Remember This Frame?

Hi everyone.

Do you remember this frame I showed you recently?

I added two intaglios to the frame.

I am still making reproduction intaglios from antique molds and selling them

on Ebay and Etsy.

Last week while out antiquing I found three authentic 19th century intaglios.
They are in fabulous condition and you can still see some of the writing on
the back. These will be  listed on Ebay next week,  but if anyone is interested
in them just shoot me an email.     

Our oldest son and his family from Orlando will be visiting next week.  We
plan on spending lots of time at the pool, cooking out and doing activities
to keep the grand kids happy.  You'll find me in the yard helping build a
 fairy garden and dinosaur park, making cupcakes, cookies and watching
 Beauty and the Beast for the fiftieth time.

Being a grandmother is the best!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,

Sherry

I am partying this week at:

Savvy Southern Style

Common Ground
French Country Cottage
A Stroll Thru Life

Swapping Furniture

Because our home is for sale I haven't been able to make any major changes around here.

There is nothing like being in the middle of a big project and getting a call that you have

a showing in one hour.

In other words...I am bored!

To help with the boredom I have been moving furniture around and doing some small

projects.

 The French style buffet in the dining room now resides in the living room.

The urn is filled with twenty marble eggs that were found at a thrift store along

with the alabaster grapes. 

The paper whites were planted before Thanksgiving and they are just now starting to bloom!

Whats up with that?

View from dining room.

The clock was also moved to the living room....

Now the antique Normandy armoire has a new home in the dining room. My

plan is to add shelving inside the two large doors to display more transferware.

Hubby hates it when I get bored because he knows there will be work involved!

If you would like to see decorating plans for our next home visit my

recent guest post at  The Enchanted Home .

Thanks for dropping by!

Hugs,

Sherry

I'll be partying at:

A Stroll Thru Life

Savvy Southern Style 

A Delightsome Life 

French Country Cottage 

2805 

Common Ground 

At The Picket fence 

Early Christmas Gift & INTAGLIO WINNER

My dad had a giant clam shell that has been sitting in his rock garden for 30+ years.  I have asked him

numerous times if he would sell it to me,  and the answer was always NO.  He asked me

what I wanted this year for Christmas and I jokingly said the clam shell,  but never really
expecting he would let go of it.

Dad could not understand why in the world I would even want the "old, dirty shell"

and he said all the times I asked to buy it he thought I was kidding. He even said he

would be so embarrassed if anyone knew he gave me an old shell for a Christmas gift.

Last week while visiting my family for an early Christmas, Dad gave me the giant clam shell as

well as the largest conch shell I have ever seen.  He had cleaned and bleached both shells

and had them ready for me to take home.

The only problem was they weighed between 60-70 pounds and couldn't be checked as luggage.

Shipping them home would have been really expensive, so I had to leave my shells there

for now. Can you believe I forgot to even get a picture?  I plan on getting them

next time we drive to Florida,  or if we get moved there anytime soon.

Until I can get my Christmas gifts home here are some photos for inspiration.

A beautiful vignette created by Tot at Time Worn Interiors.

Decorno Blog

House Beautiful

Via Cote de Texas

Courtesy of Color Outside The Lines

photo via Knotting Hill

Photo courtesy of Centsational Girl

Do you like to decorate with shells?  Any creative ideas appreciated.

GIVEAWAY WINNER....

Thank you to everyone that entered the giveaway for the  framed intaglios. 

Random.org selected #42 as the winner.

Congrats to Kim @ Savvy Southern Style

In honor of my new product I am offering a 10% discount on the custom intaglios

 in my Etsy shop.  Email me if interested.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Christmas hugs,

Sherry

Joining the parties this week at:

Savvy Southern Style 

Common Ground 

The Charm Of Home 

French Country Cottage 

At The Picket Fence

Open House Party

Welcome to the Open House Party.

I have another fabulous home for us to tour today.  Jenny at  Evolution Of Style has

graciously opened up her home for the party.  As an added bonus we get to see Jenny's

home beautifully decorated for Christmas.

Enjoy the tour!

The kitchen cabinets were recently transformed with paint.

Jenny and her husband added the board and batten to the hall.

Jenny,  Thank you for sharing your gorgeous home at the party.

I hope you will visit  Evolution Of Style to see more of this beautiful home and blog.

Today is the last day to enter the  GIVEAWAY  for three framed intaglios.

A winner will be announced tomorrow.

On to the link party....

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

xo,

Sherry

Open House Party

Welcome to the Open House Party!

If you haven't entered the giveaway for three framed intaglios there is still

time to enter HERE.

Today I am featuring the home of Jan at The French Tangerine.  If you like decorating with

a French touch,  then you will love Jan's beautiful home.

I am a relatively new follower of  The French Tangerine and I have spent hours

browsing through the archives.  I am now a huge fan !

Enjoy the Tour

 Jan,  Thank you for sharing your gorgeous home at the Open House Party this week.  

In Lieu of leaving comments here,  please visit  The French Tangerine  and take

a look around this delightful blog.

As you read this I am in Florida spending time with four of my beautiful grandchildren!  My

laptop is in the shop , so no blogging for the next six days.  I have this set to post on Wednesday

evening,  so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the linky works.

xo,

Sherry

On to the party...

My Intaglios Hung

Thank you for the great response to the framed intaglios GIVEAWAY.  

I have been working on over-drive to get these ready for the party. 

 There is still time to join the Holiday Dining  party and to enter the giveaway.

I wanted to walk away from the Christmas decorating and show you how I have displayed

the intaglios in our living room.  

I can't show you the rest of the living room just yet.  There are painting projects going on

right now, but I promise to reveal the entire room after Christmas.

This is how the wall looked previously with the framed botanical prints.

I really like the botanical prints but it was time for a change. I'll put them aside until summer and

then change things around.

I am working on several new products for my Etsy Shop and the soon to be opened

on-line shop.  In addition to the intaglios I have also added some wonderful hand colored

sea fans to Etsy.

We leave Tuesday for an early Christmas visit with our family in Florida.  My laptop is

going to the shop while we are gone so I will be MIA for a little while.  The

Open House Party will still be held starting Wednesday evening.  Keeping my fingers

crossed the automated publishing works!  

Thanks for visiting.

Happy Holidays to you and your family.

I am partying at..

Between Naps On The Porch

My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia 

Last of the Christmas decor & GIVEAWAY

There has been quite a turn-out at the Christmas Blogger Block Party so far.  I truly appreciate
everyone that visited the Holiday Dining Party and those that linked up your beautiful Christmas
decor.  I am  in awe of the talent and creativity I see from bloggers every day and I thank you

so much for inspiring me.  

There is still time to join the party and you can enter the GIVEAWAY

 HERE.

Just a quick post to show you the last of the Christmas decorations. This year we

opted for a smaller tree than usual.  We normally have a seven and a half foot tree in which

I load with hundreds of lights and ornaments.  I have been collecting ornaments, especially

Radko,  for many years and I probably have around six hundred or so.

We leave next week to spend time with our family in Florida so these two little trees

work just fine..easy peasy!

5" flocked tree in family room

This mini tree is in our morning room adjacent to the kitchen.

I also changed out the transferware on the bakers rack to a more festive red.  You can see it

with the blue transferware in the blog header

Thanks for coming by and please visit the other Christmas Blogger Block host.

Hugs,

Sherry

I'll be partying at:

2805

Common Ground

At The Picket Fence 

Enter the Giveaway HERE.