WHITE RUFFLE WEDNESDAY

Happy White Wednesday....how on earth did it get to be Wednesday already????

My friend Tracey, from Raggygirl Vintage is a very talented sewer...she made me this gorgeous pillow this past summer....it combines my two favorite things.....WHITE AND RUFFLES!!!!!

Tracey sells her sewing creations on an Etsy site...you'll find the link on her blog.

Please visit Kathleen at Faded Charm Cottage for links to all the White Wednesday participants.

Happy day!

xojanis

SAVON JUGS

Hello my blogging friends......hope you are having a great week.

I am late getting my White Wednesday post up because all day I thought it was Tuesday....you see we had a long weekend here in Canada for Thanksgiving so now I am all mixed up with the days!!

These are some old coffee carafes that I embellished  and made in to soap/savon jugs.

Be sure to visit Kathleen's blog at Faded Charm Cottage for links to all the White Wednesday participants.

xojanis

CUPBOARD DOOR CHALKBOARD

Welcome to White Wednesday.  

I found some old cupboard doors at a thrift store this past spring and was so excited to turn them into chalkboards like I had seen Ana at A Petite Cottage do.  The inside part of the cupboard door is painted with chalkboard paint and the outside a beautiful white.  

I drilled a hole in the front to fit an old glass door knob I had on hand.

I love my little birdie stamp done on some vintage music papers...

Please visit Kathleen's blog at Faded Charm Cottage for thumbnails to all the White Wednesday participants.....it is an amazing group of talented bloggers.

Happy day!

xojanis

WHITE WEDNESDAY JEWELS

Hello my White Wednesday blogging friends.  Wow.....September already!!!!  Have had a great summer with the kids, but kind of looking forward to some rainy fall school days so I can get some projects done!

Wanted to show you some stunning rhinestone brooches I picked up over the summer set against some white ruffles and tulle......

Thank you to Kathleen at Faded Charm Cottage for hosting White Wednesday....be sure to visit her blog for thumbnails to all the participants.

Happy daya!

xojanis

Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles. ~Sonja Henie

WHITE WEDNESDAY ROSES

Happy White Wednesday!!

I wanted to show you my most favorite rose today......it is an old English David Austin rose and it is the most gorgeous smelling rose ever!

I have had this rose in my garden for a couple of years now....it is a very slow grower, but the beauty and scent of the roses it produces are worth the wait!

I made the little compote that the rose is sitting in by simply turning an old sherry glass upside down and gluing to a silver plate.

Be sure to visit Kathleen at Faded Charm Cottage for links to all the White Wednesday participants.

Have a fabulous day!

xojanis

                             “The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.”--Author Unknown

WHITE WEDNESDAY

Happy White Wednesday!!!!  I can't believe it is already August.....don't you wish time would slow down just a little!?!

Today I am showing you my vintage doll carriage planted up with some gorgeous white petunias and bacapo.......

I remember having a carriage just like this one as a young girl.......

Thank you so much to Kathleen of Faded Charm Cottage for hosting our beloved White Wednesdays......one of my favorite days of the week!!!!

Happy day!

xojanis

"All my possessions for a moment of time."

-Elizabeth I

WHITE WEDNESDAY

Happy White Wednesday !!!

More lake pictures today.......this is our little row/sail boat all decked out for a little romantic picnic.  You will remember my gorgeous white ruffly tablecloth from another post.  I so love it and picked it up at Stella Bleu  in White Rock, BC.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."--Ghandi

Be sure to visit Kathleen's wonderful blog, Faded Charm Cottage for links to all the White Wednesday participants.

Happy day!

xojanis

JUST A SUMMER DAY

Happy White Wednesday!!!!
Today I am sharing some pictures of a white candelabra picked up at the thrift
store for cheap, cheap (was a nasty brass, but got the white spray paint treatment).

These are some shots taken at the lake while watching the boys swim and play (okay, better be honest...AND FIGHT!!).

Isn't that sky absolutely amazing!?!

To see the Summer Sky

    Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie-

  True Poems flee.

                                                              ~Emily Dickinson

Please visit Kathleen's blog at faded charm cottage for links to all the White Wednesday participants....

     Happy day!!!

xojanis

WHITE WEDNESDAY CHANDY

First of all.....how on earth did it get to be the END OF JUNE!!!!??!!

Secondly, welcome to White Wednesday, hosted by Kathleen at Faded Charm Cottage.....

This is a cheap-o thrift store chandelier that I removed the eletrical wiring from, gave a few coats of white spray paint and added some crystals to.

Pink and white are always so pretty together!

Today I placed my little chandy into my birdbath amid this lovely pink rose for a little photo shoot, but it usually hangs from a bird cage stand in my backyard.

Hope you are enjoying your White Wednesday.

Happy day!

xojanis

WHITE WEDNESDAY AT RUST AND RUFFLES

Welcome to another White Wednesday at Rust & Ruffles (previously known as junkdreams)....

Today I wanted to show you a little chair that I have had in the garage forever...I finally finished it up this week and had a chance to snap some pictures of it outside between rain storms.

Sitting on top of the chair is a gorgeous "crown" jar my dad gave me from his collection.

Please visit Kathleen's blog and check out all the White Wednesday participants.

Thank you Kathleen for hosting!!

Happy day!

xojanis

VINTAGE WHITE LACE FOR WEDNESDAY!

I have been having such a hard time getting organized for White Wednesday lately, and am so happy to have this post ready so I can once again join in on the W.W. fun!!!

Thank-you to Kathleen at Faded Charm Cottage for hosting......check out Kathleen's blog for links to

all the participants.

These little gift bags were created with some white vintage lace I found in a box of my

grandmother's sewing materials.

I found the idea for these lace bags in a wonderful book I have called, Vintage Treasures, written
by Jane Cassini & Ann Brownfield.

The bags were easily created by sewing the lace (which is lined with tissue paper so it holds it's shape)
 into a rectangular shape.

A bit of extra ribbon and lace looped through a vintage belt buckle finishes the front of the bag.

Happy White Wednesday my blogging friends!!
xojanis

JUNKDREAMS HALLWAY DECOR

I am not feeling all together too crafty lately....yes....it's the weather (and the night shifts!), so I have decided to show you more pictures of our house.
I always love seeing how people decorate their homes so I thought I would give you a tour of our main entrance hall.

These pictures started out as coloured prints....I simply had them enlarged
and changed to B&W at a photo shop.

I then framed them (courtesy of IKEA) and made a grouping.

We have several sets of french doors in our home and one day I took the plunge and painted
them all black....(much to my husband's dismay).  But I am really happy with the results!

Painting the stripes on the wall was another fun project......my next task is to paint our kitchen cupboards!

These are some of my most favorite pictures of our three boys (taken when they were much younger than

they are now).

This was a very inexpensive way of decorating a large space, and it is one of my favorite projects ever!
Happy day to you!
xojanis