Shabby Love

Bathroom Update

2013-05-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

Is it just me or is it crazy we're half way through May already!?! How did that happen?!? Anyways I've got a ton of projects started, but not finished enough to blog about them so I thought I would share a little bathroom update today. We redid our bathroom two years ago - like a down-to-the-studs redo. You can see the original post HERE. Not too much has changed except some of the decor and the pictures are a little better this time around.

Ooops I didn't even notice my little photo bomber until now!

It's been two years and my drop cloth shower curtain is holding up well and I still love it!

I've added quite a bit of shaving decor

And my shaving brush collection is a little crazy.

I also replaced the items that used to be in this box with milk glass apothecary jars.

I love ironstone shaving mugs!

We recently found this fabulous chippy stool. It was in my booth for awhile, but I brought it home after I realized it would be perfect for Anderson to use.

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For the Love of Ironstone

2013-05-11T00:00:00.000-04:00

Do any of you have that ONE thing that you can just never pass up, no matter how much you already have? I have a ton of collections and in most cases when I fill up an allotted space with a given collection, I generally stop buying whatever it is. That is not the case for ironstone! I can never resist a piece of ironstone - it's my ONE thing I can never walk away from.

The way I justify buying so much ironstone is that we actually do use it on a daily basis. Some of it sits on a shelf looking pretty, while the rest is functional. We've replaced all of our old plates, bowls and cups with nothing but ironstone and I love it!!!! The best part is that I find most of it at thrift stores for great prices!

I pretty much use it anyway I can all around the house, so today I'm sharing my collection with you! Some of it you've seen before, some you have not! :)

Here are my barn wood shelves I've shared before with the majority of my collection.

And my door shelf

I also use ironstone:

On our desk

In my craft room

And in the bathroom

And here are other pieces I have collected

Platters - which we use

These are the plates we use daily

Countertop vignette

Bowls

Tureen - a gift from my boss!!

Such pretty details!

This tureen is my most recent purchase! I bought it from my friend Janet at White Barn Vintage!!

We use this bowl for our fruit and veggies

I think this is a butter dish? I've never seen another one like it before.

I think this might be an underplate to something. We use it as a spoon rest on the stove.

I'm even willing to part with some for my etsy shop:

HERE

And HERE

I'm sure I'll have more pieces to share with you soon! What's your ONE thing?

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We Have a Winner!

2013-05-10T08:46:00.001-04:00

And the winner of the Thirty-One giveaway is.......................................................................

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Congratulations Sherri and thank you all so much for entering!!! :)

Yardstick Table

2013-05-03T22:00:00.000-04:00

Come enter the Thirty-One Giveaway I have going on HERE!!!!!

If you've been reading my blog for awhile then you know I'm pretty much obsessed with yardsticks and have been collecting and hoarding them for over a year to start using them on projects.

My first yardstick project was this stool

The second is what I'm sharing with you today.

We got this cute little white table from a friend.

Cute, simple, great condition, and I didn't need to paint it - bonus!!

Here it is all fancied up with some yardsticks!

(Did you notice how chippy my doors are getting!! YAY!!)

I think this was the perfect table for a yardstick top.

I like it slightly distressed too!

Are you a yardstick hoarder too? This table depleted most of my stash so I'm on the hunt again!

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Guest Post - Roper Rhodes

2013-04-30T15:08:00.001-04:00

Anybody planning a bathroom redo anytime soon? We redid ours two years ago and I scoured articles, Pinterest, and blogs for inspiration. It was helpful gathering ideas and going into the remodel with a game plan and a stockpile of vintage goodies waiting to be displayed.

I'm excited to welcome Alice who is guest posting on my blog today from Roper Rhodes who can give you some great tips on reflecting your style in your bathroom remodel. Enjoy!

How to create a

vintage style bathroom

There are an infinite number of ways in which you can style your bathroom. Many people at the moment would prefer to have a modern bathroom that is stylish yet minimalistic with very few accessories, little decoration, and lots of shiny surfaces. This is not to everyone’s taste though; a vintage style bathroom can look just as good, if not better, than a modern one. Here are some tips on how to makeover your own bathroom in easy ways to reflect that vintage look.

If your bathroom already contains a fairly new suite, you probably won’t want to replace this as it can get a little pricey. Instead try adding a few touches here and there to get the vintage feel. And remember that not every piece needs to have a function in the bathroom. For example, search antique shops and auctions for furniture that is going cheap. A gorgeous accented armchair or sofa with colours that match the rest of the room would look fabulously vintage beside the bath tub.

On the other hand, you might have a bathroom that does need new appliances such as the sink, toilet or bath tub replacing. There are a number of places that produce ready-made suites that already have a vintage look, such as the cabinets by Roper Rhodes. You can also keep an eye out for authentically vintage pieces such as those old fashioned but stylish peach or avocado coloured suites. These are likely to be a bit more pricey, but are definitely worth it if you can afford them.

Shabby chic is very in at the moment. This means that you don’t need to source items that actually are shabby because they are on sale everywhere. If you’re handy at DIY, you could buy cheap pieces from charity shops and paint them up yourself. They look particularly effective in pastel shades with the edges slightly worn away. This can be done super easily with a piece of sandpaper. Just make sure not to overdo it!

Finally, try adding some vintage accessories around the room for those few finishing touches. Watch out for things like vintage soap dishes that you can place on the edge of the sink or the bath. Antique perfume bottles will have a similar effect as will old fashioned framed pictures and signs. Before you know it, you’ll have a unique and fashionable bathroom.

Thirty-One Certificate Giveaway

2013-04-29T00:00:00.000-04:00

I have a fabulous giveaway for you all that I am so excited about! My sweet friend Cara is a Thirty-One consultant and has offered to giveaway a $20 gift certificate to her Thirty-One Website!!!!!!

Here are of some of the great items you can choose from!

To see more please visit Cara's website.

There are five entry possibilities, so start entering now on the Rafflecopter widget below!

A winner will be announced on Friday, May 10 at 8:00 a.m.!!

Good Luck!!!!!

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Great New Finds

2013-04-27T00:00:00.000-04:00

Come enter the Thirty-One Giveaway I have going on HERE!!!!!

It has been a VERY long time since I've posted about any new finds I've come across lately. It seems I post about them most often on Facebook and Instagram, but I've found some really great things recently that I wanted to share here as well!!

For instance, like these awesome metal prescription file boxes!!!

These might be my most favorite finds to date!

A baby carriage wheel I plan to use in my son's industrial chic room

Large ironstone pitcher

A sweet Baby Ben

The start of a new collection it seems....like I need another one - mini dustpans

They're just so cute I can't resist!

I love this green color!!

My whisk brooms are accumulating rapidly.

I found a place to display them that I'll share with you soon!

This rustic wood tool tote

Another lavender bottle - although it doesn't look so lavender in this picture.

And a sock stretcher - I now have three!

So there you go! A few of my favorite recent finds.

What's your favorite? And what kind of things do you collect?

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We Have a Winner

2013-04-26T08:03:00.001-04:00

The winner of the Shabby Apple Grand Prize Giveaway is Anne from White Lace Cottage!! Congratulations Anne!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered!! Please come back on Monday where I'll have another great giveaway starting! You'll have a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to use toward a Thirty-one product of your choice!!!

Second Life for a Chippy Chair

2013-04-20T00:00:00.000-04:00

Last summer I shared a space we created out of doors on our patio HERE. In this post I shared, for the first time, a gorgeous and perfectly chippy chair.

See - perfection! It's also the same chair in my header picture.

I moved the chair to my front porch in October to decorate for my son's birthday party and for the fall.

Shortly after, we came home from work and found the chair literally broken into pieces. It had been an extremely windy day and all we can figure is the wind caught the storm door and it slammed into the chair, breaking it. That was a sad, sad day. Sigh....I really loved that chair.

We stuck it in the garage with the idea that we would eventually figure out ways to repurpose the pieces. If you saw my post about my Frankenstein cabinet, then you know Nate and I enjoy building things using what we have.

Speaking of the Frankenstein cabinet - we have found him a mate. Shall we call her the Bride of Frankenstein? BoF for short?

Would you like to meet BoF?!?!?

A few weeks ago Nate was out cleaning up his garage and was in the mood to build. After awhile he came in and got me to show me what he created. I was blown away!!! It was pure genius on his part on what he put together!!

He took one of these windows that was broken that my stepdad gave us

Some pallet boards, furring strips and the legs of that gloriously chippy chair and created this:

A clever, one-of-a-kind BoF table!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't tell you how much I love it!!

From the beautiful chippy legs

To the rusty window latch

And the rustic look of the table top

I'm so glad there's a second life for that chippy chair after all!!

Those of you who love it as much as I do and live in Michigan will be thrilled to know it's heading to my booth at Collette's Vintage and Antique Mall!!

So tell me, what do you think of the Bride of Frankenstein?

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New Items in the Shop!

2013-04-15T00:00:00.001-04:00

Over the weekend I worked on adding some new items to my poor, neglected etsy shop!! I just thought I would share a few of the new things I listed in case you'd like to stop over and check it out! ;)

I have lots and lots of ironstone pieces, including this beautiful pitcher!!

Ironstone Tureen

Ironstone Chamber Pot

Industrial Metal Printer Blocks

Wood Sewing Spools

That's just a small sampling of what's in the shop! I'll also be adding some grain scoops very soon!

Shabby Apple Grand Prize Giveaway!! CLOSED

2013-04-15T00:00:00.000-04:00

The generous folks from Shabby Apple have asked me to host a fabulous Grand Prize Giveaway!!! One of you will win a $50 gift certificate allowing you to pick what you love!!!

If you are unfamiliar with Shabby Apple, they are an online dress boutique that specializes in vintage and retro dresses. Click here: vintage dresses to see their selection!

Here are a few of my favorites that they offer:

Golden Afternoon Pink Lace Dress

Da Vinci Grey Jersey Knit Dress

Fisherman's Find Top

Jetty Skirt

So beautiful!!!! Below are the guidelines and entry possibilities!

Your prize is a $50 gift certificate for any one item

The giveaway is limited to those with a USA shipping address

Please include your email address when entering

A winner will be chosen on April 26 at 8:00 a.m.

All entries will be verified so please be fair and follow the rules. :)

Mandatory entries (leave a separate comment for each entry):

Please follow Shabby Apple's Facebook Page

Please become a follower of Shabby Love by GFC, Linky Followers, or email

All ways to follow can be found on my right hand sidebar

Bonus Entries (leave a separate comment for each entry) :

Visit Shabby Apple and tell me what item you would pick if you won

Please follow Shabby Love on Facebook

Share about this giveaway in some way. Leave a comment with the link.

Good luck to you all!!!!

Door Shelf Tweaking

2013-04-13T00:00:00.000-04:00

I've been doing some tweaking lately!!! Do you remember the old door we added shelves to? Well, as we have slowly progressed with our kitchen redo (we have all the trim and baseboards installed, now onto the countertop and backsplash!!) I have simplified my kitchen decor a little. I have gotten rid of quite a bit and moved things around. I don't want to show too much of my kitchen right now, so I'll just show you the changes I made to the door shelves.

Here's what the door looked like before when we first added the shelves and got it in place behind the pallet cabinet:

And here's how it looks now!!

I was having a hard time getting everything all in one shot so I had to go to the farthest corner of the room and get an angled shot - sorry!

I kept a few of the same elements and changed up the rest.

As you saw in the original picture we had our microwave on the cabinet. Our only outlets are all the way across the room and I hated seeing the ugly extension cord needed for the microwave, so we moved it over to the counter. I'm still not sure if I like the new placement yet, but I do love the little baking station I set up on the pallet cabinet, so it may just stay.

This little hanging wire basket is also a new addition!!!

One of my whisk brooms from my growing collection!

I love the new spot for my ironstone butter pats! Much more visible!

What do you think? Do you like the original or tweaked version better?

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Restoration Hardware Inspired Chalkboards

2013-04-06T00:00:00.000-04:00

The giveaway over at Home by Ally is still going on!! Go over now to enter for a chance of being one of 8 winners for $500 in cash prizes!!!

A few years ago I was flipping through a Restoration Hardware catalog I had just gotten in the mail and came across this photo:

I instantly fell in love with these chalkboards and wanted to make some!!

It's taken me awhile, but I finally got around to doing that!

I mentioned on this post that I have been working like crazy trying to get my booth ready for a big one year anniversary sale the antique mall is putting together. I've been shopping, painting, stenciling, transferring images onto flour sack towels, staining breadboards, and making chalkboards!! When I get my booth setup for the big weekend, I'll be sure to share photos!!

Anyways, back to the chalkboards. Using the Restoration Hardware ones as my inspiration, I told my husband what I had in mind and he cut out a few varying sizes of boards from a piece of luan.

I painted them with a few coats of chalkboard paint and ripped up strips of muslin and strung it through the holes at the tops of the boards.

I have noticed that chalkboards seem to sell better when they have things written or drawn on them, so I went over to the Graphics Fairy and looked for some fun steampunk images and starting drawing.

Here's how they all turned out!!

The old camera one is my favorite!

Also, here is a quick photo of the French Farmhouse inspired breadboards my husband cut out for me!!!

I can't wait to fill my booth with all these fun goodies!!!

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We Have a Winner!!!

2013-04-05T08:01:00.001-04:00

The winner of the LiviaLynn Designs $25 Gift Certificate is.................
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Thank you all so much who entered!!!
Don't forget to head over to LiviaLynn Designs to take advantage of her generous offer of 15% off any order when you tell her Shabby Love sent you!!!
The giveaway over at Home by Ally is still going on!! Go over now to enter for a chance of being one of 8 winners for $500 in cash prizes!!!
And finally, please stay tuned as I have two more giveaways coming up: Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway Thirty-one giveaway by my friend Cara
Watch for more details!!!!!

Home by Ally Giveaway

2013-04-02T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello friends!!! Just dropping by to say hi and see how your Easter was!?! Ours was fantastic celebrating our Risen Lord and spending time with family.

My little guy is three and is starting to understand and be excited about things - like the Easter Bunny. So it was fun watching him hunt for his basket and his face light up when he discovered it filled with goodies! ❤

I wanted to let you know about a really great giveaway I'm participating in along with 50 other bloggers/businesses!!!

The giveaway is happening over at Home by Ally!

Here are the details:

Home by Ally has the honor of hosting this awesome giveaway! We are giving away to {EIGHT} lucky winners VISA gift cards from the amounts of $25 up to $100 which all total $500! WOW! Loads of cash to just give away right? You guys are just that awesome! And to think that our goal was only $300 at first...we surpassed that by a lot didn't we!

{3} Lucky fans will EACH receive a $100 Visa Gift Card!

{3} Lucky fans will EACH receive a $50 Visa Gift Card!

{2} Lucky fans will EACH receive a $25 Visa Gift Card!

YES! You read that right! We are giving away $500 in gift cards to 8 lucky winners!!!!

Over {50} different businesses have all teamed together to bring you this amazing giveaway!

Here's a list of the great people behind this giveaway!!!!

Home by Ally

Photos by Ally

JessieJeans

Marcool Air Conditioning & Heating Inc.

Getting Healthy with Visalus

ReFabulous Interiors

Erin Lynn Photography

Erin Lynn Design

Skinny Boca It Works!

Simple Matters

Oakley Photography

The Burd's Nest Trading Post

High Class Trash Boutique

Southern Reflection

Vintage Fictation

Kristi Coil Photography

River City Candle Company

Shabby Love

The Rustic Coop

Copper Roof Design LLC

Blink of an eye Boutique

Sheri D. Photography & Designs

Katie Pea Creations

Campbell's Melange

Melisse Campbell - Artist

Christina- Jamberry Nails Independent Consultant

Jennifer Borkowski Designs

The Little Orange Slipper

The Happy Nest Project

Pickin Peaches - Furniture Studio

Vintage Charm & Restoration

Getting Healthy with Visalus UK

LBP by Steph

When Pigs Fly Again

Lindsey Baillio Photography

Scentsy- Victoria Baker - Independent Consultant

Heirloom Hardware Home

Klassy Floral Boutique

Cara Welsh Oragami Owl - Independent Consultant

Cara Leann Designs

From Flea to Me

LahLah Consignment Thrift

Brooke Mathews Photography

Yep-ER-Doodles

The Black Sheep Monograms

Amazing right!?! There are 75 entry possibilities so head HERE and start entering away for your chance to win!!!! Let Ally know Shabby Love sent you!

Also, don't forget you still have a chance to enter the LiviaLynn Designs Giveaway!!! It ends at 12:00 a.m. Friday morning!

Tool Caddy Love

2013-03-30T00:00:00.000-04:00

I've got a great giveaway happening now from LiviaLynn Designs! Stop over now to enter HERE!!!! Perfect for Mother's Day!!

Anybody else love tool caddies as much as I do? I can never resist them when I find them at thrift stores or estate sales. I rarely keep them for myself and instead take them to my booth, but I still love them!! Here are a few I have for sale now!

The one on the right was made by my husband out of pallet boards.

Aren't they so cute dressed up with fun "junk" embellishments?!? I have another one almost ready to be brought into my booth that I think I will be adding a vintage mailbox number to!

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LiviaLynn Designs Giveaway

2013-03-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

I have a fabulous giveaway for you all that I am so excited about! My sweet friend Jennifer of LiviaLynn Designs has offered to giveaway a $25 gift certificate to her ETSY SHOP!!!!!!

Here are some great examples of some of the beautiful items you can choose from to customize!

Just in time to customize something perfect for Mother's Day!!!

To see more of Jennifer's work please visit her Facebook page.

Please visit her Etsy shop if you'd like to add her to your favorites!

Jennifer has also generously offered the rest of you 15% off any item when you tell her Shabby Love sent you! So please visit her today and see for yourself the beautiful items she has to offer. She is happy to take custom orders!

There are five entry possibilities, so start entering now on the Rafflecopter widget below!

A winner will be announced on Friday, April 5 at 8:00 a.m.!!

Good Luck!!!!!

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Burlap Rosette Tutorial

2013-03-24T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi friends! How was your weekend!?! Mine went by too quickly, but it was productive! The antique mall where I have my booth is preparing for a big one year anniversary celebration, so I started working on things to cram my booth full for that weekend!

Anyways, I had a reader request a tutorial for the burlap rosettes I made for lampshades a couple years ago that I also worked on putting together.

It's been awhile since I've made them, so I tried to replicate them as best as possible.

First start with your strip of burlap. Obviously the longer the strip the bigger your rosette will be - I think mine was about a foot and 1/2 long. I make my strips about 2 inches wide.

Next, fold in half and iron it down.

Roll one end a couple times and glue in place. This will be the pretty center of your rosette.

While holding the end you just rolled, twist the rest of the strip.

Then start to roll, continuing to twist the strip as you go. You can roll loosely and then tightly to get a variation in your "petals". Just play around until you get the look you're going for.

I have seen some tutorials where they glue as they go. I wait until the end incase you want to start over and try again.

Keep twisting and rolling until you're left with a little tail at the end.

Flip your rosette over, place some glue in the center and glue your tail down.

Flip your rosette back over and fluff it a little. Pull the center out a bit to make it more prominent, loosen up some of the petals.

Arrange until you're happy with the result and start to glue here and there to keep it all in place.

Cut off any loose strings of burlap and you're left with a perfect rosette!

Thank you Cecilia for your request! I hope you and others will find this tutorial helpful!!

Sweet End Table

2013-03-22T14:47:00.001-04:00

I've got a great giveaway happening now from LiviaLynn Designs! Stop over now to enter HERE!!!! Perfect for Mother's Day!!

A few weeks ago I shared some changes I made in our living room you can read about here. My husband built me a new end table to match one I already had, so that left me with an extra table I really had no room for.

We bought the extra end table over four years ago from an antique store when I was pregnant with my son and we were in the beginning stages of decorating his nursery. It was a plain dark stained table that I simply painted white.

Here's how it looked painted in Anderson's nursery.

It's still white, but I touched up some areas and distressed it a bit and it's now for sale in my booth.

I'm a little sad to see this sweet table go, but maybe it will find a new home in another nursery.

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Numbered Stools

2013-03-16T00:00:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to mention that I am having a sale in my etsy shop! I'd like to make room for new inventory so everything in the shop is 20% off!! Use the code SPRING20 to save! Please visit my shop HERE!

Remember my stool obsession and the redos I did here? The obsession continues with two other stools I came across recently at Salvation Army.

First I found this cute stool as is, half painted leg and all.

I could see the potential though.

It now looks like this

Here's the second stool I found

I cut the number 5 out of painters tape to paint over it so the pretty stain would show through.

Here's the after

I will be distressing the little one for sure, but I'm still trying to decide if I should lightly distress the big stool as well. What do you think?

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Spring Mantle

2013-03-09T00:00:00.000-05:00

My parents took my son, Anderson, Friday night through Sunday morning so I worked ALL DAY on Saturday trying to get as much accomplished as I could for my booth, cleaned my house, and set up some spring decor on the cabinet in the living room I like to pretend is my mantle.

I love all the white and light colors!

I thought lavender bottles would be the perfect finishing touch for spring decor.

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We Have a Winner!!!!

2013-03-08T07:59:00.000-05:00

The winner of the LuLu Beans Crochet Infinity Scarf is.................

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you all so much who entered!!!
Don't forget to head over to LuLu Beans Crochet to take advantage of her generous offer of 15% off any order when you tell her Shabby Love sent you!!!
Please stay tuned as I have another giveaway coming up in a couple weeks from LiviaLynn Designs!

New End Tables

2013-03-02T00:00:00.000-05:00

I have a beautiful LuLu Beans Crochet Scarf giveaway happening now!! Please go enter HERE!!!

Over the weekend I worked on making some small changes in my living room with end tables that I am SO excited to show you today!!!!

Here are the before shots of the end tables in the living room:

And close-up shots of the end tables.

I found this cute little cabinet at an estate sale years ago! It's a perfect size and provides great storage. I decided to repaint it white and I asked my husband to build me a second one to match for the other side of the couch.

The tiny glass knob looks a little lost on the tallness of the cabinet, so that got changed as well.

While I was snapping my after shots my little guy kept asking me to take his picture.

This was coming from the little stinker who runs away from me when I try to take his picture! :)

So, I happily obliged his request!

And here is the cabinet painted white with a new knob!

Here's the new cabinet my husband built to match!!!

I was playing around trying to see how my couch will look with a white slipcover and you may have noticed from the before pictures, I also got a new coffee table!!!!

I think it looks a little more cohesive now with tables that are now the same height and width!!

What do you think? Too matchy matchy?

Before I go, I just wanted to mention that I am having a sale in my etsy shop! I'd like to make room for new inventory so everything in the shop is 20%off!! Use the code SPRING20 to save! Please visit my shop HERE!

P.S. If you'd like to see sneak peeks throughout the week and other inspiration, be sure to follow me on Facebook!!

I'm linking to the parties listed HERE and to:

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LuLu Beans Crochet Giveaway

2013-02-25T00:00:00.000-05:00

I have a great giveaway for you all that I am so excited about! My sweet friend Jennifer of LuLu Beans Crochet has offered to giveaway one of her Artfully Simple Infinity Cowl Scarves!!!!!!

But before I get to that, here are some great examples of some of the beautiful items she has crocheted!

Stuffies

Sweet hats

Even little booties!!

And I can personally say how much I love Jennifer's work! This is the gorgeous cowl scarf she made for me!! I love it!!

To see more of Jennifer's work please visit her Facebook page.

She also has an Etsy shop if you'd like to add her to your favorites!

And now, here is what she is giving away to one of you!!!! Her Artfully Simple Infinity Scarf!

The winner will be able to choose from several colors Jennifer has available for their own custom scarf.

The colors include:

Parrot (bright mix of colors)

Petunia (mix of purples)

Winery (mix of plums, reds, and browns)

Tidal (mix of greens and blues)

There are five entry possibilities, so start entering now on the Rafflecopter widget below!

A winner will be announced on Friday, March 8 at 8:00 a.m.!!

Good Luck!!!!!

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Shabby Love

Bathroom Update

For the Love of Ironstone

We Have a Winner!

Yardstick Table

Guest Post - Roper Rhodes

Thirty-One Certificate Giveaway

Great New Finds

We Have a Winner

Sponsored Post - GlassesUSA.com

Second Life for a Chippy Chair

New Items in the Shop!

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