Stencils!!!

Mod Vintage Stencil Mania

by Heather

Yesterday I got an email from a Mod Vintage Life reader - Heather.

She wanted to share photos of her stenciled walls.

Aren't they lovely?

I'm usually not a big fan of stenciling but oh...I love what she has done.

Those haphazardly placed blossoms above on a smoky plum wall...love that!

I also love that sleek desk mixed with the ornate lamp and mirror.

Just the right mix of old and new.

 This hallway is super pretty too....

Loving every bit of this.

 And how about just a few gold birds flying away!

I knew you all would enjoy this.

I love the way she's got all these flowers mounted to the wall too. 

Heather doesn't have a blog of her own...but she should, shouldn't she?

She promises to email me more projects as she does them.

The other day I put up a humming bird feeder...yes I know very very late.

But I just hadn't gotten around to it this year.

I put it up and within an hour I had a little one flying around.

Of course as soon as the weenies went out...it disappeared.

Humming birds don't like weenies. 

I guess they don't realize how unthreatening they are.

The weenies don't even know the hummers are there!

So the last few days my friends who are all meaning well...

keep calling me to ask me what I'm doing.

I just about can't take it any more.

I'm not doing anything....and I don't want to talk to anyone about the fact that I'm doing nothing.

Tonight my friend Deidra called. I hadn't answered her calls the last couple of days

but tonight I finally did.

As soon as I said hello she asked if I was mad at her.

"No", I said, "I'm never mad. I just couldn't take having everyone calling me asking

what I'm going to do next."

"I just don't want to talk about it".

"I don't know what I'm going to do...if I did...I'd be doing it."

She said she understood how I felt and said that I should do what she does when 

people ask her what she is doing. 

She says she tells them she is working on her novel.

That usually shuts people up cause everyone knows a novel takes a few years to write

and they are very impressed.

So for awhile anyway....I'm writing a novel.

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Mod Mix Monday #99

Sweet Tweet Wallpaper

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Oh...my wallpaper with sweet little parakeets all over it and roses and butterflies too!

Isn't that the prettiest? But it's fun too.

Love just about everything in that photo above.

It's so relaxed but pretty and special.

I went crazy picking favorites from last week's Mod Mix Monday.

I really did try not to pick too many but there were so many I loved.

I have a lot to show here today...and I'm not even showing all the ones I was nuts for.

Let's get started...shall we?

First, Christine at Little Brags took something as simple as a clearance lantern 

and made it much better with just a little paint.

But the lantern is not the only reason I'm showing this vignette. 

She linked up her big basket bedside table a few weeks ago and I loved it then too...

with the old gate behind it. 

It's just a nice way to do the whole bedside thing in a totally different way.

Martha Leone Design is always showing up here.

This is a really great mid century tallboy dresser painted in a wonderful shade of yellow.

But I have to say her child's painting on top is the perfect accessory.

Jean Selep loaded her hutch down with gorgeous vintage floral china.

Love the layers and layers of china..mixed with bunnies for spring.

Of course the wall color and the chandi are very nice too.

Beth at Make Me Pretty Again took an old 1960's television cabinet, painted 

and stained it in a great way. 

I used to think old tv cabinets were the worst of the worst...but this makes me want one. 

Doesn't it you?

Who doesn't love a wondrous kitchen make over? And this one is wondrous!

Erin of It's A Wannabe Decorator's Life painted her wood stained cabinets 

and put in new tile and countertops and this is what she has now. 

Oh...new appliances added to the effect also.

It's so fabulous...oh...I want.

Andrea of Cottage and Broome filled her kitchen window with these bright rustic pots of succulents.

Margaret of River Run Antiques and Crafts painted this vintage dresser 

with Miss Mustard Seed paint and let it do what it likes to do. 

I love how it chipped in a way that showed off the fancy details.

Ok, lastly...I could not resist these two!

Tea in Texas has a lovely post about blue bonnets and a pretty table setting
and taking photos of her dogs. But I just had to share these two. One still a baby. 

I almost adopted a collie once...

I still think about her and wish I had.

Share your Mod Mixes for this week below.

Remember anything old made over to be new...anything new changed up to look old.

New and old together...

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