Well, we my friends, are cooking in Sydney for sure…you know those days when it’s so hot everything kinda sticks to…everything? This would be one of those.
So anyway, this morning after a long walk by the sea, skateboarding child in tow and 200 of my 350 squats which nearly left me as a passenger on said skateboard, my plan was to get to it with the study, which is coming along slowly but surely…
…that didn’t happen though ‘cos I went out to find the old vintage suitcases that I painted yesterday arvo and was so pleased with the one that I used chalkboard paint on that I decided I would much rather play with that..
Here’s how it looked before
and after
I have no idea why I wrote Lucky Day on it…I’m guessing today in all it’s glory I feel lucky to be down here…it will eventually have something else written on it and hold old papers if it makes it from here into the study…
Miss BC and I also played around with photography and my new lens, seeing as this is the last day of the hols for her, we thought we’d have some fun….trying to be creative… love doing this with her…
…errrm yeah p’haps woulda been a good idea if it was the younger member of the party who got up on the chair to be photographed…but stuff it, who cares heh?
we did laugh when I stood on the chair and one of the slats of wood broke…
Anyhoo, I gotta run..it’s back to school schedules ’round here, I must say that’s more taxing in this heat…
Let me know what you think of my chalkboard vintage suitcase…I haven’t seen them out & about anywhere else so I hope you like it!
It is a great idea, and then you can just write what’s stored in there, no need for labelling – just write it on the back tho’, so you can write or draw fun quirkies on the front. It’s fun to see original ideas.
My daughter reckons it was so hot here yesterday the paint on the underside of our coffee table was melting. I said fine so long as it doesn’t drip on the floor.
Really, Sarah, your imagination knows no bounds! I just really love the way you transform the old and mundane into something fresh. Well done, you! And are they *the* ballerina flats? J x
Very cool- I don’t think I’ve seen one of those before, although I did paint the inside of a little metal case for the kids to draw on and put their magnetic letters on.
Ok, well I’m a lurker and commenting for the very first time. I LOVE the suitcase! It’s really quirky, fun and definately original….makes me wish I didn’t toss out my dad’s old suitcase when we moved house recently.
Your blog is just beautiful and full of inspiration…I so want my next house to be a beach cottage xx
I love when people paint things in chalk board paint, because it opens up for so many possibilities…
However, I must admit that it feels a little bit too bold in your picture, but I think that is mainly because everything else is so white. I can imagine a suitcase like this in a french-vintage-inspired kitchen or similiar and I think the idea is great!
The chalkboard suitcase is such a useful idea when it comes to labelling. I’m a huge fan of labelling so anything you can write on and change the use of without scribbling out or peeling off labels is a winner with me!
Wow that is great! How do you prep the cases and is the finish pretty sturdy? I have many of these cases and I think some of them could do with a makeover for the spring.
Jenny
Wow! those squats sure do work. With legs like that it doesn’t matter that it was you up there instead of your daughter. You have motivated me to get cracking with my exercise plans. Thanks
Love this idea. I can see a stack of these in my office space. No labels just write on it what is stored. Thanks for this beautiful post. You are always coming up with the best ideas!!!
As always you inspire me! I am always eager to see what you have come up with next. Can’t wait to see the office. I so need some ideas for organizing of papers and such. Have a great day!
Love the suitcase and the idea to write on the outside whats on the inside ! I see you finally got the ballerina flats broken in, thats a good thing, shoes that hurt suck eggs ! And look at those tan legs, way to go girl.
You have inspired me – I’ll paint my new West Point trunk with chalkboard paint, call it ‘The Black Hole’ and use it to store stuff I never want to see again!
Love the suitcase….i have seveal small ones, i think they were called makeup cases….i also have chalk board paint….now i need a nice day to paint one, it is snowing like mad in colorado today….thank you so much for sharing…what a genius idea!
350 squats…omg your my hero…hmmm wonder if i could even do 10….hehe
Your legs look beautiful and that polka dot top looks super cute too.
I think I’d like the chalkboard suitcase better if it was oriented a different way. Like sitting up so it was mini chalk board. But obviously that is just a personal preference thing. Love all of your old suitcases and I totally dream about your big wooden trunk. It is just so dang cool! Maybe some day I’ll come across one of my own:)
OMG….love, love your chalk board painted suit case….just when I said to myself I was not painting anything for a week….I can’t wait to try this….you are truly amazing….fondly….julie from Fire Lake Camp http://lifeatfirelakecamp.blogspot.com
Oh. My. Word. WHY did I not think of this?? I love vintage suitcases AND chalkboard paint! I just never thought to do this! My poor husband doesn’t know what he’s in for now that my eyes have been opened to the possibility of painting EVERYTHING with chalkboard paint. Dig your style, girl- I do lots of the same stuff over at my blog at http://www.sugarandspackle.com.
Lovely. Absolutely Lovely. I recently did a re-do on a pair of old Samsonite cases. One of my best finds and best makeovers. I’m loving the chalkboard effect on yours!
really wonderful idea Sarah, and the pictures all together look stunning…So sooooooooo gorgeous! Lovely flowers and what is more those shorts! Oh dear, how I wish I could wear those over here! But unfortunately it seems like the North Pole has moved to Romania and decided to stay forever, so I don’t find shorts to be very appropriate in minus 22 Celsius, if you know what I mean… ))))))) But until something changes I’ ll just look at your wonderfully warm photos and imagine I’m there )
Wonderful idea! I so wish my only suitcase wasn’t fabric right now! As much as I hate hot weather, I must say, today I’d trade some of your high temperatures for a cool (really cool today) wind from Brittany. What do you say?
Truly, your genius knows no bounds. What a completely unexpected and fabulous solution! I will never look at “junk” the same way again- it seems there really is no limit to what you can do with a good can of paint…
p.s.~
Oh, and gorgeous gams, indeed! You couldn’t pay me to have ANY parts of my body posted on the internet- hopefully I can follow your example and get photo-worthy ‘ere the end of the year…
I love your painted suitcases! I have a few of these storing bits and pieces under my bed and had thought about painting them to match the room – it’s good to see that painting works!
NO WAY! I love this……I love chalkboard paint, but would never have thought of this. I’m gonna grab one of my stash and try this out for myself. Love, love, love this idea Sarah. As always, you’re so inspiring )
I LOOOOOOVE IT!!! I had a dream when I was pregnant (years ago) that I named my son “Lucky Day”. I did end up having a boy, and we still joke that he is our “Lucky Day”.
What a fun idea though to put the chalkboard paint on a suitcase! Great idea!
I’m finding more and more that my “crazy” ideas tend to be really good ones. Keep dreaming Sarah! It is really fun trying to keep up with your brain.
Sarah I love the chalkboard suitcase – such a cool idea! I’ve been trying to find a vintage chalkboard for our schoolhouse but maybe I will just make one instead!
hey i don’t know if anyone commented or not on this but i thought ARVO was so cute… first i thought it to mean, you painted the suitcase ‘arvo’ …like the type of paint. then i got to thinking (watch out)… and so i googled ARVO. there it was in URBAN DICTIONARY… it said it meant ‘the hours after 12pm..’ and something like, for australians who can’t be bothered to say the rest of the word: ” —fternoon” !!!! i thought that was so funny! i LOVE it! i never want to write out that whole word: afternoon! i am going to start staying ‘yesterday arvo i painted this’ or ‘we’re going to go swimming tomorrow arvo!’ it will be so much easier! thank you sarah!!!
Hi!
I think the suitcase looks great! I love the fact that you can write all over it – clever! I like “Lucky Day” – it works, it sounds good – positive, cheerful. I wish I had more time to take on half of the things you do!
And I must say, what good looking legs Sarah! You put mine to major shame – eek!!
Keep busy…cos’ we need to see what you next come up with!
: ) Katherine
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
How did you think that up??
I wish I could see your chalkboard suitcase in person—I still can’t quite get my head around the idea.
{Maybe my brain is numb from the cold?!?}
It would definitely make for easily identifying the contents as you mentioned, so cool idea!
And I am already thinking about my photos for Good Life Wednesday………..
I have no idea…just thought it might be a contrast to all the many I have painted white
mine is always numb btw…it comes from having children in my case…
x
Super cute idea! So… the paint goes on easy and doesn’t crack or do odd things? nice!
Love the vignette, the flowers are beautiful… the pictures are dreamy!
well it hasn’t cracked yet
doesn’t look like it will but you never know
x
What a great storage idea – and it looks cute too!
It is a great idea, and then you can just write what’s stored in there, no need for labelling – just write it on the back tho’, so you can write or draw fun quirkies on the front. It’s fun to see original ideas.
My daughter reckons it was so hot here yesterday the paint on the underside of our coffee table was melting. I said fine so long as it doesn’t drip on the floor.
Cheers,
Lisa x
I love the chalkboard suitcase!!!
Really, Sarah, your imagination knows no bounds! I just really love the way you transform the old and mundane into something fresh. Well done, you! And are they *the* ballerina flats? J x
yes they are!
and I just bought another pair in tan yum x
Looks great Sarah. I
Sarah, I just love it! What a creative idea! And the suitcase really pops with all the white around it.
Wishing it was as warm here as it is for you – Oh well, I’ll just be happy that our temperature warmed up to 30 degrees today!
Loving your lisianthus! Don’t they just make everything better?
Very cool- I don’t think I’ve seen one of those before, although I did paint the inside of a little metal case for the kids to draw on and put their magnetic letters on.
Ok, well I’m a lurker and commenting for the very first time. I LOVE the suitcase! It’s really quirky, fun and definately original….makes me wish I didn’t toss out my dad’s old suitcase when we moved house recently.
Your blog is just beautiful and full of inspiration…I so want my next house to be a beach cottage xx
well welcome & g’day kls! nice to have you outta lurkdom
never toss out old suitcases lol…just paint ‘em
x
I love when people paint things in chalk board paint, because it opens up for so many possibilities…
However, I must admit that it feels a little bit too bold in your picture, but I think that is mainly because everything else is so white. I can imagine a suitcase like this in a french-vintage-inspired kitchen or similiar and I think the idea is great!
The chalkboard suitcase is such a useful idea when it comes to labelling. I’m a huge fan of labelling so anything you can write on and change the use of without scribbling out or peeling off labels is a winner with me!
Jem x
Love the idea of the suitcase!
As a lover of chalkboard paint and vintage suitcases I so love how you have mixed the two!!!
Wow that is great! How do you prep the cases and is the finish pretty sturdy? I have many of these cases and I think some of them could do with a makeover for the spring.
Jenny
Great idea, love it that you painted the little tag too! x
Wow! those squats sure do work. With legs like that it doesn’t matter that it was you up there instead of your daughter. You have motivated me to get cracking with my exercise plans. Thanks
oh i love that suitcase so much..
I love that suitcase!!! It’s so cute:):)
chalkboard suitcase……genius Sarah ! I love the idea of putting old papers. Sweet vignette !!! You look adorable in the ballerina flats
Forgot to say …… Are those the same flowers ?
yep the remnants of them…in 36C they are wilting!
Love the cases… but today Sarah you have inspired me to get exercising and get my legs in shape for the Summer season! Lx
What a cute suitcase! I love that it say Lucky Day
Love this idea. I can see a stack of these in my office space. No labels just write on it what is stored. Thanks for this beautiful post. You are always coming up with the best ideas!!!
Hello from Germany!
I like your suitcases very much – especially the one with the chalkboard!!!
Salut!
*Tasiaa
Thumbs up on both the chalkboard suitcase AND the ballerina flats! Love ‘em!
As always you inspire me! I am always eager to see what you have come up with next. Can’t wait to see the office. I so need some ideas for organizing of papers and such. Have a great day!
so darn cute! now everyone will have that on their blogs LOL!!
I love your chalkboard suitcase! I just painted a wall in our hallway with chalkboard paint.
Very cool! Been itching to do something with chalkboard paint.
Love the suitcase and the idea to write on the outside whats on the inside ! I see you finally got the ballerina flats broken in, thats a good thing, shoes that hurt suck eggs ! And look at those tan legs, way to go girl.
You have inspired me – I’ll paint my new West Point trunk with chalkboard paint, call it ‘The Black Hole’ and use it to store stuff I never want to see again!
Love the suitcase….i have seveal small ones, i think they were called makeup cases….i also have chalk board paint….now i need a nice day to paint one, it is snowing like mad in colorado today….thank you so much for sharing…what a genius idea!
350 squats…omg your my hero…hmmm wonder if i could even do 10….hehe
thanks again!
c
Your legs look beautiful and that polka dot top looks super cute too.
I think I’d like the chalkboard suitcase better if it was oriented a different way. Like sitting up so it was mini chalk board. But obviously that is just a personal preference thing. Love all of your old suitcases and I totally dream about your big wooden trunk. It is just so dang cool! Maybe some day I’ll come across one of my own:)
OMG….love, love your chalk board painted suit case….just when I said to myself I was not painting anything for a week….I can’t wait to try this….you are truly amazing….fondly….julie from Fire Lake Camp
http://lifeatfirelakecamp.blogspot.com
Love the chalkware suitcase, brilliant…..even more brilliant are those gams of yours sassy ms. bc;-)
Oh my, I had better get to the gym, STAT!!!
**smiles**
Oh. My. Word. WHY did I not think of this?? I love vintage suitcases AND chalkboard paint! I just never thought to do this! My poor husband doesn’t know what he’s in for now that my eyes have been opened to the possibility of painting EVERYTHING with chalkboard paint. Dig your style, girl- I do lots of the same stuff over at my blog at http://www.sugarandspackle.com.
Keep up the good work!
xo,
Margaret
http://www.sugarandspackle.com
Lovely. Absolutely Lovely. I recently did a re-do on a pair of old Samsonite cases. One of my best finds and best makeovers. I’m loving the chalkboard effect on yours!
really wonderful idea Sarah, and the pictures all together look stunning…So sooooooooo gorgeous! Lovely flowers and what is more those shorts! Oh dear, how I wish I could wear those over here! But unfortunately it seems like the North Pole has moved to Romania and decided to stay forever, so I don’t find shorts to be very appropriate in minus 22 Celsius, if you know what I mean…
))))))) But until something changes I’ ll just look at your wonderfully warm photos and imagine I’m there 
)
Wonderful idea! I so wish my only suitcase wasn’t fabric right now! As much as I hate hot weather, I must say, today I’d trade some of your high temperatures for a cool (really cool today) wind from Brittany. What do you say?
Truly, your genius knows no bounds. What a completely unexpected and fabulous solution! I will never look at “junk” the same way again- it seems there really is no limit to what you can do with a good can of paint…
p.s.~
Oh, and gorgeous gams, indeed! You couldn’t pay me to have ANY parts of my body posted on the internet- hopefully I can follow your example and get photo-worthy ‘ere the end of the year…
I love your painted suitcases! I have a few of these storing bits and pieces under my bed and had thought about painting them to match the room – it’s good to see that painting works!
NO WAY! I love this……I love chalkboard paint, but would never have thought of this. I’m gonna grab one of my stash and try this out for myself. Love, love, love this idea Sarah. As always, you’re so inspiring
)
I think you are going to start a trend..
I know my next trip to the antique sores will certainly have suitcases in my clutches
I LOOOOOOVE IT!!! I had a dream when I was pregnant (years ago) that I named my son “Lucky Day”. I did end up having a boy, and we still joke that he is our “Lucky Day”.
What a fun idea though to put the chalkboard paint on a suitcase! Great idea!
I’m finding more and more that my “crazy” ideas tend to be really good ones. Keep dreaming Sarah! It is really fun trying to keep up with your brain.
Enjoy the summer!
Hugs!
Sarah I love the chalkboard suitcase – such a cool idea! I’ve been trying to find a vintage chalkboard for our schoolhouse but maybe I will just make one instead!
hey i don’t know if anyone commented or not on this but i thought ARVO was so cute… first i thought it to mean, you painted the suitcase ‘arvo’ …like the type of paint. then i got to thinking (watch out)… and so i googled ARVO. there it was in URBAN DICTIONARY… it said it meant ‘the hours after 12pm..’ and something like, for australians who can’t be bothered to say the rest of the word: ” —fternoon” !!!! i thought that was so funny! i LOVE it! i never want to write out that whole word: afternoon! i am going to start staying ‘yesterday arvo i painted this’ or ‘we’re going to go swimming tomorrow arvo!’ it will be so much easier! thank you sarah!!!
haha I know, it’s my fave aussie word…we talk about aussie words on facebook a lot…you can join us on there
) xx
Hi!
I think the suitcase looks great! I love the fact that you can write all over it – clever! I like “Lucky Day” – it works, it sounds good – positive, cheerful. I wish I had more time to take on half of the things you do!
And I must say, what good looking legs Sarah! You put mine to major shame – eek!!
Keep busy…cos’ we need to see what you next come up with!
: ) Katherine
thanks Katherine too kind
what a great idea! Marianne over at songbird http://www.songbirdisnesting.com/2010/02/new-side-table-for-guestroom.html
did something similar, looks awesome too!
I will look for some old suitcases now;-)