I'm at the market ( because the house is on the market :)

Hi everyone................

We had a showing last night and apparently it went very well - the people that came to visit stayed for over an hour ( which is apparently a good sign ) We'll see.................

In the meantime when I found out they were coming I ran down to Atwater Market ( 5 minutes away from me ) We're so lucky to have such a gorgeous Farmer's Market in downtown Montreal.
When I was growing up it was a meat market ( not the 70's disco type - but a real MEAT market ) and it was quite disgusting really - blood all over the floors -animals hanging all over the place - it's since been gentrified and quite the place to spend an afternoon.
Care to spend some time there with me?
Let's go !!!

Are these not the cutest things???

It was like I was looking through a nursery window at a hospital the way I was going on about these little babies LMHO -

Okay - I've selected my miniature pumpkins ( as cute as these are they're not staging material for selling a house lol - I chose plain ones )  I was going to get 4 or 5 of these for the dining room table LOL

Ok - that's me tugging on your arm now - let's gooooo - I need flowers - the viewing is in 3 hours !!!

This is going to be harder then I thought .................

I can't choose !!!

These next ones are not real - but I just love them

I used to pick up big bunches of flowers from here every Friday - haven't done it in awhile -

Oh look - here's an indoor florist - let's run inside quick
AGGGHHH - do you see what I see????
Cotton !!! Well I  never picked cotton .......................and I never even knew what it looked like until I started blogging - but now Y'ALL  know I have to have some of that  ( do they last forever like dried flowers ? )

OK - I've picked my flowers :)
Time to scurry home and cut them up.
Except....................
Now I'm seeing some food I'd like to decorate with too!!!

We've stayed far too long - once again I'm going to be racing the clock to get things done :)
2 bright single pink gerbera's for the office will do nicely - it's too tiny a room to overcrowd it with flowers but this is a nice punch of color against the deep grey wall.

and some Cotton in the bathroom ( are you supposed to put water in the vase with these???? )

Now some giant hydrangeas for the dining room

The entrance way could use a small arrangement

A couple of these miniature hydrangeas can sit on top of books in the living room

And lastly a small vase for the small table in the kitchen :)

This was the last thing I saw as I left the market by the way - a pumpkin vase !!!

What a beautiful idea - and a fabulous hostess gift for Thanksgiving dinner - ( if you're lucky enough to not be the one cooking it every single year )

I finished with 10 minutes to spare lol - and we were out the door with Soda !!

Have a great Tuesday all :)
I've got some miniature pumpkins to paint !!!
Much love,

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Adding words to furniture

Good morning all  :)

I'm a little hesitant to publish this post - I don't know if I've gone overboard with Nancy from Nantucket !!!
I kind of love what I did - and I kind of don't .................
So opinions kindly needed !

Remember I mentionned that I wasn't finished with her yet?
Well I wanted to put a transfer on her - BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THIS TIME !!!
I did everything I normally do - just like I did for this ( HERE )

and this one ( HERE )

But for some reason everything came off this time - my toner is low - could that be a reason for it I wonder?

So I sanded it all down - and redid the top in the same " beachy " finish with the full intention of just starting all over again ( it's gonna be rough - so rough - but we're gonna make it )

But then my mind drifted for a moment and that's all it takes - really - just a moment and I'm running in another direction completely ( you should have seen me playing baseball as a kid )  I really should be on meds - I'm like an A.D.D. furniture painter.

Beachy looking furniture makes me think of the ocean
The ocean brought this song to mind - and the rest is history................

Here's a tip thrown in for good measure - when stencilling words on a surface I always put some painters tape on lightly - to keep the lettering straight -

Do I need to distress the words?
Do I need to to eliminate the second sentence?
Do I need to eliminate the entire wording?
Do I need to get a life?

Whenever one door closes - I hope one more opens...........................and when you open the " door " of
the desk...................

Those are shadows in the left hand corner - and not my feeble attempt at drawing mountains................

Words worked on this one - and it sold relatively quick ( HERE )

So maybe it can work again,
Except

when I add words - obviously I add words that I love and that mean something to me and so................

I want to keep this one :)

Have a great day all
( I hope you dance )

Much love,



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