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Monthly Archives: July 2011

I’m in love with Paint!

Upcycled Display Cloche

As I was getting ready to publish this site, I started reading other blogs and I tell you, they were so great, I could barely pull myself away. I got REAL excited when I started reading about Annie Sloan Chalk Paint – Both Shaunna and Miss Mustardseed have great blogs about it. Anyway, being as…

Totally Cottage

  This is the story of the “birth” of  JBsCottageChic: I grew up on the East Coast of Central Florida not far from Cape Kennedy (or Cape Canaveral) and I Love Love Love (and miss, miss, miss) the Beach.  My daughter Jenn and I have always loved hitting the antique stores and thrift shops together  and…

Totally Chic

I really love to craft and create, in addition to collecting vintage items.  When I saw these candle pillars, in a not so shabby green color, I had to try my hand at reinventing them.  The linen frame was a neutral beige color.  I’m likin’ the way they all turned out, hopefully some of you…

Always Vintage

The best that we can hope for as we age, is to get a little wiser, right? On my husband’s birthday, I got to thinking about age – and my feelings about it.  I have a habit of complaining on my Birthday –  about getting old and not wanting to have another birthday, etc., etc….