Friday, February 25, 2011

Pardon My French at the Red Shed Sale

Here's your next sneak peek! Fabulous French inspired Furniture..

French Scrap Book stacks, candles, journals and more...
Exclusively at the Red Shed straight from from France...Scented Tasseled Medallions..You have to see them, and smell them to believe them!! Gorgeous!!
Don't miss this sale!! Saturday Feb 26th 8am!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

A la Grace "Paper Couture" by Grace Barzyz

I've designed a collection of things you adore...
Parisian inspired....
It's Paper Couture!

Please join us
Feb 26th, 8am for the debut of my Spring Collection 2011.
Grace

Monday, February 21, 2011

Taming "The Beast"

From the first time I set eyes on it, I knew it would be trouble....In fact I left it behind and went home. But a week later, it was still calling to me...
7 feet tall and 5 feet wide....it's owner handed me a bag and said "I have all the pieces".....

How would I move it? (Gotta have a Big truck...Gotta try not to break it...) Where would I put it while I tried to fix it? It has to lay flat to be repaired, and Way too big to do it inside.
But the size, the intricate hand carving and wonderfully aged mirror won out over plain old common sense.
Thanks to my DH and the Grace of God, it arrived unbroken. We laid it on a large iron table and began the reconstruction....It was like a puzzle....
Got the glue, the nails and the clamps....

But it all took a lot longer than planned....and as the night wore on, finally I started priming....


But it ate primer, and all those edges, and leaves, and swirls.....ugg....
Finally stopped for the night, but we had to keep going to get it done before any rain. Michele picked up the next evening and started the first coat of paint....Michele called crying saying she had named it "The Beast" and that it was eating paint.....rain was on the horizon so we had to bring it in.
Propped on blankets for protection the last coats of paint and antiquing had to be done with "The Beast" standing up. I was literally laying on the floor....But oh.....the results..

The Beast is now going to be the Grand Dame of our upcoming show. Now the only questions are....how the heck to hang it and how much to ask? What do you think?
UPDATE
"The Beast" in all it's Glory



Thursday, February 17, 2011

Saturday Sale Feb 26th 8am!


Fabulous Furniture.....

Wonderful accessories for your home....
Gorgeous French Vintage jewelry.....
and more, more, more! Keep checking back for sneak peeks!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Channeling Miss Mustard Seed

While basking in the great ice-in of 2011, I came across a great blog called Miss Mustard Seed. Marion shares fabulous tutorials on refinishing furniture, so I was quickly hooked! Turned out she was just about to have a contest called "Copy Me". I love it! One of her tutorials was a finish for a French chair. I loved the colors and textures and I just "happened" to have a french chair in the back of my car....
So I pulled the boots on and grabbed the chair....

I followed her instructions found HERE

And this is the result! I didn't have fabric to try to brave the slipcover (even if I could have gotten out, remember I live in Gun Barrel City, and the selection is "not that great" at Walmart). It's hard to tell in this photo, but....
There are great layers of color and texture within the finish. The entire chair is a fabulous French Blue-Gray that I have been trying to achieve for years, so Thanks, Marion!

I also tried her "secret recipe" for antiquing. I have my own secret recipe, but I'm always willing to try something new....

But what I really think.....
is that I have been.........
channeling Miss Mustard Seed.......
for a long...
long time.


We have just 3 spots left on our Paris Flea Market shopping trip in April! Click HERE for more details!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Red Shed Girl Iced In and goin a bit crazy.....


We don't get frozen into our homes in Texas very often, but this week is an exception! Our streets are solid ice and it has been so cold, it hasn't melted at all. School has been canceled all week, and I have been going just a bit stir crazy. So what does a Red Shed Girl do besides catching up on the blog-o-sphere? My choices were somewhat limited because it's too cold to paint in my garage, and I left my jewelry making supplies at the shop. So I am working with what I've got here....I am afraid I will soon be trying to figure out how to craft with cat hair.

Michele handed me a vintage velvet candy box the other day and said "do something with this"... So here we go... All vintage French papers and cards, including French love letters and angel graphics. Edged with vintage chenille..


This cross is dripping with vintage pearls & jewelry. I added more chenille on the edge and antique French book pages on the back...
I added about 10 items (including those above, since we can't get into the shop) to our ETSY Store : OhPardonMyFrench

Altered a couple of little candles with French love letters (getting the idea of what I have at home? paper & chenille...)

Made some Paris tags for a project, unfortunately the rest of the pieces are iced in at the shop..

and dozens of burlap roses for a project to be determined later...a perfect cold day activity, except my kitchen, computer, and person are now covered in burlap dust and threads.........

To be continued.................