Almost Spring Break!

Spring break is coming up next week....can`t wait! I`ll be closing my Ebay store on Wednesday this week until the following Friday. I plan to re-open with some new listings!
We have not closed on our beach condo yet so I have not been able to post any pics............but I do have a bunch of furniture and decor waiting in a storage unit!........My linen fabric came, it is so nice, I have already re-covered a shabby chic chair seat with it.........I plan to put it in the master bedroom at La maison de plage.
For all of you waiting on the burlap buckets from my store...I promise they are on the way but Fed-ex has caused a hiccough in the shipment............I`m hoping they will fix it soon! The buckets are sooo cute and just perfect for so many uses.






I also wanted to give you a sneek preview of the cutest glitter crowns I am waiting on..........they are on a metal stake...........I know I will be sticking them everywhere!!

Gorgeous French Linen Script Fabric Find!

Hope you are having a good weekend!
I wanted to tell you about this great find I made today................I had been searching for a pretty fabric with  a design that was like a lot of my goodies on Ebay......script background, crowns, cherubs, ephemera, etc. I had been admiring a French linen ( I LOVE linen) that I could only find in the UK and was outrageously price by the time shipping was added............well today I found it on a website here!!!!! I wanted to share it with you..it will make the most beautiful pillows or drapes. It is still a little pricey at $32.99 a yard but it is truly gorgeous, pure linen from France. Here is the link and a photo................https://secure.designerfabrics.ca/shop/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=22789

I plan on making some sofa cushions but some of it may find its way to an item I list in my store!

Here`s to another go!

I`m so lame.........I can`t believe I have not posted since August!..........I am definately going to do better now. Well, to fill you in on a few things...........Ebay is going strong, almost more than I can handle. I have quit work at the hospital, its weird to be no longer practising as a nurse after almost 25 years!................But, I lost my devotion to it.........and it is a job you have to be devoted to!
I`m enjoying staying home and crafting, I have a business license now and am introducing new items into my Ebay store that I purchase wholesale..........unique French items and some Bethany Lowe `pretty` items...........my favorite is the twine with velvet flowers............yummy!
My goal for this year is to open my own website and online store, it will be called www.linen-chic.com. I will have most of my Ebay items on there (at sightly better prices) and new items. I also plan to have bulk purchases, custom orders (personalised tags and business cards) and one of a kind antiques..............Can`t wait!
The biggest adventure right now is decorating a condo we are in the process of purchasing at the beach..........that beach would be Tybee Island, just 30 minutes from Savannah, GA...............It is soooooo exciting!

After a lot of thought we have come up with a name and theme for the condo...................not quite your typical beach theme.................It will be called ` La Maison de Plage`...............simply French for `The Beach House`...............The decor will be based on a French beach house............I plan to blog about it as we go along and post pictures of our progress...............starting today, an empty shell.............When finished, we will be renting out this gorgeous La Maison de Plage on VRBO.................details will be given when it is listed...................Please follow along with our vision of the perfect French retreat right here in Georgia.....................

19th August

The boys have settled back into school now, Thomas, my eldest, started middle school......oh my. He`s still quite immature for his age but I know by the time he finishes 8th grade it will be a different story!
Now I will get hard at work on my ebay store and dream of our cruise in October......Ahhhh!
For all of you out there who have a cricut machine I found a good website with cheap cartridges,, a lot only $18.00 and very reasonable shipping...$3.95. It is called CricutMachine.com, they also sell on ebay but sometimes they go for more than what they are at the website.
I`m starting to think about Christmas.......lots of ideas. A friend will be working with me on Christmas items, she is very creative but has a different style to me... more earthy. She sells on ebay too, her user name is Belbaze, check out her stuff!

August 5th 2010

With the summer vacation almost over we are busy getting ready for back to school..............my eldest starts middle school! WOW! Where did the years go?
I have been busy making bags, tags and other items for my ebay store ~ its steadily increasing in sales and I am still enjoying everything about it............especially designing new items. I have been bugging my husband for a studio building at the back of the house but he is not very receptive to that right now..............maybe one day!
We got to do a little antiquing yesterday as we had to make a trip to Augusta for my sons doctors appt. I bought some old wooden spools to display my ribbons on and some vintage silverplate knives, forks and spoons with pretty detailing...............these are just one of the many things I collect.

I took my new Vera Bradley Raspberry Fizz pocket book along with me that I picked up at the thrift store on Monday for............wait for it..................27 cents.........yes, 27 cents.......don`t you just love it when you find a bargain!?

July 4th 2010

Happy 4th July everyone!
Back from vacations now and back to work.................thinking up new ideas, catching up with orders and keeping house!
I`ve been having fun with chipboard die cuts and German glass glitter...............what a transformation...so pretty hanging from a length of scrunched seam binding......my favourite is the Eiffel Tower.
The die cuts can be purchased from many sellers on Ebay and Etsy ~~ all kinds of shapes and sizes. You could also use regular glitter but it is definately messier and does not have the scrumptious layered look of the glass glitter.

Email me if you want to know where to get any of the products to make these................or......you could just buy mine!!

June 11th 2010

Just got back from 3 weeks in England, visiting my parents and the rest of the bunch back home! Had a great time but it sure is nice to be home....sweet home..
On Monday we leave for Edisto Beach, SC. We rent a state park cabin every year, usually Hunting Island beach but unable to get that one this year..........it is fun to laze around the beach for a week. Both my boys like to surf, they are only beginners but hopefully one day will ride the big waves in Hawaii!!!!!!My husband gets to come on this vacation too, he did not come to England.

Spent the last few days getting all of my ebay orders out from when I was away.......very busy! In my haste I sent out a wrong item to somebody.........I do hate that! Hopefully they will forgive me, I resent the correct item immediately.

How do you like my Tiffany blue box with German glass glitter chandelier???????

See you after my vacation!!!!