Americana 101...WE love a parade

 July parades...

Lisa at http://www.blueandshoe.blogspot.com/

"I wanna go back"

She now is published in the Davis clipper

and a Syracuse paper.

The blog I go to for a really good laugh, for being real

and she can pull it off with no photo's,

yes, she's that good!

parade of HORSES

ELVIS on PARADE in San Francisco

this parade in May has 100,000 who participate

If you want to be in a parade

just show up dressed wild and crazy or

even bare naked, some do, that's easy!

Bathing beauties

on parade

why not have a sailing cupcake

However you Love a parade...just show up!

AMERICANA 101 for the next 31 days...

We're SO happy

 it's Patriotic July month 

"AMERICANA"

This month of July we WILL CELEBRATE by blogging 

RED.   WHITE.  BLUE.

 and maybe ADD to your fun ideas

on what to do in JULY.

(the kids aren't bored yet are they?) 

WHITE

A aloha hello...from JONI

Aloha to you too!

It's so AMERICAN to take a CHALLENGE

We  did THIS today...

got rid of OVER 100 things

waaaay over 100 things

PURGING STUFF

hey, it feels SO good!

Thanks for supporting us at the yard sale!

My workroom is now half full or half empty?

whatever!

Get ready for a 4th of July picnic at home

Here is a project: STENCIL STARS on the lawn, 

might keep your children busy an hour?

Enjoy RED STRAWBERRY TREATS

Have you been to Maddox in Perry lately?

They make fresh strawberry pie

(just in case you need a little road trip and don't want to cook)

they have the best lunches and dinners

steak. seafood. chicken.

 you can even eat HEALTHY

(except for those yummy fresh handmade rolls)

You may find fresh picked cherries at the road side stands.

Wave the GRAND OLD FLAG from your porches!

In fact

take LEISURE time to sit out on your porch,

enjoy all nature provides us in JULY!

Our Americana will be 40% off next weekend

along with newly arrived fun purchases fresh off

 an estate farm.

You'll love some of my rustic pickin's...

do you like old gas tank lids, keys, farm baskets,

varieties of old bread pans, gates?

I can't wait to get them ready this week

Please enjoy your summer

Your welcome to share YOUR summer fun here too!

Fireworks not necessary to have a fun July, right?

Miss Idaho 1935 Spud Queen

I feel a little like this right now...

We're going to be at the

Community yard sale Saturday 8:00 a.m.

selling lots of stuff

we're buried up to our ____ with!

Even feel like a Hot potato

Weber county fairgrounds

outdoors

we have lots & lots of small collectables

all types of things you can create with too,

PRICED TO SELL

like 25 cents on up to $5.00

most items 1-2.00

truck and are loaded up...

help us get rid so we can breathe

a little easier...

well, that's just not true,

we just bought two truck loads from

a farm sale...need space!

digging in the coops and barns

Have I mentioned this job of mine is physical and dirty?

Very Physical in fact

right now we are digging on a two acre farm

going through sheds, trailers, barns, chicken coops,

running from hornets, trying not to get tetnus from

rusty elements on the farm, and let's not think of the

other things out there...ugh!

ohhh, the years of dust and rust

I'd say it's all for you...but I too need to be rewarded with

a few of the treasures,

ya know, FIRST PICK!

We hauled into the shop this week 2 truck loads,

some old. some new.

Next week there will be more and then more

a hint...

there will be some great industrial pieces for you to

organize 'STUFF' in your workspaces

lots of patina

industrial

steam punk

farmhouse

Just so you know

I would complain about my hard physical job

but it's so much fun while we are doing it!

just sayin'...

see you this

thursday. friday. saturday.

P.S

Yes, outdoor community yard sale is saturday

we are all boxed up

please come buy it all, okay!

P.S.S.

Jeanne D'Arc  July is in now

along with Mary Janes farm

great summer reading

Whoa Nellie...a yard sale

this Saturday

at the weber country fairgrounds

set up starts at 6:00 a.m.

we'll be there getting our MANY

tables filled up AGAIN with

$1.00 and $2.00 items

and some things just a little more!

beg. borrow. plead.

so you'll have some money to help us

get rid of our odds and ends.

Boxing items from the shop,

stuff piling up in the garage, and

sorting through my amazing

or maze work room.

Mostly craft/vintage

no clothes or home stuff.

You'll leave with a smile on your face.

Come early...

before it gets hot

cause with this heat we may be

tempted to pack up and go home

11-00 and noon at the latest.

not even kidding.

In the shop we still have GOOD sales going on and

75% off tables in the back room

for those who don't like to venture

to Weber county.

July is our clearance month

see you this weekend.

check back for more information

Strength

Summer Time Decorating - Bedspreads and Inspiring Quotes

I think bedspreads say a lot about a personality, don't you? During the summer it's fun to switch up a room's style, especially if it means incorporating a lovely bedspread that's full of color! Whether you're into pops of color, florals, neutrals, or a candlewick bedspread, there's so much you can do with the bed that's in your space! So it's time to decorate and enjoy the summer time because now is the time to embrace the warm and bright months ahead come up with an interior you love. Brainstorm what colors you'd like to use in your space, and allow a bedspread to dictate which direction you'd like to go. With beautiful new bedding decorations, you'll love spending time in your room and will become inspired to move on to extra projects too!

Need help getting started? Here are some pictures that will inspire you with their gorgeous designs and quotes that remind us that interior design is creative and worthwhile!

via Country Living 

“Design is a plan for arranging elements
in such a way as best to accomplish
a particular purpose.” - Charles Eames

via Girl's Furniture

“For a house to be successful, the objects
in it must communicate

 with one another, respond and
balance one another.” – Andre Putman

via Real Simple

“We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.” – Winston Churchill

 via Country Living

“The details are not the details, they make the design.” – Charles Eames

Hot Summer Sale...come have a ball

We're having an inside hot summer sale:

20% off an item of your choice

(consignment and sale items excluded)

Final mark-downs on antique furniture in shop

more added to the 75% off table

selected linens 1.00 each

this week

 thursday. friday. saturday.

11:00-5:30

Yard elements

I'll bet your flower garden is growing beautifully

water. water. water.

Yard elements coming in this week

white wooden trellis

Weathered wooden wagon wheel spokes

Large pair of rusty roller skates with key

do you have a fun place to place or hang them?

Chicken coop feeder

a long one for planting your favorite posies

close-up, here are the copper wires

plant like this one

cock-a-doodle-do

Hanging chicken feeder

an industrial yard element

Rusty antique license plates

add some interesting details to ordinary places

Authentic Coca-cola bottle wooden crate

antique...Counter sized hand water pump

Neon glass letters

2 in the letter B

2 in the letter C

1 in letter O

visit our etsy

selling my signed Jenny Holiday art boards from 2007

and MUCH more!

thursday. friday. saturday.

11:00-5:30

Silly and ridiculous Citrus

enjoy your bright and sunny day

photo's found on the shops pinterest

just a bed of roses

under color pallet citrus

SO LOVE Pinterest photo's!

eat healthy TODAY!

and don't give those you love

those ridiculous 'OTTER POPS'

and BE SILLY!

my favorite art group blogs

See for yourself...

http://www.beehiveartsalon.blogspot.com/

I love these art girls, there are just under 30 of them?
They take turns blogging about their beautiful lives, passions and art.
They are unique individuals. I love the creative mix of who they are.

I find it refreshing, inspiring and worth my time to visit them several times a week.

You may even know some of them already.
some of them come into the shop...of course on a search for what they love and to
find things to create with.

Love you beehive art salon girls!

Peace...until your content

Rust in peace

rusty and chippy paint old door knob plates

Peace on earth

Peace with yourself

Pieces of the past

Nice to own some pieces

At peace with nature

Tags pieced together to form art

by Joni

She just wanted peace

Peace just riding in the car going somewhere old and new

Peace knowing your taking care of yourself

If LIFE has your face looking a bit like this, then...

see you

thursday. friday. saturday

11:-5:30

we can put a smile on your face for sure!