My blessed mess...

I am blessed with a wonderful mess!

My sweet mamma has been helping me unpack and

 restack the new tchatchkie heaven!

two 39 gallon trash bags full of bubble wrap and 

2 of peanuts 24 boxes 

and this enormous pile of rubber bands...

Here is a close up of moms two favorite shelves

She also pointed out to me how many of the "girls" looked

like the fabulous Doris Day!

Here is the progress on the other side

And here is the full view of the new "digs"

I am hoping to be finished by weeks end, 

pray hard for that one girls!

Many new songs have been made up about the tchatchkie 

and many new forms of spelling and LOTS and Lots of jokes!

maybe I'll share some but not tonight...

Have a great week!

luvs and glitter

~jen

Deck the Halls Friday I am glad to be back!

Here is a peek at our entry last Christmas,

the photos are not he best but you'll get the idea.

I may have even showed this before but 

I can't remember! HAHA

I LOVE Annalee Elves

And over the years I have collected the penguins and 

polar bears, it's such a fun display for the kids.

This is my favorite piece I like to decorated

 it with vintage for each holiday.

The apothecary jars are filled with snow and 

a bottle brush tree then a vintage salt and pepper snow couple

those were my favorite things last year.

I put the Manger in the entry China cabinet each year

It keeps it from getting knocked over...

And up top is the very first bottle brush anything 

I did. The kids and I did the houses in '07

and the piece on the right is the first J. Nichelle prototype.

Don't forget to visit our 

Deck the Halls Friday hostess

 the sweet Tammy 

at Tinsel and Company

for more Holiday fun and inspiration!

luvs and glitter

~jen

SPRING Cleaning!

Hi my name is Jennie and I am a messaholic!

phew there i said it out loud. (when I was a teenager sometimes it would be 2ft. deep of clothes and shoes in my room) Not that my living room is ever a mess or unstraightened ( my type A hubby is a neat FREAK) but when I do projects I get so involved it's overwhelming (it only lasts a week at most) but this time my studio was totally out of hand I could no longer move or make anything else! I unpacked 13 boxes of easter supplies that I left in the garage and OH was it something to find space for it all! It was a literal mountain of vintage on my 9ft. table! 6 hrs. later I was sobering up from my mess :)

Sorry there is no before picture that would be WAY too embarrassing! and to some of you this is still to cluttered ( but I do have 3 project going on there) but to me it's 6 GLORIOUS feet of clean wide open space! I might be having a destash sale here soon.
Some day I'll show the uber organized other side of the studio but I had to get this off my chest :)

Be sure to check out my sidebar for the FANTASTIC giveaways out in blogland right now, you won't want to miss them!

luvs and glitter
~jen

Happy Pink Valentines!

Happy PINK Valentine's DAY!

So many thanks to our sweet hostess Beverly at 

How Sweet the Sound

Well I almost forgot to put up a post YIKES so I quickly photoed

(i'm pretty sure that's not a word)

some of my Valentine's collection to Share!

Hubby and I are going out tonight to celebrate.

Tomorrow night we are cooking dinner for 10 or 12 at Grandmas since she had knee surgery a little over a week ago and my mom took off work to take care of her.

We wanted everyone to know they were loved, 

so how else would Italians show love but to cook? Oh and cook we will, i'll definitely have to share that with you next week :)

 Without further adieu here are the girls of Valentines...

So similar all with different labels, Sampson, Rubens, and Relpo

But i'm pretty sure these 3 are sisters.

luv the side glance

Valentine's angels

just love these cuties

the heart with the cupid is one of my favorites...

I bought this one for myself from sweet Rhea at 

Sweet n Shabby Roses

what a perfect Nancy Ann pout!

Share the LOVE and drop in on Betty at

She's Sew Pretty

this gal has talent and a darling blog to visit.

 Here is one of her "sweet" pincushions for sale in her Etsy shop

and this one is adorable too!

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day full of fun and love!

Well Pinky pals that's all she wrote :)

luvs and glitter

~jen

my first Past Due Tuesday!

This is such fun to show off a few of my vintage ladies. 

Some of them were gifts from my mom a couple were trades from Miss Betty Nell in Texas and two were treats to myself. 

I have a few more packed away they I haven't found yet and also a small collection of Christmas themed ones of course! 

So here are the girls to say "Hello" and "have a lovely PAST DUE TUESDAY"