A Clean Slate and White Wednesday

Happy Wednesday Blogger friends!

I've had a week full of changes and thought I'd share them with you.

The biggest of these changes is that I decided

to close my shop in Castle Rock, CO.

There were several factors that led me to this decision...

One of them being that we had our taxes done and

I came to the realization that right now,

my shop is more of a hobby than anything else!

I have some time management issues where the shop is concerned.

My husband travels alot and

I am a stay-at-home mom to an {almost 4-year-old} little girl.

My house is consumed with boxes of JUNK waiting to be sold.

I'm tired of the constant mess,

 tired of not being able to devote all of my time to my daughter,

and well, just tired...period.

I will actually have entire weekends off now...

what to do, what to do?!

I am still going to run my website and etsy shops.

Farmhouse Vintage on a smaller scale.

I've been boxing up all of the excess shop merchandise and

marking it all down 40-50% OFF.

I am ready to get rid of it ALL!

I'm ready to start over with a clean slate.

With my free time, I've started decluttering

and redecorating some of the rooms in my house.

I started with the kitchen

since that's where I tend to spend most of my time.

 Visit my other blog http://www.farmhouse-vintage.blogspot.com/

for more White Wednesday!

Until next time...



White Wednesday, Cold Temps and Shop News...

Well, it's Wednesday...AGAIN!

I've been stuck in the house for a few days

because of the extremely cold temperatures here in Colorado!

We're talking -17 as the actual temperature

with wind chill temps around -27!

The shop has been closed and Bailey's school was closed....

CABIN FEVER!

It was hard explaining to Bailey

 why she couldn't go out and play in the snow this time.

I basically told her if she did,

her face would freeze off!

She learned to accept the
"no sledding and no snowman-building this week" policy.

In the meantime, I seem to have come down
with a slight case of Bronchitis.

I feel fine, but have a nagging cough and haven't been sleeping well.

(Like how I'm inserting random White Wednesday photos

in the midst of the boring details of my week?)

I've been in nesting mode...well, somewhat.

I was tired of my black bread box

and couldn't get out of the house to go buy a new one,

so I painted it white!

Then there was my canister concern...

Which ones to display on my kitchen counter....

My final choice was the clear canisters shown below.

Now I'm on a mission to find 2 more cute little teacups!

(By the way...if you like the silver canisters,

they'll be available in my online shop tonight.)

 In shop news...

I 've been spending some time working on my website

http://www.farmhouse-vintage.com/

I've added some items for sale and changed up the look completely!

I also added some things to my new Etsy shop.

http://www.shopfarmhousevintage.etsy.com/.

As for this little guy...

I think he's dead...no green thumbs here!

I stuck him outside for some sun and forgot about him....

OOPS...at least the cute little enamel container is salvageable!

Hop on over to my other blog for more White Wednesday...
http://www.farmhouse-vintage.blogspot.com/

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Check out my new blog!

Hello My Bloggy Friends!

I just wanted to invite you all to check out

my new blog - Farmhouse Vintage

at http://www.farmhouse-vintage.blogspot.com/!

I would love to have you follow my new blog...

it will be more shop, vintage, and decor-related than this one.

I am changing the name of my shop/business to
Farmhouse Vintage.

I hope you all will join me!

Have a great week!

Catch up Time - the world's longest blog post!

I knew that my life had been busy lately,

but when I realized that it had been TWO months
since my last blog posting,

I nearly hit the floor! Really? TWO months already?!

I can barely recall what I did yesterday,
much less for the past 2 months.

 I'll have to go back to photographs to help me remember...
let's see....

My little girl started preschool in August...

 I had to release her into the real world...
hard at first, but loving it now!

I really look forward to those 5 hours a week
to call my own!
(I'm the room parent for her class,
so I've been doing some volunteer work on the side as well...
currently planning their Halloween Party!)

I participated in an outdoor market...

The Towne and Country Market in Castle Rock, CO

 My grandmother AKA "Mammaw Margie"
escaped Tennessee to visit us for a week...

We drove up to the Georgetown Loop to ride the train,

then drove up to the top of the Rocky Mountains BRRRR...

I found a new friend in an antique store in Georgetown...

 Street-lined shops and businesses in Georgetown...

Who knew there was a lighthouse in the middle of the mountains!?

In other family news...

 We took Bailey to the Denver Children's Museum last month

and I oohed and ahhhhed over some of their decor...

While Bailey played, I snapped pics of all of the fixtures and decor...

I would love to someday create a space like this for her in our home!

On October 1st, there was a trip to the Children's Hospital...

heartbreaking and scary.

It was a planned visit for a dental procedure
where she was under general anesthesia.

It was pitiful to see...
but everything turned out just fine in the end.

(sorry the pic is blurry - took it with my Blackberry)

Next came my 34th birthday on October 9th...

Bailey woke me up singing "Happy Birthday"

and insisted on having cake (store-bought brownie cake)
 at 9:30am!

(Love the pjs?
Ignore the messy pantry behind me (next project)...
got a new coffee maker too!)

My aunt in Boulder kept Bailey for the day

so that my husband and I could go up to Estes Park -
child-free!

It was so nice and relaxing!

We took the Ghost Tour at the Stanley Hotel,

then sat outside on the gigantic porch of the Stanley
with our Starbucks : )

(Watch Ghost Adventures tonight on the Travel Channel 

-they are investigating the Stanley!)

 In business news AKA shop talk...

I was planning to close down my shop in The Barn...

even had a 75% off sale...got rid of everything

and THEN...

My friend Amy offered to let me rent a small space in her shop!

I wanted to downsize because
I have no idea when our house will sell...

Just needed a little less upkeep, I guess.

Sooooo...here's the finished product.

 I have decided to change the name of my shop/business to 

FARMHOUSE VINTAGE!

I am currently working on a website to sell from.

I am also creating a new blog for Farmhouse Vintage
and setting up a shop on Etsy as well.

Stay Tuned for more info on that...

Our house is still on the market -
 but the market is VERY SLOW right now.



 I have decided to re-claim my house in the meantime.

In August, I turned my craft studio into an extra bedroom

and have been MISSING all of my supplies...

So...now I have turned it back into my crafting studio...

new and improved!

My sweet hubby went shopping with me

and stayed up late the past 2 nights putting together furniture

to allow me to get organized in a fashionable manner!

I am so excited about my new creative space!

I hope to finish it up over the weekend and will post

photos of the finished product!

So folks...this is what has been keeping me busy. 

I promise not to be absent for so long this time!! 

Thank you for taking the time to catch up with me!!!