Faded Tonal Shabby Chic Colors

Brown, beige and creams are such soothing colors. They are also shabby chic to me. Your accents don't have to be the sweet kiss of candy pink to be shabby. Colors of the prairie. Aren't these two above nice companions? Both brown and beige which makes a happy marriage. Johnson Brothers brown transfer ware china is, man enough for men, and lady enough for women even though it's not pink.




Ballard Designs sells some wonderful fabrics and the one on my wish list is this linen stripe above! Isn't it a classic? You can always add colors for the holidays for the color lover in us. I am working on keeping neutral colors. I have to keep editing.



These faded hydrangea flowers are beige brown and a hint of pink. This is branching out a bit on the color chart, but keeping with the same base colors and adding hints of other colors. Totally awesome combination and especially against the old barn that is almost a mirror to those same colors. My bucket is a bit too blue for me. (Hopefully you don't get vertigo from looking at this picture.)

Other news here. Some folks in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia had their power off for 4 days from our little snow storm. Here in Maryland there were also several small areas without power for 3 and 4 days! It was neat to see all of the electrical trucks from other states and power companies in their own parades going down the highways. Thank you! Thank you! I know some came from Kentucky. (I would not know how to hook up a computer to a generator. ;-/ nor would I attempt it.)

Shabby White Marionette Theater

I have been working on doll projects, above is a wooden Frida Kahlo Doll, only now and then for most of the month because time is limited. Summer is the busiest time of the year here. There are various projects on my desk here and there. Sometimes creating is alot like Scrabble. We take the letters and place them next to each other trying to come up with words. In the creative process sometimes ideas spark when separate projects are placed together even just for a moment.





I had this frame that I thought looked old world a few years back. Maybe like something Monet would have had on a small painting with a linen liner. It was the only affordable one that came close to being compared with old world frames. It needed to shed that fake gold look and go shabby white...antique white sounded great.




As I started to paint it white I wondered what I had done? Did it look better before? Have I totally ruined it? When the second thoughts start kicking you turn to other projects. So this frame was placed momentarily next to the doll, where I also had some lace for another doll's dress.......and lightening struck! It was only a little bolt, but it felt right. I should make a marionette theater stage for my dolls! YES! The scrabble letters were doubling and tripling points now!





Here is my Marionette Theater in progress with Frida in her European white dress. It will have two walls and floor with the top open. The lace curtains need finishing and I will hang them on a wire...so I can change the curtains to red for christmas if I want. What I like best about this is the shabby chic white look.

Do stop and look at all the other White Wednesday photos here.

White Wednesday Horse Farm Dress

I love the vintage white lace dress that my daughter is wearing standing in a log cabin that was moved and is being rebuilt. The air smells like lavender and fresh cut hay! To think pioneers used to sleep on straw or hay beds and still thought life was good! That is why their dreams were sweet.

Horses are like my puppy. Once they are washed and clean they want to go out and roll around. This horse just rolled in the dry dirt and look at the dust as she shakes it off. Look at her expression too....

How do you ladies choose fabrics out at the fabric store when there are so many cute vanilla prints to play with?

My favorite coneflower - lime coconut.

Is everyone wearing white linen today or white cotton while you carry the hose from plant to plant? I am linking to
Faded Charm's White Wednesday blog party. If you love white vintage things you'll love everyone's pictures.