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| My version of a distressed supply cubby.... |
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| I like how the gesso doesn't quite cover the words on the side... |
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| I can house some of my favorite (and prettiest) supplies.. |
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| In other news, I've been waiting very impatiently for these new beauties from French General to hit the stores... |
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| The packaging alone is worth the purchase! |
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| I've been looking at Michael's but finally gave up on them so I tried my local Ben Franklin....and hit the jackpot! Happy hunting....;). |
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| New in my etsy today.... |
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| because it's raining cats and dogs... |
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| and because I have a humongous case of cabin fever... |
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| please Spring, won't you show your face? |
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| a girl can only take so much! |
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| if you need a bit of Spring too, these have just been listed this morning as I listen to the rain pour down...;). I hope you have sunshine where you are, and tulips and daffodils! |
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| While reading the latest issue of Somerset Life I noticed that Stampington has a blog.....who knew? I sure didn't so I popped on over to check it out and I'm so glad I did. The talented Vanessa Spencer has made over an old crate....and I fell in love with it! I went out yesterday determined to find my own crate. Hers was a gift from a friend ($6) at Goodwill. I went to a favorite haunt of mine that carries a lot of crates....hoping, hoping that I could find one that was affordable. |
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| Mine was $10, not too shabby, right? My favorite part is all the cubbies! |
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| I love the Pepsi markings on the side and want those to peek through....Vanessa used watered down gesso, so that's what I'm gonna use too.... |
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| I may try to hammer in a few of my nails a bit better and clean mine up some more (it looks like it came out of an old barn, it had hay in it!) |
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| I'll be sure to post my finished product when I'm through decorating it up....! In the meantime, treat yourself and go check out Stampington's newish blog....very fun indeed! |
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| A sweet little religious booklet with beautiful lithos |
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| Sweetest little pin cube with white glass pins |
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| Cool container of shoe thread |
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| A creative endeavor by me |
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| The gorgeous soap box with wedding cards inside |
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| Tons of various crochet string |
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| Pretty spring-like tags... I do hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. The largest garage sale was a bust, the only things I found were the little booklet at the top of this post (and it's beautiful!) and an exquisite lace handkerchief that looks like it could have been used by a bride.....it was .25 and it's just too pretty to part with. Til next time........;) |
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| This was our street on Wednesday morn...we had the biggest mess of very wet, very heavy snow fall on Tuesday night, Wednesday morning. Of course, no school on Wednesday, it was a mess! Then our power went out around 8:30 a.m. It's not quite so much fun having a snow day without power, ya know? We ended up going down to my dh's office to keep warm. On Thursday it had snowed some more....still no power. Our house was frigid at this point, about 50 degrees. We got up and went to dh's office (again) to shower and spend the day. Got home to a very cold house...still no power. Built a huge fire in the fireplace and at about 8 p.m. our power came back on, thank goodness! |
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| This is what's left of the snow in our backyard, at least on one side of the yard..... |
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| Here's the other side of the yard that gets more sun. And our temps today? 57 degrees! Crazy I tell ya! But we're loving this sun and it's Spring Break and I couldn't be happier! |
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| I splurged on these two beauties today and can't wait to dig into them....they both look really good. Tomorrow is our huge "World's Biggest Indoor Garage Sale" at the fairgrounds, that's where you'll find me and my dd....shopping our hearts out. Wish us luck! Hope you all are staying warm and that the sun is shining wherever you are.....;). ~Til next time~ |
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| There are few things I love more than going to the flea....by myself, thank you very much! I take $$, i.d., (usually my phone but forgot it today). And then I just wander. Found this gorgeous crazed transferware bowl for $5, no chips or cracks anywhere. It will hold some favorite supplies in my studio. A big mess of old keys, all different sizes and colors...love to use these in some of my artwork. |
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| I'm in love with the daisy motif, have been for quite some time. I find myself drawn to it, whether on old postcards, books, china, whatever. It's a happy flower! |
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| Totally in love, can you tell? |
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| A couple of the keys..... |
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| An old Flinch game, can't ever have enough of these cards, and some awesome and very large old shipping tags with wire attached......for a song! |
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| A book I've always wanted, haven't decided whether to keep it or not...it has gorgeous illustrations! Also found a huge bag of crocheted trim from old pillowcases.....these are all washed and ready to use. |
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| I love to get old laces home and launder them, there's something very satisfying about it, now they smell like lavender as opposed to....well, musty old trim! |
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| And I couldn't grab this old soap box fast enough because of the amazing graphics....who knew that it would be filled with..... |
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| Beautifully written signatures from someone's wedding gifts.... |
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| She even tucked a sachet inside this box to keep them smelling fresh, it still has scent to it! |
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| Beautiful handwriting! |
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| I thought it was so sweet that someone would take a beautiful soap box that says "The Bride" on it to keep her wedding guests cards inside.... Well, that's all for now, hope you all had a lovely weekend...we even had snow today! |
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| Couldn't put humpty together again..... |
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| Have you ever broken a favorite piece of china? I've had this lovely sugar dish for a very long time...I fell in love with it's colors and the sweet victorian style baskets on it's corners.....over the holidays my dh dropped another dish on it and it broke into several pieces, which I kept of course! I kept looking at it but not dealing with it until last night when it hit me to just glue it together as best I could. I envisioned it filled with white buttons......and here is the result. Now it has a purpose again. |
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| I've never seen another piece in this pattern (it's by Meakin). Sure wish I had a whole set of this! Hope you're week is smashing! |
