Silver Sunday... A Shiny New Life!

Found at a bargain price... in need of polish... a coffee pot with a broken handle and an unattached lid... and a lidless sugar bowl.. in need of adoption is what I thought...

I know a lot of you Silver Girls love tarnish... I just ain't one of 'em...

here's the "Before"...

good bones...

fabulous feet... and beautiful tray...

and the "After"...

gleaming...

sparkling...

loved and cared for...

A shiny new life for a neglected old girl...
We love our shiny silver... down here in French Lique!

I'm joining sweet Beth for Silver Sunday again this week... If you love silver and want to see more... visit Beth at Gypsy Fish Journal... the participants are on her sidebar... you'll love what you see...

Lilly Pulitzer Chair Seats... for Pink Saturday...

Well... you asked for it and here it is... The pretty apple green chairs, newly painted, with the seats covers done in pretty PINK Lilly Pulitzer fabric... my secret, you promise not to tell?

The fabric was actually large dinner napkins I purchased last summer... on close-out sale at Marshalls... I loved the colors... but didn't know what I was going to do with them... sometimes, things just come together...

Pssssttttt.... I have two extra napkins... wonder if I could get my sweet sister to sew up a couple of throw pillows for me before she goes back to Mississippi... I think they'd look fabulous sitting in those pretty green chairs!

Have a beautiful PINK Saturday...

and for more Pink Saturday, please visit the wonderful Miss Beverly at How Sweet the Sound... There is so much more to see!

Happy Pink Saturday from down here in French Lique!

Wanna Peek?

Giving this old iron lawn table and chairs a new life...

Spray paint... what a wonderful invention... the color...

Green Apple by Rust-Oleum Painters Touch... It's the perfect summer green for this old vintage find...

A little hard to show you the color clearly on this bright sunny Texas afternoon...
The chairs were rusty white and the table... a coral pink... haven't painted the table yet... can you guess what complementary color the table will be? I hope to get the table painted Tuesday... a soft Sweet-Pea Pink... and give the chairs another coat of Apple Green..
and if you're wondering... yes... this pretty little set will be going into my new booth location... maybe this week (if I can get the seats recovered in time!). I picked a pretty Lilly Pulitzer fabric to cover them in...
Just painting to my hearts contentment... down here in French Lique!
I'm joining Diane for 2nd Time Around Tuesday... so hop on over and see who else is joining in...

A little paint is an amazing thing...

The transformation that occurs when you paint a room is always amazing to me... way back in high school... er... circa 1972... I remember painting my bedroom a pretty apple green and painting the trim in my room stark white.. I loved it... and my dad just said... "it's you"... I've been transforming rooms with paint ever since...

and thank goodness that I married a man with the sweetest heart in the world... any hair-brained idea I come up with (moving my booth from the back to the front on a whim!)... he goes along with... and not only goes along... but helps me accomplish...

so remember this?Now, it looks like this... and this...
now looks like this...

The base painting is done... and the true Metamorphosis begins... My little band of fairies arrive Friday morning at 10 am. Crazy Candy, Tiny Terry and Loving Lili will help me transform this fresh white painted room into a place of ... well you'll just have to come back and see... We're busy as little bees down here in French Lique...
Metamorphosis Monday is hosted by one of my favorite decorating bloggers, Susan at Between Naps on the Porch... If you'd like to see more of Metamorphosis Monday participants, link here to visit Between Naps on the Porch...

and PS... I'm sooooooo far behind visiting for Silver Sunday and Pink Saturday... and now Met Monday... okay... I'm peddling as fast as I can... I want to see it all!

Hi-Ho Hi-Ho... it's off to Paint we go!...

Yes... fellow booth owners... I'm moving my booth... My current booth is in the "way-back" of the Blue Hills Antique Mall... you literally have to go through 12 different rooms and down 2 hallways to get to my booth.

So when junkin' with Candy and Terry Thursday, I found this booth available... and you only have to go through one other room to get back to this booth...

It's a sweet kitchen/dining setting with a pretty window... and lots of cabinet space... see the glass doors... Candy thinks "it's perfect!"

It also has lots of nails and screws in the walls... and
some very UGLY wallpaper... and unpainted lattice... oh! and the ceiling fan... can't forget that! Laurie Smith would just die!

and a bottom half thats a dirty green... the top... taupe?
but I like this little corner shelf..
This is the wall opposite the cabinets and window... a lattice see-through to another booth... and more shelves...

Here are the shelves on the window wall under the cabinet... along with "not my favorite flooring..."


and not so beautiful counter tops...
But the window... I love the window...
So today, Sunday, the transformation begins.. Ricky and I are headed to Geronimo to do a little cleaning and painting...
Then next Friday my sister, Lili, is coming from Mississippi to help move the booth!... Candy (and maybe Terry) will be there too...
Something tells me there'll be margaritas to post about again next week...
Wish me luck... down here in French Lique...

Silver Sunday... strolling around Blue Hills Antique Mall in Geronimo!

I'm joining sweet Beth for Silver Sunday again this week... If you love silver and want to see more... visit Beth at Gypsy Fish Journal... the participants are on her sidebar... you'll love what you see...

Here are some of the Silver for sale in my booth at Blue Hills Antique Mall in Geronimo, Texas. I'm moving my booth from the back to the front next week, so I'm having a 50% off Moving Up! Sale... this week.

So if you happen to be near Geronimo sometime this week... drop by and see! I wandered around Blue Hills with Candy last week, taking some silver photos...I love this Silver Basket...only $10... and a pretty crystal and Silver Cruet set...and that last shiny Silver thing... it's a server for Caviar! The bowl is filled with crushed ice and the crystal glasses filled with Caviar... everybody needs one of these... don't they?

and there are teapots and coffee pots galore... but all a little pricey for me... ranging from $35 to $65... but I'm sure worth every penny!

and then there's this... okay... it's not SILVER... but it is silver...

my new Cannon Digital Camera (I dropped my pink Sony camera, and now it has trouble with close-ups!)... Have a gloriously Silver Sunday...

Many Blessings from down here in French Lique...

Pink Saturday and the perfect pink giveaway gift! (and I ain't Talkin' Trash!)

I thought that Pink Saturday would be the perfect day to share a wonderful blog giveaway win from one of my favorite blog ladies in the whole world... Debbie from Talkin' Trash.

I stumbled upon Deb's blog one day about a year ago, and knew immediately I was going to love her. Her header photo had a full size female mannequin, nearly nude, laying in a bathtub with a sleep mask over her eyes... Gotta love a woman that gets a vision like that!

She really loves having giveaways... and in December... I won one... (say that 5-times real fast!)...
This week, direct from the distributor, my wonderful box arrived...
with my prize!

a very-very Frenchy Hot Chocolate pot... all pretty in PINK!

with two perfectly PINK cups...

and this fancy little electric stirring/froth maker thingy... which Ricky really enjoyed playing with...

The absolutely best Hot Chocolate maker... which has already found it's way to our 5th wheel camper... cause you can't go camping without Hot Chocolate!

I adore this wonderful PINK bloggy giveaway gift... just as much as I adore my sweet bloggy friend Deb... Thanks Deb, from the bottom of my Texas heart!

and for more Pink Saturday, please visit the wonderful Miss Beverly at How Sweet the Sound... There is so much more to see!

Happy Pink Saturday from down here in French Lique!

It's Not Just About The Junk...

Someone said that Candy and I seem to do a lot of "shopping"... Well, truth be known... we do get together every month or so to go Junkin' , along with Candy's best friend Terry. But I'm not sure you could call what we do... "shopping"...

Most of the time...

It's not just about the Junk...

Most of the time it's about seeing friends and visiting favorite places.... Like Glory B's in Geronimo...

It's difficult to get past the front porch most days...

because Beverly seems to have just the right stuff...

And Beverly is the kind of special shoppe keeper that Candy, Terry and I just love...
She's a little goofy... just like us!

and sometimes... it's not just about the junk...

In fact, I'd say, most of the time it's about spending fun times with good friends looking for treasure and then relaxing together with an ice cold margarita...

Aaaahhhhh.... now that's Treasure Hunting Texas Style...

Down here in French Lique...