New Give Away!

Here's the deal. I need new followers on the Facebook page for this blog. If you're following, I am so grateful. If you aren't then I would appreciate it if you would be so kind as to do so. I thought about what I stated on the post I did earlier today about the give away and I've changed my mind. (Woman's prerogative right?) So here goes... If you're already following, please ask a friend to give the page a like here. Message me on the page, tell me you did so, give me the friends name who newly liked the page and you'll be entered for the give away. So this way all of you who have been so kind to follow along from the get-go can be entered and so can your friends. I hope this makes sense, I'm so tired from days of crafting and filling the shoppe. A woman's work is never done is an understatement.....
xoxo-
DJ

Photos Of The Shoppe And A Give Away!

The Shoppe Is Ready! I've been out there today adding the items I've been working on. It's been pretty much getting up around four or five in the morning and working on things to sell, make breakfast, more work, make lunch, more work, laundry, cleaning, more work, make dinner, clean the kitchen again, more work and finally falling asleep around nine or ten. Wake up, repeat the day before. It's been a lot of hard work but it's also been a whole bunch of fun. Please click on the link at the beginning of the post to see the photos on Facebook. If you aren't following my page on Face book, I sure do wish you would. I still need a few more follows to be able to track stats and such. By the way, if you aren't following and you do then you'll  automatically be registered for a give away just for new followers on Facebook. I'll post a photo there of what the prize will be later today. Thanks in advance and have a happy afternoon!

Well now what?

I don't really want to do this, BUTTTTTT! I've used up all of my picture space allowed for my blog and I'm purdy tired, So... I'm thinking of archiving this blog and just going posting on my blog's Facebook page. Let me know what you think??? I could go in and delete the pics but that presents other dilemmas so I don't know. If you don't follow me on Facebook I would sure appreciate it you would. xoxo-DJ

Decorating The Shed...

Well, it's about finished. It's been months of cleaning and more cleaning and plenty of painting, but it's finally time to decorate! (A stomach virus ruled my life last week so not much was accomplished.) I've moved some furniture out to the shed (still can't bring myself to call it a shoppe) and I've begun to take some of the things I've made out there. For days I've gone out there to putter around and try to bring it together. I have been experiencing a bit of "decorator's block". Yesterday I finally figured out the reason for this...
Along with the items I made I also had some gently used Christmas decor I wanted to sell. These decorations from Christmas Past were definitely jinking up what was supposed to be my "happy" place. I don't really like traditional Christmas colors, you know like red, green, gold or cobalt blue. Uh no...
Give me the vintage colors of pale pinks, aquas, silver and my favorite color of all, white. If my whole cottage could be white (and it will be one day) I would be thrilled. I do become obsessed with different palettes of pastels from time to time but I'm so fickle that it only takes about a week or two before I'm dreaming of whites again. Just wondering if any of you have this same dilemma of if it's just me?...
Back to the shed. I finally decided to take the decor that was making me walk around with a frown out of the shed and price them really low so hopefully they'll fly out of my life for-evah. I guess you're wondering if I don't like those colors how I ended up owning these things? Maybe, maybe not, but here's the reason. My ex-mister really liked traditional. And that's all I have to say about that.
I'm so glad that JD doesn't give a tiny rat's patoot about anything to do with decorating! "That looks nice" is his total contribution to decorating dialogue and I only get that if and when I ask. Love it.
So I'll be going back out there today and hopefully doing a little more arranging and thankfully JD's two oldest daughters will be here on Friday and will have some input. I'm hoping to unofficially open up shop on Friday, we'll see. I have a little more painting to do way up high behind the shelf but I need some help with some heavy items up there. I do okay on ladders but I'm thinking I won't push my luck on trying to move those things down alone. I'm also very spastic so I don't have a lot of room for playing around...
Meanwhile back at the cottage...

Here's a little looky-loo at some of the colors I'm working with right now. Yes that's a splash or red you see there. But not to be used with dark green and you can take that to the bank...

I'll try to remember to take some pics today and get them posted. Y'all have a great day! 

Finally...

Happy Monday to everyone! I hope your week is off to a good start. I know mine is because with only a few touch ups and the painting to be done over the long shelf in the shed, it's ready to decorate!

I finished the ceiling and floor this weekend and I'm extremely pleased with the results...

I have to tell ya, the ceiling painting just about did me in. I still can't look up without feeling an ache in my neck and shoulders...

There are a few places on the floor that I'm going to use Kilz on and touch up with more paint today. After that I'm going to start moving in and decorating. I'll worry about painting over the shelf after that. I think I deserve to put that on the back burner for a couple of days until I do a little playing with the decor, don't you? This project feels like it has gone on forever, but when you're working alone on most of it that's just how it goes. Slowly. Of course JD did the wiring and the window, but other than that it was just moi that unloaded the shed, cleaned and cleaned some more and painted. That's okay though, I like a challenge though I don't care to be this challenged again for a long time. Lol...

I'll take some more pictures today after I do a little a lot of moving things from the cottage to the shed and arranging. I'm hoping all of you will have some input on the decor, whether it's that you like it or you would do something different, let me hear from you!

Have a wonderful day!

Shed Update!

I'm trudging along with the paint. Still. I'm not complaining, well yeah I think I am. I'm just ready to be done. The walls are finished, Now on to the ceiling and the floor after that. I actually enjoy painting, but I'm way over the joy of the new paint and ready to get finished and decorate it!!! Patience isn't my thing...

Here's a photo taken late yesterday of the new window, courtesy of JD, what would I do without him? 

This is the back, right corner of the shed, that used to look like the picture below. 

Much better. I'm back to work now after a quick salad for lunch. 

When can it look like this? Stay tuned...

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like...

A shed. That with a lot more hard work might turn into a little rustic country shoppe...

I've been a slacker in blog world here lately. It's been house work in the mornings, shed work all afternoon, then making dinner and crocheting (Christmas gifts) in the evenings for weeks now. All of this has taken a bit of oomp-a out of me and anything that I think you all may find interesting... So simply because this shed is my life at the moment, I'm sharing photos of the window that JD is working on. Windows are interesting, right?

He carefully measured, then made the cut and is moving one of the studs. I helped. Okay I handed him thingies and tools...

He asked for me to bring the sledgehammer from his vehicle. I was so proud that I found it in less than thirty seconds and rushed back to hand him my find. Turns out that I handed him wedge back hammer instead (whatever that is). He then went to retrieve the other hammer for himself. 

Paint, paint and more paint and I still have the ceiling to go. Yay!

Hopefully he'll finish the window today and I'll be painting again. I can't wait to be finished with all of the painting so that I can begin to decorate and fill the shed with the goodies that will make it a shoppe!

Yes, this is JD crocheting a scarf for himself. I love the color of yarn he chose. And yes, real men DO crochet. He asked me to show him how, I obliged and after a couple of days practicing on some old yarn, he had it down and was ready for his own yarn and needle. He's doing really well I have to say. I'll try to get a couple of photos here soon of the things I'm working on.

Okay, that's been my life for weeks now and today I'll start the grind over again and one day in the not too distant future things will come together and my dream shoppe will happen.

I pray...