Raised In Cotton

Miss Frenchies Holiday Brocante~Oh My!

  We have had a flurry of snow (yes yesterday) and activity getting ready for next weekends Holiday show in Kansas City, Missouri at the Alexander Majors Barn behind the historical home. I have been excited to help plan this event with these incredibly talented Midwest women~Deb (Curious Sofa) Karla (Karla's Cottage) Gwen and Terri (French by Design), Beth (antiques,collectibles), Julie (Reed's Design Shop) and lucky girls we are to have Elizabeth Maxson (Elizabeth House St. Louis) joining us.  Combining natural textures, antiques and fresh greens we will transform the barn into a European market place with a rustic feel. On Friday evening we will grace the pathway to the barn with mason jars filled with candles. I hope you can attend this wonderful sale and celebrate with us:)

*Just a quick note that I have more of the "Jul" books on order. So hopefully in a few days I will have them available on the website.

Happy Thanksgiving Dear Friends

Just a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. I hope today your homes are filled with much love and laughter. My talented friend Lesa Dailey gifted me with this delightful pumpkin on a pedistal that she made. It will look perfect on my holiday table. Blessings~

Miss Frenchie's Holiday Brocante Show

You know what happens when a group of Midwest Women pool their creative minds together and decide to organize a Holiday Boutique at the last minute? Presenting Miss Frenchie’s Holiday Brocante at the historical Alexander Majors Home in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday, Dec 5 and Saturday, Dec 6. The event will be held in the rustic barn behind the home and trimmed with burlap, fresh greens, berries, twigs and natural textures.  The group of vendors selected for this event will have a lovely selection of antiques, handmade goods, home décor and seasonal adornments.   We hope to make this a biannual event but for more information check out MissFrenchie’sBlog:)     

   

Silver Bella~Classes,Vendor Faire and Mary

The classes at Silver Bella this year were much longer and we were able to complete several of our projects~I took classes from Rebecca Sower, Teresa McFayden, Jenni Bowlin, Pam Garrison and Sally Jean~Who were all incredibly talented and so generous with their time and supplies. My niece Shelly soldering and sharing a table with fun Julie Baxsley at Sally Jeans class.  See the determination on their faces!

 Vendor Faire~Oh my what a night! We were to have our booths ready to go by 6:25 pm for the Bella's that were entering at 6:30 pm. With the awesome help from my three favorite "wing girls" Shelly, Shawn and Stacy we literally got the booth finished at 6:20 pm. I was only able to take a few pictures of my booth as the crash of lovely Bella's were fantastic. Thank You so much for the wonderful response and I just loved talking and seeing you all in your beautiful Prom dresses.        One of my very favorite things that I created was this vintage leather satchel I embellished with dyed lace. I also trimmed it with a paper and wool flower that I had handmade. It went home with sweet Michelle Geller:)            Karla's booth was delightful~  Deb's booth was of course magical~ Gwen and her sweet Mom in their cute French hats     Lovely Heather's booth.  Amy  always makes me smile:) What a perfect night!

On Saturday we were treated to our luncheon and guest speaker Mary Engelbreit. Mary is really down to earth and simply tells it like it is, very refreshing!

I think I was probably the 100th Bella to get my prints signed by Mary. She was very gracious:)

  That's all for this years Bella, hope to see you all again at next years event!

Silver Bella Part 1, The Glitter Lounge

Incredible, the only description that seems fitting to explain the weekend spent in Omaha at Silver Bella. The fun started the very minute we checked into the hotel which was the best place for this type of venue I might add. I was rooming with Karla and we laughed the entire weekend:) Karla and I hosted a get together in our hotel room crowned the "Glitter Lounge" for the Bella's that had participated in a pre Silver Bella swap that Karla had organized back in the summer.  We also invited anyone that we could think off to stop by and share a little champagne, chocolates and fun. I think we had about 40+ celebrating with us:)   Yes, that is a disco ball on the table. Karla stuffed that in her suitcase for the table decor:) Lovely ladies toasting to "Glitter".   My two favorite Bella wing girls, my niece Shelly and Stacy. Cute Natasha Burns all the way from Australia was a delight. I think this picture of Karla and Shawn really shows how much fun we had. Part 2 tomorrow:)

On My Way

Packed and ready to head north to Omaha for Silver Bella. See you in a few days with lots of photos.

Holiday Beauty

Last night, Beth, Karla, Gwen and I were treated to Deb's beautiful Curious Sofa Holiday Open House. Deb and her staff once again transformed the boutique into a mesmerizing vision of winter splendor. Please enjoy~    Look what greeted us as we opened the doors, this amazing vintage zinc topped table filled with simple white candles and huricanes. I loved this table so much and took several pictures~  Angel wings graced the backs of the white chairs~                    Karla sipping on champagne and enjoying the scruptious food~ Beth, me, Gwen (soon to have a blog) and Karla, enjoying Curious Sofa. Deb finally sitting down with Pearl~I think you deserve a little rest:) 

Winter Aviary

I find myself up early this morning even after doing the "Fall back" with the time change.  For several weeks I have been creating and planning my vendor fair booth for Silver Bella.  As with any type of project I do for the shop, website, shows or my personal space, I always start with a color theme.  Then I just find the elements that I need to fit into that particular palette.  I decided early on to go with colors that are dear to my heart for this years show.  Cream, white, blue and black for a little pop all faded with sprinkles of german glass glitter to boot. I am doing a "Winter Aviary" look with a winged theme. I admit that I really enjoy the presentation part of doing a show like this from finding just the right display props to seeing the end results.  Here are a few more of my project pictures~     

The Kansas City area will be represented well at this years show with these incredible talents~SweetKarla and her fantastic cottage lovlies, awesome Gwen who is selling her French finds from her recent trip and Deb is bringing a bit of her beautiful Curious Sofa boutique to Omaha for the show.  Along with other marvelous vendors from across the country, this will be a wonderful show. I probably will be spending more then I make but what fun to be surrounded by such creative spirits!