About Shabbyswank

I rarely see anything that I don't want to embellish. Having started as a decorative painter in 1994, I soon developed a passion for re-designing, re-purposing and re-defining vintage furniture and accessories. Little did I know that someone else had already coined the phrase "Shabby Chic" and created a design empire around it...I was just taking ugly old castoffs and making them pretty again.
Working out of my home studio in Ontario, Canada, I have established a popular line of vanities, mirrors and other accessories in the Shabby Chic style as well as a line of retro kitchen ware and one of vintage Paris artwork.
Please contact me at qb623@hotmail.com for information on any piece pictured or to request custom work.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

After The Show is Over






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It's Been A While






My friend Barbara said I should update my blog, and she is absolutely right. I have been remiss. So,while hanging my head in shame, I shall update my &** off.

I decided to try craft shows again this summer and picked two which seemed promising. The first was in Buckhorn, just outside Peterborough, and while it was a lovely setting, it was not the venue for me. The clientele seemed to consist mostly of elderly women who were far more interested in purses made from upholstery fabric than they were in my pretty things. Then it was onto Cobourg, which is an enormous and very well attended show... a much better setting. The pieces which were left over are pictured here and are all listed on Kijiji under the Shabby Chic heading. Please contact me if you see something you like.

And please check out Barbara's blog at http://barbaradoone.typepad.com she does some very lovely vintage jewellry pieces.

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