Awesome Week of Celebration, Creations and Thanks...Halloween, Christmas, Oktoberfest and Wedding Anniversary and Vintage Treasures...What more could a girl ask for!!!

It has been an awesome week of celebration and

creation for me here at Country Essence Emporium...

Did some cleaning and creating in the studio to prepare

for the upcoming Oktoberfest here in Brush, an annual

event that we love to participate in...

Started to create a Halloween banner with some

old cloth and stamps from Holtz line...I truly love

his products, they work so well for my creative

projects...

So well in fact I had to pick up a couple more on

my trip out of town for our Anniversary Dinner Date...

We celebrated our 31st anniversary this week...

I treated myself to this wonderful old

antique chocolate pot at a thrift store...I just

could not pass it up as it was in my colors...

And of course has beautiful roses...

had to bring her home...

Picked up a couple of sweaters too for

repurpose needs...I see pumpkins in

my future...love the texture and color of

these two and I have a cashmere I will

be adding in the mix in a soft orange...

Cleaned up some vintage ornaments

from a previous yard sale find a couple

weeks ago...won't be long and will need

to start putting a few Christmas things

together for the shop...

One of the high points of the week had

to be bringing home my cast iron bathtub...

I have been wanting one of these for soooo

long...now just needs tlc and install...

The most wonderful thing that happened this

week was my wonderful husband and I are

celebrating 31 years of marriage...he picked

this pretty rose in our gardens and brought

it in to me the morning of our anniversary...

I am one lucky lady to have this man in my

life and I thank my lucky stars everyday

for the blessings I have today and everyday...

So thankful, so happy, so blessed in so many

ways...great week indeed!

Creating with Vintage Halloween, Burlap & Chalk Paint...I Love my Job!

 

As the weather cools and the children head

back to school, my art creations take a turn

to the Halloween and Fall flared side. This

translucent orange frame, a thrifing find, seemed

too perfect to not use for this vintage Halloween image!

 

I created my first ever paper cone wreath using

the same vintage image for the focal point, I

just love her and her little black kitten!

Burlap for the center with a sweet black

tulle skirting just offsets the black noted

vintage sheet music. Embellished with vintage

black trim and an awesome pair of vintage

bling earrings in the corners...she is ready

for her new home now...was so fun to create!

 

She is large, had to turn her sideways

to fit her through the doorways in the house!

Perfect to display for the Halloween season!

I love using kraft paper, especially

when working with vintage images, just

works really well for the right feel

to the project, putting together cards

with matching envelopes. I had to breakout

the Tim Holtz Glassine paper and Distress

Inks on these...Love working with his products

and I am always pleased with the results!

 

Also a first for me rosettes with burlap

and old cheesecloth fabric, these were so easy

to make and a lot of fun...many more of these

will be coming...added these to a vintage mirror...

 

 

Made the burlap corner so that it can

be removed to clean the mirror as needed.

The little green leaves are vintage millinery

pieces and were the perfect touch! The strand

of champagne pearls were just the right addition

to this piece to balance it all out!

 

The chalk paint fun has begun...experimented

with mixing and I love it so far. I am finding

I really love to paint so watch for many pieces

to come with chalk paint...I can hardly wait

to crank some out to sell!

 

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Summer Begins, Junkin' and Pickin' Adventures and Giveaway Treasures to Reopen Country Essence Emporium

Well now that the kids either are or soon will be out of

school for the summer let the good times roll...

The new home of Country Essence Emporium is coming

along...progress is slow but sure in preparations for our

opening in June...

Have been busy laundering batches of linens and lace

to offer up for sale when we reopen...I love my old

washing machine tub...

I will have lots of goodies to share and will be putting

together three nice GIVEAWAY packages too for

my reopening in June...

The shop design is coming together...piece by piece

and will be a shopping experience for those that love

antiques, collectables and repurposed items as well

as teatime goods and handcrafted items...

I learned that my patio table outside in the sun makes

for an awesome doily drying rack...

Been busy as well getting the vegetable gardens

planted and all the annuals potted and in place

to enjoy through the summer season...

Created another dishpan arrangement...

this one is for me...sold the other ones...

Have been playing with solar lights and

vintage items to repurpose into yard lights...

These have so much more appeal to me than

any of the mass produced ones you find

in the big box stores...

I really love this one...pearched on top of my

ladder in the back garden...

Don't know if I will ever use a regular

flowerpot again either...these are just so

much better in my opinion...more character

and interest to please the eye...

This shepherds hook in the back sports a

spinner and a special bucket...This is the

bucket that I always filled with cold water

from the garden hose for my dog Kermit when

he was out in the yard with me...he has been

gone two months now...gosh I miss him so...planted

this in memory of Kermit, this was always one

of his spots in the yard as he would make the rounds...

He loved playing in the hose and the water

when ever we were out in the yard we always

had to have a romp in the water...miss you

baby dog...we talked about going for a walk

yesterday but just can't seem to do it without

the dog...seems just too weird...

The front flower bed is overflowing with

wild violets so much so you can barely

see my hostas and other groundcovers and the

bleeding heart is being dwarfed as well...

I usually pull them and thin out but might

let them go this year and see what happens...

Love the old wire egg basket that's holding

the fuchsia...lined with good old newsprint...

 

Well...enough said for now...Make sure to leave a comment

below to be entered in my GIVEAWAYS for the

reopening in June...Have not decided yet what to give

but all three will be awesome for sure...don't miss out!

Artsy Addicts Challenge Radiant Orchid TuTu Cute Violet Ember

 So enjoyed creating in my studio for the first time

in several months...Who wouldn't love putting together

a layout to showoff this beautiful baby girl!

This is Violet Ember my Granddaughter at 4 months old...

 Took me what seemed forever to assemble some creative

supplies to get started...I had ordered some Lindy's Stamp Gang

Starburst Sprays a while back so seized the opportunity to

put them to good use in this challenge...

 Was a warm and sunny day this past Sunday so

I played in the sun outside to spray...

I have a large bulletin board I use for all my

spraying...works great!

 I love how the Coredinations Black Magic Collection

cardstock makes the photograph pop and goes perfectly

with Violet's outfit...

 The Prima flower and vintage white eyelet were

both sprayed with a combination of Lindy's to get the

color I desired. I used a blend of

Gag me with a Spoon Gray

Down the Rabbit Hole and

Bodacious Blush

Love how they blended...

 Used some Recollections Boutique Fleur bling swirls...

I love the ease of application...
The words are clippings from Graphic 45's
Botanical Tea Collection sheet titled Just Because...

 The base page and torn element are musical note paper

from The Paper Studio...need to learn more on the distress

and rolling of the edges of tattered papers...I love the effect...

 Love how it all came together in the end...

took me a while to get the mojo on and get into

my groove...had been soooo long...

Baby Violet's TuTu Cute layout for the March

Artsy Addicts Color Challenge Radiant Orchid...

Done and I love it...so glad to be back in the studio

once again!

More to come...much more!

A Chapter Ends and a New Chapter Begins...The Life and Times of Country Essence Emporium

So as of March 22, 2014 I will be closing shop

in downtown Brush, Colorado and relocating

Country Essence Emporium llc. to my residence

located at 311 Cameron Street to reopen in June 2014.

 This little collector loves to shop and create things

of beauty to sell...over the past year in running a

shop I have had so little time to create and or shop

so I have become to realize being a shop keeper is

not for me so I am revamping my business to better

suit the lifestyle I love...

 This little 3 tiered tray is one of the very few things I

have created in the last several months...I have started

to wither and die without the time to be creative and to

shop for "stuff"...

 Ran on to this old barn door a few days ago and this will

now be my new workspace table in my art studio...

It matches the woodwork at the bay window where

I am setting up my studio...

 It is a whopping 32" wide and 72" long and will give me

plenty of room to spread out as I work and area to set things

 aside as they dry...2 separate workstations actually...

This is my Mother and I last year on the day we

celebrated my opening of the shop downtown...

It has been a fun and rewarding year but the time

has come to move on to new adventures...

Yes...The life and times of Country Essence Emporium

is an ever changing one...did I ever mention that I bore

easily Ha Ha Ha! This next move is sure to keep me

more than busy...vending items in 4 shops plus my own

and doing junk and craft fairs along with all that

SHOPPING...Whooo Hoooo I can't wait!

 

A New Chapter in the Life and Times of Country Essence Emporium...Vintage Love

I have been waiting for the perfect time to set this

up and get it going...no time is ever the perfect time

so...the time is now...vintage love online begins...

 

 

This lovely Hawaiian made dress is the most striking

blues and greens...I dearly love it...had it been in my

size you would not be seeing it listed in my Etsy shop

later today...it's to die for I tell ya...

 

 

The vintage choker has just enough blue to add that

special touch for a special summer evening out...

 

VINTAGE...GOTTA LOVE IT!!!

So excited to finally get this going and connect with

all the vintage lovers out there!

 

The Giveaway Basket Grows with Vintage Bling and more...Visit my Facebook page for details on how to enter...

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Country-Essence-Emporium-llc/238268856303314

Click the Facebook link above for details on how you can enter

the giveaway contest with vintage goods valued at $100!!!