The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here's an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,500 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
As we countdown for the holiday festivities to begin, everything begins to feel like its crunch time – such as, making sure the house is clean, gifts are wrapped, fridge is stocked and the barcart is set for guests to arrive . Now that the grand opening is over, I stopped stressing and can now digress, relax, do a couple of makeovers and … oh yea.. bring in the New Year. Your thrifty girl has been busy catching up with emails, blog hopping (which I looooove) and planning more make-overs. But before the year is over, I just want to share with you a few of my favorite things.. Through my blog-world I’ve met so many inspiring women who continue to amaze me with their extraordinary talents and it’s such a pleasure to be amongst their cyber/company. I hope you follow along with me to visit these wonderful women and see a part of their world that they so graciously open their doors to share with us.
Linda over at LindaG Loving Home is by far one of the best seamstresses I’ve ever met in my life and her exceptional designs mixed with impeccable taste demonstrates how to sew beautiful custom accents for your home. Her blog is all about creating that special touch and loving your home. Look at this beautiful quilt she made and used it as a table cover. It’s just one of many stunning designs she created. For a burst of inspiration, hop over to her blog and get ready to be inspired.
I’ve always admired a beautifully set table, but Alycia over at Tablescapes at Table 21, is a woman who surpasses the description of beauty. The first time I ventured on her blog, I think I spent at least 8 hrs just oooing and ahhhing over each and every design she created. Her bubbly personality, mixed with a keen eye for details and descriptions while creating the perfectly well-dressed table is definitely one to follow. As I told her, as soon as I hit it big- I’m flying her in to design the big bash party..(this girl can dream big can’t I…but hey..you never know)..
Next, there’s Ginene over at Fox and Finch Antiques. Ginene is my kindred shop mate. She and I share the same love of all things beautiful and vintage. She has been such an inspiration by maintaining her lovely shop, while also painting beautiful pieces she restored for shop merchandise. From reading stories about her walks through her neighborhood to offering tips on cleaning vintage clothing, her blog is one that I love to read. (isn’t this bed the absolute gorgeous!!)
I recently became acquainted with Ariene over at Dress My Room Interiors through Instagram. I love her fab-glam style. She is definitely on point with her perfectly blended style of high fashion glam mixed with a bit of vintage.
Not only is she hitting Charlotte’s retail scene with her high style and fab interior designs, but she and co-founder Quintel Gwinn just recently launched The Olive Guide. This is the best Go-To online guide for entertaining with style while also offering great tips on home-styling by showcasing other interior designers. If you like to entertain, whether it be large or small, visit the The Olive Guide for great inspiration.
So in closing, I hope I’ve given you a bit of inspiration and I especially hope you’ve enjoyed meeting these fantastic women as much as I have. Peace and blessings —
Hello everyone! I hope you all remember to set your scales back before the wonderful Thanksgiving feast you’ll share with your family (I know.. wishful thinking right??) lol… The holiday shopping season has officially begun but I’m determined to stay away from the stores as much as possible. I enjoy shopping on the internet for certain items for the home, such as art. If you’ve been following me.. I’m sure you realize how fond I am of art, which is why I was ecstatic when I found the site, Invaluable.Com and decided to design a room around one of their paintings. Ok, so you know how much I loooooove music.. when I saw this piece I flipped over the beautiful painting of Aretha. I was in a daydream mode and thought I’d toy around with how I envisioned a room with this painting would look. Invaluable has a vast array of art and believe me, it was a tough decision. If you’ve not heard of them, Invaluable is a premier online auction offering art, jewelry, antiques and collectibles from all over the world. The piece I chose is from their mixed media selection of Fine Art called Aretha by French Artist Jef Aerosol. The starting bid is – eh hem – (swallow hard) $2000.00 (yikes- my husband would kill me) Mind you this is truly my dream piece..
Isn’t she gorgeous!! The artist captured the early days of the “Queen of Soul” which to me, was her best work. The vintage appeal of this painting is what caught my eye. Of course this would make any room look stunning, but here’s the room I designed around this magnificent art work.. I imagine entertaining, while listening to Aretha and all my jazz favorites, while enjoying good company, delicious hors d’oeuvres and fine wine… and of course, admiring my fine art.
A girl can dream – “Can’t I??” 🙂
Adding the right art to your room is like choosing the perfect accessories for that fabulous outfit. It’s easy to design a room around art and Invaluable could be your One-Stop art shopping place. I hope you all enjoyed my fantasy room as much as I do.
Ciao!
Hello, hello, hello!! I hope all is well and you’re staying warm…brrrrrrr… I can’t believe how cold it’s gotten. I’m just popping in to share a quick sneak peak at the shop. The countdown has officially started, I’m excited and nervous. November 29 at 11:00 we will be cutting the ribbon at “Pieces of Time” new location. I’ve got my fingers crossed that all goes well. I know trying to make everything perfect is hard to accomplish (mind you – in my imperfect world), but yet I’ll try to make it as close as I can. I really wish you all could join us with the ribbon cutting, but I’ll take pictures and share the big day with you. Thank you all so much for the encouragement, it really means alot. Between cooking Thanksgiving dinner and “moving this, cleaning that, hauling this, staging that” it will be one big crazy week coming up” but it’s all good. Totally happy that my magnificent other half- partner in crime- my ride or die chick- Amina, will be coming down for the holiday and event. I don’t know what I’d do without her. So you guys remember where I started with the shop:
(I hope my landlord don’t be mad – I got him in this picture.. ooops – heeeeheeee) 🙂
Yea, pretty bad, but workable…
Here’s the entry now:
Still more to show.. but I’ve got postcards to write. I’m wishing you all a very blessed and Happy Thanksgiving.. Be safe in your travels and enjoy spending time with your family. Smooches!
Hey there!! Just a real quick share – I was so excited about the – I’ll call it – Breakfast at Tiffany’s – inspired Chandelier I caught on sale at Lowe’s that I forgot to show you what else I picked up.
This was $2.00 – not sure what I’ll do with it.. but I liked the shape and the thickness of the glass. Pretty cool.. not bad for two bucks
and this was $6.75 — this one.. I freaking Love!
Since I did not have anything in mind to use it for I just got one – till I got home and realized what I could use it for —–
(I could kick myself for not getting 2 or 3 or 4 uggghhhhh!!) Did you ever do that???