May Flowers

So I last posted about
my vintage linen flurry of sewing...
which I do not really tend to do.
This is why I did it!
Getting ready for our May sale.
Ahhhhh...
COLOR!

Molly

Check out more great makeovers and more!

Linens and then some...

I have been playing with

vintage linens...

A table cloth from the 50's.

A flower seed sack from the 40's.
(My oh my...the printed tassels knock me out!)

As a painter,

 this is not my normal forray!

I wanted to create some pillows

 for a toile loveseat.
(Traditional blue and yellow toile, too boring for me.) 
To make it
POP
and
sizzle
for summer fun.

The feel of the fabric...

soft and time worn.

The colors...

bold

and full of

 summer's glory.
(I am normally drawn toward soft taupes, robin's egg blues  and a not-so-green green,
so this is a surprise punch in my always soft toned brain!)

The sound of my
sewing machine...

taking me back

to my

7th grade

Home Economics class

(that sounds so funny to me still!)

where I first really learned

the basics of  sewing.

Sweet,

simple

and

an

unexpected

pleasure.

OH...

AND

Thanks to all our 

fabulous customers

   Chartreuse and Co.

May sale will be right around the corner!!

So...
Don't forget to

Find your unexpected pleasure...

Molly

April at Chartreuse and Co.

Things are gearing up and

all our vendors are ready....

Here is a parade of pics from

Just B --

Home

Art

Life

OH

SO

MUCH

TO SEE!!!

Check out

 Chartreuse and Co.

For direcctions and more preview pics!!

Molly

A Story to tell...

This dresser has a story. 

This dresser's story did not begin with me.

It had a life before...wish I knew its history.

Some cultures believe the spirit stays with a piece...

This spirit is sweet.

I met it in a barn...

top off

 burn marks

black rings

no handles

drawer slats off

A loss cause?

OH NO!

I had in mind a resue.

I had to do many a things...

attach top, saw out drawer front,

pull apart two drawers, reuse and

make shelf from said drawers to hold baskets,

paint, create new pulls, white wash baskets,

Why not add a key?

And on and on...

Now I love this little rescue and revamp.

LOVE.

How can I sell it at my next sale?

Someone else will love it too.

Onto my next rescue.

Create.

Something.

From.

Nothing.

Passion.

Molly

Linked to so come check out all the great things:

between naps on the porch

cottage instincts-make-it-for-monday

the diy showoff.-project-parade

diy-day-with-sweet-funky-vintage

sillylittlesparrow-toot-your-horn-tuesday-more-or-less

Oh and with pictures...so cool!

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Hello from Texas

We are on an adventure...

in Texas seeing family.

 Just the girls...husband and biggest boy at home. 

We are really a transported flock,

 originally from Michigan but

my sis made the move with husband and children years ago

and is really a "Texan" now. 

Along came my Mom too to make her nest. 

So now it is sister and her ENTIRE clan. 

 I got to see my niece's babies...

I am a GREAT AUNT many times over!! 

How fun is that? 

Meeting wives and husbands and friends, oh my. 

It is so hard being so far.

I miss them all and I am still here!

Auntie Molly loves you all.

The Porter Clan and my Mom in Florida!!