My niece Heidi's wedding

So my niece got engaged after I had rented my 9 doors out for the same weekend. So we needed to create something new. Here's what I came up with. 

First I found 2 French glass doors (on kijiji of course) and painted them cream. I had this big window frame that I had used at Kelsey's wedding for all the lights to hang off in the centre of the room. So we hung it in between the 2 French doors. Then I was lucky enough the morning I was putting this together to find (on kijiji) 2 matching solid fur doors that I could pick up right away. I was going to paint them but after I washed them off at the car wash and sanded them I really liked the plain wood. So I hinged them to the French doors and the mantle I had for Kelsey's wedding fit perfectly under the window and in between the French doors. 

I found 9 panels of sheer curtains at value village which couldn't be more perfect ($9.99). I love value village!! So using those tension cord rods I hung them on the backsides of the doors and window!

I had 2 ikea scrolly frames that I tied random crochet lace to and hung them from the wood doors. 

The mantle was used to put pictures of heritage wedding photos. 

These flowers are in the chippy shabby chic cast iron planters I found at the vintage white market!  They looked perfect beside the wood doors!

Sydnee's Wedding

I had such a fun day decorating for my good friend's nieces wedding.  I used a lot of the things that I had used for my daughter's wedding but with different things hanging on or around the big pieces.  We used the hinged doors

We also used the fences as the receiving line backdrop

I made a new free standing back drop using old shutter style closet doors.  I painted them to look like weathered wood.  Then added a curtain rod and 2 lace panels from Ikea.  I love doilies, so made a doily bunting to hang over the lace.  It was a great backdrop for the vanity that we used for the guests to sign the wedding book.

We tented the ceiling and draped the walls with Gossamer material.  It was awesome.  I love what it does to the atmosphere.  

Syndee had sprayed a bunch of trees gold, we added some white lights and then a vintage brass hendrick's bird cage!  A gold framed chalkboard with their names and wedding date!

The center pieces were painted cans will fresh flowers

Burlap runners with lace edges.

Tin cans and barnwood

My antique hutch was used for the Sundae toppings.

We had a lot of paper doilies and jute twine, so we made some doily bunting

We hung the canvas pictures from the airplane wire with fishing line.

It was a fun wedding to decorate, such a cute Bride!!

Inspired after a trip to Kalispel

I went to Kalispel Montana this past weekend, just for the day. 4 gals who all live the same things!  So fun!  

We left super early to get down there when the shops opened. Oh, and we took our utility trailer...because well, you never know what you might find. 

Our first stop was at our favorite store, Station 8. Last fall I bought a column there and ever since I wished I had bought the other one. So I did. 

The one with the numbers. I'm going to cut it down just a bit. Then I spoted the little one! 

Then we headed down the road to a place I'd never been to (hard to believe) called Pickets. There was a booth almost completely filled with pink vintage. I spotted a couple of treasures. A pink iron and a pink hair dryer with a inflatable cap!  

We went to a couple more stops and found a couple more treasures when Brittney asked if we could stop at this lady's house. She had been messaging her and she had a couple of things she was going to buy from her. So we make our way into the historical district of kalispel and pull up in front of an adorable house complete with a picket fence. We all go in.  I wish I could have whipped out my camera because her house was AMAZING!!!  I asked her if she blogged or had ever been in a magazine and this is when I was informed that she was the organizer of the Vintage Whites Market!!  What? Yup, and I can't stop thinking about all the cuteness I saw there!  So I've been totally inspired. She told us of a new vintage store that had just opened with more industrial stuff. It almost 5 by now but we race over to try and find it and find it we did. Kelsey jumped out to see if it was still opened and it was. So I parked the truck and trailer (always having to really plan that out). I walk in and Kelsey had already found what I had been looking for.  The base of a wood burning stove!!!  Oh happy day!  It's a cute place with lots of neat stuff. Kelsey also got a big green wooden box for blankets!

It was a grand day out (to quote Wallace and Grommet). 

So I headed out to my garage to finishe some long waited project and here's what happened. I wasn't even thinking about these shutters until I was out there for a few hours. 

I bought these shutters last summer and wasn't sure what I was going to do. I'm helping with a wedding this weekend and dreamed this up. 

It's so cute that I needed to find a place in our house for them. That prompted me to rearrange my our living room. 

I also made this barn wood sign

My collection of lace doilies and bits of this and that has come in handy. 

I love vintage

Some things I've been up to

Spent a weekend in Edmonton Alberta. One day was with my "oh so patient" son (my husband had meetings) so he had no choice. He'd set a timer on my phone for each stop (for the record, I beat the timer everytime). The next day Brady opted to stay at the hotel and I spent the day with my dear friend #sistafromadifferentmother

Here are some of the treasures that I found and mixed into what I already had. 

I love little pitchers!

If you can't tell...I also love big pitchers. If you've never heard of gurgling pots your life is incomplete. They are the fish shaped pitcher. They make noises when you pour from them!!  We seriously laugh everytime we use them. The one in the middle is a vintage one, sadly it doesn't make the noise. 

I'm always on the look out for vintage sewing things. 

Vintage quilt blocks

I found the hat and the key hole plaque

I have a collection of shoe forms and stretchers

Vintage linens!!

I found this cermamic flower basket and knew where it needed to go!

Using old windows and shutters as backdrops for displays

Here's how it turned out!  It's in our bedroom!

First I started by laying out the shutters and window frame on the floor and playing around with the "stuff" I was going to put on them. 

Then once I figured out how I would like it. I painted the shutters. The frames and shelf I pre-hung. The small frames and pictures I attached to the shutters and window before I hung them to the wall. 

Here's another grouping in our guest bedroom

Here are a couple in my office. 

In a bathroom

Here's a grouping with shutters and a suitcase on a bench. 

One more spot I used a shutter. 

Shutters are a great backdrop!!  And windows...and old doors!!