Nanniepannie's Blog

Thursday, April 26, 2012

SOMETHING FOR THE GARDEN

Last Summer I attended a
neighborhood auction and purchased

these five cute little
dove decoys.

I knew I wanted to use
them in the garden
but I wasn't quite sure how.

I had to noodle on it
some.

I decided to act on my sister's suggestion
of painting each on a
bright fun color.

I love it!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

We are officially open for business!

Today was the day Susan and I

loaded both our cars

to the max and headed over to

"The Corner Nest"

and set our booth.

We started with bare walls and

two pieces of furniture.

A buffet Sue purchased for the booth

and a shelf I drugged out of my

gardening shed and gave a

coat of paint.

We landed the shelf on top of the buffet

for a cupboard effect.

My contribution to the booth...

... mostly hand made or

scavenged.

I can tell you, a large percent of my wares

are all about "birds".

Bird Garlands.

Bird Plant Stakes.

Even Bird Wreaths.

I have other crazy things I've made,

like this sewing wreath.

I put in my hat forms that unfortunately

did not sell at our Holiday Show.

Of course I've included my

latest creation, my

Tank Memory Boards.

So there you have it.

"The Gift Cupboard at Buttermilk Cottage".

Come see us soon,

we're located in the "Corner Nest"

in Elizabethton, Tn.

Linking with

Transformation Thursday @

The Shabby Creek Cottage

Friday, April 20, 2012

FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING!

Just five more days

until my sister and I set up our booth at

The Corner Nest

located in Elizabethton, TN

It's quite exciting for me,

I've been staying very busy

creating, pricing and logging

all the things

I will be taking next

Wednesday.

One of our neighbors,

Betty Ann,

makes these adorable stuffed Owls.

They are so sweet

and colorful.

When she ask if she could showcase

a few in our booth,

we were happy

to say yes.

She will be selling the large ones for $18

and the smaller ones for $8.

Come see for yourself, if you are a Tri-Cities resident.

Hopefully our booth will be up and running

by Friday May 27th,

even sooner

if we're lucky.

A DEWY SPRING MORNING

A quick walk through the garden with

a hot cup of coffee

before I have to dash off to work.

The Clematis climbing on the

garden shed are starting to wake up.

I can't wait to see it at it's peak.

I love the garden

in the morning!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

A NEW VENTURE!

Whenever I'm in the mood to
treasure hunt,
Corner Nest is one of the first places
I think of.

It is filled with wonderful booths.

has the sweetest little cafe
right inside the door,

and seems to go on forever
which makes for a great
afternoon of shopping.

Exciting News!
My sister Susan and I
just secured a small booth of our own.
Needless to say
I've been crafting like crazy.

One of the things I've been working on
is a line of memory boards.
I'm a big scavenger, I bring anything home that I think
can be re purposed.
When VS was getting rid of some padded tray liners...
I filled up my trunk.

I'm calling these my
Up-cycled "Tank" Memory Boards.

I pulled out bits and pieces
of this and that, just things I've been hanging on to
with hopes of an inspiration.

It's amazing what you can find when
you start going through your stash.

Postcards, old photos, broken beads
and necklaces.

I love mixing things you would never think to put together,
I'm just crazy like that.

Here's a fun one.
My tribute to the VS Fashion Show.
The great thing about all of these,
I didn't spend a dime.

These three "All Purpose Boards"
were crafted using
discarded upholstery samples.

Lastly, I did some vintage "shabby chic" ones.

Again I just used things I had in my stash.
Little puff hearts I had picked up from another
craft person's booth last year,
doilies from my late aunt.
Looking at one board,
I counted at least
five people's
handiwork.