Quick makeover

My co-worker and friend recently brought this little topiary to me for a make over.









Along with a roll of black and white dotted ribbon.
I gave it a quick shot of compressed air and a little sponge bath...wrapped the ribbon around the trunk and put a nice bow on it's head.

Now, I'll tell you about the funny part.... it just looked a little plain, so I called my friend and asked if she would mind if a put a "B" on it. Mind you I didn't say the LETTER B, so her reply was: "Oh okay, like up on the top in the bare spot?" and I said: "No, I don't think we're on the same page...I was thinking on the front of the pot" and she said: "Oh, I was thinking about a 3 dimensional one" and I was scratching my head completely confused. Well, it hit me about the time I finished it that she thought I was referring to a yellow and black BEE!

I think she was quite pleased when she saw the finished product and it didn't have a big bumble bee on the front of it. I'm sure it will fit much better this way in her pink and black room than it would have with a BEE on it!

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.

Catching up!

Well, SURPRISE I'm back! Shout out to Mandi who has memorized the garland blog by now. I've missed it but just haven't had the energy to put anything together.

I'm not sure how good this will be but I'm going to give it a try. I have a month or more worth of blog information and my head is swimming with ideas so if I ramble please be patient.

I think I'll start with before Christmas and then bring things up to date....so this is a crazy idea I've done for my grand kids for the last couple of years. Similar to or as an advent calendar. I wrap a small gift for each child for each day before Christmas. Like a count down. Each gift has a number attached to match with the day they will be opening that gift. And YES, that is 25 gifts for each child (4) = 100 gifts...it was a lot easier than it sounds and fun too~

I lucked out last year and got most of this years gifts at clearance (75% off or more). This is the exact time you need to be out looking if you want to do one for next year. There were all types of gifts....pens, cups with candy, toys, hot cocoa mix, books, gum and about anything else you run across or can think of.

I made this contraption the year before out of wire coat hangers wrapped with ribbon. They made it through this year but I'm not certain they will hold up for next year.

It looks like a tangled mess doesn't it?? Some of the gifts were really too big and heavy for this....I kind of over did it...

Hear are the lovely little darlings with things from the 9th day...I believe these were magnets...the kind you can stick on your car, refrigerator or file cabinet. They don't looked too thrilled, maybe they were acting silly. It was sweet of their parents to seen me this photo.

THE Garland

This is my attempt at the garland over at Nesting Place. I thought mine was pretty big but it almost looks wimpy in these photos. Pardon the blur....I'm still on pain medication and it looked fine to me.


I took two cheap ($2.98 then 60%off) Christmas garlands and added a small garland of English ivy, grape ivy and some other greenery. Then added some pine cones, ornaments of snowmen and reindeer's, a strand of rice lights and a little garland of wooden stars.

Whattayathunk? It may just have inspired me to finish decorating the house for Christmas!

The Pink Shelf

At least a year ago, and maybe even longer ago than that...a couple of girls that I work with and I were at the local resale store. One of them bought this pink shelf and ask me to paint it a lighter shade of pink. Well, she completely forgot about it and I completely took liberty with it, by covering it in broken glass, beads and other adornments.



I just wish I had taken a picture before I covered it, but I didn't...so imagine it without all this pink stuff glued to it.

I filled it in with a white grout and then sealed it.

I'm quite proud of how it came out. I think my co-worker liked it too, I just hope it didn't pull the sheetrock off the wall when she hung it.

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.

Shovel Pumpkins

My latest project involved these...

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




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