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Thedailycity.com's "Night Market" pictures, just for you!
I think I am getting addicted to the elation I feel when I do shows and markets like tonight. I love when you guys come out to say hi - it moves me in a way I don't think I can explain to you. I...
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Wowzas - I guess you guys want to try some milk paint, huh? 429 entries! But only one winner. That seems sad, doesn't it?Don't worry, I'm cooking up something special for you guys. But...
View ArticleDear anonymous hateful blog commenter,
Dear anonymous hateful blog commenter,Waking up to your hateful comments really didn't get my day off to a good start. I'm sorry you feel my writing is "boring" - my work "uninspired" and "bland." But...
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Stellar Junk's Online Milk Paint Store is Open!
Hello friends!Just a quick note today to let you know my online store where I will be selling Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint is now open!You can shop directly by visiting www.stellarjunk.storenvy.com....
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"Artisan Night Market" is coming again!
Hi friends! Last month I participated in TheDailyCity.com'sArtisan Night Market in Orlando, FL at the Waterford Lakes Shopping Center. I showed you the BEFORE& AFTERSfrom the junk I hauled out to...
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turning over a new leaf
Hello friends!As you may have heard me complain talk about already, I'm in the process of moving, so I haven't been taking on too many new projects. So today I'm sharing a project from last year that I...
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a paint floozy finds love with Webster's Chalk Paint Powder
I admit it...I'm kind of a paint floozy. Milk Paint, Latex, Chalk Paint, gesso, spray paint - I bounce around from product to product and brand to brand, never committing to one over the other. I enjoy...
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milk paint 101
LOTS and LOTS of questions have been pouring in about milk paint these days. Miss Mustard Seed has some really great video tutorials on the milk paint website, but I thought I'd take the opportunity to...
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garbage goes glam
Hello everyone! It's been a while - I've missed you! I've been moving and honestly, I've been so overwhelmed that I'm kind of in survival mode. My hat is off to those of you who can move and still...
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a new lease on life, a new lease on a house.
Hello friends!I thought I might share a few "before" shots of my new place with you all. I'm still moving in (read: 50% of my life is still in a box and I am so stressed out that I have to stifle the...
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WIN my favorite Metallic Paint!
Hi friends!Did you see this easy, peasy sewing table makeover I did using Modern Master's line of Metallic Paints?I sanded the glossier areas of the wood to ensure the paint would grip, then applied...
View ArticleThe Modern Masters Giveaway Winner Is.....
Before I announce the winner of the Modern Masters Giveaway, I just want to thank you all for visiting my blog, reading about my projects and for taking the time to make comments and enter the...
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piano love
My hunt for the perfect piano started about two years ago. The parameters for the search? 1. It must be upright, like the piano I had as a girl.(Oh look! It's little 2 year old me in 1985, riding...
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pricing your junk
I get asked a lot of questions about restoring furniture from running this blog and my Facebook page. Whenever I see an email from a random stranger new friend I would almost bet money that the email...
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when unspiration strikes
I've got a major case of unspiration. Does it happen to you? What do you do when it strikes?"Browse Pinterest." some will say.But what if you're completely saturated with it all? There is certainly no...
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the perfect chalkboard
I think it's fair to say I'm pretty obsessed with the chalkboard trend.It's kind of my go-to method for repurposing something.like....chalkboard drawer fronts. I lerves 'em.Chalkboard paint over a...
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rightsizing; aka; ch-ch-ch-changes
Hello friends! Hope all is well in your world today.I whined wrote last month about taking control back of my life and making myself get back to work. No sooner than an hour after hitting "publish," I...
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and now for the part where I go Amish on you
Hello, friends!So as you know, I'm not really a lifestyle blogger - I try to keep it all about the furniture with a smidge of family life. But since I haven't been doing too much painting lately, this...
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from the bottom of my heart
Ok, so if you've followed my blog for a while, you know I am prone to not only irritated rants, but mushy drawn out love stories, and frankly, just about everything in between. I shoot from the hip...
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stellar bump
Hello friends!It's been a while (again...) but I promise there's a very good reason!The day I wrote my DIY laundry detergent post last month, I was definitely multi-tasking. In one room, I was grating...
View Articlebad for me; good for you... (part one)
Hey friends!I last updated you with news of my pregnancy back in March, but there have been MANY complications, the latest of which has me on my butt for a (modified) bed rest. I'm allowed to get up...
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a big sale!!! or...bad for me, good for you (part two)
Here's your sneak peek at everything that's up for sale.You can contact me ahead of time if there's something you've got to have, and I'll arrange with the Hubs to meet you ahead of the sale date and...
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don't be mad, but...
Hello friends!Last week I shared that ALL my junk was up for grabs due to the fact that I am on bed rest with my pregnancy. With 5 months of pregnancy left to go, and then post-partum life with baby...
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"hi honey, it's me...can ya make a craigslist run for me on your way home...
As you may or may not know, I've been on a modified bed rest for the last four weeks due to a complication with my pregnancy. Sigh. In between all the board games and movie watching with my two boys,...
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so easy a husband can do it
Hello friends!It's been a long, long while since I've blogged! Last you heard from me I'd been put on bed rest. Once my pregnancy took a turn from your normal, run of the mill pregnancy into a...
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