Pink Saturday

The most precious thing I've come across on the WEB in a long long time.

I hope this little one makes you smile and fills your heart with hope.

Happy Pink Saturday and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you loveleigh Moms
out there, this world would not be possible without you.

I LOVE you MOM!

Thank you Beverly for hosting our Pink Saturday each week.
You can find more pink links on her blog "How Sweet The Sound".

*If you are interested in joining my Cottage Charm Giveaway click HERE or go to
my previous post. You can also find a few other participants on my sidebar and
the links to all the giveaways at The Twice Remembered Cottage.  It's not to late to
add your own link and offer a giveaway of your own, it's an enormous amount of fun!

A Giveaway For You!

***UPDATE

The winner of my Cottage Charm Giveaway is...

Christine!!! Of Christine's Home and Travel Adventures.

It's funny, I have known Christine in the blogging world for nearly 3 years and she was comment #1.

I have never drawn comment #1 before and I actually read someone's comment stating the fact that #1 never wins. So this is for all the #1 commenters out there! It does happen!

Congratulations Christine!

I'm joining The Twice Remembered Cottage for the 5th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway!

A giveaway event lasting through the month of May, there are lots of fantastic giveaways to win.

Here is my giveaway offering!

A canvas "Junk Queen" tote embellished by yours truly. Just the thing to haul some recently purchased junk to your sweet cottage home!

An altered scrabble tile "COTTAGE" quote. 

This is a fun little piece that can fit pretty much anywhere in your home.

Finally, you can win this set of "pearls" for your very own. Every Queen of the Cottage needs her own pearls, right?! This strand can be worn as one long necklace or double looped around your neck.

The rules...just few little ones~

1. Leave me a comment

2. Mention the word "COTTAGE" somewhere in your comment. It's just a way for me to make sure you are interested in my giveaway and would want to win it. If it's not your cup of tea I don't want you to get stuck with something there's no way on Earth you would EVER want! Hee hee!

3. Make sure there is a way for me to reach you if you win, a blog or an email address. If you don't care to leave your email in the comments, you can find MY email on my sidebar. You also don't need to be in the US to win, I will ship overseas. I will announce the winner on May 30th!

Good Luck and make sure you check out the other giveaways, there are some seriously AWESOME ones being offered up!

A makeover and a BIG purchase for Jazz!

Hi my loveleighs! About two weeks ago I found these end tables at the Goodwill and knew they were perfect for a makeover. I really liked the curves and they were solidly built. They needed a good scrubbing, a bit of sanding a whole lot of painting and WHAMMO...

Here's the AFTER

I had some serious painting difficulties with these. A weird glaze color and a lack of patience on my part created a bit more work for myself than intended but I like the end result. I realize the picture is not that great and the lighting wasn't the best, blame it on this dreary NW weather.

I started with a pale blue paint (I skipped the primer this go round) then added a glaze to give it an antique look but the glaze dried too red for my taste. Now I was in a quandry. Do I repaint the whole thing over in the light blue or try something else.

The something else won. I dry brushed a brighter turquoise over the top, letting a little bit of the glaze peek through in the corners and edges. Then the whole she-bang got a coat of wax.

I know this painting technique isn't for everyone, as is the color. I think it may be a love it or leave it kind of thing. I hope I'm not hauling them home in a few months to repaint! I hope SOMEONE out there loves them enough to smack down some cash! I  think they have a fun beachy/summery vibe. They have yet to make it to the shop as I am waiting for someone to pick up a layaway purchase so I have the room for them.

This vintage art deco table went in last week. It's a cute little piece. I know it's hard to tell but the color is a light aqua. Darn rotten lighting again.

And here is my BIG buy of the weekend. This dreamy, chippy old shelf. I went on the prowl at some local events and I knew I had a pretty good shot at finding a big display piece that would work with my budget. If you remember a few weeks ago I was bemoaning the fact that we were selling furniture left and right and I was wishing we had just ONE piece we didn't have to worry about losing, as we have a lot of smalls that need to be transferred each time a big piece sells. It's a bit of a hassle.

So, on the hunt I went and just as I had hoped, I found this piece at the exact place I was hoping to find something. It was a bit of a challenge because the place was packed and stuff was flying out of there left and right. I told the gal I wanted it so she would put a sold sticker on it before I had QUITE made up my mind. It was the most expensive thing I've bought for Jazz. It took me 20 minutes to make up my mind and go for it. I loved it and was pretty sure it was an excellent price.

It got moved into the Jazz booth on Saturday and we already had 2 people interested while we were setting it up. Call me crazy but I am not ready to let it go yet. Unless someone is willing to offer me a very very steep price!

So for now she sits, looking pretty and making our stuff look great, marked NFS. She can stick around for a bit and observe all our customers, the comings and goings!

The center vignette after we moved things around last weekend.

So All That Jazz has been recently "fluffed" and I await the next "go round"! 
Hope you all have a loveleigh week, with some sunshine sprinkled in there SOMEWHERE!