The Cabbages and Roses Giveaway Winner is....

Hello Everyone....

I wanted to announce the winner of the Cabbages and Roses Giveaway.

The winner is....

Monica Lee

Congratulations Monica!

Monica won 3 meters of the Hobury Fabric Collection!!

Monica said that she would sew the cutest things, drapes, pillows, lovely things....

Cabbages and Roses has a special promotion going on right now too....

They would like to offer free shipping to anywhere in the world on orders 100 pounds or greater.

The promotion will run through December 11th...

You can find out more about the promotion by visiting... 

Cabbages and Roses

Thank you Cabbages and Roses for sponsoring such a generous giveaway!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Giveaway!

On another note...

You can still enter my Christmas Package Giveaway by clicking here~

Giveaway ends Dec.2nd

I hope you all have a great week!

Take Care,

Maria

A French Farm Table

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone....

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving....

I first want to say THANK YOU to Sara Duckett for doing such a wonderful job on my new blog design....Sara is such an incredibly talented website designer!

I can't tell you how much I love her work...

Thank you Sara...

SADIE OLIVE

Sara also designed my shop website. 

{my shop will be opening soon... I can't wait to share my new website with all of you}

The French Farm Table...

Ok... I am finally getting my post up about my french farm table.

I actually took these pictures about a month ago....

So you will have to excuse the fall decorating in these pictures...

sorry : )

This little table gets moved all over the house....

It now has a spot in our living room....

I don't know if you can see what is under my plates....

About a month ago, I received these beautiful vintage music sheets from a friend.

Thank you Rozmeen for sending me so many wonderful things...  I loved everything....

Pastels and Whites

I only have a few items in my house that are this distressed.

I love decorating with food...especially pears. 

The red fabric that is draped over the pillow on the bistro chair will soon be made into a pillow.

I have a friend in Canada to thank for sending me that piece of fabric. 

Thank you Theresa!

I think this little table helps  add a lot of character to the room....

On another note......

I also wanted to let you know that there is still time to enter my Giveaway.....

You can win a beautiful handcrafted wreath from 

Wintersteen Farms

{their wreaths make a wonderful Christmas gift}

Two DW Christmas stockings made from European antique grain sacks.....

And a table runner made from an European antique grain sack...

If you would like to enter my giveaway please do so by 

clicking HERE!

On a final note...

A Black Friday announcement for Starfish Jewelry Designs...

Amber over at Starfish Designs is having a great sale this weekend...

For every order placed on Black Friday {from 12am on 11/26 to 12am on 11/27, Amber will be adding a free Taylor necklace to the order at no charge.  There isn't minimum purchase either.  Any order qualifies, even if you order a Taylor for $22, Amber will send you a second Taylor at no charge.  Also Amber will not be placing a per person limit on the promotion.  So, if you want to go back three times and place three separate orders, you will get three free Taylor necklaces. 

Starfish Jewelry Designs

I also wanted to let you know that Amber recently started a blog.

The Starfish Blog

Thank you Amber

Thank you everyone for stopping by.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Take Care,

Maria

A Wintersteen Farms and Dreamy Whites Giveaway

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Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Today I am teaming up with Wintersteen Farms for a fun giveaway.

When Jeff and Kelly told me that they would like to giveaway a wreath to one of my readers as a GIFT, I thought it would be fun to team up with them and do a giveaway together, as you already know I am a big fan of their wreaths. : )

Giveaway Information

Here is what is in the giveaway~

One Wintersteen Farms Wreath

Two  Christmas stockings made from an antique European Grain Sack

One table runner that is made from an antique European grain sack

A little bit of information about the products in the giveaway~

  The Wintersteen Farms Wreath

Wintersteen Farms will ship the wreath directly to the winner.

To ensure the longevity of their wreaths, they cut their materials daily.

Your wreath will be made specially for you (the winner).

As you can see their wreaths are overflowing with fragrant noble fir, blue berried juniper

and topped with ponderosa pinecones.

They will also provide you with beautiful off white satin ribbon.

Also included in the Giveaway are a few items sponsored by Dreamy Whites~ 

a sneak peek of what you will find in my shop

The red striped table runner is made from an antique european grain sack....

The runner is 103 inches long.  

Also included in the giveaway are these two Christmas Stockings, made from an antique European Grain Sack....

My sister made these for the giveaway....

The red stripe goes all around the top of the stocking.  

I love how my sister made the tabs on these stockings.

Giveaway Information~

One reader will receive

1. One Wintersteen Farms hand crafted Wreath

2. Two DW Christmas stockings made from an antique European grain sack

3. A DW table runner that is made from an antique European grain sack.

~Giveaway value is 230.00~

Giveaway ends December 2nd

Winner will be chosen by random.org

To enter the Giveaway Please leave me a comment stating where you would hang your Wintersteen Farms Wreath at in your home if you won the giveaway...... : )

Optional

If you would like an extra chance(s) to win

You can post the giveaway to any of your social networking sites...

facebook, blogger, and or twitter

Please leave a separate comment for each social networking site you posted the giveaway too...

You must leave a separate comment for each entry~

If you leave an anonymous comment, please make sure you also leave an email address.

Thank you Wintersteen Farms!

I hope you all get a chance to view Wintersteen Farms website.

Their wreaths really make great Christmas Gifts too.

Just in case you haven't already read my posts about Wintersteen Farms,

you can read more about them by clicking here and here

Thank you everyone for stopping by!

I also wanted to remind you that there is still time to enter my Cabbages and Roses Giveaway!           

Take Care,

Maria

A French Farm Table and a Wintersteen Farms Wreath

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all having a great week.

I wanted to show you a few pictures of a french farm table that I drug into my living room,

However I am having troubles loading the pictures to blogger.

Here are a few pictures of the table.

I will have to show you the rest of it next week.... Sorry

I also wanted to show you a few pictures of my Wintersteen Farms Wreath  that arrived in the mail yesterday.

I could hardly wait to show you a few pictures of it....

I do not normally decorate for Christmas this early, however

We are going to be doing something fun together next week....

That is why I purchased a wreath earlier than usual.

I actually took pictures of how it was wrapped, but couldn't get those pictures to upload either.....

I

It is really beautiful....

Their wreaths are overflowing with fragrant noble fir, blue berried juniper and cedar, topped off with ponderosa pine cones.

They provide you with a generous amount of satin ribbon~

The scent!!!

They are all hand crafted on their farm!

Thank you Jeff and Kelly!

WINTERSTEEN FARMS

You can pre-order their wreaths early too.

I will be back tomorrow morning with a really fun giveaway!

I hope you can stop by in the morning!

Take Care,

Maria

A mirror and a holiday wreath

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

I have to tell you Bethany had a lot of fun reading the comments you left about her giraffe.....

Thank you for making her day!

I wanted to share a few sneak pictures with you of one of my mirrors...

I actually traded this mirror for one of my pillows.

I am not sure how old it is.

I love the color of the frame.....

I love the patina on the mirror...

I will show you what I am doing with this mirror next week.

On another note.....

I am teaming up with Wintersteen Farms next week, we will be doing a fun holiday giveaway together...  We will be combining a few holiday items from my (soon to open) shop and a Wintersteen Wreath!

I know the owners of Wintersteen Farms, personally.

Jeff is my cousin, and I know first hand how talented he is.  He built my parents a beautiful new home, after the house I grew up in sadly burned down.  It was an emotional time for all of us, as we couldn't imagine not being able to come home to the house we grew up in.  After all my dad had built our house...How do you replace that....

Jeff built my parents a beautiful house....and I know my parents love their home!

Thank you Jeff and Kelly!

Jeff and Kelly sent me a little write up on how Wintersteen Farms was born.

Jeff has been a "Boutique Builder" for over 10 years.  He has built high-end homes that are very unique,  Each home Jeff has always brought in vintage pieces and designed them into the homes to make them look like they have been there for years.  His mom Sonya is a realtor and has always loved showing Jeff's spec homes, because people get so excited when they go from room to room.  From the light fixtures to the corbels on the fireplace to hardware on the doors and cabinets....each home is unique- one of a kind.  

Now that the building industry has slowed, Jeff has found himself still in construction, mostly doing remodels.  We have always been people who try to see outside the box and in regards to Wintersteen Farms, the box was right outside our window.  We have lived on a 36 acre tree farm for over 12 years and have sold wreath material on a small scale for many of the 12 years.  With the building industry slowing we decided to make this more than a hobby.  Our property has 36 acres of beautiful noble and douglas trees and we have decided to take our business to the next level of not just selling wreath material, but making them ourselves and as in the homes that Jeff has built, paying that special attention to detail.  Each wreath is hand-crafted and placed in a crystal clear bag, next placed in our signature brown box with tissue and raffia ribbon.  We want people to remember Wintersteen Farms for years to come.  From the moment they open the box and smell the fresh scent of the Northwest, we want them to remember that each wreath is a gift, whether it is bought for yourself or for that someone special, it's a gift.  Start a new tradition with Wintersteen Farms, you will not be disappointed.

Thank you Jeff and Kelly!

I hope you get a chance to visit Wintersteen Farms.

They are located in Oregon.
They have a beautiful family too.

Shop News

I also wanted to let you know that I am hoping to open my online shop the beginning of December.

The talented

Sara from Sadie Olive 

is designing my site, and will also be giving my blog a bit of a makeover!

I can hardly wait!

Have a great week!

Take Care,

Maria

A Pumpkin Bird Feeder Project and a craft book for the kids

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all having a great weekend!

I wanted to share my favorite kid's craft book with all of you today.

I bought this book, What Shall We do Today, at Lowe's last year for my kids.

It is one of those books that is filled with fun seasonal projects for the kids to do, and doesn't require you to have to run to the Craft Store for every project...

I wanted to share one of the pumpkin projects from the book with you.

All you need is a pumpkin, twine, bird seed, and a few pumpkin carving tools.

Cut the pumpkin in half and scrape out all of the seeds.

Fill it with bird seed....

We left this one sitting out on the table.

We hung this one in the tree.

The girls braided 3 pieces of twine together.

You tie two strands of braided twine around the tree and then add half of a pumpkin.

Fill it with bird seed.

And then you have a bird feeder.

This is a picture of last years bird feeder.

It really is a fun simple project to do with the kids.

The book is great for kids who love to be creative....

My daughter Bethany would love to do craft projects all day long...

I wanted to share another project my daughter Bethany just finished.

She recently saw the giraffe ornament at Anthropogie, and decided she wanted to

try and make her own.

Bethany formed a giraffe out of modeling clay,

and then glued strips of paper onto the mold.

She tore some pages out of a vintage book and then cut the pages into strips.

I thought it turned out so cute.

Bethany even made a collar for our corgi out of grain sack scraps the other day.

She sewed a large pearl button onto the collar to keep it fastened around her neck.

It is too cute.

I'll take a picture of it soon and share it with you.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

Take Care,

Maria