Easter Peat Cups

For this week's Graphics Fairy project, I chose three Easter images.  I printed them in wallet pic size and applied them to little peat cups  I picked up at Lowe's.  I attached the images with Tacky Glue.  I did some with wire handles and some with no handles.  I used 18 gauge wire and poked a small hole in the sides of the cups with a corn cob skewer.  It made a tiny hole that I threaded the wire through. 

 I took apart a silk flower that had small petaled flowers and just pulled of a little sprig and wound it around the basket handle.  I had some tiny little paper flowers that were on a wire that I picked up at a garage sale a while back and wound that around the wire as well.  You can improvise with any tiny flower sprig.

I used a glue gun to attach some tissue paper garland around the tops of each peat pot.  There are several sellers on Etsy that carry this.  I did this to all of them, even the ones with no handle.

 I got some paper Easter grass and stuffed the cups and then used little fuzzy Peeps I got at the 99 Cent store and some pastel glittered eggs I picked up at the craft store.  Easter stuff is already 40 percent off.

 The above picture is a tall lantern for candles.  I put my cupcake stand inside of it for a taller display.  I covered the bottom of the lantern with some moss to give it a natural look and also to give those little Peeps a soft place to nest.

I also arranged it on a two-tiered stand for a little different look.  I like both ways.  These were so much fun.  I might use them for place card cups at Easter and put some jelly beans in them for a treat.  Thanks for dropping by.  The Peeps and I loved having you.

Luck of the Irish

This week's tablescape theme is green and white for St. Patrick's Day which I know I am a week early, but we are getting ready for it.  Aren't these flowers to die for?  I stopped at Trader Joe's to see if they finally got in some spring bouquets and can you believe they were 3.99 a bunch?  Of course, if one is good, five must be better; right?  I filled my cart and off I went to mix and match.  I made three huge bouquets like this one.

Now I know you want to know what those martini glasses are filled with so I will just go ahead and share.  We mixed coffee ice cream and Bailey's Irish Cream, topped it with whipped cream and garnished it with a green candy stick dipped in chocolate.  Let me tell you it was sinfully delicious!  What could be more Irish than Bailey's Irish Cream?  The Belleek cup and saucer was a gift I had bought my mother before she passed away.  It is so beautifully translucent and delicate, I was almost afraid to use it.  If you are wondering how Stephanie got the chocolate to stick to the sides of the glass, it is Magic Shell swirled into a slightly frozen glass and then we filled it with the adult only milk shake.

The cake pops are even Bailey's Irish Cream flavored.  I think I like this Irish holiday more and more.  Look at this beautiful four-leaf clover plant.  I stopped in at Julie O'Keefe's Home and Garden in La Canada, California, and she gave me this beautiful plant to use in this photo shoot.  I just love it.  It is perfect!  I haven't seen these little plants anywhere else this year.

These cake pops are wonderful and so pretty too.

One last thing before I go.  I think by now you know I have a weakness for vintage textiles.  I only keep the best for myself and I wish I would have ironed this one a little better for you.  This is from an old toile drapery panel and this print is fabulous.  I use this every Christmas at the shop to dress a table.  The green and white is perfect for so many occasions.  It is one of the finest examples of antique toile I have come across and this piece is probably from the 1930s.  Well, it's almost an antique.  Thanks for visiting.  Hope you enjoyed today's tea.  Happy Sunday.

Toile Lazy Susan

This tray started out as a lazy Susan style silver tray.  It was pretty the way it was, but I liked the way the sides of the tray were totally vertical and I decided to re-style it.  I painted it a dark gray color except for the bottom of the tray, and that was painted cream so the toile would show on a light background, and then I covered it with my homemade tissue paper made from a toile print hand towel made by Caspari click here.  I purchased the package in the charcoal color.  I just purchased it a couple of weeks ago so I know it is currently available.

I cut out the main section of the pattern and pieced it around the tray and then took snippets of the pattern to fill in so no paint would show on the tray bottom.   Then I decoupaged it three times so it has a good waterproof layer to protect the tissue paper.

Tissue paper right off the ink jet copier.

I used gesso on the gray sides and underneath the tray to give it an aged appearance and to soften the dark gray.  To get more information on gesso application, visit Rosemary at Villabarnes.  I've been visiting her site a lot and she has wonderful projects.

I love the result.  I can think of a ton of things to do with this lazy Susan including putting it in the middle of my work table with pretty containers for pencils, scissors and other crafty items to keep them near when I'm working on a project. 

Now I have never done a give-away on my blog and I have a couple planned for spring, but in celebration of my upcoming vacation, I am willing to part with one of the hand towels in this package so you can make your own homemade tissue paper.  Just leave a comment on this post and I will have Pat at the shop draw the winner randomly as soon as we return on St. Patrick's Day.  One other thing, you must be a follower of this site to qualify.  I know it's a little give away, but it's a start.  I will be visiting Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina with my daughter.  I can hardly wait.  My sweet husband will be holding down the fort while I'm away.  The blog will carry on in my absence so please stop by for a visit.

Numbered Cabinet

Isn't this a great cabinet?  I stopped at Hoot n' Anny Home in Westlake Village, California, to visit my friend Jennifer.  She is much younger than I and tends to love more contemporary lines.  She has a fabulous eye for finding great pieces.  Jennifer's shop is very very trendy and I have featured her many times before on my blog.  I consider this another "must visit" shop if you are in the area, and not just because my friend owns it, but because you could literally spend hours in it studying all of its glorious contents, wonderful vignettes, and, of course, Jennifer's creative talents.
This cabinet could be used as a pseudo mantle like she has used it.  It has great lines, lots of storage on top and below.  I would love to have this in a craft room, wouldn't you?

Challenge Brand Vintage Typography

I have run out of my French typography, but I think this one is incredible.  Don't you?  I think it reads 1903.  I found 75 of these antique invoices and I plan to share one a week.  I know you all love the French stuff, as do I, so I will keep looking for more.  In the meantime, I am loving these just as much.  If you have trouble printing them, email me, and I will send it on to you.  They are scanned into my computer.