What fun!!
This is one of my favorite Market photos.  I shot it from outside the window to our room.  My sister Marty is smiling at me, her husband Tim is on the floor taking photos and Jean Hohulin is in the back (holding up the wall!).

This is Marty with the Carriage House Samplings display.  Tim built the amazing structure holding Marty's models.

This is Carmen Sutton, from Cardan Needlework & Antiques and Jean Hohulin, stitcher extraordinaire, guidance counselor, helper and friend.

My jewelry display.

I'll be putting my Etsy Shop for jewelry (www.FrenchSentiments.Etsy.com) in "vacation mode" today.  All of my jewelry will be shipped down to Nashville for the Needlework Market. 

I'll re-activate my Shop as soon as I return!

I've had fun making some new jewelry this week!  I'm leaving Thursday for Nashville for a needlework market and always bring my jewelry with me.

Everything has to be shipped down on Tuesday, so I've been busy creating, tagging, packing, etc.

On the home front, lots of progress is being made!  FINALLY!

In the living room, two window wells and the new front door need to be painted.  The door needs to be attached all the way.  Tom, carpenter extraordinaire, is using antique strap hinges and antique door locks on all the new doors.  They're so cool!  After that, the room is complete!!  (Except I need to make new curtains.)

In the Room with No Name (every time I say it my head immediately starts singing "I went through the desert on a horse with no name") also has a new exterior door with antique strap hinges and lock.  It needs to be painted as well.

I need to make curtains for that room as well, then it's done.

The laundry room just needs curtains.  And a new storm door.  Then it will be finished too!

The kitchen still needs a granite counter top.  Then it will be finished.

So, it's all finally wrapping up!  After it's done (with the exception of the curtains - I know myself and know they won't be done in the very near future), I'll post some photos.

By the way, if you look in the January issue of Early American Life magazine, the house on the cover of the magazine was restored by Tom Brown, our carpenter extraordinaire.  Check out the article, their house is AMAZING!!

All jewelry is available from my Etsy shop:  www.FrenchSentiments.Etsy.com.

Have a great weekend!  I'm off to paint some doors!

I worked until about midnight on jewelry last night.  It was sooooooooooooo much fun!!


I made the plane piece above, just for the fun of it!



And I made the more serious piece above, just for the fun of it too!

I had time to make jewelry today!


It seems like it was weeeeeeks ago I last made something.


It probably wasn't, but it does feel that way.


 And the Market in Nashville is coming very soon, so I'd better get a move on!