So, my dear sweet friend BJ from Sweet Nothings congratulated me today.
And I went, ‘Huh’?
Remember this little number?
Oh, I’m so proud of my little table!
She’s grown up so! *sniff*
I remember it’s infant stage like it was yesterday.
There was some table prom in the works, so this little girl needed a new dress.
Well, her artist got right to it and began to make one! DIY all the way.
Many sandings later, her full potential started to emerge.
How can this be? Isn’t she still a baby?!?
I remember the day when she tried to get out of the house only wearing THIS.
Now what kind of a table owner would I be if I had allowed that…
Nope. We had to haul out the finest finery we could DIY up.
And that’s when she really started to shine in that special non glossy way of hers.
Such a little flirt!
They just grow up so fast.
*sniff*
Well, looks like I need to get out the movie star glasses again.
My baby’s in Romantic Homes, May 2011!
I know. I KNOW!!!
I have a new Canadian anthem too. Wanna hear it?
“Ohhhh Canadaaaaa,”
Your distribution is way too sloowwwww….”
“I loooove you so much,
“But the snail mail must goooooo…”
Well, what a cool cool feeling. I hope you don’t mind the teeny weeny bragfest here.
Just goes to show, you don’t know where a pile of trash will lead, ya know?
Thank-you Justine and Romantic Homes! I couldn’t be more honoured!
I wonder who will be in what next? I just can’t keep up with these kids! :
So did you know it was going to be in there or did they just help themselves? I love that table. I need to learn how to do that to an old desktop I have I want to make a sign out of it. BJ is amazing too, loved the candles in that cylinder rusty thing!
Laura, I submitted it but didn’t know or hear particulars. Sometimes if you submit, you simply hear nothing and it goes away. So it was a pleasant surprise! 🙂
Donna
Congrats Donna! I was wondering the same, that they don’t let you know. I’m sure it was a great surprise. I always loved that table.
Congrats Donna. I love the table. Have a great evening.
Hey way to go Donna! Congratulations! Your handsome son must be proud of his Mom. I’m glad they are showing some of our talented gals from B.C.
Congrats to you! That is so awesome, and such a great project. Rock those glasses all month long!
MJ
Lucky 7 Design
That is a huge accomplishment and beyond awesome! Congrats! 🙂
Congrats Donna!
CONGRATULATIONS!! The spread looks awesome! I hear ya on our pony express. Better bring on the Coke floats and celebrate!! 🙂
Oh, sweetie…you didn’t have to give me all this amazing credit..it’s YOUR BABY’S TIME TO SHINE!!
hahaa..I AM proud of you..you did an awesome job on this, along with tons more. I fully expect to see you and your talents in many more magazines.
Sleep tight tonight and dream, baby…..dream!!:))
APPLAUSE!!!
BJ is a sweetheart. Did you not know this was coming? Surely, you’d submitted it to them…hadn’t you? I got asked about my home for a magazine but they want to see the bedrooms and I haven’t done them yet. So I guess that is the next thing on my list.
OMG, its so funny, im not sure what time u posted this, but earlier, i picked up a copy of the magazine while at the grocery. While i was there, my friend Pattie at “The Shabby Chick” called and we were both estatic over this. “OMG, squealing like valley girls on the ph. They mustve thought me insane in the store…..just thought ide share that with u, im so proud and jealous all at the same time. U deserve it so…………..Bonnie
It’s so cool to pick up any of the magazines nowadays and say to yourself, “Oh, I know her”!! You deserve some credit for your fabulous work!
Well deserved!!
congratulations.
blessings
barb
Cogratulations Donna! I actually think a magazine should do you whole house. You’re amazing!
Awww, congratulations on your baby’s coming out party! She’s beautiful! 🙂
Congratulation – how exciting 😀
And they gave us a peek at the sister shutter treatments on the inside of your window in the background. You are amazing, gotta love BJ too.
yay donna! i have thought about that table a lot … well deserved! : )
Congratulations! That must have been very exciting to discover yourself in the magazine! The table is beautiful and the shot well taken.
Sherry
You are a proud Mama and rightly so!
Kudos to you! How thrilling to have something featured in a magazine! BJ is one of the sweetest to send you a copy. You are lucky beyond words! Love your grown up girl too! They do grow up so fast!
Hi Donna,
So I was in Target last night, flipping through the magazines and I saw your table! I think I even said out loud “Hey! That’s FJ’s table!” Congratulations on your spot! I hope someday I will open a magazine and see something I made! You’re junk is the best!
Susan @ homeroad
That is awesome Donna! Congrats to you:)
Congratulations! I find it interesting that they don’t let you know about it first like to preview/approve it first. Oh well, a feature in a magazine is so amazing and well deserved. I’m glad to see they recognized your style (and for many of us, our style) as romantic and beautiful. Awesome!!!!
Such a proud table mama you are!
Beautiful!
Wow! I don’t think you’ll be friends anymore with a little peon like me…now that you’re a big, huge celeb. Are you just mobbed when you go to the grovery store with adoring fans? 🙂
Congrats, my friend!
Congratulations…
and the table looks wonderful ♥
Donna, I love what you did with that table! Woohoo!
And look at you ..made your way to that lovely magazine!! Ill be checking it out!
You are amazing and you deserve to have your horn tooted!
Toot toot! 🙂
Have a great day sweet girl!
Deborah xoxo
you go girl! Congrats!!!
d e n i s e
That is so awesome! Congratulations!! I loved her as a baby and now that’s she’s all grown up and movie star-ish, even more! And to think I was just saying that I don’t need to buy anymore magazines!! (Now just one more)
Debbie
Kudos on the magazine showing your great table – well deserved.
Congratulations! That is amazing. And that is ONE-GREAT-TABLE!
congratulations! so exciting! you deserve it!
Wowza! Congratulations Donna! You are so very talented!
i just wrote about my baby growing up, too. sob.
http://tree-shades.blogspot.com
two posts back you will see how terribly inspired i am by you and miss mustard seed.thank you forever!
good for you Donna. I think you look mighty fine in those movie star glasses….now you need a mink coat!
I luv ya, girl, and am so happy for you! A big fat congratulatory hug is coming to you from FL!
whoo hoo !! good for you girl…..
i too think it’s wild that they dont tell you??? also…do you get paid for such a thing?? or is it all honor???
and..maybe you should do a post on how to submit to magazines….i know i’d be interested…
you go girl !
Donna, thanks for stopping by to see me & for your sweet words.
So excited for you on your RH feature! That is fantastic. You are working really hard & it’s all paying off for you.
wow!! I can’t believe the magazine didn’t notify you. Congrats 🙂
Congratulations! It’s really beautiful both in your pictures and on the cover of that magazine!
Well Donna, that is fabulous! You made an awesome table – congratulations!! Jen
Donna, you make me smile with every word you write. Thanks for a great start to the day!
Awesome! Congratulations to you! It is annoying that some magazines just take forever to hit the newsstands in Canada. I subscribe to Country Living so I’d get it faster by mail but one month it was on the newsstand before it hit my mailbox! Annoying. I’ll be looking for that magazine every week now. Pamela
I’m in love with that table. Can you please make me one? Not kidding.
Congrats!!!!!! Will you be taking pictures when you’re rolling in the dough? Who I am kidding, of course YOU WILL!!!!
Loving how all your hard work is paying off in recognition!!!!!!
Happy Day!!!!!!! Going to grab me a copy of the mag…in fact, I’m going to get a subscription…cuz I got a feeling there will be more!!!!!!
xo
~K
I picked up this magazine yesterday & saw the article…loved it..great table!! Congrats!
Tammy 🙂
JUNK WILD
Congratulations! A whole page spread! You deserve it and it looks fabulous!
I’ve been meaning to write and tell you what fun your posts are – I love them! Congrats on your great table and on putting out such a cool, inspiring blog
Congratulations Donna! Your little table has always been a fave. She is a cutie~pie.
Keep bring’n those awesome projects for us to drool over. You bring such great ideas to the blog world.
I was so happy when I saw you in there! 😉 By far my fave magazine and my fave table!
Jeanine
I love it, congrats on the mag feature! May we all aspire to be so creative! Kudos to you my friend!
How exciting! Congratulations Donna! Love that table!
~ Tracy
Well Donna, you know that table is just awesome! Congratulations on the wonderful feature!
So can I say? CONGRATULATION!!!
Congrats! We love your fj style….I would like an entire BOOK of fj with how to’s….oh, that would be heaven! Keep up the good work!
So proud to be one of your followers. Donna, you have a beautiful artistic soul and I’m so happy that you get to shine by way of Romantic Homes Magazine this month…hugs
Maryjane
from Storybook Cottage
Congratulations Donna! It’s so well deserved! I can’t wait to see the magazine.
Pam
Way to go Donna – I am very proud of you. MMS’s Mom
Rad! You deserve it! 🙂
congratulations!! that is so wonderful 🙂 much deserved!!
Wow!…so exciting!..I am so happy for you!…That table (along with a whole lot more of your stuff) deserves to be shared!
Well I guess I will be making my vigil to the corner store!…
AWESOME for you!
Wow, CONGRATS! You are a star 🙂
magnificent!
Congratulations! How do you feel about coming on down to Texas and decorating my lil old house? LOL! You are so talented, seriously, seriously talented!
That table is great! And what a great treat to have it featured!!
You have earned the braggin rights my dear. I love your new anthem, it is so true, sending anything to Canada is so slow and expensive. Congratulations!
From a Canadian to another…I love that new ‘oh Canada’….I recently had a big issue with not being able to send PB e-gift cards from Canada….and forget about getting all the catalogues….oh well…Either we’ll catch up or they’ll catch on that we’re not just surrounded by snow and Polar bears…
CONGRATULATIONS!!! you deserve all the fame and more ! xoxo
Lucy
The table is awesome…. great work
Congrats, Donna!!! That table really is great! And I thought that way before it got published! You know, in the impatient USA, I got mine weeks ago! Sometimes they come almost 2 months ahead of the date on the Magazine! Go figure!
So fantastic for you Donna… oh… and for your wee table!! 😉 I’ll keep an eye out for this mag on the newstands. I’m blown away by your growing success and I’m soooo excited for you!
Victoria
How fun! Just browsing through some of your old post, I love it here!