A Home on the Faded Plains + lil’ gift for ya
by Heather on September 16, 2011
WAHOO! I have a super-duper someone to share with you today!
Meet Andrea from Faded Plains! She has an awesome shop ‘n blog.. check ‘em out! I was so intrigued by her work that I had to pepper her with a few questions.. and she let me share them with you.. how sweet is that?!
I LOVE your name.. and tag line {Faded Plains}Simple.Country.Living.
Tell us a little about how you came to define this as your style.
I came up with the name Faded Plains because of my love for anything Faded (paint, floral fabrics, etc) and Plains came about because it related to where I live….in a Plains state. As for the tag line….it’s something I truly try to live by…just living a simple, country life.
Your home is beautiful Andrea! Can you tell us more about it?
Hmmm…my home is
always a work in project. Just when I think I’m done, I’m inspired by someone or something to change it again…but it’s all good…because I truly love working on my home. Whether it be in the garden…or in the kitchen…home is my favorite place to be. I love having most of my home done in shades of white….and adding pops of color through accessories and flowers. Because I tend to change things around a lot…a white backdrop works well for me.
I’m so sorry to hear about your goose dying! I hope you’re ok. I hope it’s alright to ask you a little about what you love most about having animals.
Ahhh…my animals…I just love them
all….from our fainting goats…right down to Lily our guinea pig. There are so many reasons why I love having them around…like collecting fresh eggs from our coop…sitting on a rocker on our porch with one of our cats on my lap…slicing up some apples and feeding them to our goats…to me, animals are so loving and they add so much to a home…they give it life. They are always happy to see you…and that just makes my day.
And cause I was WOW-ed by her talent and kindness I decided to buy one of you.. my lovely readers a $50 coupon good for anything from her shop! Yep, grab this chance while you can cause you can bet the next time I spend 50 bucks over there it will be on myself 
haha!
OK- here are the rules:
For the first entry head over to Faded Plains Shop to see what you’d spend your 50 bones on. Then head back here and leave me a comment sharing.
For additional entries share on your favorite media sites- you social media guru you. (FB, twitter, blog, etc..) Just be sure to leave an addtional comment for each entry.
Closes at midnight Eastern time on Thursday Sept. 23rd.
hut-hike!!! Have fun 
(sorry this one is for U.S. residents only)
xo.Heather
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I love to visit your blog and recieve your latest updates. Your work is beautiful and very inspiring and your sense of humor is refreshing. I would love to be entered in your drawing and would select the following from Andrea’s lovely shop: vintage euro monogram sham, french book and emphemera.
Thanks for hosting such a generous giveaway. My contact info is bwrawling at gmail.com
Blessings,
Beth
I love the Joan Anglund Bank!!! We are throwing my daughter a “Hoe Down” birthday in November and it would be a great beginning of a centerpiece. Thank you for introducing me to this new site.
I’d buy both glazed ironware bowls! Perfectly beautiful.
I love the vintage glazed stoneware bowl and the white milkglass jars. thanks for sharing the site link and for the wonderful giveaway!!!!
The white stoneware bowls are calling my name and the flower frogs would just love living with me! Simple country living is what I do best! Thanks for including me in your giveaway!
I’m happy to give your giveaway a shout out on my sidebar. Gotta support a fellow Nebraskan!
I love these blogs and love their collections of gorgeous vintage items! Thank you for the give-away! I hope I am chosen! Happy Day! Hugs and Tweets!
I love Andreas shop and would love some of her linens! Thanks so much fornthe giveaway
Oh, I would love the Copper Kettle and the Flower Frogs, and the Bingo Game, and the White Vintage Bowls, and—so many pretty things to wish for…
Hello,
What a beautiful blog and your etsy shop is wonderful….I am a new follower. Love Faded Plains and happy that I was able to find your blog through Andrea’s blog.
Thank you for sharing and I will go back to your etsy. Love the mason jars in white and in blue.
Take care,
Claudia
Andrea is great !! and have a hreat blog and shop !!….may dutch girls count in too????….have a nice weekend…love from me….xxx….and……your blog is also greaT !!!…xxx..
I have followed Faded Plains for sometime and have it on my sidebar. Love her! How could you chose I love it all. I love the flower frogs and totes though. Thanks for you generious giveaway. Pam
I came over from Andreas! Your blog is beautiful..Im a new follower (purehunnybee)
Deborah
I love the glazed stoneware bowl at Andreas! Just gorgeous!
Id love to be entered in such a beautiful, generous giveaway! Thanks so much!
Deborah
Love this giveaway! I am partial to the red ticking lavender pillow and the Montreal sketches.
Oh my so so excited….I look all day at blogs,and woke up today,and found this.. It was meant to be… So into everything! Thank-you for the chance…. ~Made my Saturday~
I see I’d have some competition for the stoneware bowl and the milk glass bottles. Actually, I’d like to shop a lot of the less expensive items for a fifty dollar total too. Wonderful things there in her shop.
thx for the chance to win.
Pretty pictures here today! If I were to pick something from Faded Plains, I’d pick the stoneware bowls and/or the enamel colander. Oh, the linens are lovely too.
Jody
I love it all, but I especially like the milk glass bottles.
I think I would choose a lavender pillow or any vintage item, she adds new items often! I love Faded Plains!
I love the stoneware bowls and the sweet little milkglass jars. Thanks so much for the chance. I have been a fan of Andrea’s blog for awhile now!!!
fun!!! I am loving the vintage frogs!! thanks so much, off to check out your shop
I love the fire king small white bowls & the white colendar! Thanks so much for the chance.
I love the vintage frogs and milkglass jars and the colendar. So much fun. Thank you!
I love the glazed bowls but also that cute cowboy bank.
I love the Vintage gray granite ware loaf pan and the red ticking lavender pillow ..
Thank you!!
Heather,
visiting from Andrea’s. Love your blog and am your newest follower! My favorite things from her shop I would love have are the glazed bowls, green flower frogs and the french flash cards!
I will be visiting often, would love for you to visit me.
Rebecca
Love her stoneware bowls and the jello molds!
I just found your blog from Faded Plains. Lovely! I would get the stoneware bowls and/or the white colander.
I LOVE the white tote and the white milk glass jars…oh, and the lavender pillow – red ticking. Beautiful shop!!!!
I just found your blog from Andrea ~ Oh my goodness it
is just beautiful!
If I had $50 at her shop I would get the white bowl and a euro sham ~
Everything is so hard to chose from though !
xoxo
Lori
Oh my goodness, definitely the tea kettle and the tote! I love the shop!
So many beautiful things! You both are great inspirations – I am walking around my house today with a fresh view and taking notes for changes I want to make. Thank you!
I’ve bought several things from Andrea, love her blog, and I’m sure I’ll be a fan of yours as well..so glad to find it. I love love love the stoneware bowls
I love the stoneware bowls, and the flower frogs. But my favorite is the copper tea kettle. It’s gorgeous, and I need one.
i am a faded plains follower…and now a follower of your blog, too!! thanks for sharing your creativity and so many beautiful things! i love ticking and i love lavender…so the ticking pillow with lavender would be my choice. thanks for giveaway!
I bought a pitcher from her* love it! She is in a book I have….Romantic Prairie Style…
I would get the whie euro sham and copper tea kettle…
Please visit my Etsy shop – kateblossom…
I love the vintage prescription pads – I decorate with vintage science items as we have scientists in the house so that’d be my first fav. Love the maps, all things with french labels, too! beautiful choices.
I think I would get the vintage young adult books!
Love the copper kettle and the milk glass bottles—two things I collect.
I’m not sure I can live without the milkglass spice jars! I also love the handmade french-inspired tote bag.
I’ve always loved faded plains. And I love giveaways! Thanks!
Love this giveaway! I especially like the grey loaf pans and would gobble up about a half dozen of those puppies. Thanks for the chance to win!
I read her blog and love most everything in her shop! A single blossom in each of the milkglass jars would be gourgeous! and love the french books and prints as well! thanks!
stoneware, stoneware and stoneware is where my 50 bones would go!! she has 2 GREAT bowls!! Will be blogging about it!
chris
Well, I love the totes and you can never have too many flower frogs
oh i love the flower frog and the colander the books too
I love her Etsy shop. Oh if I got lucky and won I think Id like a stone bowl or a floral frog…
Wow what a generous give away. Your blog is so inspiring and I love your zest for life.
Thanks for the introduction to Faded Plains, will add it to my favorites.
If I won it would be a hard choice the pillow caught my eye but I also loved the books, wood folding rulers and old sheet music. Any of them would be welcome treasures to our home.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Blessings, Mindy
Love the large glazed stoneware bowl, however I really like the vintage books you have as well! =)
Great stuff!
Thank you so much for sponsoring such a lovely giveaway! I love the military print that is listed. Of course, if it were to sell, I would be very happy with the linens, lavender pillow or the paper items. So hard to choose. Enjoy your week, Kim
How do you choose from such lovely stuff? My own favorites are the white enamel colandar and the two glazed bowls. Lovely…..
Thanks for the giveaway….it is kind of you and lots of fun
The vintage milk glass jars for sure… and the two flower frogs…. since I have a thing for both!
~Chris
I would choose the glazed stoneware bowls. They remind me of the one my sweet Momma used to make homemade bread and rolls.
Thanks so much for hosting a giveaway! So much fun!
Since I love vintage linens, I have to go with Euro Sham #1 and Euro Sham #4 – so pretty. Thanks!
What a nice giveaway! I love the stoneware bowls, books and colander from her shop
she has great things. Thanks so much for the chance, Heather!
Oh, I love her style. The English landscape painting really popped out at me. Landscapes are so soothing to me. What a generous giveaway!
I loved the frogs and the linens and the tin ware.
Wow! I love the colander and the fire king ramkins are totally awesome and both are something I’d love to use in my kitchen!!! And I’d love the lavender pillow….
I like the stoneware bowls!
I love Andrea’s blog and her shop! They truly are reflections of the beautiful person she is. Please enter me in this generous give-away. My current favorite is the WWI photograph.
I love her shop! So many pretty things- love the stoneware bowl, the oil painting she bought in London, the French candy labels:-)