Design Cottage has moved to Tacoma

Well my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint gal
~Diane~
 has moved

away from Gig Harbor

she went across the bridge into Tacoma

to a much bigger place

I can't blame her she has a fantastic

new location

this is the cutest store

and with her growing business

she needed the room

just look at all this room she has now

she has fabulous displays of her chalk paint work

I still can't believe she made this

she is so excited about her new place
it is in the cutest neighborhood
with lots of traffic

she gets so many walk-ins now

and lots of back room painting is always going on

I am so happy for her

her website is up and running

http://www.designcottageinteriors.com/

and I've found a new color

anybody tried this one out yet?

A pretty fall drive to see a car

the hubs loves old cars

and a guy in eastern washington

had one for sale

it was such a beautiful drive

along the river

the fly fisherman were out

and more were coming

we stopped a couple of times to take pictures

It was just a beautiful day

and of course the

~hubs~

was so happy

we'll see if the guy

wants to trade

for the hubs car

I personally like the one we have better....

but then what do i know about cars?

all i know is i had a fun day

checking out our beautiful state

with my hubs

i feel so sorry for the east coast

and all their terrible weather

hoping they all have some

uggs they can put on

aren't these cute?

My custom leaded glass door

It's back up finally

my side entry where 99.9% of guests enter

used to have a boring solid door with a very small little

window at the top

 that entry space was so dark all day long...

it needed to be bright and welcoming

so a few years ago my very talented

~sister~

came for a visit and made me a beautiful

leaded glass door

there was a lot of work put into this
trying to figure out patterns

then constructing

~viola~

isn't it beautiful

 I still can't get over what a big job that it was

and what a huge talent she is

I am just blown away by her

artistic ability

what a HUGE difference it made

well it broke awhile ago...

 i forgot to put the doorstop in while it was open

that will never happen again...

 it got sent out to the very specialized glass doctor

who happens to live close to us...

lucky because hauling this 8 foot glass door

is not good for my heart 

and it came back changed a bit
he added some lead for support
in places that changed the look
somewhat
can you see the difference?

this is the new look
see the 3 horizontal lead bars
he added in the middle

the close up shows off the
~german antique glass~

which I was informed by the
glass Dr. is so expensive now
because germany ran out of it

the old original look

 was prettier

but not sturdy enough

so this is just fine with me

I still love everything about it

I just love this door

and feel so lucky to have it

This is one of my favorite things in my home

I think of my

*sister*

every time I see it

thanks B

I love ya!

 Kim

at

savvy southern style

is having her

Wow Us Wednesday

partay
check it out!!
 

What an honor...

Wow this is a first

I won an

award!!!!

this is so sweet

thank you

suzy

a new friend of mine

her blog

worthing court

is worth checking out

i am suppose to tell you all

7 things about me that you probably don't know

so here goes...

#1    i grew up on a farm with cows and horses and showed quarter horses

until high school

#2  my car in high school was an orange Volkswagen convertible

i think my dad wanted to make sure I was highly visible

so i wouldn't be hit

which wasn't a good thing when us *wild kent women* went to our rival school and 

wrote in whipping cream on the cars our school's name

because of that car I was called into the principles office 

immediately 

#3  i have to balance my checkbook to the penny or I can't sleep at night

#4 i can't draw, even stick people don't look good

#5  i love a hot shower and spend way too much time in there in the mornings

#6  i spend way too much time wishing i could do projects instead of trying to do them

#7 i am thankful for menopause because i'm not always cold now

and don't mind that open window at night that the Hubs has always insisted on

now i get to pass this on to 15 bloggers

most of the bloggers I know have gotten this award

so don't feel pressure to have to do this again

but know I love your blogs and appreciate all the time and effort you put into them

to give us non creative souls such

inspiration

I am so thankful for each and every one of you!

Melanie at killer zebras

Dawn at creative cain cabin

Debbie at debbiedoos blogging & blabbing

Kim at savvy southern style

Liz at savvy seasons

Pamela at from my front porch to yours

Jennifer at all that glitters

Lori at my heart with pleasure fills

Luciane at homebunch

Honura at pondside

Andrea at willow wisp cottage

Erin at house of turquoise

Brooke at velvet and linen

Alison at the polohouse

Susan at the zhush

Debbie at refresh restyle

Martina at northern nesting

If you have the time I would love to hear 7 things about yourself

that most of us don't know....

Grannie's gone wild baby shower

this weekend was all about

~baby showers~

my girlfriends from high school

~the kent wild women~

okay...maybe we go by

~grannies gone wild~

now

anyway....

we still get together for all

special occasions

and babies are very

~special~

jolaine & my 

daughter-n-laws

are due in december

&

sharon & susan's

daughters are due in the spring

what pretty girls we have

so we love getting together for such

a special day to shower our girls with

~love~

~love~

 this homemade blankie by

~miss judy~

this is such a cute picture of her & her hubby

even with her beautiful blue eyes closed

this is the eyes open version

when we get together

most of the hubbys come as well as the kids, grandkids

&

 parents

the guys usually go upstairs and watch football

and we girls end up lovin on the kids & babies

memaw & emma rose

little miss amy

my son and grandson

miss marina

matthew has quite a few girls to pick from

out of this group

and he wasn't playing favorites

emma rose

what a very fun day

we grannies had

this is truly my family

how lucky am I....

my life wouldn't be the same without them

then sunday

we had melanie's family over

for a small family

gathering

my bestest friend becki

melanie & sister sandi

we all can't wait for our christmas

grandson

even matthew is getting excited

he has no idea what's coming

poor little innocent man

his world is going to change!

so after a very busy week of preparing

and a very busy weekend of partying

i took the day off

did absolutely nothing but

catch up on my blogs

tomorrow i start painting...

stay tuned....