Book about Home 2

Hello!

I have been working on this for a few months on and off.

I started it with the cover of the album and the

clip board, then stopped. 

Somehow could not get myself to keep going

until I had some actual pictures of the house.  I had some

but not the ones that could get me inspired to

get to the next level of finishing the book.

Here is my cover to the album, and the details.

I am so pleased with how it has come out.

Love the colors of these papers, because,

this is the color of my European inspired home.

I'm sure that it is hard to believe, that I did this finish on the 

stucco of our home long before it became the thing.

Dana put scaffolding around the house, and as I 

had time in the summer, I would take a day (and it took

many, many weeks) and paint the

finish by hand, every inch of the outside of our home.

So there is a lot of love and time put into this silly idea.

Now I know you can do this with a sprayer, and get a more even

look.  I was trying to mimic houses that I fell in love with,

in France and Italy.

The idea of this book is to have that European look,

but because we live in the country with an acre of land

I wanted it also to have the look of country,

I love Nests, thus the focal point of the front of the book.

So my mini album about our house had to have that same look.

European Splendor

a nest for me, and the look I love.

I used these papers.

Honeycomb Fleur linen CS, Cathedral Paper,

Honeycomb Daisy Linen CS, Mocha Daisy CS

Coffee Cream Classic Swirl

I started with a frame cut from mat board.  It doesn't matter what color,

you can use an old mat board frame.  I then covered it with the Cathedral

paper.  The pattern for this paper does come from a trip we took

to Italy, I found it in a paper store in Florence.

I have been saving this nest picture for at least 10 years.

It is from the artist Marjolean Bastian.  I love her

work, I have several of her books, and cards, and this 

picture.  She is an amazing artist.

I put this picture in the frame, then added glued the word home to the top edge

of the frame.

Orangy colored ribbon, a fleur de lis book mark in silver top the

book.  I hand cut the "home" letters from the honeycomb fleur,

and also from our chipboard, and covered the chipboard with the fleur home cuts. 

I wanted them to be very sturdy.

I then went through my stash of scrapbook stuff,

made flowers with punches, then sprayed them with water, crinkled 

them in my hand and let them sit overnight to dry.

Then, I just started adding items as I liked.

Even used a pin from my mother's jewelry to the book.

This is the edge of the mini with all the pages stacked on top.

More close ups of the mini.

Close ups of the hand made flowers.

I used dew drops and tear drops on the flowers.

Tear drops make great leaves.

This is the tag on the top of the clip board.

And a picture of the side of our house of the door we use the most.
It is the only picture of the house that you see
on the cover of the book,
because the rest is in the inside pages of the book.

I am so excited to share this treasure of a book with you.

I hope you enjoyed it.
Next week I will share the inside pages of the book.


Have a great day,
remember you can find these products on this website.

www.robinsnest-scrap.com

Ciao,

Robin

Easy and Elegant Halloween Table Scape

I arrived home a few days ago after being gone for 

nearly three weeks.  I wanted

to set the table for Halloween, yet at the

same time I did not want to take out all of our 

Halloween decorations!  

The month is half over already,

so to take things out for a few days just 

didn't sound great to me.

While I was gone, I found this grey, orange, and white 

tablecloth, thinking it would be awesome for

a Halloween table scape.

I really have taken a liking to grey and orange lately.

For fun I decided to set the table for only 4, and move 

the chairs so they all faced each other 

along the long side of the table.  I think I will

use this more often.

I bought the table cloth at Home Goods.

 Then the table setting.

I used a grey place mat, which I purchased at Home Goods also.

The orange napkin is from World Market. and the script napkin is from

Pier 1, all purchased in 2018. 

The dishes consist of a creamy white charger, purchased at Savers

(my favorite second hand store), a grey dinner plate, purchased
at a yard sale a black dinner plate, also from Savers, a black and white

bowl, from Savers, (it came white, but I colored

it black and white diamonds with a black felt pen),

and a dessert plate in black and white bird scene from

Mary Carroll Collection.

The silverware is just flatware, Michelangelo (Oneida)
these were from my mother's things, and are now

in my collection, and a silver napkin ring.

I collect silver from where ever I can find it, yard sales,

second hand stores, etc.

The goblets were given to a friend of mine at her wedding,
about 40 years ago,

and she got tired of them over the years, I bought them

from her, just loving them! 

When I visited my kids this fall, they had goblets

from "The Pioneer Woman" that were

quite similar to these, in 4 different colors.

Then I added three silver pieces to the center of the table.

When we eat dinner I will serve our food in these serving dishes.

 While I was shopping one day with my daughter in California

I found this napkin in grey and orange at Williams Sonoma.

It comes in a tablecloth, a runner, placemats, and

napkins.  I fell in love with these colors!!!!
This napkin sits under the silver pieces in the center
of the table.

This pillow I found at JoAnns, just a few days ago.

All of the items on this table scape are items from my 

dish stash in my cupboards.

None of them are singular to Halloween,

but still it gives the look of the holiday.

My dinning area is small, but perfect for our

home.  I love to set the table and leave

it set for the holidays.  I simplified my life by 

just finding things in my cupboard

and not having to unpack all

my Halloween boxes for a festive  and 

elegant look.

A few years ago I received my mothers china cabinet.

I grey washed it, as it was a stained wood,

and wanted to update it to the furniture look of today.

I added pumpkins to the dishes inside of the
china cabinet.

I'm quite happy with this fun Halloween look.

Elegant yet simple.

I hope you enjoy this fun look,

and feel inspired to find dishes in your

cupboards to create a fun

Halloween look.

Enjoy!

Robin

My Book About Our Home

I love to create little books about our lives.

This book is a book I created about our home.  

I took some amazing photos of our home, 

and created this cute book.

HOME

Here we are in my dining room, with the book sitting on

the small buffet.

Oh so fall right now.

I am in decorating mode for fall, and that is when this

cute book comes out!  

It matches all the fall colors of the home,

as my home is full of yellows, black, and grey.

Here is the HOME book

It stands up by itself, 

each page is made of chipboard,

and then decorated to match the things 

and pictures of my home.

On the front of the book is a picture of a nest. 

With my name Robin, I have to include a nest!  I so

love nests, birds, and anything that fits that mode!

The cover of the book is created with paper from my company

The Robin's Nest.

well, it is now run by my daughter, but the papers were

created and designed by me.

As you open the book, each page is filled with pictures

of my house, and the beautiful

home that I live in.  Actually, all the photos are from the

outside of my house!

I will get to the inside as the days carry on.

I want to share these fun things with you!

So again the start of this new adventure of sharing

my talents on the internet.

I hope you enjoy this fun book.

I will show more picture of it later, and how I created it.

Ciao,

Robin