For the Love of White Pitchers

Quite some time ago, a customer came into the shop and asked if we had any vintage white pitchers. I smirked a bit and told her she would be hard pressed to find any white pitchers in the store because I have a bit of an obsession with them personally. I love how you...

Party Rentals and Photo Props

I bet you didn’t know… …when I graduated from college, I wanted to start my own event planning business. It was called (only in my head because it never came to fruition) Ever After Weddings and Events. I loved event planning and went as far as...

#knottooshabbyBAZAAR – SOLD OUT

I can’t believe it. This morning, I measured the lot, laid out the tent flags. Marked off spaces for vendors. We will have vendors taking up virtually all 10,000 square feet of the BAZAAR! Which makes this our first ever, SOLD OUT event! There are more than...
22.5 hours to Dallas & Back

22.5 hours to Dallas & Back

This week was supposed to be amazing! Going on my third year of selling Chalk Paint®, this was going to be my first trek to the Annie Sloan Stockist Conference in New Orleans. There she is, Annie Sloan herself and there I’m not! Michelle Black and I trekked out...
My Latest Haul

My Latest Haul

I’m on the cusp of recovering from a crazy, busy weekend. Sometimes I think I am suffocating myself with my own ambition. Coming out of planning and participating in the BAZAAR, attending (and helping to coordinate a booth) at the school Carnival, hosting a Moms...

knot too shabby BAZAAR-May 3rd

It’s here again… …with even more vendors than last month! Food! Furniture! Vintage Decor! Antique Housewares! Shabby Chic Party Supplies! Handmade and Vintage Jewelry (just in time for Mother’s Day)! Handmade Quilts!   Plants! And so much...
knot too shabby BAZAAR-My Secret Chef

knot too shabby BAZAAR-My Secret Chef

About a month ago, I was sitting in Allure having my hair cut and Tim walks in the door passing out weekly menus for My Secret Chef. He explained that they were running out of the Village Kitchen Shoppe and preparing a weekly menu, complete with healthy meals that...
Journey

Journey

I will never forget the feeling of my first half marathon. I remember standing at the starting line minutes before the race was about to start, almost in tears from anxiety about what was before me. This was last January. Just a month prior to the race, I had severely...
knot too shabby BAZAAR-The Dynamic Duo

knot too shabby BAZAAR-The Dynamic Duo

If you live in Glendora, shop in Glendora or work in Glendora, it’s more than likely that you have run into Barbara and Dennis Hart. I first met the Hart’s when Dennis took one of our Chalk Paint® Workshops. I still remember the chair he painted with a...
Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint and Decorative Finishes

Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint and Decorative Finishes

It was destined for the dumpster. The picture doesn’t do it justice. This was in bad shape! The top has a major crack in it. Veneer was peeling off, paint was horribly chipped and more than one of the drawers were completely broken.  Dad stopped by and rebuilt...
Milk Painted Easter Eggs

Milk Painted Easter Eggs

Easter has always been a pretty low key holiday for our family. Good Friday and Easter Services are the focal point. The eggs, Easter Bunny and chocolates make their way into the mix but aren’t heavily emphasized. This Easter Sunday, we will be celebrating my...
knot too shabby BAZAAR Vendor Series Part 2

knot too shabby BAZAAR Vendor Series Part 2

Our knot too shabby BAZAAR Vendor Series is all about selling in “flea market style” events, including our own BAZAAR as well as other vintage and antique shows. Part One was our Top 5 suggestions for setting up a great looking booth.  Part Two is all...
knot too shabby BAZAAR Vendor Series Part One

knot too shabby BAZAAR Vendor Series Part One

With less than two weeks to go, we are quickly approaching our first Bazaar this Spring! Vendors are scurrying around getting projects ready to sell. Even we are thinking about displays, sale items and paint demos for the event. With more vendors signed up for this...
Milk Paint Display

Milk Paint Display

Coming up with creative ways to display product can be daunting. We seem to manage to put together nice displays with what we find here and there. Like this gigantic antique display cabinet.. Or this piano that we use as a display demonstrating the difference between...