Southeast Idaho Home Magazine Column November/December

My column for the November/December issue of SE Idaho Home Magazine.

Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Love, Abigail's <3

Image courtesy Square America

Its a Cowgirl Glitter Life

Snapshots from Cowgirl Glitter Camp Altered Books 101 Class

September 10th, 2010

Abigail, Amanda, Jessamyn, and Melinda

Examples from Melinda's book I stole from her Facebook.

Can you believe this was her first try with Altered Books?

What's New @ Abigail's

I've been working on some new displays at the shop this weekend...

New Burlap Pillows!

Re-Stocked Mama Bird Nest Pendants

These are made from fresh water pearls and copper or silver wire $5 each.

They are made with 1, 2, 3, or 4 eggs.

These make perfect gifts for mamas :)

Adorable handmade tiny eggs in nests.

I've got a bunch of new/OLD (new in the shop antiques) blue canning jars, chicken feeders, rusty buckets, and other great hard-to-find FARMHOUSE CHIC antiques. I'll be working on getting these items cleaned and stocked this week in between school assignments.

I've also been working on some funky silver pendants. There are more of these coming soon.

(Hopefully by next week.)

Thanks to everyone who came to shop this weekend :)

SouthEast Idaho Home Magazine Column October/November

New Furniture!

So.....suddenly painting furniture has become exciting again.

It must be my school schedule.

For a while, I used to abhor painting furniture. I hired it out.

But now.....I'm starting to love it again.

I think it's because I spend my weeks reading, studying, writing, and learning.

I'm finding something soothing about resting my brain and working with my hands.

Ta-Da!

Here's what I've been working on this week:

Black Hutch

This hutch is solid, heavy, sturdy, painted black and distressed.

$189

White Basic 5 Drawer Tall Dresser

This dresser was sad and LT sturdied it up and we gave it a fresh coat of paint, then lightly distressed it.

$65

Of course there's more. I'll post pictures when I get a chance. Or you can stop by the shop :)

Show me your collections!

Rebecca Pyper, editor of At Home magazine for the Idaho State Journal asked me to write a regular column for the magazine.

Of course, I was flattered and said yes!

My first column came out in the online edition a couple days ago.

It should be out in the printed magazine September 26th.

So, I was thinking...there are so many great things to write about.

What do you collect?