Results from Week 1

Boy what a week!
We had over 2,200 votes!! 
Our contestants can't thank you enough for coming out to vote and for all the wonderful comments you made :)
So.... enough with the small talk and onto the winner! The winner of the Accessories theme with 418 votes is

Brooke & Kallie at All Things Thrifty!

[They did the "pillows" project.]

And the runner up with 363 votes is Miss Mustard Seed with her Antique Sign project!

If you missed Week 1 CLICK HERE

And now for the part I've been dreading all week. We have to say goodbye to one of our wonderful contestants :(

Gina, at The Shabby Chic Cottage,  you are amazing and will truly be missed! This lady has an amazing blog and is chock full of creative genius! 

Here she is introducing to us next week's theme, "Catalog Hacks". 

Basically, each contestant had to come up with a project inspired by one of the many catalogs/designers there are out there such as Pottery Barn, Anthropology, Ballards, etc.

Wait til you see Gina's take on this! 

So without further ado, here she is!

I LOVE Pottery Barn hacks. My blog is absolutely full of them. My favorite? Read on and see!

I fell in love with this shade. $59? No, thank you very much.

Translate your favorite phrase (mine is from a love note Mr. SCC wrote me years ago), translate it to French in an online translator and print it off, I used this font at 175 point.

Trim your words and tape them to the inside of a thrifted shade.

Put the shade on a lamp and painted it with a thin, soft bristled brush.

Add in a few post marks with a stamp if you'd like, or you can print an image and paint them on, too.

A $59 lamp shade for about $3. That's why I love PB hacking!

Thank you Gina for that amazing tutorial! 
Make sure you leave a comment for her before she says goodbye :)
And you can still see all of her unique creations on her blog at The Shabby Chic Cottage so hop on over there!

See you tomorrow night for Week 2- Catalog hacks