Moving Sale!

This morning I started going through my stash of already-completed signs and canvases, and discovered…there are a lot of them!  Since we will be moving before Christmas, I decided to take this opportunity to “lighten the load” a little bit!

If you’re not thinking of Christmas presents yet…now would be a great time to start!

Most of these are available in my Etsy shop, and they will go on sale there in the next few days.  So consider this a pre-sale.  If you are interested in any, e-mail me directly at RedHenHome@gmail.com with what you want and your zip code, and I will send you a PayPal invoice.  I am happy to combine shipping!

Note:  For ease in shipping, the beadboard signs do not have hangers on them.  I recommend the 3M Command strips; they work great!

Groceries. Antique white lettering on herb green background with black shadowing. 24” x 8”. $17 + shipping (estimate $8 Priority Mail)

I Love You Like Cupcakes. Antique white lettering on a bright pink background with black shadowing. 24” x 8”. $17 + shipping (estimate $8 Priority Mail)

Homemade Pumpkin Pie. Antique white lettering on a soft yellow background with orange shadowing. 24” x 8”. $17 + shipping (estimate $8 Priority Mail)

 

Groceries. Antique white lettering on soft yellow background. 24” x 8”. $17 + shipping (estimate $8 Priority Mail)

Homemade Doughnuts. Antique white lettering on a mottled orange and yellow background with black shadowing. 18” x 6”. $14 + shipping (estimate $7 Priority Mail)

Beautiful Things. Antique white lettering on medium blue beadboard, distressed. 13.5” x 20”. $22 + shipping (estimate $9 priority mail)

Useful & Beautiful. Antique white lettering on gray beadboard, distressed. 15” x 20”. $22 + shipping (estimate $9 priority mail)

Village Mercantile. Antique white lettering with black shadow on tan recycled cupboard door. Includes sawtooth hanger. 22.5” x 13.5”. $18 + shipping (estimate $12 shipping)

Frosty MALTS. Antique white lettering with black shadow on purple recycled cupboard door. Includes sawtooth hanger. 27” x 12”. $18 + shipping (estimate $12 shipping)

Juicy Berries. Antique white lettering with black shadow on bright green recycled cupboard door. Includes sawtooth hanger. 23” x 16.5”. $18 + shipping (estimate $14 shipping)

Vintage Goods.  Black lettering on antique white beadboard, distressed. 28” x 10”.   $22 + shipping (estimate $9 for Priority Mail)  SOLD

Guest Cottage.  Black lettering on antique white beadboard, distressed.  32” x 10”.  $22 + shipping (estimate $9 Priority Mail)  SOLD.

Biscuits & Gravy. Black lettering on red background with white shadowing. 24” x 8”. $17 + shipping (estimate $8 Priority Mail)  SOLD

 

Antiquities 27.  Black lettering on a red background, heavily distressed.  16” x 9.5”.  $13 + shipping (estimate $7 Priority Mail)  SOLD

 

Beach. Antique white lettering on pale blue plaque.  Includes sawtooth hanger. 16” x 6.5”. $10 + shipping (estimate $7 Priority Mail shipping)  SOLD

Babies Don’t Keep!  Antique white lettering on aqua background, faded and distressed.  16” x 20”.  $20 + shipping (estimate $9 Priority Mail)    SOLD

All You Need is Love.  Gray lettering, red hearts on antique white canvas, aged and distressed.  16” x 20”.  $20 + shipping (estimate $9 Priority Mail)   SOLD!

 

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I am happy to take custom orders as well!  E-mail for prices.

RedHenHome@gmail.com

Guest Co-Host: All Star Block Party #23

Hello, friends!  This is a first for me…this week I’m participating as a guest co-host of the All Star Block Party!

You may have met some of the regular hosts:

• Holly @ Full Circle Creations
• Shasta @ In The Old Road
• Heather @ New House, New Home, New Life
• Meg @ Nutmeg Place

I’m excited to be a part of it this week.  My life has been CRAZY with a new job for my husband, selling our home, and working on finding a new one…I need the distraction of YOUR great projects to give me something new to focus on!  Plus, I need some great ideas with what to do with our new home…once we find one!

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Now the business part of the party....We ask that you be a follower to participate. 

• Link back to the blog that you linked up to.
• Keep your links family friendly.
• Only submit projects made by you.
• No business pages, giveaways or link parties allowed.
• We reserve the right to delete any link that does not follow these rules.

You are welcome to link up any of YOUR creations, old or new.  It can be crafts, remodels, woodworking, artwork, recipes, gardening, sewing projects...you get the idea.  We want to see what YOU'VE been working on. Make sure that your link  is to your specific post and not your blog's main URL.  Be sure to visit some of your fellow blogger's link ups.  Then leave them some comment love.

So what are you waiting for? Get linking!

Miracles

It has been an eventful week here at the Red Hen Home!  Just a week ago, I shared the news that my family is moving to Seattle.  Yesterday I sent my husband off on the long drive so he can start his new job on Monday.  But before that…after only six days on the market…we sold our house!

Some of you may have been with me a year ago when we tried to sell our house…and it didn’t take!  Although we did receive one offer, we weren’t able to come to an agreement with the potential buyers.  So we made up our minds to be happy where we were…and we have been.

We chose to invest a lot of time, money, and attention in our home over the past several months.  We put up a wall in the basement to create additional storage, repainted the main level of the house and bought some beautiful new furniture, remodeled the laundry room, and built a workshop.

Is it hard to leave all that behind?

Oh, yeah baby.

But if it has to happen, we are so grateful that we were able to sell quickly.  Now the search for the new Red Hen Home begins in earnest! 

Wish us luck!

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If you’re interested, you can see the house tour for our home here.

Buchanan’s Nursery

My wonderful friend and next-door neighbor had a beautiful baby boy recently.  Today I thought I’d share the beautiful nursery she created for him.  We had lots of fun running back and forth sharing opinions and ideas for this fun room in the months before he was born!  <sigh>  Helping on a dedicated nursery like this makes me feel cheated that I didn’t get to do this for any of my six children!

The nursery walls were painted a soft gray, and she chose to use aqua and red for the main accent colors.

We spent probably two hours arranging and rearranging the elements for the gallery wall.  The two gears are not “real”—I think she got them at Hobby Lobby, but they’re much lighter than the real thing!  The rusty lock and key is a real railroad heirloom, though.

This was my main contribution to the nursery!  She wanted a sign reminiscent of an old-time train logo, and this is what we came up with.  The cupboard door I used had already been painted aqua, so I used the vaseline trick before the coat of red paint so you could see the aqua underneath.

The old train on the shelf is a family treasure, as are the wonderful old lanterns.  The old fan was a “treasure” un-earthed from my garage!

My friend has a very talented seamstress aunt who made a new cover for the glider rocker.  I need an aunt like that!

And this is baby Buchanan.  I like to cuddle him under my chin and revel in that fuzzy baby head!

This project featured at The DIY Show Off.

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Linking up here:

Domestically Speaking	Elizabeth & Co.
No Minimalist Here
Friday Remodelaholic	2805
My Simple Home Life’s Simple Creations Friday
Funky Junk’s Saturday Night Special	The DIY Show Off Stone Gable
Beyond the Picket Fence	Someday Crafts
Knick of Time Mod Vintage Life	My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Perfectly Imperfect	{Primp}
Common Ground	My Repurposed Life
From My Front Porch to Yours	All Star Block Party A Little Knick Knack
Cowgirl Up!	{aka} design Coastal Charm

Moving On

I have finally showed off my laundry room…

…and the living room…

…and the workshop.

Is there a reason for this sudden burst of sharing, you ask?

Well, yes, there is.

Remember when we were trying to sell our home last fall?  And then in the spring we decided it was not the right time?

Everything happens for a reason.

You see, my husband was recently offered his dream job in Seattle.

So we’re moving.

For real this time!

So if I’m a little MIA, you’ll understand.  I’ve been spending a lot of time getting our home ready to sell.  Is it breaking my heart to leave, after all the improvements we’ve made this year…especially my beautiful workshop? 

Yes!

But is it exciting to think of a new adventure, a new home, new projects, and most importantly…a happy husband??

Yes, to that as well!

Wish us luck!