April's Teapot Giveaway!

Don't miss this!

Fun Freebie!! I am going to give away a teapot for the month of April! (Keep or use as a gift!) 

All you have to do is sign up, become a follower of my Blog and post a comment on my blog! The more comments you post the more times your name goes into the drawing!

Good luck!

Hugs Olivia

 My Home!

A Work in Progress....

Ok, I am getting requests for pictures of my home... so here is the cleanest part I am the most pleased with! I promise to post more as I clean and decorate for spring!

This is a current picture of my dining room! I added the clock on the wall that I got for $5 from my wonderful friend Lorena. The cabinet in the corner I flipped upside down and spruced up with some white paint and added the shabby knobs! My chandelier was a garage sale find that I painted a creamy white and added the handmade rose kissing ball. I still need to complete the shades and add more drippy crystals.

This is a pretty arrangement of Pink roses. A little bold but it adds a splash of color!

This is my pretty corner cabinet~

I love the pretty crystal handles on this cabinet... makes all the pretty difference!

Above is my kitchen cabinet painted white...not super pleased with this display yet!

Oh so pretty....but as always I am working to do more with it!~

Hugs Olivia

 Featured Artist of the Week!

My Featured Artist for week 2 is Carla Parazine! 

She is such an amazing painter, crafter, gardener, Christian wife and mother, and mother in law!  Carla lives in a beautiful home a beautiful home in Arkansas. She paints with oils and acrylics and has showcased her work in local galleries and supplied Cracker Barrel with darling signs! 

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Carla's First Oil Painting!

Can you believe this was her first oil painting???!!! 

 This vase of flowers is one of my favorites!

Breathtaking!

I had the opportunity to stay in her home last year and see first hand her beautiful paintings and they are breathtaking! Thank you Carla for sharing your heart through your art and for being such a wonderful hostess when we visited!
These are the flowers Carla grew on her back porch!
I would give anything to have her live closer to teach me how to cook and garden!

And of course she is multi talented... she is an absolute amazing cook! Check out the darling cake Carla and her daughter Shea created...

Thank you Carla for being my featured artist of the week!

Olivia

Treasure Hunting Tuesday!

My best treasure hunting comrade, Lorena!

 Lorena's husband...Action Figure Ted

My Favorite Thrift Store the Pink Door!

This teapot was my super find of the Day!

Well, today was treasure hunting Tuesday and what a day of adventures for me and my friends! We started with our usual round of thrift stores (not much collected on our usual rounds). We took the kids to the park to have an impromptu picnic and playdate and then decided to head out to the boonies to do some freestyle treasure hunting! Lorena found this beautiful rose teapot for me and it was love at first sight... even though it had a note covering the spot where the handle should be which I later found inside the teapot. The note read something like this... Teapot was originally $125 and was damaged by UPS in shipping. I got it for only $2 !!!!!!!!! Of course this made my day! I am going to glue its sad little handle on turn it to the side and call it good. Next we went to a darling little store called Whirlygigs...

Above is the cool lady who owns Whirlygigs, I am going to go back and take more pictures and buy some stuff next time. The kids were making it very hard to shop in comfort. 

After Whirlygigs we headed out to some garage sales...one of the ladies had wolves as pets?!? 

A little scary for me. I did find some very pretty antique lampshades.

Anyway even though I did not find a whole bunch of stuff I got to go on a nice drive through the Ozarks and have some good times with good friends!

Check back for more adventures!

Today I will be sharing photos from my home! 

Of course it is always changing as I work on different 

areas and rearrange, paint and make different displays. 

This photo is from my Treasure Hunting Tuesday....

things that are not going into my booth yet.

The sweetest Shabby Lampshade found a home on my .50 cent crystal lamp.

I just adore these rose plates! 

I bartered with my friend Lorena to get them!

I also found this sweet darling Cherub dish, I think that will go in my bathroom.

The teacup and saucer was only $2.50 at our Main Street Booth, I could not contain 

my excitement over the bargain!!!! Also, notice my pretty new tablecloth that I picked up for $1.~ I have been dying to have one of these pretty tablecloths.

This is the top of my cabinet! I just love the birdhouse, handmade and very wonky!

This is part of my finished white kitchen cabinets! This is the cabinet above the stove. More to come of the cabinets soon!

 Sweet pink apron ~ Libraray Thrift store find for $2

 My pretty tablecloth!

I love this lamp, I found it at a flea market in Ozark and sprayed the base white... ooooh la la!

Darling Tea Cart I got at a garage sale for $3 , I still need to find plants for it!

A pot outside my house with wild shabby flowers!

Probably my best find ever and all you thrifty gals will appreciate this.... FREE! If I would just haul it off.... I was HAPPY to! The whole set took two trips but well worth it!

A darling box embellished by my new friend Cheryl!
Check back to see more pics from my house!
Have a Lovely Evening ~
Throw a pebble in... you would be surprised at how big the wave of change will be!
~Hugs~
Olivia

Well, today was Treasure Hunting Tuesday and 

I found lots of goodies and got to spend the day with

my dear friend and fellow treasure hunter Lorena!

Finally I remembered to bring my camera and here are so pictures of my darling flea market booth!

This side is more of my Man side with military uniforms and tools

My sweet little helpers for the day!

This is my job, collecting old vintage goodies!

This booth is at Caldwells Flea Market in downtown Branson, there are also many other wonderful vendors that find some amazing treasures! 

Check back for some before and after pictures of my kitchen!!!

Garden Inspired Hallway

Sweetest handmade pillows are the perfect

accent for this chair

The prettiest vintage romantic window made by my dear 

friend Sue.

Love these two pillows I discovered from a wonderful crafter gal down in Arkansas

This is the new display at the end of my hallway, I am sure it will change but for now it is a nice bright little garden spot ready for spring!

I will begin stocking some of these darling handmade pillows in my booth, I will let you know on what day, they will be very reasonable and oh so cute for spring!

Oh yes, and the new Romantic Country Magazine is out for Spring!

 Love it! Great ideas for your sweet romantic cottage!