About Us

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Southern, California, United States
My sister and I are "Annie Louise". We live in sunny Southern California. Ever since we were kids our mom would take us to estate sale and garage sales. So I guess it is only natural that we still both love to go to garage sales, flea markets and thrift stores--- nothing more exciting than the thrill of the hunt and the find!! Our style is a cross between rustic, shabby chic and beachy. We are both new to blogging, but have decided to start our own blog. We hope you find this blog interesting and come back to visit often. Thanks for visiting, Jackie and Jeanette

Monday, September 27, 2010

Jamestown Flea Market

Thanks to everyone who braved the sweltering heat (107 degrees) and came out to the Jamestown Flea Market yesterday.  It was sooooooooooooo hot we were able to leave the flea around 2:00 instead of the normal 3:00pm.  Jackie and I had a great time chatting with you all--while trying to ignore how hot it was :)  No pictures available--still without a camera, should be getting one soon.   Maybe we will see you at the Irvine College Flea Market this coming Sunday (we will be shopping--not selling.)  Have a great week everybody.  Blessings to you all.
Jeanette and Jackie

Thursday, September 23, 2010

What a morning!

Okay, I woke up today just fine.   While fixing my bed, I swung the blankets and sheet up and knocked over a glass of water on the nightstand, cleaned up that mess.  Then while opening my curtains, my curtain rod came apart swung down and hit me on the head.  Then within minutes of that happening I knocked over a candle and stand.  This all happened within minutes of waking up.  I thought about going back to bed and swinging the covers over my head--but I was afraid I would knocksomething down :)  Oh, also my camera broke -- so no pictures for a while--I am going through snapping picture withdrawl.  Hope you all are having a good day-  I figure mine can only get better.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

New Signs



We found these brand new plaques at a thrift store.


We snatched them up and came up with these designs.
For C'est La Vie, we painted the wood white, then used stencils for the rest of the design.

For the Bonjour sign, we painted the entire wood piece gray, then with the help of our Silhouette machine printed out the word "Bonjour". 
We put down the vinyl Bonjour lettering, then we painted over the Bonjour with white paint, so that the Bonjour lettering shown through in gray.

Hope you like them.

We are connecting to The Shabby Chic Cottage http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/
 for other Transformation Thursday eye candy.

Have a great week. Jackie and Jeanette

Monday, September 13, 2010

Goodbye Summer

As summer winds down and fall comes into view, we want to share some relaxing pictures we took of our final outing to the beach before schools starts up again and the time to sit at the beach and unwind are short, few, and far between.






And a special shout out to John (Jackie's husband) who helps us with selling at the flea market, his help is greatly appreciated and his relaxing walk along the beach is much deserved.



Hope you all have a relaxing week.    Jackie and Jeanette

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Transformation Thursday Paleness

We bought a package of these white canvas art pallets on sale at Michaels.


The one above is white, it  doesn't really show up in this picture.
We decided to paint this one gray and glue on some pale beach rocks in the form of a cross.


We love the simplicity of the canvas and the pale colors of the stones -- hope you like it too. Hop on over to The Shabby Chic Cottage to see many wonderful transformations. http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/



Have a wonderful Thursday,
 Jeanette and Jackie

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Isabel Bloom

For this white Wednesday, we are sharing some pictures of some of our garden statues by artist Isabel Bloom. I love to tuck these creations in different areas of our garden. Hope you enjoy them.




For more white Wednesday eye candy, head on over to Faded Charm

~White Wednesday


http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Jackie and Jeanette

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Jamestown Flea Market

Hi everybody,


Oh my goodness -- where does time go! Well I guess better late than never. Jeanette and I wanted to share some photos of our booth at the Jamestown Flea Market in Tustin, Ca. We always have a great time there, all the other vendors are so nice and there are so many goodies!



















This last flea market on August 22, 2010, Jeanette and I were pleased as punch to meet the sweet Kate from

Salvage Dior and her husband. You really should stop by and check out her blog

she has a wonderful blog, with many inspirational pictures and fun messages—check it out.

Wishing you all a wonderful week. Jackie and Jeanette