Christmas Wrap Up and The world's best slippers

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!

 I wanted to share some pics of the wrapping paper I used this year.

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Polka dots, leopard print, silver, gold and pink.(all purchased from Marshall's) 

When did I get so girly? Maybe when I had my little girl? 

Trust me, I still get my hands dirty, though.

I used tulle instead of ribbon or a combo of wired ribbon and tulle.

I will for sure be using the Leopard Print again for Birthdays. 

Santa likes to leave at least one gift unwrapped.

 Ironically it's always the most complicated shaped gift that doesn't have a box ;)

**Warning. This next picture is defined as a selfie, and just typing that word slightly embarrass' me. But when I noticed my reflection in the previous picture, I realized I had to take a picture of my sweet slippers, and share the story behind them. 

~Feel free to skip down a picture to get to slightly relevant content now~

The Slippers were originally a gift to my childhood neighbor and life long friend, Lindsay. She received them from a family member about 12yrs ago. We laughed at them and wrapped them up for her younger sister. 

An instant re-gift if you will. 

And from that year on they were re-gifted annually between us and my sister as well. 

Until one year I tried those suckers on. 

Game over. 

They are so dang warm I no longer cared what they looked like. 

And guess what, I don't even think they're ugly anymore.

 I actually LOVE them. Especially this time of the year on hardwood floors. 

So there you go Lindsay, Arielle and Barb. I am rockin' those slippers proud..still.

Christmas Day with my girl

My daughter and her uncle Justin (my brother) using the new bow and arrow toy he got her. 

All the "Brave" comments about her hair really play out even better when she's running around with this.

Christmas Living Room 2013

Clearly my Living Room is my favorite room to share. 

So here is the 2013 Christmas time addition. 

New for this year are my pretty, soft, white stockings. $7.99 each at Marshalls.

Also the buffalo head I got a couple months ago from another dealer at A Classy Flea.

I love fresh flowers, so I was all about purchasing this pretty white poinsetta to benefit a friend's daughters 4H group.
A silver ice bucket I had on hand makes a perfect "flower pot"

 My faux ikea sheep skin found a new home across my coffee table for the season.

And the most exciting change is my mirrored dresser!! I just found it at GW.
It was black and screamed 1980s. My brother told me I just needed a panther statue to go with it HA!

 All it took was some white paint to make it an amazing TV console. 

If you are familiar with my blog, the gray dresser that was there has already sold the day I brought it a A Classy Flea.
So thankful for that!

I'll have to stock up on Windex ;)

I refinished this stool a while back and the Santa pillow I made 2 years ago.

I'm really happy with the progress this Room has made.
Here it is in the MLS listing nearly 3yrs ago.

BEFORE

AFTER

There are just three things left for me to feel like this room is complete.
You can call it my Christmas list.

1. An Area Rug - likely Jute

2. A New Couch - Casabella has some great ones!!

In a different color this one would be my favorite.. come on people I have dogs and a 4yr old

This might make me want to re-design the whole room to make the color work, probably not a good idea :)

Safest option?

3. A new Ceiling Light Fixture
Really don't know what I want for this one..

 

 I really like this one from by Ralph Lauren via Happyroost

maybe something like this by Phillips

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OPEN HOUSE

Way late in announcing this but this past weekend was A Classy Flea's 18th Annual Open House.

 Everything in the shop was 20%off plus live music, food and giveaways. 

Here are some shots from the weekend of my spot as well as some of the other talented dealers.. enjoy!

And in Casabella News:

Living Room Christmas Decor

 

Here are some more vintage, thrifted, upcycled, painted and hand made items around my house.. Christmas style.

 

 

 Last year I made some chalkboard tags and decided they'd be cute on stockings. I love them just as much this year, so they are back (I added the jingle bells and ribbon to make it more festive)

 

 These chalkboard tags have lots of uses, and are super easy to make. Of course, if you want to save time, they are available at www.refoundvintage.etsy.com for just $2 each

 

 

Vintage Finds:
Large wooden window frame
wooden wine crate

Thrifted and Upcycled items:

Wood lamp base (good will)
Pink shade (painted by me)
Wooden picture ledges (Yard Sale, painted by me)
Frames (good will, painted by me)
Side Table,
Star (Good Will, painted yellow by me)

Handmade:
Chevron Pillow
Burlap Stockings
Shadow Box decor (from michales) with the onesie my daughter wore in the hospital

Misc.: Rug (IKEA) faux sheepskin (IKEA) Chair was purchased from a friend, Tree skirt (kohls)

Dog: www.rockinprescue.org ;)

~Kim

New Buffet and My Christmas List

On Black Friday I actually considered going shopping, but the near 70 degree temperature told me to paint all day instead.. So here is what I did..

almost BEFORE.. I already removed the hardware and started refinishing the top..



AFTER
$229


Then my Daughter and I made our Christmas lists;
Here is mine:

Dear Santa,

I would like the following:

1. A (faux) Cowhide Rug

(IKEA)

 

 

 

2.  A Vintage Chandelier

 

(ETSY)

 

 

 

3. A Fun Side Chair

 

 

UrbanMotifs

 

 

 



I feel these requests are as reasonable as my daughters requests.. of an elephant and cymbals.

 

 

 

 

I asked her what she thought Santa should get me.. she quickly responded with

"new paint brushes"

Does she know here mom or what?

 

~Kim