kyandra: First post ever

Friday, April 9, 2010

First post ever

First post ever....WOW.......thought I would show you what the house looked like before.

Nice but tooooooooooooooo country.

I needed to de clutter.....so I sold lots on e-bay.

This is the beginning yay!

Thanks to all at the gorgeous blogs I follow. You are truly inspirational.

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A Tranquil Townhouse

it’s bye from me and miaow from the vampire slayer… - It’s a glimpse of the bleeding obvious to say that I haven’t done a blog post for a looooong, long time. There are a lot of reasons for this, but the most...
red ticking

hello again... - hello dear friends.. as with most of us... there is so much to keep up with that it is hard to devote time to all of the options that surround us. we h...
Miss Gingham

500 Cushion Covers Sold This Year - *Yes, that's right. I've sold 500 cushion covers so far this year. I don't normally talk about such things, but I do think that's a pretty good number cons...
Gracefully Vintage

Cow hide Settee - *While this little Antique Settee is Darling, I really wanted a * *different look and wanted to create a unique piece.* *Once I stripped it down, I pa...
FourSistersInACottage.com

- FOLLOW ME ON *PINTEREST* I must confess, it's been very hard for me to blog..... Right now, the mood does not strike me to write. When that spark comes ba...
Ticking and Toile

~well, hello there!~ - *Hello hello!!!* *Where in the world have I been?* *via pinterest* *some of you have been so sweet,* *inquiring....... * *checking in on me to make sure...
The Graphics Fairy - Crafts

Map themed Jewelry from Make Jewellery Magazine - Designer Helen Cant from Make Jewellery Magazine has come up with more lovely Jewelry projects using my images! This time the theme was maps and she used s...
the girl in the brick house

New Design Blog: Who'd Have Thought? - Hi all! I know I haven't been around here much lately. I kind of got a little camera shy once the house was finished and decorated and we moved in! Nee...
The Shabby Chick

New Lighting in the Kitchen - Hello everyone so I have been working on The Nail Room everything is coming along slowly but surely. In the mean time I have been wanting to change out the...
Shabby Vintage Junk

A NEW Year....A NEW Office & a NEW Project.... - Happy NEW YEAR Vintage Friends FAR & WIDE....! I hope everyone survived the silly season intact....Unfortunately, I didn't get to participate in the Chris...
Ada and Darcy

Atlanta Gift & Home Furnishings Market! - I'm so exited to let you know that mrs.darcy is off to the fabulous USA showing this week at the Atlanta Gift and Home Furnishings Market! What an exciting...
Vintage by Lou Lou

Happy Holidays and a Bright & Cheery 2013 - [image: Photobucket] Hello All, I hope you all had as relaxed a Christmas day as we did yesterday and enjoyed time with family and friends. I am finally ...
Decorating Addiction

What's Inside the Advent Boxes? - Last week, I shared the advent calendar I made out of a ladder. The kids are enjoying opening a box each day. As I mentioned, I didn't want to ma...
Poppies and Sunshine

merry + bright - Here's a compilation of my favorite holiday decorations for Thanksgiving/Christmas this year because.... it's time for the holidays! white pumpkins! it's ...
Red Roses and Crystal

Goodbye - Well it has been a long time between posts for me and an awful lot has happened in that time. As many of you are aware from my last post our trip to New Yo...
mountain living

- This blog has now closed. I would love you to visit my new blog which you will find here
re:Inspire

Redecorated Dressing Room - This tiny room sits off our small master bath in our century home. And yes, I am thankful we have a master bath in a home that dates back to 1856! I recent...
The House That A-M Built

I've Moved To Wordpress - Ok, so I've moved to Wordpress and this is the last post you will ever see on this dear old bloggy of mine. Blogger has been so good to me. I've been her...
Our Windy Spot

It's a doll's life... - I was so super flattered that the fabulous parenting magazine Littlies wanted to feature my dollshouse in its September issue (Littlies is my absolute ...
The Agoura Antique Mart

more special gifts for Mother's Day and some pretty new merchandise... - lovely handmade crown by Rosemary Olson detail on back of crown handmade crown by Rosemary Olson detail on back of crown handmade box by Rosemary Olson hand...
paper tree studio

The 'Fete' Of My Blog - Hope everyone had a fantastic Easter break!! Thought I had better explain my absence of late. I have recently added convening the 'handmade' stall at my d...
The Vintage Shed ,Tyabb

The bunny is on the way. - Another month has gone by, where did that go, days just whizz by. Easter is just around the corner, Great, Lots of chocolate, just what I need! (That was s...
Finding My Aloha

Herringbone Art- A Pinterest Project - Remember when I posted about my master bedroom redecorating project back in September? Well, nothing has changed in there... until now. I still needed som...
Life in the Country Lane

BEFORE & AFTER - THE BEDROOM REVEAL + - Lots of pics, few words..... before - after the cracks were fixed the first of two undercoats - the country green was a lot darker than I realised... We ha...
Our Suburban Cottage

Twilight Living Room – And Other Rantings - Did anyone see the new Twilight movie over the weekend? I thought it was pretty good! Although, I’ve had to come to terms with the fact that “movie Edwar...
The Bloggers Club

Grammar: "it" as the sentence subject - When "It" as a subject represents a living being or a thing it's a notional subject, when it performs a purely grammatical function it's a formal object. ...
Cornflakes & Honey

Hello World - Bankon Good Style
Hunter Haus

Our Wedding Day.... - Today we are off to the Hunter Valley to pick up the keys to our new place! Im so excited and so I thought I would post some photos from our wedding day ju...
My Life and Loves

Pan-fried balsamic pear salad with pancetta, gorgonzola & warm honey dressing - In theory, I shouldn't like this recipe as I don't like blue cheese and am not a massive fan of pine nuts. However, the thought of a warm salad, consistin...
The Little House That Could

PhD definition - PhD - simultaneously feeling as dumb and as smart as you have ever been. Highly dependent on day of the week and level of understanding of reading material.
Frugal with a Flourish

9 Ideas for Pretty Pumpkins - This Halloween, if you want to go beyond your standard Jack-o-Lantern carving on a pumpkin – have I got some ideas for you! Below are some of the beauti...
Through the looking glass...

- I just might be rubbing off on my 6 year old son...he came to me last weekend and asked if we could eat our dinner outside on the back deck. So after much ...
Our Noosa Beach House

- This is just so ridiculous, so silly, I can't stand it!! This is our lovely fridge, nothing too exciting although I do like the glass doors and it's only ...
A Very Fine House

Bye bye {for a little while} - Hi everyone! Julie-Ann and I have decided to take a holiday from this bloggy. I am so busy here and here and Julie-Ann is flat out with the Decorating Foru...
Mary's Meanderings

A Surprise flower for me today! - Bill and I were eating lunch in our sweet (well, will be sweet one day when I get the old wall paper off and the pink floor redone and....) little breakfas...
Faded Plains

Beautiful Day - I've just come in from feeding all our farm animals, and it is absolutely GORGEOUS outside! The sun shinning, the smell of fresh cut grass, our ducks all ...
A Cream Cottage

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