A Woman To Look Up To

For those of you who know me well, you know I am a huge fan of this woman called Cher! Yes, I love her music, yes, I love her acting, but most importantly I love what she stands for. A woman who is in control of her life, her destiny and faces challenges, just like everyone else, and handles them with grace, strength, and dignity.
We all have different tastes in music, acting, etc... but you cannot deny the power that Cher exudes every time you see her. This is the type of woman I want to be and strive to become.
Her latest song from her movie, Burlesque, is somewhat of an anthem. Titled "You haven't seen the last of me" it is full of uplifting words and listening to it gives me that little push to keep on, keep on going!! I highly recommend you download it to your ipod today and start singing along. You will end up feeling powerful, strong and ready to take on the world!!

New Just Be Handbags To Die For!

Well my friend Suzi has been at it again. I am such a fan of hers and all her amazing creations! Check out our website for her newest bags that you can purchase!! This is just one of many! We even have makeup bags now too or use them as a clutch!!

My Latest Project

I have been working on these great new art pieces. They are 6 inches square and I have painted them and designed them , added a little piece of bling on each one and a hook on the back for hanging anywhere in your home for a bit of inspiration!!
Love them!!!

My New Man

Please meet the new man in my life! Fred. I love his shape, the way he fits in my hand, his uniqueness, and his charming name. Actually there isn't anything I don't like about Fred, other than he is hard to find. What good man isn't, right?

I was first introduced to Fred over a year ago on a trip my daughter and I took to Brooklyn looking at colleges. We stopped at a pizza place before hitting the road back home and there, in the cooler, I came face to, well, face I guess, with Fred. Based on his name and shape I knew I just had to try it. It was cool, refreshing, and really really great tasting water. I was in love!

Then coming home, I looked all over town for Fred but he could not be found. I tried refilling him and putting him in the refrigerator but it just wasn't the same. I was devastated. Fred was nowhere in Western New York to be found. I searched online, even emailing the makers of Fred to see if I could buy Fred by the case, but no luck getting a response. My heart was broken.

Then, in March of this year, my daughter and I were again traveling, this time to Maryland, and on a stop in Pennsylvania, who should we run into. None other than ,
FRED! I was so happy I purchased a whole armload of Fred's and on the way home stopped again to stock up some more.
Well, now my Freds are running low, down to one left, and I am beside myself. What will I do without my Fred. We just had two months of bliss together. I was so happy to see him every time I opened my refrigerator.

So for now its time to say goodbye to Fred, until we meet again. I will keep searching for a way to keep him in my life everyday, hoping that some day someone in Western New York will see in Fred what I see and make him available.

Until then, goodbye my love!

Here is a photo of the top of the desk in the previous post desk makeover!

Thrift Shop Desk Do Over

I was so excited to have a customer bring me this desk she purchased at the local thrift store for 19.99. I live for these moments! She wanted me to do magic to it for her high school daughter who loves all things French. The ideas started pouring out and I was so excited to get started.
First I drybrushed the desk in a cottage white. Then I used one of my favorite blue colors and dry brushed that on so bits of white showed through here and there.

My favorite touch was using antique french dictionary pages and prints of the eiffel tower and some french accents I put on the desktop and then I painted over parts of them so they looked like they had been there forever.
For the grand finish, I then put these beautiful white rose knobs from Anthropologie on the drawers and several coats of polyurethane on the top.

I am very pleased with the final result and so were they!

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