Happy June my friends!

Can you believe it's already summertime?

I've been busier than ever,

and it's all been great!

A week ago I flew up to get my

5 year old grandson from Michigan.

He stayed with us for 8 days.

Here is is making me breakfast!

I just love my little honey pot :-)

We hit Magic Kingdom, Sea World two times,

countless hours of swimming, some shopping,

and, of course, he needed to use ALL of my

tuppeware for gecko habitats.. hehe!

So sad to see him go back home to Michigan,

especially every night when tucking him in

he'd turn to me and say, "Love you Punkin''..

Ahh.. I miss him.. 

~

I do have some exciting news to share with ya'll.

Kathy of Vintage Finds Magazine

featured me in her June 2013 issue!

She met me up at my booth in Traditions Antique Mall

and then followed me back to my new house to 

take some pictures..

Yep... I said it..

My NEW HOUSE!

Yay!! Mr. Ruffles and I are now proud homeowners!!

I'm SOOO beyond happy, it's insane! LOL

It's pretty awesome, and quite an honor,

that Kathy wanted to feature my home in  her magazine.

My dining room:

If you see the magazine displayed at your favorite 

antique mall, make sure you pick up a copy

and check it out!

Thankyou Kathy, you did an outstanding job!!

~

I also finally got around to painting the

table my grandmother gave to me before 

she passed away a couple of years ago.

I love how it turned out.

We use it on our new sunroom

in our new HOME!!

(I can't stop saying that! LOL)

Table before and after:

~

And, here's a couple of pics I took

of our dining room.. 

in 

our

new

home!

(I just had 'ta.. one more time)

~ Sherri ~

Feeling Blue

Noo... don't be silly.. I'm not sad!

 

I titled this post Feeling Blue

because I decided to try out a

really light shade of blue on this

cute little side table I bought:

 

Here's the before...

 

 

 

And.. here's the after!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I switched out the original wooden

knob with a pretty crystal blue one too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, staying with the "feeling blue" theme,

I painted this frenchy looking chair

and recovered it with some gorgeous

Ralph Lauren fabric.

 

 

Here's the before..

mmm... gold.. LOL

 

 

 

 

And, after!

 

~ Sherri ~

Awesome Day for "Pickin"

Oh my gosh.. I had the BEST day ever pickin!!

I spent some the money I've been saving for

the Extravaganza Renningers Flea Market this weekend..

But ~ It was SO worth it!

Check out some of my finds:

 

 

 

 

 

Dresser mirror, small compact purse,

lace and a purple glass bottle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shabby floral planter..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood framed beveled mirror

& dresser mirror..

 

 

 

 

Old books from the 1800's.

See the middle one?

Little Women!

 

 

 

 

Antique Chandelier

"Made in Italy"

 

 

Most favorite find of the day..

Really old ballerina dress..

 

*Sigh* & Adoration!

 

 

 

Painting of 3 ballerinas

 

 

 

 

Lovely old quilt

 

 

 

And, I finally found the antique buffet

I've been searching for!

 

I've been wanting to get rid of our

entertainment center and replace it

with one of these..

 

I've been searching and searching..

and, today.. finally!! YAY!

 

Everything you see above

except the buffet (of course.. LOL)

will be in my booth by the weekend,

if you're interested in purchasing.

 

What have you found on your pickin trips lately??

 

 

~ Sherri ~

 

 

Linking up at:

Coastal Charm Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Antique Dresser Makeover

Yeppers, a 2nd post in 1 day!

I'm ona roll.. LOL

I was able to finish up this really cute dresser

I bought off of another dealer at the antique mall

where I sell some of my re-dos:

Traditions Antique Mall in Wildwood, FL.

If you ever get the chance to stop in, please do,

I know you will just LOVE it!

Back to the dresser..

Here is the before:

Really cute legs and great smaller size..

But... ya know I couldn't just leave her alone!

I made some rose applique's from

the handle of a silver platter I had

and added them to the front of the dresser.

She's SOOO much prettier now!

Make sure you click on the pictures

so you can see these appliques..

I think they turned out really good.

I'm excited to put them on other projects now!

Check out these gorgeous drawer pulls!

Soooo cool, right?

 From that..                                   to this!

~ Sherri ~

Linking up at:

Elizabeth & Co. Link Party 36

Sewing Machine Table

I found this sewing machine table

while out thrifting a few weeks ago:

Old, crusty & rusty

with some sort of pressboard

wanna be "marble" top.

My white paint was just itchin

to make my heart sing once again..

And, of course, it didn't disappoint!

Mr. R screwed a wooden tray

I had painted white to the top.

I lined the tray with some really

pretty wallpaper I have at home.

I just love it in our dining room.

Sooo much prettier!

~ Sherri ~

Pink n White Bookcase

I took a break from the dresser

I posted about a few days ago..

She's really taking a long time,

and I tend to have a zillion and one

projects going on at the same time

anyway... so..

another one couldn't hurt, eh?

It's a bookcase.. and she's a heavy one!

I wanted to try something

a bit different, so, I painted the back pink

and the rest of it my favorite.. white!

Yeah, it has a hole in it..

I left it there, in case someone

wanted to take the top shelf out

and use it as a TV stand.

The roses are actually a handle

from a silver platter I picked up

awhile ago.

I gorilla glued it on to the top.

gave a quick coat of spray primer

and then painted overtop of that.

All waxed and shabby'd up..

I decided to distress this one

quite a bit, so, it wouldn't look

SO little girly, and maybe something

you'd find tucked away in the

back corner of the basement..

Or my garage! LOL

I just love how it turned out!!

~

From that...    to this!

Linking up at:

Common Ground

Sweet Lill Stool ~n~ Stuff

It's still MUCH too hot to paint in the garage,

so, I've been bringing a huge peice of cardboard

inside and painting on the kitchen floor..

Here's a few photos of what I've been up to lately:

I painted an old blue train case.

Tried my hand at embellishing

a stack of books..

 

Painted, shabbied and added

this sweet picture of a ballerina

from The Graphics Fairy.

And, another one..

This one is one of my favorites,

since I am from the North afterall!

Before of a really icky stool

And, after.. yay!

And, this plate stand.

It was black, with red roses

and green leaves.

I painted the entire thing white,

then shabbied it,

and painted the roses a blush pink.

Sherri