tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43277475473165976612024-03-14T11:11:56.096-07:00Rambling of an OpheliaLearning to live a more simple, natural, creative, stuffed full of love life worth the fruits of our labour.Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-13544194766598839752014-05-10T09:48:00.000-07:002014-05-10T09:48:17.570-07:00Anastasia YellowWell. My paint brush soap shot off like a rocket after the news paper article and then things got busy. In a good way. Ive been busy in a bad way before and its no fun, this was busy fun. The CBC called and I did a radio interview all about the soap..van Gogh Fossil (chalk) paint--another favorite paint I use and carry at ReVived Vintage, asked if I would create a version for them and theirChristie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-48899132925054679252014-02-24T12:33:00.000-08:002014-02-24T12:57:39.888-08:00Paint Series: Homestead House Furniture PaintI carry three distinct and unique paints in my shop---(van Gogh Fossil) aka: "chalk" Paint:; (Miss Mustard Seed) Milk Paint and (Homestead House) Furniture Acrylic.. and I get asked every day which one is my preference, my favorite..the one I cant live without. No one believes me when I toss my body across the 3 paint shelves in soap opera-dramatic fashion and yell in a whisper "All Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-44600577677331943662014-02-13T12:16:00.000-08:002014-02-13T13:18:27.952-08:00Brush SoapThe Limited Edition van Gogh color palette is going gang busters at the shop! Thank you to everyone for the support with that--stopping in to see them, to high five me for picking them, pre-ordering quarts or just oogling the pieces Ive painted with them. "ReVived Vintage" and "Wheat King" are my very favorite, with "Carter" and "Zepplin" coming up a clear dead even! LOL!
In my last post I was aChristie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-90393474928843479072014-02-07T13:11:00.003-08:002014-02-07T15:41:04.049-08:00ReVived Vintage "Limited Editions"
I think we all have our "hoarding" secrets with things we're passionate about. Cooks have kitchen gadgets, quilters have closets of fabric, painters have paint...and nothing makes me more inspired and motivated to get creating as new colors do! Ive painted my whole life, furniture --canvas---anything, and so to me, 1 blue or 1 yellow just cant cut it..I need many-many- birds of a Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-84210484905399139112014-01-20T23:24:00.001-08:002014-01-20T23:25:32.585-08:00My Point Exactly!Just dropping in to post some pictures of the chair set I'm working on for a client (did I mention: 12 chairs?) because, since I posted a quick picture on my ReVived Vintage Facebook, word has come back to me, via emails, Facebook messages, phone calls, and visits from people at the shop, that these were a great-big-huge-hit. So much so that I needed to watermark them and create a "how to" Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-47908104846281129002013-11-18T09:37:00.001-08:002013-11-18T21:15:21.808-08:00Community Impact
I love Sunday's. Its a guilt free day to stay in your jammies and do whatever you want---or don't want to do..I slept in, made coffee, stepped over the dogs who sleep in Sundays too and now Im sitting here, in my animal print jammies rambling about doing nothing. I haven't had a morning like this in a while. I tend to not be very good at doing nothing, so I usually get up, feed the dogs/theChristie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-30437213526488278962013-10-19T21:58:00.001-07:002013-10-20T09:43:49.318-07:00People's Choice! Say Wha-Wha? & the perfect red too~
and then THIS happened!
Small Business B.C Awards
Beyond excited, humble, grateful and blessed. Didya know that today is my 6 month shop-open anniversary..altho, by the time I publish this post, it will be my 6 month and 3 day shop anniversary. Still: Pretty sweet that only 6 months in, I've already been nominated for something: anything at all, let alone a Small Business of B.CChristie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-43887569079554636472013-10-01T15:09:00.001-07:002013-10-01T15:09:14.844-07:00A very Fair Trade.Yesterday I woke up with a cold..but I knew that was coming. My baby girl has one too and when my (almost) 13 year old isn't sick, she is, like I imagine most (almost) 13 year olds to be, not as snuggly with their moms as they used to be....except when they don't feel good...(and maybe when they have their hearts broken, thank you Universe for not having that happen yet) So, when Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-12642457252455800602013-08-07T21:34:00.000-07:002013-08-07T21:34:46.616-07:00Where's my Paparazzi?!
My feet hurt. Maybe The Mister is right, that possibly my $4 flip flops are not work appropriate....and the $4-factor doesn't have much to do with his point. He's waiting for me to lose a toe..I have job-scars, they don't bother me..I have an oil burn on my arm from the French fry-frier from my first job at McDonalds...a huge slash in my leg from an unfortunate skid steer incident and of Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-65383665122925393432013-07-28T11:40:00.004-07:002013-07-28T12:23:08.543-07:00Paper Mache Nutcrackers, Magnum PI and Informercials-In Short - A Hode PodgeI am embarrassingly behind on my blog..but I'm beyond grateful at the support my lil shop, and me, has received from my community...Things have been wonderfully busy. I sold right out of my furniture a few weeks ago--left with an empty shop... my workshops are full, and I have a waiting list for custom work ..Its all amazing and I am literally, living my dream...which is something I Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-50051253750360976952013-05-20T22:43:00.001-07:002013-05-20T22:58:10.421-07:00and on the 7th day...
Sundays I take off. Sunday's are for family, friends, me and laundry. So, today I finally can take a moment enjoying my morning coffee outside in my garden, while still in my jammies and listen to the birds sing and sealions "harp" (is that what sealions do?) and write a long over due post before the family wakes. It smells so absolutely lovely out here...the fresh, clean air, Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-48418587574022527432013-03-08T12:55:00.000-08:002013-03-08T12:58:07.881-08:00ReVived Vintage: April 2013
Well.
WELL.
Well, I suppse if your reading this, I suppose it's because Ive gone ahead and done it.....followed my heart and my dream and went all.the.way. Went all the way to signing a lease, gathering some furniture, some paint, found some venders and am opening my own shop and studio here in my small town of Qualicum Beach, British Columbia on Vancouver Island...Holy Crap...I must Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-36540580014264825642013-03-02T22:22:00.000-08:002013-03-02T22:34:47.113-08:00My Turn.....until I haul something else home.
Ive wanted a water fall hutch of my very own for-eva! FOR-EVER!
A few years ago, I painted one for my sister:
Then I painted one for a client:
and I always wanted one of my own...but we never had the room in our old house. So, when we moved here; and doubled our house size...we did.
Before:
It sat like this for a few weeks or Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-361058185436658132013-02-24T13:16:00.000-08:002013-03-02T22:35:52.631-08:00www.Revived-Vintage.comThis post is going to be just straight to the point, please forgive me about that. I do have some new pieces to show off, but Im finishing the season at work, and getting thru a waiting list of ReVivals before the Mister and I jet set off to "The Vegas" in just a couple weeks... Im just so tired at the end of the day...I know you know what Im talking about..but, I can, right now however, Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-52246638590086349202013-01-30T23:46:00.001-08:002013-01-30T23:46:39.938-08:00ReVived Inspiration
I LOVED this dresser when I first laid my eyes on it..I saw stalkers circling me as I opened the drawers and checked out the corners of the structure..I knew the moment I walked away it would be gone forever..so, I ripped the tag off of 'er and ran myself to the till. She was just so.....so....rustic. I adore that. She was also homemade by someone who knew how to build great things... Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-25119178009796320802013-01-03T00:46:00.000-08:002013-03-02T22:36:42.403-08:00Confidence
Sometimes. Im ridiculous...but not in a bad way..Im pretty sure anyways...Today as usual, I had a list of to-do's....to-do's of stuff I wanted to do, obviously before tomorrow...then, as I was just putting paint to the wall in the basement bathroom, The Mister called...on the phone, which to anyone that knows Craig knows that he never ever calls, or texts or answers or emails, or anything that Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-6015770766336106892012-12-18T21:52:00.000-08:002012-12-18T21:52:59.908-08:00Front Hall Fiasco.No, I never write about my house decor...because house decor really isnt my thing. I dont enjoy it much, which might surprise the people that think "she loves to paint furniture, so she must also love to stage rooms and create homemade wall art"..Not true...in fact, putting rooms together stresses me out. The commitment you create with choosing things that make the space nice and cozy and Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-16259876227743016532012-11-30T23:12:00.000-08:002012-12-01T10:01:38.165-08:00Birds + the Machine.
Ive got 1/4 of a battery bar left on my lap top...grr...dammit. Figures. Im exhausted and just want to lay here in bed, in the dark, in my jammies and write...but NO, I cant...now, I gotta chop-chop and get this done before that battery turns red and starts to flash..So, no pressure to type as fast as I think WITH proper spelling and grammer *groan* Back in the good old days of telephones with Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-28304760479271988652012-11-13T17:39:00.001-08:002012-11-13T18:04:03.678-08:00*Caution* Rambling + +Tonight, after a round of The Game of Life with my 2 favorites, Sidenote: a game where I get to pay bills, climb a corportate ladder, get fired, surprised by twins 3 times, buy-buy-buy, get sued, and "win" by retiring to Shady Acres with the most money, I think, is a completly ridiculous "game".. I almost felt like holding up a Barbie doll to my Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-62935909366102234822012-09-18T21:32:00.000-07:002012-09-18T21:37:18.855-07:00Progress...with studios AND spiders
My husband and I, have spent the last 3 weeks clearing out, cleaning up, painting, drywalling and of course repurposing..and all for my studio space here at our new house. The deadspiders had me avoiding the start of it for the first 4 days, but The Mister was there like the champ he is and had the shop vac working overtime...I did totally underesimate the spiders here in British Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-76981093043506201812012-08-06T12:27:00.002-07:002012-08-06T12:50:58.890-07:00August!?! Aww Dammit...Its August. AUGUST!! Im so not ready for August...August, the last month of Madi home from school, the Mister home from work and us doing whatever tickles the fancy that day..I loove this summer...long relaxing days on the beach, late nights around the firepit and late mornings of waking up to brunch since we all slept thru breakfast..Im so not at all ready for August...
except...Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-4987747707931838082012-07-09T09:04:00.002-07:002012-07-09T09:15:42.129-07:00Week One.Alright, a week into our new life and so far, *I* am madly in love with it. Madi is madly in love with it, and the Mister, altho usually a non shar-zie kinda guy with how he feels, has said that he hasnt missed Calgary for even one second, which translates into: he's madly in love with it here too.
The last day of school, Mad's friends left this for her:
"We will miss you Madilen" with all if Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-28244190246974695022012-06-21T10:35:00.000-07:002012-06-21T10:39:56.906-07:00Proud and Misty x2I have no furniture reveals to show off. The tools are all packed up, the paint has been sold or donated...Ive grounded myself from all thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales and successfully sold the few remaining Revived Vintage pieces I had left. My studio area is now the dumping ground gathering place for the packed boxes. All thats basically left around here is the things we Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-81551890120583279942012-06-04T10:01:00.002-07:002012-06-21T10:40:15.525-07:00Grub for GregThe ball is really really moving so damn fast now that the Mister is offically done his job and our house is sold. We're packing and organizing and figuring out what we cant live without and what to leave behind.. I mentally underestimated the amount of work this move was going to be...Kinda like having a baby..you know its going to be a lot of work, but until your in Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327747547316597661.post-59910610616585206462012-05-30T09:35:00.005-07:002012-05-30T10:02:55.673-07:00Post-Its and Peacocks.
Offically.
So, we decided a few months ago to make this move..go on this adventure and slowly we've been getting things in line...however, a few major things had to happen before anything could happen. One being sell our house {done} The Mister had to finsh his notice time at work {done} I had to close up shop on Revived Vintage and get the last of Christie: A Rambling Opheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11327678426224831263noreply@blogger.com1