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The Best of the French Flea Markets {shop announcement}

Ephemera French Flea Market via Songbirdblog

Hello there members of the flock. I am using you all as my accountability partners today. I am calling it an intervention and you all are here to show me the error of my ways. Today you are the kick under my b*tt, the hand behind the push, the whip, the stick, the carrot. Anything [...]

Songbird Giveaway + and I have been published

Hannah Stanton upholstery book

I am giving away this must-have upholstery book!   Howdie ladies, I have been published. Well technically I haven’t been published but two of my projects have been. My postal chairs are featured in a real, hardcover, done-by-a-professional book about upholstery. Months ago I received in email from England. Someone had stumbled unto my postal chairs [...]

Meet Grace: my new turquoise ride {bike love}

romantic image of turquoise bike

  Hello sweet pies, come meet Grace, my new ride bike. I have given myself a little gift, a super duper useful gift, a gift I will use almost daily, a gift that might save me some money, a gift that might take a few inches of my waistline (a girl can dream…..). I have [...]

Eye Candy Home Shopping { Zara Home Fashion Collections}

Zara Home Hotel Collection linens

Zara Home fashion. Collections Summer 2013 Hi there members of the flock. I couldn’t leave you over the weekend with only those ugly in-progress pictures of my hutch now could I. I really do think you all deserve better. So I have prepared a little eye-candy for you. Some home shopping, home decoration inspiration, eye [...]

I am Painting the Hutch {mustardseed milk paint try-out}

missmustardseed milk paint supplies

Well you all are an opinionated bunch now aren’t you. I hadn’t expected so many comments when I threw out that question yesterday about painting my headboard. But both here on the blog, as well as on my FB page and on Google+ the overall majority seems to be in favor of keeping my wood [...]

Dutch Royal Family {Royal Celebrity Watchting}

Dutch Royal Family

Hi there sweets.  We have been celebrating here in the low lands. After 123 years of women as head of the Royal Family, we now have a King (with a lovely Queen by his side).     Yesterday the whole country turned orange again, there were festivities everywhere and we all had a front row [...]

At the Nest {instagramming me}

msongbird instagram

Hi there gang, waving to you from Instagram.       I am a tad busy with stuff. Work stuff, home stuff, emotional stuff, you know stuff… I am holding my breath until Friday when I have my last day of work before Spring break. One whole week of foofing, and fluffing and nesting ahead [...]

Start of the Flea Market Season

antique child goat carriage

It is official. The Flea Market season has started. I was awaiting it eagerly and I was so ready for it. But boy oh boy this years opening of the season was hard. It was for the die-hards only.     I mean the loot was great – isn’t this child carrier wonderful? The vendors [...]