My new harness

Since I've been sick the better part of last month, I haven't really had much opportunity to apply much Victorian flair to my life. I have had the opportunity to do much research and when I came across this photo:



... while posting my Steamy Harnesses blog, I just knew I wanted one and I could figure out a way to make my own. Well, done and done!

I found three belts on clearance for $5 a piece, and bought a rivet kit at Joannes, and with my doubting husband in tow, we whipped it up one night. Here are some bad pics.






I'm rather proud of the way it turned out and even wore it to breakfast the other day... but I didn't get a pic, I was still feeling rather awful and getting dressed and out in public was quite a chore that day!

Let me know what you think!!!


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Bookshelf

Post Two on my daughters room.




This is a well used bookshelf, given to my mom by a neighbor years ago. It has four of the original oak shelves and had six glass shelves.



When we moved into this house four years ago, I put books on all the shelves in the living room. I quickly learned why you don't use glass shelves for books! So we're down to two glass shelves and four boards cut to size and painted pink!



I also painted the back pink, to blend in with the wall, since it's such a massive piece in a small room. And the four original shelves are pink, except for the trim.



In the future I may trim the edge of the plain board with lace shelving trim, a very vintage technique I was recently inspired by. But next is those curtains. Once my bronchitis leaves me!

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