After Saving Grace, and getting excited about her new look, I decided it was time to make a few changes in the Living Room. I initially was going to put her in the foyer, but realized #1 she’s too big … Continue reading
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A Few of My Favorite Things
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 —
Pieces of Time
Hello there! I hope you all enjoyed Thanksgiving and spending time with your loved ones. My frenzy 4-day whirlwind came and went so fast and as much moving around I did- I had hoped I lost the 5 pounds I gained from the turkey day dinner- again – there goes that wishful thinking ….. l0l. I really miss my weekly posts and connecting with you guys – so now I can get back to all that fun and thank you for not forgetting me.
Friday was the official countdown and we hustled and bustled to organize, tag, hanging and straightening. The front of the boutique looks quite pretty now (especially with my beautiful niece, Nadiyah, in front). We also started the #ShopSmall campaign.
I’d like to share the grand opening and pictures of the shop. The weather was perfect for the ribbon cutting and we had quite a few people join us with smiles and excitement about the shop. 
Our town mayor, Billy Hollingsworth, along with councilwoman, Cassie Fowler gave me the warmest welcome and thanked me for bringing my business to Whitmire. I’m very happy to be a member of the Economic Development Board and to be able to work with some really nice people.
After cutting the ribbon, the onlookers were welcomed in to browse, shop, and partake in light refreshments.
We had a free raffle for a chance to win this custom framed artwork by HoeMama, a South Carolina artist who mixes art and mother nature to create some beautiful paintings. You can view more of his works here.
As part of our effort in supporting local businesses and other entrepreneurs, we are carrying a line of homemade hand scrubs by ASG Handmade Designs. These are made by a young lady, Jovana Castro, whom I truly admire for her creativity. Her scrubs are absolutely wonderful and leave your hands feeling soft and smooth. Not only does she create hand scrub, but she also makes greeting cards as well, which we will carry. These nicely decorated jars are from her Pomegranate collection and they sell for $10.00ea. If you’d like to order, please contact me.
Here is a sample of her greeting cards. You can visit here to see more of her handcrafted beautiful cards.
We are pleased to be selling her products in Pieces of Time and wish her much success with her line of creations.
All in all, it was a fantastic day and I even was interviewed by our county newspaper (how exciting that was!) Here are a few pictures of items around the shop, some of which sold that day (yipppeeee) – I’m glad I caught these pictures..
Of course I’ll be moving things around, adding pieces, putting more items around, but that’s the fun part – re-redecorating.. 🙂
In all the excitement, I’m so glad we were able to snag a photo us..(I just love this her)
As we closed for the day, we reflected back and was pleased with the outcome
Then to my surprise on Monday, looky here!! We made the front page of the paper!!
That put another smile on my face.. 🙂 You can read the article here. I’m thanking you again for all your well wishes and encouragement and I look forward to sharing more moments in Pieces of Time with you.
Now, I can finally get busy on another makeover… I have a table in mind that needs a new look.. wish me luck on this project, and of course.. you’ll be the first to see. Take care everyone.. and I’ll see you soon. Peace and blessings to you.. Smooches!!
Farewell Summer
Hey everyone!! Remember me ??? I just want to touch base with you and say Hi and let you know all is going well. It’s so hard to believe that Summertime is over and Fall has begun. I’m already missing the beautiful summer days, lounging around and enjoying the easy living. I’ve always loved this particular song and the way Sylvester sings it- just moves my soul. ( I know you’re probably saying – this girl and her music – and you’re right.. this girl and her music is her life) .. I’d be a lost soul without it.
Well, we are finishing up painting the shop. Boy, it’s more work than I thought, but it’s worth it. Just thought I’d share a few before pictures of the shop and what I’m working with. Please don’t be too critical, because it’s been vacant for months and TLC is all it needs. We’re pretty excited about it.
This is the beginning stages of “Pieces of Time” Antiques & Home Decor Boutique.
Of course we’ll be adding some curb appeal too! Perhaps a window box and of course some planters.
We were pleased to have the display cases which will come in handy
I thought picking out paint colors would be fun, but it’s actually very challenging but these were a few selections I came home with..
Considering the size of the space we are working with I had to narrow down the selection to one color. It was a tough decision, but I think you’ll like one I chose. I also have to tell you about my good luck fortune. Sometimes, God works in mysterious ways and he’s really blessed me with finding things. I was extremely happy when I found these brass shelving units which would be perfect for the shop and the price was $35.00 for each, but the gentlemen let them go for $30.00 ea (talk about insides screaming – yippeeee).
Then I came across a lady selling paint. Could you believe this!! She had a 5 gallon bucket of Behr flat white paint – never used or opened.. for $5.00. I just couldn’t believe it. All I could say was- “Thank You God” for your blessing, because he knows I’m working on a shoestring budget. Well that’s all I have to share so far. Like I said, I just wanted to touch base – and hoping all is well you. Have you found any goodies lately or done any projects? If so, please share, I’d love to hear all about it. Also, don’t forget to follow along with me on my VivaGram and Twitter. If you find goodies and like to share, use hashtag #urthriftygirlfinds so I feature them on my Friday Finds. Until next time – ta-ta.. smooches,