Americana candles arrived today!  New flavors are Rhubarb, Sweet Herb and Lemon Grass.

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Mother’s Day is around the corner and what nicer way to say “Thank You, Mom” than a gift basket with a delicious Americana candle and CeCe Caldwell’s 100% natural paints & finishes.

We can provide a basket or use one that you already have.

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Wax brushing and the drill buffing brush shipment arrived today, so we are stocked up. Pricing for the brushes is as follows:

2 in. brush – $25
1 1/2 in. brush – $20
1 in. brush – $16
3/4 in. brush w/ short handle – $14
drill buffing brush – $25

I was looking for my hammer this morning when I realized, after tripping over various pieces of furniture, tools, boxes, etc., that my work room in the back of my store is a MESS.  Actually, I’ve realized this quite a few times over the past couple of months, resulting in just as many mental notes to clean the mess up.

So, after an exhaustive search for my hammer, I decided to paint instead.  My Rationale:  By painting something, I am technically cleaning up my back room because I am removing something (that I’ve been tripping over) in order to paint then sell it.

I made a mental note (to store with all of my other mental notes that get buried in the recesses of my brain) to look for my hammer later and worked on my painting project instead.

This decorative wall piece used to be the top of a mirror that was broken.  So I removed the mirror and the rest of the mirror frame until I ended up with just this top piece.  Unfortunately, in my haste to start painting (and forget about my hammer), I forgot to take a “before” picture.  But below is the “after” picture.  I used two coats of CeCe Caldwell’s Michigan Pine, distressed with a damp cloth, and sealed with clear wax.  The entire project – including drying time – took less than two hours (understanding that most of this time was waiting for the paint to dry and the wax to absorb).

FYI:  I did end up finding my hammer and it wasn’t in my work room … no wonder I didn’t find it there!

Check out our facebook post to see what’s new this week:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.488312424562728.1073741826.313885188672120&type=1

Or visit our New Arrivals page to see new things that have come in the past few weeks:

Check out some of the cool new stuff we got in this week!

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Okay … due to popular demand (and you know who you are, so stop harrassing me), I promised some pics of my storefront windows … here they are.  I actually just redesigned one of the windows tonight because I sold an awesome dining table with drop leaves earlier today, so I had to totally reconfigure that window.  Good news is that I love, not just the sale, but doing the windows 🙂

And, just FYI, I will be putting up some wreaths and stuff this week, so no bah humbug accusations!!