Stay a while...

I want to say a big thank you to Rhoda from  Southern Hospitality for featuring my home tour!

Welcome to every one stopping over!

Remember the stenciled burlap project I did, and I though I was going to make a pillow?

 I decided instead to add it to this great tray I had picked up on one of my thrifting adventures.

I decoupaged old book pages to the tray bottom and them adhered the burlap panel on top.

 I made sure to glue down the edges, and it was ready to go.

I had it out at the barn sale where it went pretty quick to  a happy, new home. You could do this project with any message. With the 4th of July, you could use God Bless America, or even a phrase from The Star Spangled Banner.

I am glad I used Stay a While....

I love that warm and welcoming message. :)

Jen

Show us your Shoppe linky party!!!

Let's see all of those beautiful shops and places to visit!

1. Make sure you do  a post about your shop and then link to your shop in your post. Don't just link directly to your shop.

2. Make sure you link back here, so party-goers have a chance to visit all of the different shoppes that are linked. I've noticed that I still get traffic from my Christmas house tour party; so people read these a long time. It's important to link properly.

Have fun!

Here's a little tour of my on-line shoppe:

Jennifer Rizzo Design Company

Right now I have my Sparrow and Blossom collection out for spring, and I'll add items through the summer.

Like this new tea towel with wedding season in mind:

And some of the oldies, yet goodies.

 Thanks for taking my  tour! 

Show us your shoppe !

 * Next week... Garden tours*

Other exciting things...

I received an e-mail from Fifi the other day that her cookbook (Romantic Prairie Style cookbook) was being featured in an Italian magazine and that one of the pages had my picture along with Anne Marie's.

 That's me in the lower right, just pickin' my lettuce, and in the center picture with Beth Quinn and Polly Hood .

And over at Faded Plains she found the project I did for Country Living Magazine

last year and it turned out so cute!!!!!

picture via Faded Plains

If you haven't seen her blog, stop by. It's gorgeous, and her Photography is amazing. She has such a talented eye.

I'll have more Nada pictures tomorrow once I get them edited and I'll also see you on Friday for the show us your Shoppe linky party.

Jen

Nada Sale Part 2....

As promised, more photos!

 There was the amazing space by Urban Farmgirl and co, Tattered Tiques, A Sort of Fairytale, and Maple and Magnolia.

                                                        And Eclectique, a shop in Plano.

                                                       
                                                                       Nikki and Nancy

                                       The amazing booth by Counting your Blessings

   And the super cute Carter's Cottage with those fabulous girl's, Christie, Sherrie and Laura.

I still have a few more pictures to share! Make sure you have your shop ready to link up on Friday!

Jen

Nada Sale 2012 part 1......

After a super busy weekend at the Nada Sale, I am ready to put my feet up for a few days, before Kane County rolls right around the corner.

The vendors had some gorgeous displays and we were blessed with fantastic weather! I was also so touched and thrilled by the amount of blog readers that came out to shop and say hi.  I felt like I was meeting old friends.

I wanted to share some photos with you before I got off to a running start this morning. I have more to come!

Super quick, I wanted to chat about this Friday's linky party "Show us your Shoppe". I find summer tends to be a bit slower in retail, so I wanted to give you an opportunity to share your on-line store or web page and maybe boost some business. The guideline's will be to blog about your shop or Etsy store and show us your best! Make sure in your post, you not only link back to this party so others can find your shop, make sure you write about your specialties and if you are Brick and Mortor where you are located and you link to your own store in your post. If you don't have a shop and still want to participate, you can showcase your favorite shop!

Jen

My painted project linky party.....

Welcome to my painted project linky party!

I've been crazy busy getting ready for Nada tomorrow, so I thought I would share a table  I did a few years ago.

I would have shown you everything I was working on for Nada,

but ofcourse, we've already packed the van and do you think that I took one picture of anything?

Nope. That would've been way too smart.

So link up your painted projects! Anything, home decor, furniture, art and more!

Just make sure you link:

1. directly to your post and then 

 2. link back directly to this post.

And if  you come to Nada make sure you come up and say hi! I'll be back next week with pictures and news about the Illinois blog get together!

Jen

For Illinois bloggers and surrounding areas...

I've been asked by many of you if we are going to have a get together for local bloggers. 

I would love to get something organized, so here are my questions. Which months are better for you? middle of July or middle of August...?

And... Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon, or week night?

 It will be in the Naperville area so you kind of have an idea of the location.

We had such a great time at the last one, I would love to meet all of you and see some old friends too. Lurkers are also welcome to come and meet some of their favorite local bloggers.

So let me know!

Jen

Beautiful things...

If you haven't seen her, I wanted to introduce you to my e-friend, Flea Market Trixie.

 Not only does she have a beautiful home.

 But she has 3 different Etsy stores with all of her gorgeous handmade things.

 She does fabulous prints

 and gorgeous pillows.

and she is working on a kitchen reno and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

You can follow along on her blog here.

You can see her pillows here

Her artwork here

and her other pretty things here.

I have a crazy week getting ready for the Nada Farm sale this weekend. I might be a  little light on posting. I'll make sure I take a ton of pictures for you!

Jen

Show us Friday...my favorite flea market find...

My favorite find from last weekend was this old drawer. It was in Martha's booth. I wish I had bought the other one too. I think it's perfect for holding some of my art supplies or stamps.

 Not only does it have this great patina,

 But i love the original metal hardware.

What is your favorite flea market find? Do you have something that you've made over or do you love it just the way it is?

*** next friday- my painted project! Show off what you've been painting!***

Stenciling on burlap....

 I don't know about you, but for a while, I was so over burlap. It seemed like it was everywhere, but lately it's been catching my interest again.

 I pulled out some letter and number stencils  I had (from Micheal's), some black acrylic paint and my stencil brush and played a little bit.  The burlap isn't going to be washed, so plain paint is fine instead of fabric paint.

I laid out my burlap where I could stretch it out.

 And then laid out my message to figure out spacing. I decided on "stay a while" to make into a pillow.

 I only have one "A", so I'll just move it when I'm done.

 I stenciled each letter and then over-lapped them slightly to line them up. I eye-balled it, but you could put down a strip of blue painter's tape to make sure they line up properly.

 It was super easy and fun, so after the first one, I kept going.

I thought this would be cute for newly weds.

 And then I did a few numbers just for the heck of it.

 I think this would be cute on canvas too, heavier fabric or even a lamp shade!

Tomorrow is our favorite flea market find linky party. Even though I didn't get to do much shopping, I can't wait to show you the little treasure I picked up.

Jen