Etsy Shop of the Month!

I am SO excited about a new feature on Mission Decorate that I just can't wait any longer to share it with you...The Mission Decorate ETSY SHOP of the Month!  Each month I will introduce Mission Decorate readers to a wonderful Etsy Shop.  I will write a post sharing all the shops' fun goodies as well as tell you a little bit about the shop and its owner.  So if you own an Etsy Shop or have a favorite you like to visit please tell me about it at missiondecorate@gmail.com.

To kick things off I would like to introduce each of you to Gina and The Shabby Chic Cottage.  Hi Gina!  Gina describes her shop as "handmade home decor for every style: beach cottage, shabby chic, romantic, industrial, primitive, French style, Paris Apartment, urban farmhouse," and I couldn't agree more.  She creates wonderful accessories that would look great in any home all at a reasonable price.  She uses timeless, sweet fabrics to design great pillows...





She focuses on the details in her french inspired items...I love these curtains!



The script says "A house is made of bricks & beams and home is made of love & dreams."

But my very favorite are her birds!  I kinda have a thing for birds lately (don't we all) and Gina has some playful items I would just love to have!



These little guys are made of beadboard!



The "Bird on a Wire" pillow and "Bluebird Tea Towels"...



And I love her series of kitchen towels...







Wouldn't they be fun on the back of each chair at a casual dinner party!  (Oh, I might just do that!)

And this is just a peek at all the wonderful goodies Gina has to offer.  So go visit her at The Shabby Chic Cottage and while you are there check out her wonderful blog too! 

Happy shopping and happy 4th of July weekend!

I Bought a Sewing Machine!

I love to decorate but I have always felt like I was missing my true calling...sewing.  I love the detail, measuring, calculating and precision needed to sew.  My personality is all about accuracy so sewing was made for me.  And if you know anything about me you also know that I am full of crap right now!  All those things I just listed are exactly why I don't sew!  So what in the heck am I talking about?  Well...I did buy a sewing machine. 

My husband and I have been on the hunt for bedside tables for awhile now and the other day we were at our favorite antique shop helping my mom pick out a trunk / coffee table for her new apartment (which is looking fab, by the way) and we saw the perfect thing...

Gorgeous, right!  But when my husband went to open the "drawers" to make sure they worked we realized they weren't drawers at all.  It was a door hiding this...

A fully working World's Rotary sewing machine!

How cool is that!  It was priced at $60 and we just couldn't pass it up.  It is the perfect height and width for the space and if we get the urge to make a pillow in the middle of the night we just have to roll over and sew away!

The machine is beautiful.  It has amazing detail work that modern sewing machines forgo for all the fancy functions.

And the cabinet itself is also great.  I have to say I'm pretty excited with our find!  Now we just need to carry it up the last flight of stairs to our bedroom.  That thing is heavy!

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