Antique European Grain Sack Christmas Stockings.... Advent Calendar and or 12 Days of Christmas

Hello!

I just want to first thank everyone who participated in the giveaway.

The winner of my giveaway is Shel, who has a blog called Auntie Thesis.

Congratulations Shel....

Thank you Jeff and Kelly of Wintersteen Farms

There will still be opportunities to win a Wintersteen Farms Wreath this season....

I will be hosting a few more giveaways with Wintersteen Farms before the season is over....

On another note....

I wanted to share some images of these petite stockings I made from antique European Grain Sacks the other day....

I have wanted to come up with an idea using grain sacks for an advent calendar and or an idea representing the 12 days of Christmas for my shop.........

I decided to make miniature stockings out of grain sacks and hang them from a birch branch....
These are really easy to make...
My girls helped make these.
It is a fun project to do with your kids....

One of the things I love the most about antique grain sacks and antique linens is that all the seams were hand stitched together....

I can't imagine the amount of time spent sewing up these sacks.....

I wanted to make sure some of the stockings would have the original seams showing....

Here I strung 12 stockings from a birch branch that is tied to a pair of antique french shutters....

I thought they would also be cute hung on my mantle...

If you wanted to use these for an advent calendar they could be strung from two branches or just use a slightly longer branch to hang them from.

You could also string them from twine instead of a branch....

I left enough room at the top of the stocking to place a piece of candy inside the stocking....

I hand sewed the string (from the original grain sacks) 

into the tops of the grain sack stockings.

Each stocking in shaped slightly different and the stripes are placed in different areas on the stockings...

These also make great tree ornaments and or can be used to decorate the tops of your Christmas gifts.....

I will share a few more images of other ways I used these next week.

I will be listing these in my shop today....

along with regular sized grain sack stockings....

I hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Take Care,

Maria

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Hello!

I just wanted to let you know there is still time to enter my giveaway.....

A chance to win a Wintersteen Farms Wreath and a $200.00 Gift Card giveaway to my shop.

The giveaway ends tonight at midnight.

You can enter the giveaway by clicking here....

On another note....

I will be adding some grain sack stockings to my shop this week...

My husband recently purchased a serger for me, so I can help my sister out with the 

sewing....

I never thought I would be so excited to get a sewing machine....

I have a number of things I have been working on and can't wait to share them with you.

I just wish there was 12 more hours to a day....

Take Care,

Maria

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Dreamy Whites Online Shop 200.00 Gift Card Giveaway and Wintersteen Farms Wreath Giveaway

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

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

Some of you might recognize these pictures from last year.

Since the wreaths won't ship out until the Monday after Thanksgiving, I won't be able to shoot new images of their wreaths until after Thanksgiving. 

I will also be sharing some Thanksgiving entertaining ideas in this post as well.

Here is what we will be giving away....

One Wintersteen Farms Wreath

&

a $200.00 Gift Card to Dreamy Whites Online.

Giveaway information at the bottom of the post.....

Jeff and Kelly Kansla are the owners of Wintersteen Farms.

Jeff is also my cousin.

I wanted to tell you a few things about Wintersteen Farms Wreaths....

Wintersteen Farms offers Fresh Traditional Christmas Wreaths that will fill your home with the scents of the mountain air....

Their 24" wreaths are abundant with noble, cedar incense, blue berried juniper and ponderosa pine cones.....

Wintersteen Farms is a 36 acre noble and douglas fir tree farm.

The wreaths are hand crafted from start to finish.

Each Wreath is placed in their signature brown box after being packaged in a crystal clear bag, wrapped with tissue paper and tied off with a raffia ribbon.

Also included in your gift to someone or a gift to yourself, is two yards of 6" satin cream ribbon....

You may also use the ribbon to hang your wreath or to tie a bow for your wreath, the choice is yours.

The material used to hand-craft their wreaths are cut daily to ensure freshness that will last throughout the season!

You can pre-order your wreaths now by visiting Wintersteen Farms.

Here are a few items you will find in my shop this season....

Grain sack stockings

(images from last year)

We also have  stockings available that are made from antique french linens 

I also wanted to share a few entertaining ideas with you for Thanksgiving today as well as share a preview of what you will find in my shop.....

I recently shot some product images and decided to recreate my outdoor Autumn Inspired Table inside....

My in-laws were here and we actually ate at this table....

I recently found these french baker's cups.....

I think they are the cutest little cups....

I decorated the table around these little cups.

I added some flax seed to the cup and then added a candle....

We used mostly french ironstone dishes.... 

Except for the drinking glasses.

I actually remembered to set silverware on the table....

I think the candles help balance the height of the pumpkin....

I basically repeated using the french heirloom pumpkin on the compote dish......

I finally have antique grain sack runners back in stock.....

I used french ironstone platters to hold the food on each side of the pumpkin.

I tied twine around the cup.....

 I then added one dried hydrangea bloom and a piece of wheat grass....

Now back to the giveaway information!

Giveaway Information~

One reader will receive

1. One Wintersteen Farms hand crafted Wreath

Your wreath will be sent out approximately around November 28th.

2. A 200.00 Gift Certificate to my shop, Dreamy Whites Online.

Giveaway Ends November 16th at midnight.

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, pinterest, and or twitter etc....

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

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.

You can pre-order your wreath and they will ship your wreath out November 28th.

Take Care,

Maria

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

you can read more about them by clicking here and here

A French Flea Market at Maison Reve Tomorrow.....How to make your own french farmhouse table

Hello!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

I just wanted to let you know that in case you are in Mill Valley, CA tomorrow, be sure and stop in at Maison Reve....

Yasmine McGrane is holding a french flea market today, Saturday, November 5th, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

I had planned on sharing images of some of my favorite items I have found at Maison Reve over the years, and unfortunately blogger isn't cooperating with me tonight.....

I will post those images in the near future...

This french farmhouse door  I used in my autumn inspired french farmhouse table post is one of my favorite  Maison Reve finds....

I converted the door into a table top by placing it on some vintage french saw horses I found at a flea market. 

 This is one of the easiest ways to make a unique one of a kind table....

And you won't even need to get out a drill....

I also use this table in my house in an area of my living room that I converted into my work studio.

I have found so many great french architectural items at Maison Reve...

If you don't live in northern CA then you can still shop Maison Reve via the internet....

Maison Reve

I hope you enjoy your weekend....

Take Care,

Maria

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Peony & Sage Fabrics by Kimberley Bell

Hello!

I recently photographed some lifestyle images for Kimberley Bell's new line of fabric.

Kimberley is located in the United Kingdom and has a website called

Peony & Sage.

You can purchase all these fabrics by the meter on her website.

I thought I would share  a few images I shot of Kimberley's fabric designs this past week.

Kimberley's fabrics are beautiful and are printed on 100% linen.

I hope you get a chance to visit Kimberley's website,

PEONY & SAGE

All the fabrics you see in the above images were designed by Kimberley Bell.

All fabrics can be purchased at Peony & Sage.

Congratulations Kimberley Bell!

Take Care,

Maria

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