Hanging Your Wind Chime

Here are some ideas for hanging your wind chime.  These ideas can be used whether you are hanging your wind chime in front of a sunny window indoors, or hanging it outdoors from a hook or a tree branch...

Small chain with S hooks...

This wind chime is hanging in my bay window in the kitchen.  There is a plant hook screwed into the ceiling, so I used a standard planter type chain with 2 S hooks.  This chain can be purchased at most home improvement stores or garden centers.  They come packaged in sets of 3 chains with the S hooks.

Available colors:



Ribbon or Tulle...

For this wind chime, I used pink tulle that I purchased at Michaels ~ very inexpensive!  I tied a bow at the loop on the wind chime and then tied another bow to the ceiling hook.  This lends a softer, cottage~type look to the wind chime, don't you think?

Flea Market Jewelry...

This is a multi~strand, shiny beaded necklace that I found at a flea market.  The clasp is sturdy, so I strung the necklace through the loop and clasped it onto the hook.  It not only adds shimmer to the wind chime, but it is an excellent way to reuse old necklaces!

If you have more ideas to share, please post them here!   

SPRING HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!

It has been a long wait for Spring this year...

April has been wet and mostly cold.  We have been blessed, however, with a couple of "teaser" warm days scattered throughout the month.  Thinking back, whenever we had a warm day, the wind was blowing wildly! 

I snapped some photos this morning ~ I managed to get out in the yard between rain showers ~ and wanted to share parts of my gardens with you!

 

Let us hope for a milder, less windy May!

Enjoy today...

My Pink Week

This past week was filled with lovely pink and white creations, using lots of crystal prisms and pink and white roses...

First, I finished up this adorable creamy white and pink lamp for a Florida client.  This lamp started out as a baby swag chandelier years ago!  All the vintage components were pieced together
to create this sweet lamp that I embellished with pink crystals, pearls, and rhinestones.  I am delighted that it turned out so beautiful!

My next project was creating this dazzling white and pink chandelier for a client on the west coast.  This darling vintage brass chandelier, painted soft cottage white, has been very generously draped and and dressed in sparkly clear and pink crystal beading and embellished with pink and white roses and rhinestones at the center hub.  Lots of darling petite pink raindrop crystals mix with pink teardrops and antique french pendant crystals to give this fixture a perfect princess look!



While working on custom orders, I took little breaks to work on this sweet pedastel dish!  A gorgous round marble base holds all of these lovely vintage shabby white pieces that I almost completely covered in rhinestones!  Using pink and clear rhinestones, and tiny little pink porcelain roses at the half~way point on the pedastel, this beautiful dish is fit for a princess!  I love the scalloped glass dish with the lip that curves under...it is so unique and adds that special custom touch!  I surrounded the rim with petite pink crystal teardrops and centered the bottom of the dish with sparkly rhinestones.  LOVE THIS DISH!!!

It was a week filled with pink!  I think this coming week will be filled with WHITE.  I have just created a darling petite cherub chandelier that will be a soft cottage white and accented with white roses and clear crystals ~ I can't wait to get started on that one!

And with the time moving forward, it will be light longer in the evening ~ YAY!

Have a great weekend!
Sheri

A Purple Passion!

Purple, amethyst, violet, lilac...

I love using these colors in my work.  Mixing violet and olive or emerald, like this:

Or, lilac with lavender:

I find the color combinations so stunning!

It is such a coincidence that Etsy Cottage Style would do a Purple Passion color feature because I just finished taking photos of a collection of vintage purple hankies that I will offer on my site.  While I am just the biggest fan of glitzy sparkle, I have always had a soft spot for vintage fabrics and  lace.  So I am happy to share my vintage hankie collection, starting with PURPLE!  



Thank you, Etsy Cottage Style, for letting us show off our Purple Passion!

Happy Tuesday and Happy FIRST DAY OF MARCH......we're getting closer to SPRING!!!!

What's In Your Cottage Cupboard?

As you will see, my cupboard shelves are completely covered in a total mish~mash of all kinds of collectibles and treasures, and perhaps things that need to go!

I thought about whether or not I should share my disorganized collection!  Since I plan to (someday) clean my cupboard and organize my collections, I figured I'd share my "before" picture!

I have always loved the Old Country Roses China and have acquired some of the chintz collection as well.  Hidden in those shelves is a most beautiful set of Tiffin or Cambrigde deep green glass with gold beading fruit set that my Mother so graciously let me steal from her home many years ago.  I love glass; I love porcelain; I love crystal, etc. etc.

So, until I get around to restoring the glass doors that this cupboard once had, and get my collections in some organized manner, here are many of the things I love:

xoxo ~
Sheri

Some beautiful treasures I found while browsing around...

Aqua Swan Vintage Ceramic Dish Vase Figurine

http://www.etsy.com/listing/49783390/aqua-swan-vintage-ceramic-dish-vase

 Sunflower Transom

http://www.etsy.com/listing/63002447/sunflower-transom

Music Chest 

http://shabbychicfurniture.biz/Hand%20Painted%20Furniture%20Gallery.html

Wintergreen Soap Bouquet

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SatinandBirch/sold?page=2

 Pale Blue Dresser

http://shabbychicfurniture.biz/Hand%20Painted%20Furniture%20Gallery.html

By adding a few similar~color themed accessories that are offered on my site, you have all the makings for one gorgeous living space! 

 



Have a beautiful day, and stay warm!!

My Reality ~ My Dreams

Good Friday Morning!
And, what a beautiful day it is!
the sun is shining, the sky is blue...


A most beautiful sunrise to take in

Pretty as a picture, don't you think?


Truth be told, it's about 10 degrees (okay, maybe 15), the breeze is quite steady and strong, so it feels closer to -10 degrees. 


And I'm dreaming about this

Many of the color combinations I use in my wind chimes and chandeliers come from the seasonal canvas of my flower beds, and I long for Spring.

My two new offerings, a funky Bohemian/Gypsy accent lamp and a dazzling deep blue wind chime, bring the gorgeous colors of summer to life in the present, while I dream 

 

I have yet to master image placement!  But can you see the parallel?!

Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!