August, 2010

Diary of a Designer: Be Creative and Live Your Life

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Today’s post on www.CraftForHealth.com is a touching story I think you will enjoy.

If you have a story you’d like to share with us —please let me know.
Kathy Peterson Inspired

Diary of a Designer: Design My Adirondack –The Grand Finale

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Well here it is! Julianna Hudgins adirondack all dolled up and ready to rock n roll! Check out her blog here where she’ll take you on her creative journey with some crafty tips and photos of how she pulled the look together—-Tatoo Style!

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Check out what the other 4 designer blog hoppers said about Julianna’s design!
Pat Sloan http://patsloan.typepad.com/

Julie Fillo http://www.juliesartlife.blogspot.com/

Margot Potter http://margotpottertheimpatientcrafter.blogspot.com/

Kathy Cano-Murillo: http://thecraftychica.blogspot.com/

Kathy Peterson www.kathypeterson.com

Cedar Store www.CedarStore.com

Diary of a Designer: It’s the Final Week of Design My Adirondack (week 5)

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Boo-hoo. Tomorrow is the last day of Design My Adirondack blog hop. But what a great way to end with a sneak peak at Julanna Hudgins adirondack. Join the fun tomorrow!

Diary of a Designer: Week # 4 of Design My Adirondack with the Crafty Chica

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010


Whew–time flies when you’re having so much fun. Today is the 4th week of Design My Adirondack blog hop featuring the ever, so crafty and glittery designer Kathy Cano-Murillo AKA the Crafty Chica Check out the details of Kathy’s design using dozens of little paper cut-outs. Wow–not to mention her color combo! Luv it!

Here’s the full reveal—is this adirondack rockin’ the boat or what!!!! So be sure to visit this Crafty Chica’s blog—she’s also listed the other designers blog sites so be sure to hop on by here—– We’d love to hear your comments too! Enjoy!
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Diary of a Designer: Puppy Love –It’s a chair makeover!

Monday, August 9th, 2010


This week begins the 4th week of the Design My Adirondack chair! Wow– only one more week to go–why does time fly by so fast? Anyway, when little Miss Narnia came into our lives about 5 years ago, I decided to design a mini adirondack just for her. You know sorta like a mini throne for the puppy princess!

Little did I know that just a few years later–I’d be promoting my own Design Your Adirondack blog hop along with my Kathy Peterson Inspired Outdoor Lifestyles furniture collection and my favorite little model would be nesting in her own chair!
Check out the details! I used little Woodsie craft pieces to create various flower shapes, sewed a comfy and cut cushion and added a lot of color of course!


Tomorrow’s featured Blogger is Kathy Cano-Murillo AKA The Crafty Chica–She’s the glitter queen so look out for a sparkly or not adirondack reveal tomorrow! Check back again in 24 hours for all the fun details and other fabulous designer who are—-drum roll please—-Designing My Adirondack!

Diary of Designer: Worlds Longest Yard Sale Hwy 127 starts today

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

It seems like yesterday, I was driving up to Kentucky with my old college friend Linda to be featured as the guest shoppers on HGTV’s The Worlds Longest Yard Sale on Hwy 127. But that was a few years ago and I’m missing not being able to hit all the fabulous flea markets this year that covet dear old Hwy 127!

Linda and I traveled 200 miles into Tennessee with HGTV’s TV crew and we had just the best time! Here’s a shot of our last stop just before taping the big reveal of my wonderful antique finds!

And here I am on some side road waiting for the camera crew to mount a TV camera on the hood of my car—boy the locals sure did give us funny looks!

Here we are just before saying farewell to the crew. Boy did we have fun and come home with some awesome treasures.

This trip was a fast, furious and fun adventure and I would recommend this trail to all my antique loving friends. Happy flea marketing!

Diary of a Designer: Week # 3 of Design My Adirondack featuring Margot Potter

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

It’s hard to believe we’re half way through my outdoor furniture blog hop! But this weeks chair is just as cool as the rest and it’s by one of my Fav designer friends—http://margotpottertheimpatientcrafter.blogspot.com/”>Margot Potter. Margot and I have worked together on TV and bump into each other at various shows.

Check out her colorful chair and her fabulous story about the chair!

Here’s the schedule of all the bloggers doing their crafty thing. Each one has something to say about each others design–for the next 2 Tuesdays! oh and please be sure to leave your comments!

7/20 Pat Sloan > http://patsloan.typepad.com/pat_sloans_corner/2010/07/im-a-design-my-adirondack-designer-.html

7/27 Julie Fillo: http://www.juliesartlife.blogspot.com/

THIS WEEKS BLOGGER:
8/3 Margot Potter http://margotpottertheimpatientcrafter.blogspot.com/

8/10 Kathy Cano-Murillo: http://thecraftychica.blogspot.com/

8/17 Julianna Hudgins: http://www.juliannaproductions.com/blog/