Thank you!

Thank you all for another successful Cottage Sale!

It was struggle with the rain, no rain, rain, no rain, tarp, no tarp, tarp, no tarp.

Thank you for coming out in the sprinkles and downpours, for shopping in the mushy grass and for putting up with our darn stereo, working, not working.  You never know what you’re gonna get when having a sale in the woods but it was wonderful!

We appreciate each and every one of you as blog followers and as friends.  Thank you for including us in your lives!

We’ll keep you posted about a sale in the Fall!

The Winner of the Jennilyons81 Pillow GiveAway is….

Marianne from the Netherlands!!!!

{Results were chosen using Random.org-True Random Number Generator}

Congratulations Marianne!!!

And a thank you to everyone who entered!  We hope you enjoyed shopping around

 

 

Don’t forget that Jenni is offering a 20% discount to our special JosieJones friends.  Just enter the coupon code JOSIEJONES to receive your 20% discount through June!

I have to say, with Independence Day approaching, I am loving her American Flag Pillow!

american flag pillow - fourth of july - July 4th - americana - canvas - red white and blue - patriotic - summer home decor

And also loving this runner!

red table runner - grainsack - red stripe - 85" long - vintage style - canvas

Keep on creating Jenni!  We love what you do!!!

Enjoy your new pillow Marianne!

Jenni has generously offered a 20% discount to all of you for the month of June!!!  Just enter the coupon code JOSIEJONES  to receive 20%  off of your order!!

Launch of Kim’s New Kitchen and Laundry Products {at the Sale this week}

I am sooooo excited to share this!  I have been working on it all for months.  I have tested and perfected natural homemade laundry soap & dish soap.  I have added also Butcher Style Aprons that are packaged with a wooden spoon and flour sack.

All of these products will be available at our Cottage Sale.

They are part of my LUXE MARKET product line that will expand as time goes on…Check them out…

 

 

 

 

Some of our Favs at the Sale this week…

 

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Wednesday, June 12:  5pm-8pm {sneak peek and first dibs}

Thursday June 13: 10am-6pm

Friday June 14:  10am-6pm

Saturday June 15:  10am-2pm

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Some of the items that you will find:

Vintage finds, Framed art, Photographic art, Baby novelty items, Furniture for all rooms, Accessories for home and wear, Wooden printed signs, and so much more!!

Great pricing, great conversation plus enjoy the inspiration!

 

COTTAGE SALE INFO AND DIRECTIONS CLICK HERE

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Oh, I don’t forget to enter to win one of Jennilyons81 awesome coordinates pillows!

 

DETAILS TO ENTER GIVEAWAY

 

Only a few days left to enter!!!

 

 

 

admin - Excited to see you Monique!!

Monique Gainor - Ohhhh….everything looks so fabulous! I can’t wait…I WANT, NEED that Stillwater sign!!! L-O-V-E I-T!
~Monique

Etsy Shop Pillow Giveaway and 20% Off Discount!!!

We’re so excited to be able to give you a chance to win a “Coordinates Pillow” from the Etsy shop, Jennilyons81.

 

Remember the awesome pillow that was in Tuesday’s Sun Room Redo?

Well Jenni Lyons is a very talented gal and we LOVE her Etsy shop!!!

If you would like a chance to win one of her Coordinates Pillows, here are the ways you can enter…

 Visit her Jennilyons81 Etsy shop, then leave us a comment telling us what you loved most.

Like Jennilynos81 on Facebook

Sign up to receive JosieJones & Company updates.

Like JosieJones & Company on Facebook.

Follow JosieJones on Pinterest

Leave us a comment and let us know how many times to enter you {Up to 5}!

We will announce the winner next Thursday!

One last thing, Jenni has generously offered a 20% discount to all of you for the month of June!!!  Just enter the coupon code JOSIEJONES  to receive 20%  off of your order!!!

 

admin - Thanks Emily!!! We’ve got you entered!!

Emily M - I love the basket weave style knit pillow cover on her etsy site.

Please enter me x5! Thanks!

admin - We’ve got you entered Shelly! Thanks for stopping by!

Shelly Toscano - LOVE all of the pillows….the american flag one is great for the 4th of July and love the table runners too! What a great site!

admin - Gotcha down Julie!!

Julie Cronk - Love your blog and ideas!
Enter me x5 :)

admin - We’ve got you entered Shelby! Thanks for visiting!!

Shelby - I love that Jenni uses the numbers for special occasions on pillows, and also a person’s address. They are super cute!

Enter me 5 times

Thanks

admin - Thanks Marianne! We have you entered!!

Marianne - Hello there,

What a great chance to win one of theese nice pillows.
I love everything in Jenni’s pinterest shop.
My favorite pillow is: Vintage blanket pillow.

best wishes from the Netherlands

admin - Great we’ve got you down for 4 entries! Thanks for visiting and be sure to check back for updates!

rivernik - Beautiful! My fave is cable knit pillow cover – linen -warm winter white – cozy – snow.
I did everything except Sign up to receive JosieJones & Company updates.

Thank you.

admin - We’ve got you entered Meggan!! Can’t wait to see you next week!

Meggan - Well I love every single thing in her shop, but I think my favorite is the house number pillow! What a great gift too :) I’m not a facebook person, but have followed you since Apron Chicks, does that count? haha;) I follow you on pinterest of course! Love this blog girls and look forward to your cottage sale! From your sale last year and inspiration from Natalie’s basement, I took a lot of your finds and did my boys room in a hunting and fishing theme which they love!

admin - Alissa, we’re so happy you found us! What an exciting time for you! You will LOVE Stillwater! We have you entered!!

admin - Thanks Pam! We’ve got you entered 5 times!

Pam Ekker - I went to Jenni Lyons etsy shop. Probably my favorite pillows were the red stripe grain sack pillows. I did everything for the giveaway! :)

Alissa Nogle - Good Morning!! I wanted to say Thank You! I am SO thankful that I have found you for all of your creative inspiration, tips and shop. I am a recently divorced mother of 2 small girls who moved to Stillwater. I purchased my first house, a two story Victorian that was built in 1894. I love it and look forward to making it a kid friendly, beautiful home for my two little girls and I.

My favorite things on Jenni Lyon’s Etsy shop are the coordinates pillow, which would mean a lot to me, as this is the first house I have ever owned. And those beautiful baskets/canvas totes. Great for storing all those kids toys! Please enter me in the drawing 5 times, as I have checked off everything listed above!

Thank you for the giveaway opportunity, the ideas you have posted thus far, and the future creative inspiration you will provide for me as I begin this journey.

Sincerely,
Alissa

A Relaxing Sun Room {Before & Afters}

What better way to start off the summer than with a newly transformed sun room!  Sun rooms are so much fun to do because they are not “high maintenance”. Let’s face it, they are meant for lounging in.  Remember this fun sun porch redo we posted a while back? So of course I jumped at the chance to do another sun room.  Here are the before shots of Jessie and Brent’s sun room.  Pretty simple.  Pine walls, pine floor, honey colored wicker with worn cushions.  What a great space to have right off their dining room, it just needed a little love.

And here is the AFTER!!!Darling “Kramer” had to make it into the shoot!  He was lounging while we were styling…We love this pillow that Jessie added.  It has their homes coordinates on it.  Click here to enter to win one of your own!!!I’m in love with this side table from World Market!I searched long and hard for the perfect piece of art for this big wall.  My heart jumped when I saw this piece at Homegoods.  It took until the end of the shoot for Kim to realize it was a canvas and not actually real wood.  It’s an awesome piece and perfect for the space!

Now I have to give a ton of credit to the man of this house who spent hours and hours sanding down the pine walls.  His biceps are better for it;).

So here’s what I did…

* Hired a friend to paint all of the wicker black

* Updated the cushions with a fun print

* Added a wool, durable area rug

* Added misc. accessories, pillows, and lamps

Shopping source:

HomeGoods and TJ Maxx-   Pillows, rug, lamps, wall canvas, seat cushions, misc. accessories

Once again, I am so thankful for the wonderful clients I have!

Be sure to check back Thursday as will be offering a chance to win a pillow!!

Natalie:)

Linking up at:

The 36th Avenue



The Shabby Nest
504 Main


 

 

Courtney - So charming! I love your makeover~ sharing at the party this week~ thanks for linking up at Feathered Nest Friday!

admin - Thanks Marianne! That’s exactly what this room is for;)

Marianne - I love this room after the make over. The beach theme is really my favorite at the moment. I’m making a whole serie cards about this theme.
I can imagine myself sitting in this room day dreaming, reading a book, or have visits from girlfriend.
best wishes from the Netherlands

The Accordion Wreath

Some of you noticed the Accordion Music Paper Wreath on the doors to my office when it was featured.  My apologies for taking so long to get a post out about it.

This is the easiest and most fun project that could be done in a million ways.

Here is what you will need:

1.  A Cereal Box {you will use this for stability only so it can be any cardboard}

2. Hot Glue/Hot Glue Gun

3. Music Pages/Book Pages/Pretty Paper/Grocery Bags…your choice {this time I will use an old Atlas}

4. An adornment for the center of your wreath {I used a chipboard covered with music paper for the two on my office door but you can use anything…flowers, broach, photo, etc. and this time I will use scrap fabric circles}

5. Something to hang it with {I used a partial bead board piece for my office and this time I will use Blue Ribbon}

6. You may want glitter, ribbon, etc.

STEP 1:

Accordion fold your paper.  You can fold several pages at the same time to save time on this step, then separate and re-press the folds.  Do it as thick as you would like.  The more pages used, the thicker and substantial the wreath circle.  I took out the staples from the Atlas and folded the full 2-page spreads.  I used 10 qty 2-page Atlas spreads for the outer wreath…folding about 1-1 1/2 inch folds.

STEP 2:

Glue the Accordions together in a row.

Glue to ends together to make a circle.

  Flatten your circle and glue to the cardboard {I use TONS of glue on the wording side of the cereal box so the wording side gets covered}

STEP 3:

Repeat for a smaller circle.  To make a smaller circle, I made the accordions like in Step 1 but then cut them in half, then glued the halves together before making the circle.

Glue the smaller circle on cardboard too.

 Glue this on top of the big circle.

STEP 4:

Glue your adornment to the middle.  This time I took 4 pieces of leftover fabric circles and folded them in half, then half again…gluing all the way to themselves and each other.  Eventually they made a cool flower-like adornment. Then I glued the heck out of it onto the wreath.

STEP 5:

Attach it all to your hanging choice.  I just glued the Blue Ribbon on the Cereal Box on the back.

Marianne - Hi there,

Wow they’re great!!!!!
I made them too on my cards but it never came in my mind to make them out of an arlas. What a great idea!!!!
Thanks for sharing this.

best wishes from the Netherlands

Wrapping It Up

I have some books laying around that my hubby and kids are in the middle of reading.  While selling the house, why not make ‘em pretty!!?!!

It is easiest to use heavy-duty Wrap paper or even backs of grocery bags.

First I traced the actual size of the book on the inside of the pretty paper, making sure to “roll” the book to include the spine space.

When I cut it out, I cut an extra few inches to the width to be able to fold into the covers.  We are basically creating a dust-cover for the books.  Once you place the book in the middle of the paper, just tuck inside.

This is a great way to spice up any space, hide things and can be used for giving books as gifts too.

You could add stickers to the spine with the name of the book, you can add a ribbon to a stack or nothing at all.

Fun decor, simple and easy-peasy!!

Katherines Corner - very crafty, a fun way to decorate too. xo