Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Imagine this hurricaine (below) with vanilla colored flowers, that were just..... blah! They blended into the ribbon and gave no visual interest at all, so this piece has seldom been worked into displays. Enter, acryllic craft paints. I mixed together a small amount each of orange and brown and created this wonderful rusty color that I proceeded to brush on the petals. Then I dabbed some gold leaf on to the tips of the flowers. I added rocks and beads from my stash to the inside to give height to my brown candle. The burgundy colored leaves encircling the hurricaine were already on the piece, underneath the ribbon.  I like that a little paint gave this piece more presence in the coffee table vignette.  The terra cotta pot and the colors of the potpourri compliment the new flower colors.  So, if you have something similar that you want to update to create a tray vignette like this, just dab some paint on it!  Give it some Fall color and enjoy your new c...

I recently used up my ASCP and think I might try my hand at making some.  Here is one of the last items that received a makeover.  It has just sat on a bottom shelf of the book case holding some books.  The other day, I moved the basket that did sit here, and brought this container over to take its place.  This is a terra cotta planter I bought some time ago at a pottery not too far from my home that has since gone out of business.  It was a really neat place, covering several acres.  They had everything you could imagine there.     I really love the design on the planter.  All I did was give a light coat of Annie Sloan Olde White, then quickly brushed some dark wax over it, wiping some off.   I'm really liking this container.  I simply added the same greenery and the single hydrangea that were previously in the basket.   Another simple change I made recently was changing the curtain in the powder...