Girls Weekend

Every year my mom and I get away together just the two of us. (I'm very fortunate to have two moms). This weekend we are off for some flea market, garage sale and everything in between shopping. It will be a wonderful break from my every day routine... if you know what I mean.

                                                          
While I was looking for a pretty flea market picture to share, I came across Mandy's fabulous blog blog.mandylynne.com. She is an incredibly talented photographer and artist. I spent too much time last night looking at all of her gorgeous vintage style photographs and reading her fun blog when I should have been sleeping. I wanted to share a couple of Mandy's pieces with you in case you don't know about her.

You can find more of her artwork at her etsy shop Skippy Designs.

                                                         

Have a great weekend!

Enjoying The Great Outdoors

 We are lucky to have three zoos nearby all within an hour's drive or less. Each one has something special about it. The other day we made our fist trip of the year to Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City. It's the smallest one and has great views of Lake Michigan.

Here is Daddy bird sitting on his egg in a giant nest.

 The gardens are beautiful, I'm loving this color combination.

                                          Not really beach weather yet so we had it all to ourselves.           

Once the nice weather makes its way to the Midwest we are ready to be outside as much as possible. I'm thrilled it's finally here, but I really have to get motivated to get some inside projects done. Maybe writing about it will make it happen. Blogging can be helpful that way right?

My 6th Photo

Jamilyn from Living It At Home  Sandra from Sawdust And Paper Scraps and Janet from The Gardeners Cottage tagged me to participate in the “6th photo published on your blog game.” The object is to use a photo from when you first started blogging. I started Sixty-Fifth Avenue a few months ago and when I look back at those first posts it makes me want to change everything I wrote. Heck, I even want to do that ten minutes after I post something. So in case you didn't notice, writing is not my strong point and putting a post together still doesn’t come easy for me. Blogging will only make writing easier right?

Ok, now on to the photo game...starting with your first picture used in your first post and counting up to six. Here is mine...

I was hoping #6 would be a pretty after picture but it wasn't. My picture is the footboard of our daughter's big girl bed after it was stripped. Here are a few more pictures to show you how the story ends.

When I found this bed at an antique shop my search was over. I loved the shape and the little posts on the footboard.  As you can see it has a twin and I wasn't able to buy just one so I took both and sold the other one on good old Craigslist.

After some creamy white paint and an applique for the headboard and footboard this is how I envisioned it to be.

My husband and I hand painted the monogram with the faux ribbon and frame hanger. I was inspired by a picture in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.

So there you have my 6th picture and a mini post about the little ones big girl bed.

Now I need to tag 10 bloggers to present their 6th photo.  If you want to play along...what is your sixth photo?

Butterflies and Dragonflies
House Notes
It's The Little Things
Living the Dream Take 35
Pine Tree Home
Scientific Housewife
Savvy City Farmer
Morning T
Jam-n-Jilly
This Blessed Nest

Linking to these Parties.

We Have A Winner!

The winner of these pretty bud vases is.....

                                                                  

                                                    #12  Mindy from Princess of everything!!  
                                                     

Thank you to everyone that entered, this was so much fun!

                                                                                                      

Stone Cottage

When our daughter was a year old, all she wanted to do when she was outside was collect rocks. And now that she is four she is still loving her rocks. So when I asked her what she wanted to name her playhouse, without hesitation she said Stone Cottage. I thought it was a perfect name!

As you can see Stone Cottage is quite tiny. The table and chairs were found at a flea market and just needed a little sprucing up. I gave them a couple coats of exterior white paint and they are good as new.

We didn't measure anything before hand and got lucky because the table just fits through the little door.

Whenever I come across old frames I buy them up to use for future projects. This one was only a dollar but ugly and brown so I painted it pink and used some leftover chalkboard paint. This was an easy fifteen minute project, I can't get enough chalkboards!

I want to add two battery powered lanterns on either side of the chalkboard.

I'm loving these from Pottery Barn Kids but for $39.00 each I think I'll keep looking. Any ideas?

The big old lilac bush we inherited is just about in bloom....I think tomorrow will be the day.

And the Redbud tree is in full bloom with the perennials starting to coming up.

Spring is really here! 

~Enter my give-away to win a set of seven bud vases with iron stand here~

Linking to Domestically Speaking  coastalcharm bluecricketdesign

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Spring Time Give-away!

I am so excited to be having my first give-away here on Sixty-Fifth Avenue! Spring flowers are blooming, so what would be more perfect than giving away this set of seven bud vases with iron stand.

Wouldn't this be beautiful on an outdoor table, windowsill or mantle?
The generous sponsor for this giveaway is a company called origincrafts. They are an online store featuring decorative accessories and accents in many themes including Coastal, Country Rustic, French countryside, Tuscan, and more. Stop by and take a look at all the wonderful things they have to offer.

 To all of the Anonymous readers, I just realized you have been unable to leave comments. That is fixed now, sorry about that. Good luck to all of my wonderful readers, I really appreciate you coming by and leaving me the sweetest comments.

To win this set, there are two ways to enter:

 1. Leave a comment...if you're new here and would like to become a follower that would
     great but not necessary to win.

2. Leave a second comment telling me you blogged about the give-away.

The contest ends Thursday April 22nd (midnight) and I'll announce the winner, chosen randomly the following day!

Good Old Coffee Table

Oh, beat up old coffee table we love you so. You have sustained lots of abuse in the last four years and you're still going strong. With every new nick and scratch you are more beautiful to me. I hope my husband thinks the same thing about me when I'm old.

We bought it at a little antique shop in Union Pier Michigan. The place I dream of owning a little summer cottage one day.

Not one screw or nail to hold this baby together.

Here is the first flower cutting of the year, ya hoo! This is all that popped up so I brought them in and put them on a clock that I found without any hands.

I used it like a candle holder during the fall and winter but I'm loving the springy dafadils there today.

 

Nothing like a beat up old coffee table...

Linking to somewhatsimple firefliesandjellybeans romantichome