Good girl....

I received my box last Friday morning.

My own soldering supplies!!
(thank you Rita for all the tips!!)

I can't wait to open it...

I have all this ideas in my mind
fighting to come out and be soldered...

but I know that if I open that box....

I will never complete my Christmas projects!

Luckily,
stuff is selling
and my Country Roads space needs more.

I just hope that Santa
is watching me and realizes
what a good girl I am...damn it!!!


In a serious note:
thank you so much to all the wonderful customers
that support small stores, artists and antique dealers
every time they take a little handmade or
a little vintage home!

White Wednesday

My little nephew S got me this oh so good smelly candle as a Christmas gift
...notice the perfect white, he knows me!

The label on the glass was not the prettiest one,
but the maker knows it because look at what he wrote on it:

and peeling I did....
and printing I did...
and fixing I did...

I keep it in my bedroom now and every time I look at it, I think of him!

"Children make you want to start life over"
~Muhammad Ali~

For LOTS of white beauty visit:
Faded Charm

also linked to:
Thursday Transformation at the "Shabby Chic Cottage"

Frugal Friday

Here's a perfect project for a Frugal Friday Party: an inexpensive and chic candle holder so easy to make that you can even have a couple ready for tonight's dinner...

An empty wine bottle (say yes! to recycling)...vintage music sheet for a graphic element, burlap and raffia for texture and shells for a summery touch...

...White candle wax adds romance...

How cool will a couple of these will be on your next gathering table?...
Let us respond: very cool!!!!!

And that's not all...
Once we were done with this project, we decided that the leftover music sheets were just too pretty to keep in a drawer and very deserving of also being displayed...
What do you think?....

Just an empty can of tomatoes filled with rolled sheets...looking good next to vintage silverware...

...and the cute label makes it very clear who this sweet display belongs to...

Now, before digging in your trash can and coming up with great display ideas, hurry up and visit all the creative minds participating in Wendy's Frugal Friday Party at "The Shabby Nest"

Have a great week end and come back soon, we love having you over!
XOXO

Marcela & Clara