to me. </div>
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Photos such as these and more would have been included in my new publication but alas, I simply can't find the time. School work and studies do take up most of my time as well as raising my children, they do come first. But I am also a creative person wishing to at least be able to share few photos here on my blog <a href="http://instagram.com/creatingvintagecharm/">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CreatingVintageCharm">Facebook</a>. I hope you stick around and see what I'm up to.</div>
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Creating Vintage Charm magazine is full of inspiration and I feel that talent and creativity is never outdated so all past issues will remain available on sale through MagCloud. So if you ever feel like looking through a seasonal past issue, feel free to purchase <a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/108498">HERE</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hen I was approached by Shannon on social media, I was thrilled. She lives only about an hour drive from me, here in North Carolina. She invited me to her ranch for some photography staging fun. </div>
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I made the trip to Shannon's about three weeks later and wow!... was it fun!? Yes, it sure was. Not only staging photography on her property but her home is just gorgeous and very unique style of a shabby chic, ranch combination. So if you ever thought, you couldn't pull it off... well Shannon did!</div>
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Shannon and her family moved to the ranch only recently and as she explained, it is still a work-in-progress. Very understandable, but its all off to a great start.</div>
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Take a look for yourself...</div>
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{A cute vintage white bike hangs over the rail that goes over the living room, adorned with a vintage aqua ball jar holding flowers.}</div>
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Well here is ours! This spot is at the corner of my yard where we have this outdoors wood burning granite stove and oven that were built in the 40's along with the house which also has a granite exterior. Granite comes from right here in town, Mount Airy, North Carolina. The quarry here is the largest open face granite quarry in the world.</div>
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The first warm and sunny day in spring I hurry out there and clean up the stove top, ready for cooking out. Its April and we already have used it a couple of times. </div>
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This is the spot where a lot of family spring/summer gatherings happen. Steaks never tasted better on any other grill, that's for sure! In two weeks the first birthday party will be here on this spot. So will any summer celebrations like 4th of July.</div>
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After finishing our meal, kids collect sticks and roast marshmallows for s'mores. Later in the summer, we may also bake a pie in the oven, on the left side of the stove. </div>
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This is my quiet time, early coffee or afternoon tea spot. Where I sit and look out at the garden and watch the birds come by to eat out of the bird feeder or splash in the bird bath.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span>ts Spring break this week and kids are home and so am I. I had recently moved office to a space downtown so lately I'm not around much in the mornings until kids get off school. I do enjoy this arrangement though! My office is an interior design and decorating shop and I'm part of the team there. The ladies I work with are amazing and they feel more like a family to me then just friends. </div>
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The sweetest thing happened last week when a lady walked into the shop with a box full of china and dishes she said she brought out for me when she cleared her attic. The box had a set of blue and white transferware plates and miscellaneous cups and saucers. I fell in love with the pink footed teacup with gold polka dots. So this week, since I'm home I decided I wanted to use these gifted treasures for a tablescape. Together they all make for a cheery, colorful table for spring. </div>
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I hope you are enjoying this most beautiful season of Spring. I am patiently awaiting for my lilacs and peonies to bloom. </div>
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Soniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385132131667434574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905580846736332374.post-29594635035302325282015-03-09T14:05:00.001-07:002015-03-09T14:06:06.621-07:00Happy Mail: Cookies by Nicole Lee Confections<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well boxed, protected and wrapped pretty in the box was this really beautiful cookie from Nicole Lee Confections.</div>
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The cookie is a gift from Lisa Childers, the owner and baker of Nicole Lee Confections <span style="text-align: left;">featured in my current issue of </span><a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/880608" style="text-align: left;">Creating Vintage Charm</a><span style="text-align: left;">. Her creation made especially for me is this heart shaped cookie decorated with florals and a cute silhouette of a little girl skipping rope. I LOVE IT! It is very nostalgic and dear. Lisa was right on the spot with this one. I am also touched by the sweet note she included about her appreciation of collaborating with me and how proud her family is of her and her recent achievements. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I think she deserves all the praise because these cookies are not just pretty to look at. After I was done swooning over the cookie with my camera I sat down to write this post and enjoy the cookie. The flavor is a perfect combination of vanilla cookie with almond icing and it is just delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Lisa stays pretty busy all year round, {I can understand why!!} </span>creating cookies for all occasions. Please drop by her online shop <a href="http://www.nicoleleeconfections.com/" style="text-align: left;">http://www.nicoleleeconfections.com/</a> and take a look at her deliciously decorated cookies. </div>
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If you are in North Carolina then make sure to visit her at <span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Mecklenburg County Market in Charlotte as well as her own </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">shop in the town of Granite Falls! It's about halfway between Hickory and Lenoir on Hwy 321. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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Paper napkins. I love IKEA's napkins that also match my dishtowels and apron.<br />
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1. I started by following instructions for painting the tray with Amy Howard's One Step paint and making sure the paint dried which usually takes about 15-20 minutes. Use what instructions you have to what paint brand you use. Make sure its completely dry before moving on to the next step.<br />
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2. Measure and cut the paper napkin to fit the bottom of your tray. Then gently remove the white backing layer off the napkin.<br />
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2. <b>To glue:</b> Dip your brush into the Decoupage Finish and unload excess either by pulling your brush up on the side of the container opening or by brushing excess onto a piece of cardboard. You need to have enough glue/finish but not too much that napkin will absorb and start tearing while laying it on surface. It really doesn't take much glue as long as you cover the entire surface well and not leave any bubbles.<br />
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4. Starting on one end of the tray brush on the Decoupage Finish and lay your paper on the glue and smooth it in place. Do this step a bit at a time, brush on a stripe of glue and smooth napkin in place then lift up napkin to brush on another stripe of glue working your way from one end of the tray till you reach the other end.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I just got done rearranging some florals into a set of jars and thought I'd share the beauty with you.</span></div>
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But wait!!... This gets even better... This recipe is for Double-Chocolate AND Espresso Cookies!!</div>
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And believe me, they are Mm Mm Goowwwd!!!! Too good not to share the recipe. </div>
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I have made these cookies many times and even included them in cookie gift tins during the holidays. Valentines is coming up. So are you up for some heavenly cookies to dunk in your "latte"?! </div>
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So this is what has been going on around here lately. Besides entertaining kids at home when school closes for cold weather. I hope you are all staying warm and have a great week ahead!</div>
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On September of 2010 I published the first issue of Creating Vintage Charm magazine. </div>
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It was a leap that I took blindly... I simply had this idea and the more I thought about it, the more excited I got. And I just had to go with my guts and see what happens. The first issue to this day sold about 800 copies. Not too bad for the hours of work I put into it with help of some generous and wonderful friends. Not too bad at all of an outcome, from following my gut and taking a leap... "publish this issue and see what happens..." That's what I repeated in my head.</div>
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My baby (Creating Vintage Charm) is born and I had no clue whats coming. These four years had been an adventure filled with trials and errors and a continuous learning experience. Sometimes I enjoyed it too much, sometimes a bit stressful. (any self employed individual has to experience that right?) Sometimes I dream of growing bigger and selling on stands...sometimes I think of perhaps keep the same pace. I done what a could for the publication to grow and it has... I am grateful for that. Grateful for the help of many along the way. It has reached a point where its been in a steady flow and I think I reached my limit of how far I can grow, although one can never tell what could happen...)</div>
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For a while I looked at that in the wrong way, thinking perhaps I was not doing it right, it has to get better and better otherwise I'm a failure. But this is a one person show. I am a single mom of three kids whom are very important to me. I finally decided, this is what it is. </div>
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So this year I will focus on the many other blessings instead. I have gained local exposure that opened new doors for me here. Creating Vintage Charm is my baby and I cannot let go. I will keep publishing. You may not see it on stands or bookstores. I never really tried, I think its beyond my comfort zone. But there are plenty of readers who do not miss an issue and look forward to the next. There are also lot of talented artists, stylists and designers waiting for that spotlight to make them shine. So I will keep going. </div>
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With that said, I want to send a BIG thank you everyone for the support and encouragement that you give me. I couldn't do this without you all. Thank you for the kind comments and emails. I would like to share this one particular email I received this past week that touched me so much. I really needed this one and it couldn't have come at a better time.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Hi Sonia.<br />I am a big fan. I see no subscriptions are available at this time and I just wanted to write and say that I hope you are continuing the magazine and soon we will be able to subscribe!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br />Your magazine is what I call a "visual vacation" sitting at home and I can look at it now and 2 hours later look at it again. It is breathtaking. Thank you for all the beauty you have found.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am not leaving. True I have closed subscriptions because for a while I was not sure if I should go back to publishing a </span>quarterly<span style="font-family: inherit;"> rather then every other month. It may be a possibility in the future but for now, that is not changing. I am still not sure </span>whether<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I will open up </span>subscriptions<span style="font-family: inherit;"> or not or if a should change anything in it regard. If I do, I will be sure to let you know. I invite you to subscribe to my newsletter. I promise, you will not receive more then a dozen emails a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Go to </span><a href="http://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/">http://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/</a> to subscribe. On that site you can also find all past issues and new calendar available for sale. Also available is the new <a href="http://www.creatingvintagecharm.com/EditorialCalendar15.pdf">Editorial Calendar for 2015</a>. Please contact me if you wish to be included in any issues or if you know of anyone who would love the opportunity to be featured. </div>
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Thank you all for coming by and reading my long post. I send my best wishes for a wonderful new year and look forward to share more inspiration with you in the new year.</div>
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Soniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385132131667434574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905580846736332374.post-1891099635674978602014-12-30T10:28:00.001-08:002014-12-30T10:28:16.055-08:00Creating Vintage Charm - Calendar 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am thankful for these talented women's past collaboration with me and my publication. And I look forward to another year of beautiful features with more talented artists, designers, stylists and photographers. </div>
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I am pretty sure that like me, you wonder how this year just flew by. And what better way to end a year if not by celebrations. Starting from Christmas and then on to the new year, the season brings families and friends together at warm and jolly homes. We may say Christmas is for the children but for many of us its also time to get creative and enjoy decorating.</div>
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Kitchen was designed and planned out by me, about 8 years ago. I picked everything out for it... but it was never entirely finished. Installed yes, but never really finished. I guess back then I knew what I wanted my kitchen to look like but never got to it. Walls were painted a sage color, cabinets from Lowe's Hardware store were installed but nothing was improved on them. Wall cabinets looked more like boxes hung on a wall.</div>
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The past two years I have been going around, room-to-room, updating and painting everything and finishing if need be. The house is 70 years old with lots of charm, and I love it. And after painting the living room and dining room last year... It was time to head into the kitchen and tackle it. I dreaded it, I assure you... Thinking about going in there and getting a start on it was overwhelming. Hence I dragged my feet getting to it! </div>
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But I finally did, this October! I painted the ceiling and walls first in eggshell white. I added trim to the wall cabinets myself. I took down the four wall cabinet doors that I wanted made into glass doors. Then I started painting wall cabinets, section by section. I did take my time, since I had to squeeze in this project with the rest of my work so I tackled the cabinets, a section at a time. Wall cabinets were painted first. Then on to the counter and last, my kitchen island. I used Amy Howard's One Step paint in Bauhaus Buff for my cabinets. I painted throughout October into November. I wanted it done before the holidays rolled around. </div>
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After painting and drying, I also waxed and buffed the surfaces since this is a kitchen and should expect some wearing and cleaning. So I wanted to make sure it will be easy to clean.</div>
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Details on trim and cabinet doors were enhanced with dark wax after I finished with light wax.</div>
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A local talented carpenter fixed my wall cabinet doors and turned them into glass doors including detail so now they look like windows. I LOVE them!</div>
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My island includes a glass top stove and oven. The flat glass top carries on with the rest of the counter top space.<br />
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Staying true to my interior style with all whites and hints of red included in pieces like these, ceramic cutting boards and rolling pin, that doesn't just serve their purpose but are also a decorative. </div>
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The necessary sponge and bar cloth are now nicely tucked away in a wall pocket I hung behind the sink. Wall pocket is a upcycled galvanized metal wall planter that I painted in white and added a vintage type graphic I found on the <a href="http://thegraphicsfairy.com/">Graphics Fairy</a> blog.</div>
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I extended my widow sills with reclaimed wood, that I left in their original wood tones.</div>
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Second window sill is my kitchen garden, with pots holding herbs such as mint and rosemary. </div>
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My recent IKEA finds are a stool that helps me reach all the pitchers and serving ware collecting on top of my wall cabinets and another large white pitcher that will come in handy any time I am ready to display florals. </div>
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It took me a month to work on the kitchen but it was worth every moment and every late night, I spent painting. Now I enjoy any hours spent in the kitchen more then I EVER did. Perhaps I have even been coming up with reasons to be in there more.</div>
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I have to thank my dearest friends, Cathy and Melanie at <a href="http://marketstreetartisans.blogspot.com/">Market Street Artisans</a>, the local Amy Howard's paint retailers. They were the most helpful and supportive, and I couldn't have done this without them. I love what they do and I spend a lot of happy hours in their workshop, downtown. </div>
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Currently my style is inspired by Scandinavian decor. So besides the regular look through for stoneware, vintage linen and furniture at the thrift stores, I have recently been searching for faux fur clothing and knitted sweaters with the traditional snowflakes and stars. I was lucky this past Monday, as you can see I found both.</div>
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My finds were a long beautiful grey-ish brown coat for $20 and a girls knitted sweater with snowflakes for $2.50.</div>
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Funny how when I stepped to the cashier at the thrift store, people were looking me up and down.... Yah!! Fancy me wearing something like this long fur coat that looked like it belonged in the 70's... One lady mustered the courage to say... "Hmm, nice coat you're getting!" Imagine the look I get when I told her... "Yea... I'm making a rug out of it"...</div>
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And yes, that is what I had in mind. Scandinavian winters are cold and interiors are usually decked with warming lit candles, and fur throws around the home among other traditional decor.</div>
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So back in my studio I started off by taking off the inner lining from the seams with a seam ripper, better to be done on the lining side as opposed to ripping seams at the furry side and end up loosing some fur too.</div>
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Laying the coat open and flat on my cutting table I cut off the top part of the coat from right under the sleeves part. I was left with the bottom part of the coat laying flat. Coat's side seams are barely visible on the furry side and any pockets on the coat I sewed them shut. Perfect!!. </div>
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I folded the bottom part of the coat at the lengthy part. At home I have a much smaller faux rug that I used as a guide/pattern of a hide. I started cutting at least 8-10 inches away from my smaller rug which made the coat turned throw rug, much bigger. </div>
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Be aware... fur was shedding like crazy, while working on this project. Its to be expected.... I was so excited to do this I didn't bother changing and I was covered in tiny hairs!! Well, may have slightly bothered me but I was still very excited that for $20 I was going to have a magnificent faux fur throw rug for my living room.</div>
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I have to add that pillow fillers on this bench were also 99c pillows at the thrift store that I covered and another grey sweater made another lovely pillow. I am an avid thrifter and I love it.</div>
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<b>My thrift store visit on Monday I also found a girl's sized grey knitted sweater that I turned into a pair of decorative mittens.</b><br />
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So hop on the second part of this Thrifty DIY for a tutorial on how-to make your own mittens out of a knitted sweater.<br />
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I spent $22.50 on the coat and sweater and now I have my cuddly and soft faux fur throw rug and a cute pair of mittens decorating my living room. </div>
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This post is part of the Thrifty Challenge hosted by Alice Wingerden on her blog <a href="http://www.thoughtsfromalice.com/" target="_blank">Thoughts from Alice</a>. An amazing list of talented bloggers included below, participated in this challenge. So I hope you check them all out and get ready to be inspired. Someone else's junk may just become your treasure!!<br />
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This tutorial is part two of the <b>Thrifty DIY challenge</b>. Part one I make a <b>Faux Fur Throw Rug</b> from a coat bought along with a sweater used in this mitten tutorial. You can find Part One here:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> A</span> pair of pretty knitted mittens also make wonderful holiday decor added to a wreath or hung on an antique door knob but alas, I do not want to pay the price of well knitted mittens. So I decided to come up with a pair sewn on the <strike>cheap</strike>, just to decorate with.</div>
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I found a nice sweater that I thought had a fitting design for my purpose. The snowflake pattern, suitable for my mittens.</div>
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I created my own pattern... nothing fancy. Sketched by hand on a piece of paper, done by tracing my own hand. I am including the same pattern, scanned to size on a pdf so you can print it and simply cut it out. </div>
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Disclaimer (or call me smarty pants): This pattern is for mittens that fit me, but I made these mittens for decorative purposes ONLY. If you wish to wear these then you may have to try and adjust the width of the pattern.<br />
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~ Lay the front and back of the sweater flat and lay your patterns to cut. For the pattern #1, adjust the pattern to the part of your sweater where the design is. I made sure a snowflake is centered on pattern #1 piece. The hand palm patterns #2,3 can be cut anywhere you have room on your sweater material as long as its not waist band part of sweater. </div>
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~ Starting first by sewing the thumb and hand palm side of the mitten by lining up the thumps of both pieces #2 and 3, sew the thumb and the palm together.</div>
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~ Now that you have the inner side of the mitten hand sewed, you can lay it on piece #1, design side, face to face. Sew around the edge of the mitten and you are done!!</div>
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I trimmed the cuffs of my mittens with a strip of coordinating white fur (bought the strip years ago by the yard at the ribbons and trim store isle) In my stash I also found pompoms string that I used to tie one mitten to the other so it can also serve as a hanger for my decorative mittens. If you try this out, get creative with the trimming of the cuffs. Fur is fantastic, pompom trim, narrow fuzzy wool scarf!</div>
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Stuff mittens with greenery and holly berries and hang them in an entry way on a wreath, wall hanger or door knob.</div>
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2 { 1.5 x 3.5's } cut at 15 inches for wider sides of the box</div>
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1 {1.25 dowel } cut at 5 3/4 inches for handler</div>
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For the bottom, I recycled wood from a wood pallet cut at 15 inches. </div>
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Another option would be a piece of plywood cut at 15 inches x 8 inches </div>
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These boxes are wonderful addition to decor anywhere around the house. They could hold: rolled towels in a bathroom, 8 glass jars with flowers for a table centerpiece, wood and pinecones by a fireplace, used as planters in the garden... possibilities are endless. I made several of these.<br />
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This project was what launched my woodworking frenzy... I mastered the miter saw and was the first project I built out of wood from start to finish. Its a great project for a starter.<br />
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I hope you'll give this a try and if anyone does get to make this, please send me pictures of your finished box and how/where you used it. I would love to see what you did with it and I would love to share on the blog post as well.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I</span>f you bought fruits at a fruit stand or farmer's market, you may more likely to get it in these fruit crates. Wooden crates made of wood and meant to hold good weight. Well, I thought they would be great for kitchen storage or display but let's re-decorate them a little, shall we?!...</b></div>
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As I have done in the past, I scanned pretty fabric for this project. I am really into <a href="http://www.tildasworld.com/" target="_blank">Tilda designs</a> right now, and I do have a set of quilting fabric squares so before I get to quilting with it, I scanned it for projects such as this.</div>
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On a sheet of half page labels I printed two different patterns in the aqua and pink roses. Of course on this step you can enjoy printing any pattern or style fabric you like to match your decor. In past tutorials I had offered a scan of Rachel Ashwell fabric.</div>
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I traced the outline of wood panel where originally there was pasted a fruit label and cut the traced paper, to place on my printed sheet and cut two same size stickers from the sheet. As you can see I am using two different designs on each side of the crate. You can use one pattern on both sides too. </div>
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These crates are small and held clementines when we purchased them. They are 11"wide x 7"deep x 4"high and I have two of them. They are usually labeled on the sides so I primed the label ( as shown in this above image) and let it dry well, so fruit labeling won't show through my design paper. I left the rest of my crates in natural wood but its also a great idea to paint them in white, if that suits your taste. Or paint in any other color for that matter.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I would like to share with you this quick and easy recipe for Relaxing Milk Bath. Something I have done so many times before and truly enjoy in a nice hot bath and does wonders to the skin too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This recipe is from Betty Crocker's <i>Celebrate </i>and is very quick and easy to make and packaging could be fun to create too. Its a great gift for family and friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I personally add lavender buds for scent and a drop or two of lavender essential oil. Two or three drops are not going to clump the mixture. As a gift, lavender sprinkled on top would make it more presentable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>If you are gifting the Relaxing Milk Bath, include a label or tag saying:</b><br />To use, add 1 cup bath mixture to warm bath water. Can be stored in airtight container up to 1 year.<br /><br />Packing options would be to pour mix in vintage glass jars or a pretty decorated brown paper bags (plastic bag inside to seal freshness of powder). Include a small scented candle with the gift and receiver will be able to enjoy a relaxing bath in candlelight at home. </span></div>
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Above is a sweet box of goodies I gathered or whipped up this morning, including French milled soaps, homemade foot scrubs, moisturizer and relaxing milk bath. Would also make a wonderful display in your bathroom. I do plan on sharing a how-to for melt and pour soap soon. I guarantee you all these recipes are really easy and your home will smell so wonderful after you are done. </div>
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Spring and summer are sandals and flip-flops seasons, good time to share this easy how-to recipe to keep your feet moist and smooth.<br />
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I love the homemade body products. You know what is in the product cos you made it, and it does not include harsh chemicals and usually serve the purpose much better then anything processed anyway!! I am a flip flops and barefoot chic and you know what that does to your feet. Mine get really dry but this scrub really works, leaving my feet soft and moisturized, not dry and flaky.</div>
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If you're anything like me, I have tons of lotions around my house, some that I buy and a LOT that was gifted to me. More then I can use before it can go bad. So using it as a scrub is a way to go through your lotions faster. </div>
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Here are some sites I found with some nice recipes: <a href="http://tipnut.com/homemade-sugar-scrub-recipes/">http://tipnut.com/homemade-sugar-scrub-recipes/</a></div>
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and <a href="http://naturalnailcarerecipes.homestead.com/handscrubs.html">http://naturalnailcarerecipes.homestead.com/handscrubs.html</a></div>
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If you want to jar some Sugar Foot Scrubs as gifts, here is a page I found that gives ideas about extending shelf life for your products. <a href="http://www.fromnaturewithlove.com/library/preservatives.asp">http://www.fromnaturewithlove.com/library/preservatives.asp</a></div>
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One of the ingredients that extends shelf like is Rosemary oil extract.</div>
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Doesn't that look like a neat idea for a gift? </div>
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Enjoy!!<br />
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Sonia</div>
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