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As the year draws to a close, I can’t help but look back over the past year and fall in love (again) with some of my favorite projects.

Yep, it’s time for a Top Ten of 2009 list.

You totally thought you were going to get away with me not doing one of these, didn’t you? You were wrong!

Lindsay’s Top Ten Favorite Projects of 2009

10. Painting Laminate Furniture – With some patience, you too can paint a piece of laminate (aka plastic) furniture.

9. Transforming a Jurassic Thrift Store Find – I really want to know who originally purchased this dinosaur/clown lamp.

8. $7 Burlap Table Runner – Create a versatile, year-round table runner with no sewing.

7. Old Light Fixture Turned Candelabra – It’s even cooler now.

6. Placemats Become Window Valences – A little creativity goes a long way.

5. Zack’s Big Surprise – Forty-eight solid hours of painting delights my 3 year old son.

4. Breathing New Life into an Old Chair – This re-do is now the favorite seat in the house.

3. Rags to Riches Thrift Store Desk – My husband couldn’t imagine why I brought this home; I can’t imagine life without it.

2. Britney Spears/Kid Rock Coffee Table Gets a Face Lift – This one speaks for itself.

1. The Book Wreath – The most wonderful $2 wreath in the world.

Thank you so much for finding me and welcoming me into your blog world in 2009. Will you continue join me in 2010? I sure hope so. I have a lot up my proverbial sleeve.

Happy end of 2009! I’ll catch you on the flip side.

I linked up this post with the Good Bye 2009 parties happening at The Inspired Room, The Nesting Place and The Lettered Cottage.

In the Royal Family of vignette design, I’d consider myself a Duchess. I’m definitely not one of the head honchos, but I know my way around a tablescape. I still have a lot to learn (and a lot of people need to die) before I reach the top.

Luckily for you, I get to introduce you to whom I have deemed the Queen of Vignettes.

The owner of my favorite booth at our local antique mall, Susan Pridgeon, is the master at putting together a random grouping of items and making them look like an easy vignette. I always make a beeline to Susan’s booth as soon as I walk in the doors, and I was surprised one day when I actually ran into her while she was reworking a few items in our booth.

I immediately began gushing over her (since I turn into a blabbering idiot when I’m around someone like her), and she laughed and said, “Well, you see how I do it?” She was standing in a pile of pages that she had torn from various magazines. “I find an idea I like in a magazine and just run with it.”

Susan graciously allowed me to come back a few weeks later and take photographs of her booth to share with you. I think you will enjoy seeing how she puts her items together into displays.

A pearl-embellished bottle brush Christmas tree underneath a glass cloche.

Old balusters turned into candle pillars.

Beautiful vintage Christmas ornaments hanging on what I think is the skeleton of an old lamp shade.

Corsets hung on an old door.

Letters made from vintage pearl buttons. I happily treated myself to one of these back on my birthday.

Chandelier hung under a picture framed wrapped in a line of old raffle tickets.

An old patio chair holding vintage photographs and other goodies.

Dance costume hung among empty frames and vintage letters.

Isn’t it all just lovely? I’m sure it’s easy to see why I love her booth as much as I do.

Susan doesn’t want to keep all of her secrets to herself. She has a basket of magazine pages to share with her shoppers.

If you live in the Central Texas area or plan on visiting soon, I highly recommend you stop by the Round Rock Antique Mall and head to Susan’s booth, A Time for Roses. You will certainly not be disappointed. You’ll probably even run into me there, as I go to stalk her gorgeous booth once every few weeks.

Thank you, Susan, for allowing me to feature your wonderful booth! You really are the Queen of Vignettes.

The Year in Review

The Queen of Vignettes