Shabby Miss Jenn

Something Shabbyful...

And soooo my new favorite! My mom has these but they are a beautiful light sage and brown..but I found mine..in PINK and brown! AHHHH!!! My eyes were sooothed when I saw these! SPODE my darlings! Gotta love some FANTASTIC Shabby Chic china! LOOOVE these and these are going to be soooo adooorable in my hutch! Is this just AWESOME to see? I think I'm in love! Also I think we are going pink and brown in our living room! Talked to the shabby daddy today and he's sooo fine with pink walls as long as he gets his brown bomber leather sofas and chairs. I think it might just be one shabby cuuute thing! So off to find some pink paint!

Then, I finally got our PRINCESS' hair in cute piggies! LOL Again..think I'm in love! LOL Now onto buying TONS more cuuuute coordinating hair bows everywhere and especially here.

And...one more for the road...lil Josher's playing with his toys this afternoon. His birthday is coming up and we took him to pick out a cake. So far he chooses Thomas the Train, Incredibles (yet again), Superman and Nemo! The kid cannot make up his mind! LOL I'm ready to just bake one! LOL Still am thinking about that one!

What a Shabby Store!

Well, thank you for all your sweet comments and emails! You all are truly darlings! And remember a few posts ago, how I was telling you I am sorta loving more dark stuff along with shabby white stuff? I really am venturing to more shops now.  So today, I figured it was time to visit a new store I hadn't been to. And after I hit a few Shabby Estate Sales (sooo tickled with some goodies I found), I headed to this GRAND FRENCH CHIC store! I'd love to call it a boutique, but this store was MASSIVE! LOL With a HUGE selection of rustic goodies, charming delights and such exquisite garden architectural pieces! Oh my word! One step into this warm and cozy store, rich pumpkin vanilla lavender scents filled the air! I swear I never wanted to leave! LOL And their garden shabby stuff? Well the pictures below speak volumes! I swear I am just no good at making decisions about what to buy..LOL...so I am heading back there with my sweet mom! LOL I was soo laughing at myself because I swore to myself I'd never buy candles again, for fear that our two lil boys (monsters-LOL) might burn our house down! LOL But I soooooo LOOOOVE these candles! They are just FABULOUS!!!!!!! And oh my, all the china and place settings! Just sooo great for the upcoming holidays. I loooove the rich oranges and yellows but also ADORE the ALL WHITE stuff! I am a total "thick chunky Italian plates and cups" kinda girl! I loooove things really RUSTIC and chippy and not too delicate! LOL Sooo the stuff they offered was just fantastically darling!  I also LOOOOVE the Tracy Porter goodies they had too! Just awesome! Also TONS of stuff from here. SO here are some pics to share with you. Beware, they are HUGE! LOL Just open with caution. LOL I just cannot wait to go back there and shop my lil heart out! :) Smoochies!

SMJ

First Day of Fall...

And already I am sooooo dying to go to ALL BROWN stuff! LOL I mean really, all this stuff is pretty much white, pink and khaki! Not that it's bad! I looove Shabby Chic furniture! To the max! LOL But as fall hits, I am just ready to get all cozy and warm in an orange and brown house! LOL Of course sipping one of these . 

SOooooo I was thinking, "does dark stuff really blend well with shabby chic"? Well you tell me! LOL I surely think so! Here's a few choice pieces I scoped out for, stuff I'd buy pretty darn quickly! Just have to make room for it! LOL But just soooo loving these warm touches of "chic" that would bring such a rich charm to our home and for certain give DH that masculine feel! Well the dark colors! LOL

And I think I have to have these dishes! LOL You can find them here at ZGALLERIE.  That store is so much fun to shop in!  Soooo rustic, charmy, italian

farmhouse feel! I loooooove that! I am all about "beat up" stuff! Especially that hand painted leather divider! Just coool!!!!!!!

Oh and the blog look....well I am no HTML girl, so the polka dots were hard for me to configure! :) So what I am trying hard to do, especially since we moved, is to "clear out" the mess in my life! LOL Well, the clutter! Gosh we really "downsized" the "shabby chic" stuff we had before we moved! I can't tell you how freeing that was! Some huge stuff went into the Shabby Chic store, some to the huge flea market (had a friend take it for me) and some stuff, well, was given away to new happy Shabby Chic owners! LOL Seriously, I am looooving the "clean" look and trust me, it's still SHABBY CHIC! Just less! More sophisticated and less "OMG her room looks like a flea market booth"! LOL No really, feels so good to have much less but appreciate it more!

And the kids are enjoying more space everywhere! So the blog, the store and the barn are getting nice clean makeovers! Simple, easy, refreshing......love it!!!!! Okay have some groooovy weekend fun!!!!!

SMJ

Some time to think and get inspired..

Well yesterday was a pretty emotional day. September 11th..just as if it were yesterday..just so sad! I will never forget that day.

It's amaazing when you get so inspired just from browsing in stores and such! :) I am just amazed at how the creative process starts just buy "looking"! :)  Just tons of stuff to have fun and look at!
How fun is Halloween! I go nuts every year! It really is crazy over here because  the kids usually dress up 3-4x's for events! We have a huge Halloween festival we go to, a dress up parade in the park, school, a smaller Halloween party and the actual trick or treating! LOL It's fun! They definitely don't mind dressing up that much but I have to make sure their costumes are comfortable and not itchy! LOL And that we have them before stores run out! LOL

So I already have two out of three costumes here and set to go! :) Last year Josh wanted to be Mr. Incredible but then he decided on a pumpkin costume. So this year, he's got this..already hanging in his closet! LOL

And Chayce's costume arrived yesterday! :) She loves it and was so happy to pick this one out. With the wings .   

So the other day all three of our kiddies were outside playing. And they found a little friend! LOL I was thinking of Bugs Life..LOL..but he was really cool and he let me snap a few of him! :)

So the other day all three of our kiddies were outside playing. And they found a little friend! LOL I was thinking of Bugs Life..LOL..but he was really cool and he let me snap a few of him! :)

Thaaaaaaaaaank yoooooou....

everyone for you deliciously sweeeet comments! I truuuuly appreciate it! Really! And I will be leaving Shabbylicious Fall up on this shabby bloggie so you can still get it...linkeeee is on the right! :) And wow on these pages I keep seeing! I am blown away by everyone's amaaazing shabby talent! TY!

Sooo, what a weekend! Hope you all had a fab one! I got tons of stuff done! LOL Well procrastination isn't a friend but still, I am learning to be more diligent in getting less distracted! Seriously need a much LOUDER alarm clock too! LOL

My dear friend Lanne always find the cuuuuutest stores online! I swear that girls knows her internet! LOL Soo I had to share some fun stuff with you all today! Oh and I did order a TON of those felt bags...at Plum Party thanks to one dear friend! :) I can't wait to get them and use some as goodie bags! I got some Halloween ones for the kiddies too! :) YUM!

Soo back to Lanne, lol, here are some FABULOUS sites you won't wanna miss!!!!!

This site is TO DIE FOR!!!! This artist is incredibly talented and her paintings are sooooo beautiful! Love these! Chayce loves this one!!! She said she loved seeing the family!!!!

Okay another adooooorable site that I think I might go crazy at is this one....Giddy Giddy.  YUMMMMMY clips!!!!!

 

Sooo did you see Auntie Pea's bloggie today! Fall inspiration I tell ya! I looooove this purse!!!!!!

And yesterday afternoon, we hit our favorite store, Target, and just busting about this and Kristie would too, but I gave in! LOL Josh totally wanted these shoes! LOL So we splurged and got them! And some totally cute stylish hikers for him and a few pairs of cute shoes for Matt too! Looove those shoes! LOL

He loves them! LOL

A few more goodies and I will leave you all alone! LOL Go check out Megan's blog and grab this amaaaaaaazingly fresh and beautiful paper pack she made! LOOVE THIS!!!!
And then go to the amazingly talented Miss Kim's blog and grab her most fantastic sketch! Her sketches are TO DIE FOR!!!!!  I love them!!!!

Smooochies!!!

SMJ

One of my favorite shabby things...

..is Italian tole..I just LOVE it!!!! Sooo vintage and sooo italian and definitley ornate! It's brings in such a great garden theme and with three lil ones running around, the metal flowers don't break. LOL Just love this stuff!!!!

Okay so I scrapped this from the AWESOME doodles that are for  Asher. 

pillows, pillows, everywhere

So I just looove pillows! And I always have about thirty in my living room.  I just looove pillows too. My only thing is will they go with these leather sofas? LOL I might have to not go as white as normal..more dark pinks, brown, peaches and aquas.  But I definitely love pillows! LOL

And  this cuuuute bag totally reminded me of  Kristie  and especially her new Olivia kit. Loooove that kit!

Then Kim's cuute aprons made me remember that I had a gift certificate at this KILLER SHABBY STORE from my sweeeeetest girlfriend so I went a shopping and a hopping and ordered
this.

Okay off to chase three lil shabby babies. :) Smoochies.

Jenn

 

I'm in trouble...

Because my lil guys have literally KILLED my furniture. LOL Well are in the process of finishing destroying them! LOL Oh and we are only talking about the sofa and antique loveseats! LOL So I am looking for some type of furniture that will endure 2 boys and their nasty habits! LOL

We have a leather ottoman...seriously I was never a Leather fan...but DH got it. And they have SCRATCHED this thing, drew on it, spilled water, milk, juice...you name it...So I was kinda thinking that rough aged leather furniture might be a good way to go! Something that if they scratch, won't show up too bad. Gosh...still don't know but I think leather might be better than any fabric! LOL

So I am just browsing away for now. Trying to see how this would go in my shabby chic home! LOL What type of Ashwell pillows would go okay with brown leather? Still don't know and I'd probably and eventually have to have pink or sage walls to bring in some flower stuff to go with! :) Not sure! LOL But here's what I saw so far that looks like it could endure the mini construction site we got going over at our cottage! LOL  If anyone has some roughed up leather furniture along with lil kiddies, please let me know how it endures the rough tough! LOL

   

One of the bestest ideas ever!!!!!!

is this! This awesome to die for most fabulous table!!!!! With amaaaaazing photos underneath!  This is my sweeeeeeeeet friend Marlene's Marvelous Table! I mean is this just the most awesome-st table!!!!! When I first saw this I just about died and stood there staring at all their fantabulous photos!!!! Just cool! And the table is pretty darn awesome looking! Marlene's daughter is good friends with our daughter. So just cool. Anyways, when I saw this in her oh soooo shabby chic house and let me just say she had some pretty amazing shabby goodies all throughout her little cottage, this table just stuck out and screamed AWESOME to me! Soooooo, on my future list is to go at our daughter's pink vintage vanity with glass top! I would love to put all kinds of cuuute digi scrap prints of her and her friends on her desk. Soooo thanks to Marvelous Marlene for this most fabulous idea!!!!! You all would love Marlene too! She is a beauty salon queen and always has the most stylish looks all the time! :) Thanks Marleneeeeeee!!!!!

 

Soooo how was  everyone's father's day? Ours was great! Our daughter Chayce wanted to make Chris breakfast in bed! :) LOL Sooo, she and Josh got to it early this morning. She mixed up the pancake mix and Joshua scrambled the eggs! Love it when lil ones help.  Then with some pretty fanned out strawberries, Chris got a spectacular breakfast in bed! Chayce carried the tray all the way to him too. :) That a girl! :) And then she handed him his gift that I made for him.  He LOVED it! Well how can you go wrong with a Shabby Princess album!!!!  He was soooo surprised and loved every minute checking out all the photos of him and his babies! :) Just cool!!!!!   

And OMIGOSH! Sweeeet Mindy came out with this awesome kit! LOOOVE IT!!!! SO I had to scrap this of our daughter and her friend Kylie! :) 

And sweeet Laura Ping was sooo incredibly sweet and sent over some great new kits to play with! :) Just check out these! SOooooo fantastic!

Okay soooo it's getting late! LOL 11pm for me! And we have a LONG day tomorrow! Starting off we are playing at Lisa's house and I soo hope Marlene shows up too! :) And hopefully I can scrap later tomorrow! I hope! LOL More Shabby Chic goodies coming!!!! :) Oh and if anyone can suggest a kit to go with this picture, I will sooo love you! LOL I just can't figure this one out yet! :) LOL TY!!! Smooochies and hope you are enjoying those warm days! SMJ

Shabby Ornateness

Don't you just love ornate things? LOL Really if you'd have asked me this question years ago, I sooo would have said "Yeah grandma stuff". LOL Really.  But now I just love ornate things! The more ornate the better as long as it doesn't get tacky. LOL But when my eyes see ornateness in things, my heart skips a beat. I love the old curves, contours and leafy scrolls that vintage antique pieces have. Now don't get me wrong...I am a huge fan of huge plain thick molding. Pretty plain. And old fencewood. But ornate features on old frames, chandeliers, mirrors, garden iron pieces is really a cool thing! Definitely a hot new trend especially in the Shabby Chic buziness.

Sooo, here are a few examples of such shabby ornateness! YUM! Definitely it has a huge artistic nature when you look at the details. But take a peek for yourself.

Okay I know..lots for the eyes to see. But yummy indeed right? I looove it all! And love plain jane sorts of things. But thrive on the ornate goodies the most.  Soooo let's poll this one!

 

Well I hope you are all having a fabulous week! I seriously need more time to scrap because I just love it! :) Lots going on over here! :) And sooo excited school is ending! Huuuuurrrryyy up summer! Yippee!!!!

Have a super shabby one!!!!

SMJ