Henny Penny gets a make over....

Meet Henny Penny....she's been enduring the great outdoors this past year and it hasn't been good for her. This would be proof of what the elements can do to you. So I graciously picked her up and brought her inside to give her a little make over... Wiped her down and cleaned her up again then broke out the paints and had my way with her.

There's a new chick in the neighborhood and she's sporting a new look.

I did not consult any farm books but I'm sure I have created some mix of breeds of chickens. She just needs a coat of gloss and she's be good to go. I think she shall be "steppin out" this spring.

I Love RE-Sale!!! Friday Fav!

Have I told you before that I love the Re-Sale Shop??? Well, I do and this is why....

I got this whole bag of fabric for $1.99. Some pieces are more than a yard!

Such a deal and just what I needed for the latest project I'm working on...

This is the fabric out of the bag that I chose to use for my idea.

Anyone that's eaten with me knows that I invariably get some of my meal on the front of whatever I'm wearing. So my project involves covering those stains that won't come out.

Hubby cut the Peace sign out for me and I stitched it over some small stains that were on this shirt and viola~

New threads!

Whattaya think??

(besides the blurry picture..)

I haven't worn it yet, but it does look a lot better than it did with the stains showing as they were before.

Here's another shirt I covered stains with iron-on jeweled birdies.

And here's a set of sweet little birds I picked up at the Re-sale shop for $3. They are cast iron and really cute. Just can't beat a good deal at the Re-sale shop!

Dear Diane,

I don't know you but I have something of yours or something that use to belong to you... I purchased it some time ago at the local resale store in town. Maybe you dropped the hobby and decided to take up something else?

Do your remember? Your Brunswick Black Diamond Bowling Ball? Well it's changed....

With a couple of tubes of this...

And lots of fresh chopped tomatoes...



I'M KIDDING!!!!!!

Look closer and you will see that this is red stained glass....yep! your bowling ball involves stained glass.

And a bunch of these blue strips of painters tape (yeah, you remember I used these to hold down the lizard legs in a previous blog!). Note: bullet holes in the cabinet they are stuck to? This cabinet was an old mail sorting cabinet that was dumped at the farm and evidently someone used it for target practice. I painted it and use it now to hold a lot different things.

Anyway Diane, back to your bowling ball... This picture looks like I've glued cheese slices to your ball. But, fear not again it's stained glass and your old bowling ball is progressing....

It is still not complete but all it lacks is it's grout. My dilemma is what color of grout to use on your bowling ball, Diane.

So viewers, I solicit your help...should it be black, white, terra cotta, gray? Whattaya think???

And finally, Diane...Thank you sincerely for your donation to the Local Resale Store. They earned a whole two dollars and ninety nine cents (plus tax) for your contribution and I have my second gazing ball. :)



ANYONE KNOW WHY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH SPACING??? I'm about ready to pull my hair out trying to get this blog to look right....

Trash to Treasure

This was a Thrift store find for a whole solid dollar that I got and spray painted black to transform it into this lovely....
Topped it with a few silk leaves and a small (FAKE) poopie pumpkin....
and surrounded it with a larger poopie pumpkin and a little white FAKE pumpkin.....
Scattered a few silk fall leaves a little wooden duck and a candle and WAA LAAA a centerpiece for the kitchen table! I can see all kinds of ideas to do with this for the holidays! Joy, joy, happy, happy dance.

We have another Artist in the family

Getting ready to leave for work this morning and the usual routine of looking for my shoes prompted me into the living room under the coffee table. (Isn't that where everyone keeps their shoes? Well, on most days that is where ours are!) While rooting around and putting my shoes on I noticed the above notepad and drawing. It took me a minute to figure it out. Our one and only granddaughter spent the night with us this weekend and I gave her the above pad to use....seems she did a still life...
of the tray on the coffee table with my earrings I left there. (What everyone doesn't leave their earrings in random places??)
My first glance at her drawing (see first photo for a closer look) I thought she had drawn glasses laying on the tray, but then I looked at the tray and realized my earrings were there and that was what she had drawn.

She's priceless along with her art....I think we'll keep her and her masterpiece!

Shovel Pumpkins

My latest project involved these...

Which were transformed into these with a little orange spray paint...




Uhhhh.....I might be a redneck.