2014 Holiday Show and Sale at Buttermilk Cottage

 

It's almost show time!

 

 

 Susan and I work towards this show

all year long.

 

 

 

 We're not the only ones,

eight other talented artist

contribute to this

very special show.

 

 Every year about this time

we turn our home into a

boutique for a weekend.

 

 

 Right now it is Friday afternoon and

Susan (my sister) and I are busy with final details.

 

 

 

 The invitations have all gone out,

we've given a shout out on most

social media...

 

 

 

 Now we wait

and see if they come.

 

 

 

 The rest is just a

sampling of what

"Friends of Buttermilk Cottage"

have to offer

this year.

Wish you all could be here.

 Let the Holidays begin!



CARVING OUT A CORNER

It is so hard to believe October has come and gone.

Seems like it was just yesterday

I was changing my bedroom from Summer to Fall.

Now we are into November and

I'm already thinking about decorating for Christmas,

I hear you...what about

Thanksgiving you say...well I'm thankful every day of the week

and in this household

Thanksgiving gets somewhat lost.

We are hosting a Holiday Show and Sale

November 19th.-21st

My sister Susan, who is an incredible designer/artist

along with several of her artist friends are coming together

for their second annual

Fiber Art Show.

This year it lands two weeks earlier
so our home must be decked for Christmas

one week before Thanksgiving.

Last week I moved a large piece of furniture (quilt shelf)

out of my bedroom.

My hope was, to create a space that would generate

creative thought.

And so...here it is.

I moved my bed around to a larger wall to make a little more room
in the corner for my desk and chair.

The desk was formerly at the end of the bed
in the other arrangement.




I had lots of used frames in the basement.
Some were given a fresh coat of paint, others I

used "as is".

I decided to go with a black and white scheme. I felt like it would go with
almost any decor in the bedroom.
Also I snagged some great hounds tooth paper that
Victoria's Secret was getting rid of
(it pays to work at VS, in more ways than one).






I backed all the frames with the paper and then made a

collage with them.
Then I just started putting things I love on them.
Favorite prints, favorite pins,
favorite anything.




This is a new print I recently got from Etsy.
It's by an artist named Tracy Lizotte. Her site is
Oodles of Doodles
Paintings and Prints
tmlcreations.etsy.com
When you have a minute check out her online store,
she has some amazing things.







I love this silk flower pin.
I purchased it last year at our 2009 Holiday Show.

Carolyn White is the Fiber Artist, everything she does is beautiful.

I wore it on my black & white herringbone coat
all last winter and got loads of compliments.





I'm big on mixing hard and soft things together.
I created this piece from one of my Aunt Virginia's hand made
doilys and a zipper pin I picked up at a jewelry show.
I like it!





I've just used this and that, some were gifts, others I've picked up
here and there.







Another toss from Victoria's Secret, this bright blue
ladder formally in the PINK window.




So there you have it, my little corner.



I'll be joining some very exciting parties this week,
stop by and visit these amazingly creative people.

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch's Metamorphosis Monday
Making Monday Marvelous @ C.R.A.F.T.
Make it 4 Monday @ Cottage Insticts