Spring Has not {Sprung} yet...But Projects are still {Springing} About!!!

 

Where does time go?? Last time I blogged it was Easter..now it's almost the end of April...Yikes!!! Well even though {Spring} has not really {Sprung} yet..we gals at Beautiful Junque have been {Springing} about..& many things have {Sprung} up since our last visit!! First off..more & more progress continues to be done on our Barn Work Studio/Barn Boutique..I know it is taking a while..but we are excited about every little thing that is accomplished along the way..Why do we get so excited about every little thing you may ask?? Well, that brings us once step closer to having a functional Work Space to {Spring} out more Creations & one step closer to our first ever Barn Boutique Sale projected for sometime this Fall!!!

 

If you look back a couple blog post you will see our last update on the Barn Boutique Progress..Here are some more snapshots of where we are at now..

Thanks Uncle Demcy for all your Hard work!!!

After my Uncle(mom's brother)..got the wood walls up it was Barn Painting day!!
Now some thought we were just {Crazy} for wanting to paint the Beautiful wood walls..But our walls have to match our name {Beautiful Junque} & our motto.."Be Inspired by your Surroundings"  Therefore..we had to paint them white & age them to "look" old..That is what inspires us!!!  We used the "Chalk Paint Method" that one would normally use to age furniture..but why not walls too!!  With many steps.. & weird stares from different workers..especially when we were applying Vaseline to the walls...call us crazy but it worked..and we got the look we wanted!!

It went from plain wood to "Beautiful Junque" Loved the aged look!!!

 

Here is my mom in action..after we got the aged look we wanted we went over it with Furniture wax to seal & protect it!!  Below are pictures from our work studio..the first is the flooring that is going to be laid..The second is the view of our ceiling!!  I am in {love with how our ceiling turned out)!!

 Work Studio Flooring

Work Studio Ceiling

 

Here is a little snapshot of what our doors & trim look like..I can't wait till we get it all done..slowly but surly I keep telling myself :)!!

 

 

The Awesome Barn Star you see above was purchased from a vendor at last years Perham Craft show  & will be making it's home very soon at the Peak of our Barn outside!!  Can't wait to get it up there!!

 

So as you can see a lot has gotten done since our last post..but a lot more still needs to take place before we open it up to all of you & for that day we cannot wait!!..Even though this project has been keeping us busy busy busy..we still make time to Create..Here our some of our most recent signs we have made..which a few are available for sale in our Booth at Sulaines Antique mall..& more soon will be available at our new Shop at Shady Hollow Flea market!!

 

We hope you have a wonderful day & enjoy spring when it arrives...It is coming..Just like my friends chalkboard in her house states.."Spring is coming"!!! So when it Really does we better remember to enjoy each and everyday of it!!

Blessings,
Alicia & Carol

 

 

 

 



Spring..Easter...Birthdays...OH MY!!!!

Happy April Everyone!!!  I cannot believe it is April and how much snow we have still in our neck of the woods! I also cannot believe that Easter has already come and gone!  I hope you all had a very blessed Easter with family & friends!  I was not in the mood at all to do spring decorating this year..due to the snow and cold still...but alas I thought I better have a few little touches around the house..Here is a few pics of the simple decor I did this year :)

 This cutie above was a dollar store find!!

It's a tradition in our family for the kiddos to wear
their bunny years for pics Easter Morning..Here is there Nesting place!

 Here is a Print I found off of Pintrest..Loved it because
it tells the TRUE meaning of Easter!!

During this Easter season we were inspired to make some more of our {BARN WOOD CROSSES}
Here are a sampling of some below!

We just love the way these crosses turned out!  Each one so unique with simple beauty!
So now that spring is here..(kind of) & Easter is over..we are getting busy getting our creative hats on to bring you more inspiring things..we will keep you posted!  So kind of off the topic of Easter but still on the topic of celebrating.. April Fools day in our house is a very Special day ..we took it off to celebrate my oldest daughter Madison Faith Bowers 11th Birthday!!! We have been doing a lot of celebrating with Easter & her Birthday!  What a joyous time of year!  Here is my beautiful Daughter Madison..Where do the years go???

 

I hope all of you have had a weekend full of celebrating like we did!! Keep on the lookout for more updates on the Barn Boutique!  There is work being done out there Yippee!! 

 

Blessings,

Alicia & Carol