Cheesecloth Romance

My romance with cheesecloth began years ago. Its see through mesh quality is lovely and I especially like using it as a window treatment. I wanted to share a quick and inexpensive way to create a romantic window treatment or room divider using cheesecloth.

A few weeks ago I created a room barrier with some white muslin. I got the effect I wanted in the space, but it looked a little blah. I wanted to keep the room airy and allow light to flow, but the stark white muslin wasn't working for me.

I remembered that I had about 24 yards of white cheesecloth and it was the perfect solution to my problem. I didn’t want to permanently attach the cheesecloth, so I attached the cheesecloth in rippling waves with straight pins.

This treatment softened the white muslin and gave it an ethereal feel. When I pull the panels back now, they look beautiful.

Organizing

Deep down inside of me resides a neatnik. I was so happy to be able to do a little organizing today. After being sick and then hurting my back (a long story), I needed to make my neglected workspace a little less wild.

I’ve found an inexpensive way to store a lot of my creative tools: plain old white bakery boxes. They’re inexpensive and really brighten up the space.

How about this pink bakery box . . . Laduree’s anyone?

Of course, I do have the assorted vintage boxes and paper suitcases hanging around here too.

The wonderful ballerina card is from Heather.
I love this antique French ribbon.

My Carolyn Quartermaine book and magazine. I have these out where I can see them. Her work inspires me!

Details on a table in my workspace . . .

Thank you all for the response to my PORCH article. Some of you noticed the photo change on my sidebar, but as you see now I’ve changed it back. I felt a little too self-conscious having my photo on my blog. My hubby loved it and said he thought it looked like an album cover. If I ever record an album, maybe I’ll use it.

PORCH Petals

I wanted to thank all of you for your well wishes. I am on the mend now.

I wanted to share some exciting news! Have you heard of the new magazine publication PORCH? This is a wonderful new magazine created by bloggers with an eye for beauty. While blogging is a great way to share the beauty of our lives, it’s still nice to hold that beauty in our hands and peruse gorgeous pages at our leisure with a nice cup of tea or coffee.

The latest PORCH Petals issue features:

Verbena Nested Treasures
Ruffles & Roses
Vintage Lizzy
Counting Your Blessings
Our Scented Cottage
Cindy Forrester
Flatwoods Folk Art
Rhonda's Rose Cottage Designs

It will also feature yours truly, Fete et Fleur. A sneak peek of my photos.

Click here to find out more about PORCH