I Spend My Days Doing This

Oh yes...on any given day...you can find a paint brush in my hand. Do I have any company out there...I know...I must not be alone...am I? I'm spending alot of time painting for my business, but I still spend lots of time painting here at my home. So far this year, I have painted my kitchen, a sideboard and today I started on my primitive china hutch. Since I went with another color theme in my kitchen, it meant that I needed to change several pieces of furniture in there, isn't that how it always happens? I'm so ready to have this room all put together, but it's just taking a tad bit longer, since I have so many things to paint for the shop. Speaking of my business...Coastal Charm Interiors...I'm heading out of town Friday morning for two days of pickin'...can't wait to see what I can find.
                                   Happy that you came by,
                                               Linda

                                Any guesses what color I'm
                                         painting her?

                                  Love her old glass doors!

                             See my new wall color? Now you
                             know why this piece needed a new
                                               color.

                              Charming old beadboard.

                  A peek at my sideboard...better pics coming soon!

                                I found one of B'day gifts
                                myself...come on...I know
                                some of you are guilty of
                                            this too!

                            Thrifty me...found her in an antique shop
                            on Magazine Street in New Orleans for
                                            just $15.00!!!
If you have any thrifty treasures...DIY projects or makeovers...then head right over to my
NIFTY THRIFTY party and join in on all the fun. Click here to link up and while you are there...be sure to enter my Target gift card GIVEAWAY.

Join me at these parties...
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Thrifty Things Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Thursdays Are Your Days
Saturday Nite Special
What's It Wednesday
Potpourri Friday
Inspiration Friday
Furniture Feature Friday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday No.100 and a GIVEAWAY

My goodness, I really can't believe that I have hosted 100 NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY PARTIES...I'm soooo worn out (just kidding)!!! This gal might be a tad bit old, but she can still party like it's 1999...remember that song? I have had so much fun getting to know so many of you and being inspired by all your thrifty treasures...ideas and makeovers. Every week, I'm meeting new friends here at the party and I hope you are doing the same. I just couldn't let this party go by without thanking each and every one of you, so what better way to say thanks than with a GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY!!! Okay, now who doesn't love TARGET? I know I sure do, so I will be giving one of you a $25 TARGET GIFT CARD. Now, I know you want to find out how you can enter, so here it goes.
1.  MANDATORY-Follow my blog...you can follow with Google Friend Connect or with the new LINKY FOLLOWERS(or both)...you can find these on my sidebar-1 entry

2. Like my new FACEBOOK page...you can find it on my sidebar-1 entry

3. Post the giveaway on your Facebook page-2 entries(need a link to the FB post)

4. Post the giveaway on your blog-1 entry

WOW...five ways to WIN some shopping money at Target...the giveaway will close on February 26 at midnight and the WINNER will be announced on February 27...I will need you to leave a comment on each thing you do. THANKS again to all of you for making this party what it is today.
                                           Blessings,
                                              Linda


Let's now see who gets to grab this cutie pie for their blog...this weeks features are...

                              Cynthia at SIMPLY CHIC TREASURES

                   Chantelle and Jill at BUNGALOW 47

                     Sherri at RUFFLES AND RASPBERRIES

                        Cindy at BEAUX R'EVES

                        Shannon at RUSTY AND REDONE

I'm going a little wild this week and there will be NO PARTY RULES!!!!

Linking up at some other fun parties...
MET Monday
Anything Goes
Giveaway Directory

A New Way To Follow Blogs

Google is discontinuing Google Friend Connect March 1 for all platforms except Blogger. It is also a strong rumor that they will also cancel GFC for Blogger in the near future.


LINKY FOLLOWERS (http://www.linkyfollowers.com/)



Some of my wonderful Blogging Friends got together and contacted Brent, the man behind Mr. Linky (I use Mr. Linky for my weekly party...NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY). He has created a new Linky Followers platform on which we can connect with each other. I’m still using GFC since I’m on Blogger, but I think this is a great new tool to have to stay connected with non-Blogger friends and, who knows what may happen to GFC in the future, so let's all stay connected and sign up to follow each other with LINKY FOLLOWERS. Brent has made it very easy to sign up, you just follow his clear instructions. Plus, you don't need a blog to sign up either. This service is FREE and he has included some neat options:
*View the blogs you follow

*Read follower posts from your list or on a scrolling feed

*Group your followers

*Mark your favorites for quick access and viewing

*Plus, it’s much easier to follow back someone who is following you (unless you use the "random" set up on how you want your friends pictures to appear) I choose the newest to appear at the top.

*Plus you can even "feature" a blogger!


Non-Blogger users will not be able to transfer people from their GFC followers and will lose all of their Google Friend Connect friends. Don’t take a chance of losing your followers when GFC goes away for non-blogger platforms. Sign up for Linky Followers now and give your followers the option to follow you this way. This also offers your followers who are not linked to Blogger an alternative.

Another important thing, Linky Followers won't ask you or your followers to sign up for any unneeded or unwanted service, and Brent isn't using or selling the private information collected from use of his tools, unlike Google, Facebook, Twitter, Etc. Who needs another service to spread your personal information all over the web?

You can use the link above or the link at the bottom of my Linky Followers gadget on the sidebar to take you directly to Brent's service. After you sign up, won’t you please sign up to follow me in the new widget on my sidebar, right under the Followers widget, just above the Google Friend Connect sign-up. If you follow me, please let me know so I can follow you back. You may also opt to sign up on GFC, if you are still affiliated with Blogger. I’ll be keeping that for as long as it’s available.

A French Day

Last weekend I spent Saturday in a french city...any guesses where I was? If your guess was New Orleans, then you are so right. My birthday was Monday, so we decided to spend a family day in the BIG EASY...we called it my birthday weekend and that was okay with me. Since my MIL was from New Orleans and Mr.CC spent a ton of his childhood in this city, we like to make the short drive over for a day of shopping and dining and while we are there, we always like to make a visit to the cemetery where his parents are buried. Speaking of our cemetery visit, I will be taking you on a tour later this week of the unique and historic New Orleans Lake Lawn cemetery, so be sure to come back and take this tour with me. Today, I will be sharing some pics of our FRENCH DAY, hope you enjoy it. I have a new way that you can follow me...check my sidebar for LINKY FOLLOWERS.
                                  Happy that you came by,
                                               Linda

                    New Orleans is all about JAZZ...FOOD and
                           just a tad bit of drinking (ha ha)!!!

                         Had a wonderful lunch here at PARASOL'S,
                         it's located right off Magazine Street...yummy
                         roast beef po-boys!!! My BIL has been telling
                         us about this place for years and we have just
                         now made it there...thanks John...it was sooo
                                                  GOOD!!!!

                             Row houses everywhere you look.

                               Just look at all those corbels!

                              Reach out and shake your
                                      neighbors hand.

                                      Charming details.

                                    So NEW ORLEANS!

                                           

                                   Fun colors!

Love the old iron fencing!

                  Magazine Street in New Orleans is six miles of
                  some wonderful shopping and dining...click here
                  to check out their website for more detail info.       

                         Yes...that's me with my curbside treasure!!!
                            A charming window screen from a row
                                  house right off Magazine Street.
                         Congrats to all of you who guessed it right
                             at my Nifty Thrifty Tuesday party!

               Also right off Magazine Street is Mr.CC's grandparents
                  home...oh I would love to have a porch like this one.
                           I also would LOVE those old shutters!

            It's nice to know that this iron fence is still up...we
             have some great family pictures from the 30's with
                                 it in the background.

                         Then just around the corner is the church
                          where my in-law's got married in 1946.
Linking up here...
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Inspiration Friday
Thrifty Things Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Potpourri Party
Show and Tell Friday