tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75262378028569794632024-03-05T20:29:18.128-08:00Life at the Triple PUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-81043854194824310082013-01-10T19:58:00.003-08:002013-01-10T19:58:49.879-08:00Time For A Pretty UpdateTime to finally make some decorative changes to the blog. More fun posts to come concerning recent craftiness!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-17630905667226572192012-08-20T08:34:00.001-07:002012-08-27T07:17:11.767-07:00 A Little Nook.......<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A while back we started on a project for my Mini-Belle and it is FINALLY finished!. She has two closets in her bedroom here at the Triple P and one of them was really not functional. It was behind her bedroom door so to open the closet door, her bedroom door had to be closed. She doesn't need two closets so it just turned into a giant junk drawer! We decided to make a special place for her to read and dream and just "hide out". Here is what we came up with...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the "before" of the extra closet. Just one high clothes rod and a shelf on top. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is my Sexyman building the frame for the seat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is after he installed the frame for the seat. I took the plywood and topped it with some really thick foam and wrapped it in fabric then staple gunned it to the plywood. We had some leftover bead board from our kitchen backsplash so we painted it pink and nailed it to the frame of the seat to cover the open area in front of the door.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a better look at the frame inside the closet. The seat is not attached to the frame in any way so we can just lift it up and access the new storage we just created!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the seat with the plaid fabric I covered it with. I would say the entire seat is about the size of a crib mattress.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We decided to add some color to the book nook. There was already a large board around the closet where the shelf sat. We left that portion white and painted the bottom a hot pink and the top a lighter pink.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here it is! We removed the door and hung a tension rod. My mom made a curtain out of some cute pink fabric.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought chip board letters and covered them in scrapbook paper and added some buttons for embellishments. I also got some pink Christmas lights from my BFF and we hung them inside.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Sexyman put up a small board as a shelf and we added a clip on light. The cord goes down the side of the wall and connects to a an extension cord (the Christmas lights are also plugged into that same extension cord) and my Sexyman was able to run it under the carpet to plug it into an outlet in her bedroom..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also cut out some triangles from cardboard and made a cute banner! I covered the cardboard in scrapbook paper and added buttons, ribbon and lace as embellishments. I then hung each one onto a string of twine with baby clothes pins. I was also able to hang her lapdesk on her wall so she can sit in her little nook and write or draw.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view inside. She has a pink arm pillow and a few other small pillows and some of her pig collection.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other end of her nook. A blanket to cover up with, a kleenex box and a basket of magazines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just above the basket of magazines, we hung shelves for all of her books!</td></tr>
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So far, she LOVES her little nook! She has even taken her DVD player inside and watched her "I Love Lucy" DVDs. She has taken naps in there and read to her little brother. It is a much better use of space then the junkie closet. Hope this inspires you to pretty up an unused closet of your own!<br />
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Well, I have a fabulous front patio makeover I want to share but alas, I managed to upload all of my pics BACKWARDS with all the "After" pics listed first and the "Before" pics last. If you can get past this slight mishap, I feel you will enjoy my simple...and CHEAP...front patio makeover of The Triple P! Please note that a few pics have a little "spook" making her way through the yard. That would be Sissy Dianne Parnell, my weenie dog side-kick for the last 13 years.</div>
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Here is the final "After". We painted the trim, framed out the windows and updated some decor we already had. We spent $ on the pretty red flowers in the hanging basket we already had and we bought the Jack Daniels whiskey barrel at Atwoods on sale for $24. We spent a little $ on the soil and sweet potato vine we planted inside of it. The flowers and the black windmill in the side flower bed were leftover from last fall. Our mild winter made for light work in our flower bed this spring! Finally, the large star on the front of the house was something a friend gave me and it used to be red. I was going to hang it in my son's room but after a coat of black paint, it only made sense to hang it on the front of our little plantation! Proceed for the rest of the juicy details!</div>
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Here are the previously unframed windows. The new frames were made using simple 1x4 pieces of wood. My Sexyman just cut them, painted them and hung them with masonry screws. We saw a pic in a "Country Sampler" magazine of windows given a more country or primitive feel by letting the top board in the frame hang over the side wood. We liked it in the magazine and we like it on our house!</div>
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This is the only pic I have of what the window looked like pre-framing.</div>
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When I bought these barn stars about 8 years ago, they were a deep red. After hanging on the patio for so long and being rained on and beat by the sun, they were really faded.</div>
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I used a can of black spray paint I already had in our garage to give them a fresh look. Wow! they look brand new and this part of the makeover was F-R-E-E!</div>
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This is another F-R-E-E upgrade! This sign was already hanging on the patio so I took it down, spray painted it with the same black spray paint and made a stencil with my Cricut and then hand painted the words using white acrylic paint I already had! I think the font and the saying go great with our "cowboy" theme. Plus...it is true...JESUS LOVES Y'ALL!</div>
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This cool pillow I made for the bench for freakin' free, y'all!!! I cut out two pieces of foam I had left over from another project; I put a large rock between the two pieces to make it heavy enough to not blow away; I wrapped it like a piece of candy with some left over burlap from another project and hot glued it to the foam; I used some twine...yep, left over from another project...and tied the ends. before I did all that, I made another stencil with my Cricut to look sort of like a monogram of The Triple P and the year we were married. I used some leftover black acrylic paint to paint the stencil on the burlap.</div>
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<br />This was another FREE upgrade! This sign was already hanging on our patio. I had bought this cute thing with the barn wood frame several years ago at a big craft fair we have at our state fairgrounds called "An Affair of the Heart". It was really cute until it got really faded. I taped off the frame with painters tape and spray painted it with a can of chalkboard paint I already had. I did 3 coats. After the last coat dried, I wrote a nice cowboy welcome with some white chalk!</div>
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Here is the sign before the re-do!</div>
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Here is where I spent some $$$. I bought the awesome grapevine wreath at a thrift store for $2.99. I found the black burlap at Hobby Lobby and after my 40% off coupon, it only cost me $3.60. I used it to make a bow on the wreath and made the pillow really pop by tying a little on the ends.</div>
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Here is the sad, sad, sad patio before we decided enough was enough!!!</div>
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I am linking up to Met Monday on <a href="http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-30539613599799765772012-03-24T19:15:00.001-07:002012-03-24T20:57:57.263-07:00Triple P Kay-Soe!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After many months of searching the internet, asking friends and thumbing through cookbooks, the proprietors of the Triple P have finally come up with the PERFECT queso recipe! We ended up combining different parts of several recipes we found but we think this is the best cheese a chip will ever meet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">First, you need to bring about 6 cups of water to a rolling boil. Once the water is boiling, add 4 FAMILY SIZE tea bags to the water and continue to boil for 1 full minute.</div><br />
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<div align="center">This is not a Cricut craft but one I had been waiting for the time to do. Got an unfinished wood frame from Hobby Lobby and painted it blue, I sanded it and then stained it. I used burlap for the background and then covered a chipboard "P" with buttons and hot glued it to the burlap. I really wish I would have painted the chipboard first. I wasn't thinking of how much the chipboard would actually show. I then added a tag holder found on the scrapbook aisle at Hobby Lobby and distressed a little piece of paper and wrote our last name inside. I really love this!</div><div align="center"><br />
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We have decided to surrender to homeschooling. Why? there are many reasons...some selfish. We really love our public school here. It is one of the top in the state. We bought our first home here because we knew one day we would have kids and we knew the schools here were top notch. My mini-belle went through Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade there and we had nothing but wonderful experiences. My little cowboy just completed half day Pre-K and truly thrived. I can't brag enough about our schools here. However, I hate being a slave to the school schedule. I hate having to schedule family time around fall break and spring break. Those are times my husband will never be able to take off of work. Then there is Christmas break. My husband's busiest time at work is during that same time so he doesn't get the benefit of having the kids home from school. And of course, there is summer. The time that EVERY family in America is traveling and invading our favorite vacation spots. We would rather take the kids on a road trip in the cooler months...see the foliage...wear a sweater...not be OVERCROWDED!!! <br />
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So there is the scheduling thing but there is more to it. I truly begged God for these babies. I am talking about lying face down on my living room floor sobbing and praying and begging to be a mother. Our mini-belle is an IVF baby and our cowboy is a surprise to even the doctors. How can I send those babies to school and let someone else who doesn't love them half as much as I do spend 6 hours a day with them 5 days a week? Senseless! <br />
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But the main reason for this HUGE transition is the Lord. I really felt the urging to homeschooling a year ago. My husband...not so much. This was not a decision I could have made without his leadership. I had to let it go until he was just as sure. God moved in both of our hearts and after much prayer and seeking wisdom from fellow homeschoolers and friends, we made the decision in May to take control of the education of our children. Then...the pressure started...<br />
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I attended a homeschool conference and began researching curriculum. If I had a dollar for every hour I spent online comparing prices and courses and reading reviews! There were lots of trips to Christian bookstores. I spent the last days of my kids being in public school organizing closets and cabinets and making room for all that comes with a kindergartner and 2nd grader. We had to tell our families who are still unsure about it all. We have researched co-ops and support groups and tried to ease the fears of our own parents who sent us both to public school and see no point in our choice when we live in one of the premier school districts in our state.<br />
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All that said, God has done amazing things in confirming our decision. We have received newsletters and email daily devotions for homeschool parents that serve to further our resolve as well as point out more positive aspects of being a homeschool family that we never even thought of. The Lord has eased any fears we had about our decision and given us such peace about the journey ahead.<br />
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Some have asked if we think it is a sin to send kids to public school. Absolutely not! We do not believe God has called every family to do this. However, it would be a sin for US not to do it because God has clearly asked this of our family. If we chose not to, we would be in complete disobedience.<br />
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The truth is, I am already a little jealous of some of my friends. They are planning things for the first week of school that I will not be able to participate in. They are so excited to have their days free since their children will be in school. They can eat lunch together, go shopping and work on projects at home UNINTERRUPTED! Yes, I am very jealous. But, my babies will have Jesus in every lesson thanks to the curriculum we have chosen. We can go to the zoo or the science museum anytime we want to. If the weather is exceptionally beautiful, we can go ride bikes. We have so much fun ahead of us! What a blessing!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-13479297527026758922011-05-27T14:43:00.000-07:002011-05-28T18:46:22.966-07:00Tornado in my Town<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A1CeibY4E5_MQwZeh08OwGeXOYJteHnx8JHjOHUeRqlWivX-9dKgD3GuQBawmIVixiGM2JZJ0i1kp7b62QMIuj6Ei4BJKLXtQvawK0UsNFRMWgBZFik1Bbg-0Bjb2D2_8Wf7cZpa1tw/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A1CeibY4E5_MQwZeh08OwGeXOYJteHnx8JHjOHUeRqlWivX-9dKgD3GuQBawmIVixiGM2JZJ0i1kp7b62QMIuj6Ei4BJKLXtQvawK0UsNFRMWgBZFik1Bbg-0Bjb2D2_8Wf7cZpa1tw/s320/059.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I am sure most of you have heard of the devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri. I watched the news with heartbreak. As sad as I was for those who lost so much, it seemed far away and a little unreal because I couldn't see the devastation in real life. Well, now I have. You see, we call our little house "The Triple P" and that stands for "The Parnell (our last name) Piedmont (our town) Plantation (makes our house sound bigger then the 1300 square feet it is). Our sweet small town...my real life Mayberry...the place I spend most of my days...where my pastor preaches while wearing cowboy boots...where there is no stoplight...where I talk with neighbors while parked at Sonic...where there are John Deere Tractors driving down every road every day...where our barber shop lets you get a cut now and pay later...where people still pull to the side of the road as a funeral procession passes...where our Sheriff wears a cowboy hat...where there is a field full of cows at the end of my street...where my husband and I choose to buy our first house because it was far enough away from the city to see the stars at night. Yes, my precious town and my wonderful neighbors are now on the national news because of our tragic position in the path of a killer tornado. <br />
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After the news got around of who was most hurt by the storms, our community ran into action. Within 2 hours, our church became a command center. There were tons of people who showed up to help in any way they could. Within 24 hours, it was overflowing with donations of food, clothes, bath items, gift cards and even money. There were work crews dispersed across town to help people salvage what they could and help free storm shelters from debris so those safely inside could get out and start picking up the pieces. Now that we are 72 hours away from the event, the whole operation is a well oiled machine. There has been 24 hour activity in our community and I am in awe at how many people are willing to sacrifice vacation days, finances and free time to help their neighbors...even neighbors they did not know until today. This town has shown itself to be even more wonderful then I thought. God has blessed Piedmont with wonderful families who get knocked down but just as quickly get back up and dust themselves off again. God has also blessed Piedmont with people who don't think twice before helping their neighbor, no matter the sacrifice. Funny thing is, nobody sees it as a sacrifice. God Bless Piedmont. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I removed the cabinet doors above the washer and dryer and painted the inside a cheery yellow! I then used various baskets from Hobby Lobby to corral everything. I made tags for all the baskets and aged them with distress ink. I even found some cute brown pom-pom trim that I hot glued onto the shelf edges. I wanted a yellow/green/burgundy color scheme. I love FALL and wanted the entire area to just ooze autumn! I found these super cute sunflower clothes pins at Hobby Lobby after Halloween for 90% off!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmsWPj7nyBC1ASFiwqr6hT03xkh8kPuMKR1nmgebUs6ort-Te43Q_SyO2ToODdpf-8cDvmkrjEsSEwwstMTFrlMceqJTn4PXTpjcRmBlHowVin8oPFYo8b22qfknK-mU9A2_Zo8DMiRg/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmsWPj7nyBC1ASFiwqr6hT03xkh8kPuMKR1nmgebUs6ort-Te43Q_SyO2ToODdpf-8cDvmkrjEsSEwwstMTFrlMceqJTn4PXTpjcRmBlHowVin8oPFYo8b22qfknK-mU9A2_Zo8DMiRg/s400/006.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The original shelf with detergent was very different a week ago. (This whole makeover, other then this shelf is a year old) I made some homemade laundry detergent from a recipe I found on line that I have fallen in love with! So...what I previously had wouldn't work with my new products. I have even been using white vinegar as fabric softener in regular loads and believe it or not, it DOES NOT make clothes smell like vinegar. I use regular fabric softener on towels because I love them to smell pretty! The vinegar is in a olive oil bottle from Kitchen Connection and the fabric softener is also in a bottle from the same store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirkok1FpIS2wajWCrcSFPdSF7-cFVicacCHJnps5Gmwg2WibwuuqG1G7FaLBJeDw9b9XDqf95Kd3VveaE2FegbVQcBAVu1GdBa4B_RQ7IhKNGvEgm-YALs-OJOLazp7bBoZOHuC2JZK4/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirkok1FpIS2wajWCrcSFPdSF7-cFVicacCHJnps5Gmwg2WibwuuqG1G7FaLBJeDw9b9XDqf95Kd3VveaE2FegbVQcBAVu1GdBa4B_RQ7IhKNGvEgm-YALs-OJOLazp7bBoZOHuC2JZK4/s400/004.JPG" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJFI9Ai35AfzVzoYuWRSWjlcaGRpqJrHYw0xagG8V_5OqEIajztox0nO2EZiK4UzDxSSdxchcveQxiBXoL1KN92t0AyoGO71qfxSNKPzmmGqYIjfMiHpLptxMjSnuIOa2sn9nhGqPcIs/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJFI9Ai35AfzVzoYuWRSWjlcaGRpqJrHYw0xagG8V_5OqEIajztox0nO2EZiK4UzDxSSdxchcveQxiBXoL1KN92t0AyoGO71qfxSNKPzmmGqYIjfMiHpLptxMjSnuIOa2sn9nhGqPcIs/s400/005.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>The buttons are my Aunt Lib's buttons that I modged podged onto scrapbook paper.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the bulletin board one of the walls where we keep a lot of Log Home pics to remind us of our dreams! I covered it in fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3otOmw_PxLcJLaxEju1ZqjpybUqrxE0I5kc59oaO4S7WXAcP9WoZDdYmD0mwavfj8hE7vr-CsxllaOdaeESxNQYB8Gl1BUtb8l4l6e9Pza1aJDPZOlqaGbDKXTwhkBZIVLIFZSF5IHus/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3otOmw_PxLcJLaxEju1ZqjpybUqrxE0I5kc59oaO4S7WXAcP9WoZDdYmD0mwavfj8hE7vr-CsxllaOdaeESxNQYB8Gl1BUtb8l4l6e9Pza1aJDPZOlqaGbDKXTwhkBZIVLIFZSF5IHus/s400/010.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
I am linking up to Met Monday over at Between Naps on the Porch! Go look at all the other great DIY ideas!!!</div><br />
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</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-26296642003307332692011-04-18T10:52:00.000-07:002011-04-18T11:03:02.351-07:00Patterns a'plenty!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When my mother was packing up her sewing room before she moved this last fall, she came across something priceless to me. She found some old patterns belonging to my Granny. My Granny is actually my dad's mother who passed away when I was 21 years old. My Granny made me a lot of baby doll clothes for my Cabbage Patch Kids when I was younger but these patterns were for womens' clothing. Keep in mind these were patterns from the 50's. In fact, inside one of the pattern packages was an old newspaper clipping from Birmingham, Alabama dated 1952. My mother wasn't sure how she came to owning these patterns but I was VERY eager to take them off of her hands and already had ideas for them before I even made it home. Here are the results!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I covered a chip wood letter from Hobby Lobby with matching fabric from my shower curtain. Not a pattern but I wanted to show you anyway!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> I framed 2 of the patterns in a document frame with fabric matching my shower curtain as the backing. This is hanging just below a cabinet in the master bathroom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">Here is another pattern I hung in my bathroom just as you walk in the door. I love how the ladies in the drawing look so FANCY!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJrHxBYgZR430Jp3b8R_XJJi1OYN6errHyBzuqQVoTWkHRnpYgps3ehCTqN-o8g9Rq4dZJtzCvdMhXueTB7RQubYX4bTLOFXLCLd2YXKzHgE8UeRwwCITLZV9ZQGUiz3Vt6Ll3DBfJp8/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJrHxBYgZR430Jp3b8R_XJJi1OYN6errHyBzuqQVoTWkHRnpYgps3ehCTqN-o8g9Rq4dZJtzCvdMhXueTB7RQubYX4bTLOFXLCLd2YXKzHgE8UeRwwCITLZV9ZQGUiz3Vt6Ll3DBfJp8/s320/027.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
These patterns are hanging in my laundry room. The lower pattern is my favorite because it actually has my Granny's maiden name written in her handwriting. PRICELESS!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I put another pattern in a shadow box and put it on top of the china hutch in the dining room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpD_5yDZpp5WLoTJ3WXYU418K_95o6lo2quGBJdVsHZSRSUCHTzYugHUCChkt09q8BTOiXJK7e9wXtKX1bH1tZOkTwQ5wsyFxDEKdsajqCg1uDK29mKI9af4-IW9pF_QcwjWrSlIZ3vLo/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpD_5yDZpp5WLoTJ3WXYU418K_95o6lo2quGBJdVsHZSRSUCHTzYugHUCChkt09q8BTOiXJK7e9wXtKX1bH1tZOkTwQ5wsyFxDEKdsajqCg1uDK29mKI9af4-IW9pF_QcwjWrSlIZ3vLo/s320/025.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center">It is a pattern for aprons! Perfect for a kitchen area!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQnbgfzPUvcPZ766HP7kMh7jZk3FNk_Gr2d3Hs4VjSgv34OZMCCD_DM_oPSjn5QXLD3gJi8_EhoNQ9hyEtCiLRUqBBFT4O_XEk5IojjgmKpLsX-m2Ec3RKq5t-nmJ3jwBcMQQP8P-snw/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQnbgfzPUvcPZ766HP7kMh7jZk3FNk_Gr2d3Hs4VjSgv34OZMCCD_DM_oPSjn5QXLD3gJi8_EhoNQ9hyEtCiLRUqBBFT4O_XEk5IojjgmKpLsX-m2Ec3RKq5t-nmJ3jwBcMQQP8P-snw/s320/024.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/94/3AF0BBD82EA7D6DE456700A93BC05FBE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/94/3AF0BBD82EA7D6DE456700A93BC05FBE.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a></div>I am linking up to Met Monday at Between Naps on the Porch!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-91459541198725998202011-04-16T20:03:00.000-07:002011-04-16T20:04:29.029-07:00Country "Lunchables"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My sweet Cowboy is my lunch partner every day here at the Triple P. He gets out of Pre-K at 10:50 so I pick him up and we come home to start our together time before my Mini-Belle gets out of school. I occasionally buy those Lunchables for my Mini-Belle's lunch box because she loves the ones that let you make your own pizza. My Cowboy...not so much. However, since he wants to be like his big sister, I bought him the ones with the crackers, cheese and meat slices. He LOVES them! i realized it was silly to pay for something that contained items we already had in the fridge just because it came in a divided container. Then it hit me! I use muffin tins for the Mini-Belle's after school snacks so why couldn't I use it for a faux "Lunchable"??? To get my Cowboy to go for it, I have to call it a "Country Lunchable". My babies want EVERY THING to be from the country. When we go to our Sonic here in our hometown, they order "Country Dr. Pepper" or "Country Sweet Tea". I remember stopping at a Sonic on our way home from the mall and my Cowboy asking, "Does THIS Sonic have Country Sweet Tea?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Fat free pudding, banana slices, Booste Kid Essentials (he drinks one of these EVER day), broccoli & carrots, chopped up beef brat, cheese cubes!<br />
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The hall was okay but the closet a glorified junk drawer. The hall was rockin' it '90s style with two tone walls and wall paper border (that I picked out with love) and Sexyman was ready for some updating.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tHYu0aCqk7YSbionfz9XOzl4vHgisAGj7bCQnT-1F-ickxvUQdkZMMYLLF4iQ_5JdVYikl7d1Wzbnu4MKeGEhPg3mcdVK9HyLfOFfcRRdh9OymFQb4LQbx9EAHnf9DUN-n8Bm7NATMU/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tHYu0aCqk7YSbionfz9XOzl4vHgisAGj7bCQnT-1F-ickxvUQdkZMMYLLF4iQ_5JdVYikl7d1Wzbnu4MKeGEhPg3mcdVK9HyLfOFfcRRdh9OymFQb4LQbx9EAHnf9DUN-n8Bm7NATMU/s320/004.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXccTdgzwvokMn7NPCTn1Pp96PpXSKn_C_yDQUOseh9fsp5sa-7awFzDQUl8_qTQtePVC0WeVvcNZpFveP0qjysE9hK55Xf7GYWjzpFdEsf-R24jlJPqxUGzsK3x38aj7eX3vS3tKThkY/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXccTdgzwvokMn7NPCTn1Pp96PpXSKn_C_yDQUOseh9fsp5sa-7awFzDQUl8_qTQtePVC0WeVvcNZpFveP0qjysE9hK55Xf7GYWjzpFdEsf-R24jlJPqxUGzsK3x38aj7eX3vS3tKThkY/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux8VdQFbLoScRkn4McOHzV1L-0iVEWq4LdEkJlpnk06TJ4W0kPCECcQHXaJPF0nZJ61iyUEKYGcd8hRN_A4RUA9mwCCtR_dpZ77EMdXwPAobIARe4wu1QwlOzkNf3qDddOpHet2t_9k4/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjux8VdQFbLoScRkn4McOHzV1L-0iVEWq4LdEkJlpnk06TJ4W0kPCECcQHXaJPF0nZJ61iyUEKYGcd8hRN_A4RUA9mwCCtR_dpZ77EMdXwPAobIARe4wu1QwlOzkNf3qDddOpHet2t_9k4/s320/005.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Check out what can happen when you crank up the Sirius Radio to the 80's station and jam while you and your husband paint the walls (burnt almond) and trim (breakfast blend)!!!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Here is the REAL treat!!! Got this great idea at <a href="http://keephomesimple.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-and-improved-hallway-closet.html ">http://keephomesimple.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-and-improved-hallway-closet.html </a> No more closet door...painted interior...lamp...clothes rod removed...carpeted floor...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamomEZahZC2oXpL016-ns2kHSibiO9oomoHj4KFubJ5fIJYuGODTokzTzEe9m9BFkwLVSliWGjH_DX_xS8XXW-0bAU3IGgSrIg4lPKceHA7PzteOwmEvjYQ7UcAy70qFQjsazXVzCEKQ/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamomEZahZC2oXpL016-ns2kHSibiO9oomoHj4KFubJ5fIJYuGODTokzTzEe9m9BFkwLVSliWGjH_DX_xS8XXW-0bAU3IGgSrIg4lPKceHA7PzteOwmEvjYQ7UcAy70qFQjsazXVzCEKQ/s320/008.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> ...key hook on side wall to grab keys as we leave the house...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt94FXCPwt7BKdZbA6Ctf2sZl840hF0XvAYGyxHPctZvF4b75AJW9DQRtbUE3SPCsv-De6BFkbzJPTJybMfzEaGnvblLkLxdjq3qP0S0VSnYIso63rbija6oBhZbQ1kIEVsfViS8uLcIE/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt94FXCPwt7BKdZbA6Ctf2sZl840hF0XvAYGyxHPctZvF4b75AJW9DQRtbUE3SPCsv-De6BFkbzJPTJybMfzEaGnvblLkLxdjq3qP0S0VSnYIso63rbija6oBhZbQ1kIEVsfViS8uLcIE/s320/011.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> ...cute "L" and "C" wall hooks on other side wall for my Cowboy and Mini-Belle to hang their coats and backpacks on in the afternoons! Couldn't be happier!!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7MmqMuOASeNW6RoIHn0s_Cq1a8IaKnb7WKDrpc0hU5zO4jpUQzxicTHfKQeIDzN8vst2A1ZSu1dOSfO4QLv0EtkkKDF4CtfXqSZc4MI-VddRCSKayNzTdKhE6zs1AsZPn62u53vtx28/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7MmqMuOASeNW6RoIHn0s_Cq1a8IaKnb7WKDrpc0hU5zO4jpUQzxicTHfKQeIDzN8vst2A1ZSu1dOSfO4QLv0EtkkKDF4CtfXqSZc4MI-VddRCSKayNzTdKhE6zs1AsZPn62u53vtx28/s320/015.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290270970209081346" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_x908CSKJhI4/SWrRaxjfmAI/AAAAAAAAEtQ/dXtIYrWR6ow/s400/One+on+sidebar.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 158px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 170px;" /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Here is the bottom piece before...</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">After getting painted "Cottage White" and a little sand paper distressing...</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">This is after being glazed with "Dark Walnut". I love how it looks so worn...</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Had to give 4 of the drawer pulls a shot of black spray paint!</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Spraying on the polyurethane top coat. I have decided I need to get some of the "wipe on" poly to apply to some of the detailed areas by hand...</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">The hutch is so happy in the house and it has actually made my china even more beautiful! I am still missing some knobs. Hobby Lobby ran out of the ones I liked so I have to try another Hobby Lobby this week.</span> <br />
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I am linking up to Met Monday! Go see even more great "Before and After" projects! <br />
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I then cute out each letter and number.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#990000;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnjRpCcXeqNBF3AVRY7Q1phuE6f1bs8JnjsWAZsK8_UqXfAn4_uHjN4e6E_c2ZUvE3IIkAjVUoOxZUzS9co2tEpBYHcBZp-0WWhEieV9-EgZVTtqStF16m9P_PVpDq1zTkeLsN6d-uzg/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289981682838178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnjRpCcXeqNBF3AVRY7Q1phuE6f1bs8JnjsWAZsK8_UqXfAn4_uHjN4e6E_c2ZUvE3IIkAjVUoOxZUzS9co2tEpBYHcBZp-0WWhEieV9-EgZVTtqStF16m9P_PVpDq1zTkeLsN6d-uzg/s320/022.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#990000;">Next, I spaced each character on my board and taped them on. I traced an outline of each one using a ball point pen. I used a lot of pressure so as to leave a "stencil" of each letter on the wood.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjof3WDHoHB_33LRtN5g_ER11Tixlm_tn0Mz1ubiex8mGEhBm85ZeFygSmjgNd8Yh4AXVZLdjzdE2b-jBYYVrKBfLKMA0wxynG-7eE44mEd70fjt9KKLN4v1G02RgLPYSAAeThKLlZTBo0/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289973807066050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjof3WDHoHB_33LRtN5g_ER11Tixlm_tn0Mz1ubiex8mGEhBm85ZeFygSmjgNd8Yh4AXVZLdjzdE2b-jBYYVrKBfLKMA0wxynG-7eE44mEd70fjt9KKLN4v1G02RgLPYSAAeThKLlZTBo0/s320/023.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#990000;">See the outline I left just by using pressure with my pen???</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6osJNGsgvkTyfLdz9uFramBn-e7jxy93lusFmqMZJN5bDtSN_w4xrGzmwq2TPyfpdL0S9IjSn5rGXMEN0a462oQ8vDLCKf3Li9hvCaoHKTp9mydFJBwhXvP-6GkwTdwvkhoI5-ipPYg/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289969389072562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6osJNGsgvkTyfLdz9uFramBn-e7jxy93lusFmqMZJN5bDtSN_w4xrGzmwq2TPyfpdL0S9IjSn5rGXMEN0a462oQ8vDLCKf3Li9hvCaoHKTp9mydFJBwhXvP-6GkwTdwvkhoI5-ipPYg/s320/024.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#990000;">I used "Americana" brand acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby. This brand is only 99 cents so I love it. I am using a shade of red to match my bedroom. This is for the master suite at the Triple P. I just painted the letters using one of the many paint brushes in my combo pack of brushes I got at HL since I am not really an artist and have no idea about paint brushes or paint or wood or stencils or changing a flat tire or musical instruments or 4-wheel drive trucks or NOT burning bacon or wait a minute, where was I...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryhJ1I-ZS0bkaCpRmn0NLf6ophBo11VQzovs31uDLdn24h64KsRwv7kQ7rlyCNVuJjxWWO1rQ1zSTeuGVD-X3XbWO0KPuVlYwISbrw80Eux7NTrYTMt6EOWh8VeuezxpZZs4IWvjxsgg/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289214706472882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryhJ1I-ZS0bkaCpRmn0NLf6ophBo11VQzovs31uDLdn24h64KsRwv7kQ7rlyCNVuJjxWWO1rQ1zSTeuGVD-X3XbWO0KPuVlYwISbrw80Eux7NTrYTMt6EOWh8VeuezxpZZs4IWvjxsgg/s320/025.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Next, I used some of the same brand of paint only in black and did some hodge podge painting over the letters to give it an older look.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FDH2Bby1hzvocDMyFHLA4WBb2N4xqJpCSk-OIOVK8WQwwoX6LEIBRRWS-VF6LkFdGgOpWyvIpXPycICufXgKga9OUMsq4zXHckOZjdd5CRrOBeyFJaLsx02F7ezVdiwP7N1Z-1Meo6w/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289210632479922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FDH2Bby1hzvocDMyFHLA4WBb2N4xqJpCSk-OIOVK8WQwwoX6LEIBRRWS-VF6LkFdGgOpWyvIpXPycICufXgKga9OUMsq4zXHckOZjdd5CRrOBeyFJaLsx02F7ezVdiwP7N1Z-1Meo6w/s320/027.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Moving on to the sanding...once the paint was dry, I used a sheet of 150 sand paper and made circular motions all over the sign to distress it a bit more. Libby helped with this and she is one mean sander!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYnrO1Jq3w3krHRjX7wpWJ_uEkdeDPABCMXS4fFZhi4t1lbueqxloXJ7NclYvmO4R44gxh5WWksPYIx-whTD_EyucE-zQ2lflg2ccs9sKyR3yEra6wM3WfgDwV1ayTKZ-s13h6zCU4y0/s1600/028.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289204900940994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYnrO1Jq3w3krHRjX7wpWJ_uEkdeDPABCMXS4fFZhi4t1lbueqxloXJ7NclYvmO4R44gxh5WWksPYIx-whTD_EyucE-zQ2lflg2ccs9sKyR3yEra6wM3WfgDwV1ayTKZ-s13h6zCU4y0/s320/028.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Then the staining! Used a rag to lightly stain the whole thing. I put more in some places then others and then rubbed it all around.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0r5Vuovk7wIkXIB6nHofAEQ04L69j87EJyLTWTTqoahZy9twGculAsPZNbfopudtJZ7dncJESywYVsVFnZSNltLJqupi48FXV7dkXwuUHBqGoPzjoNu6EQQEZIkQg5QPx1-clv8DN0-s/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289195840477186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0r5Vuovk7wIkXIB6nHofAEQ04L69j87EJyLTWTTqoahZy9twGculAsPZNbfopudtJZ7dncJESywYVsVFnZSNltLJqupi48FXV7dkXwuUHBqGoPzjoNu6EQQEZIkQg5QPx1-clv8DN0-s/s320/029.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Now, if I can just get the husband to put some picture hangers on the back and get it on the wall!!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ax9bk5QU0iwygWKRhukKNJGvJ9n3q9eFddp0VX7U-bsLdKIcSoEtz9SSw_qLdnvyNjJAjiKhNLFr5qs34-tXAD9RFOg-quvSYel8dqVZzjtz1kX18B6o_b1HyAzmd7tpFtSy4ExNamw/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569289195020047490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ax9bk5QU0iwygWKRhukKNJGvJ9n3q9eFddp0VX7U-bsLdKIcSoEtz9SSw_qLdnvyNjJAjiKhNLFr5qs34-tXAD9RFOg-quvSYel8dqVZzjtz1kX18B6o_b1HyAzmd7tpFtSy4ExNamw/s320/030.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-57156953951848702922011-01-12T11:21:00.000-08:002011-01-12T11:36:38.524-08:00Spending time in the "office" crafting!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVBFmcXRI1xa04mburkrFYwM_7gEdYuyMNjLgD5FCTnEwP28RXvpeRQywJEi_rMthZafbtEjDNIcHDHN1HAAUjBRyt7aUk1KafSsLP-PYv8amlh5nCNj31hGjH7-vGJKA9NxzSRW70u8/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561384735198687842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVBFmcXRI1xa04mburkrFYwM_7gEdYuyMNjLgD5FCTnEwP28RXvpeRQywJEi_rMthZafbtEjDNIcHDHN1HAAUjBRyt7aUk1KafSsLP-PYv8amlh5nCNj31hGjH7-vGJKA9NxzSRW70u8/s320/001.JPG" /></a> Made this with a new product I am CRAZY about: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Modge</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Podge</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Dimensional</span>! It is basically just liquid epoxy you have to let dry. This charms are 50% off this week at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">HL</span> so I am going to have to go back and get more because after I made this one, I thought of 10 new ones I wanted to make and ways to make them even cuter!<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeBEIK2DXnu2Q4m6Fu-iq7tNs_JI5Qw7OlKhhzal9bzIBSp3RiysA7rWZPnl4udY_7doRrqOiNK5gHgiJUi0Fc1aGNxNn1YQ04ZpKHdYyBmp6afvdS5rNe4W6RX6gSqb_jI52zwx42a8/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561383932025402834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeBEIK2DXnu2Q4m6Fu-iq7tNs_JI5Qw7OlKhhzal9bzIBSp3RiysA7rWZPnl4udY_7doRrqOiNK5gHgiJUi0Fc1aGNxNn1YQ04ZpKHdYyBmp6afvdS5rNe4W6RX6gSqb_jI52zwx42a8/s320/006.JPG" /></a> One of the charms I made with some scrapbook paper, sayings I printed out and the cool blank HIGH QUALITY charm I bought at Affair of the Heart in Tulsa this year. This is a two sided charm so I put different things on each side.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0UKlT-L3xFpJpfdC6ZoKpxIt8Kdvzn8DkPJfGQagZ5MAHGkFhc1DbM2HhSqHo7zZXGKbXM-GjcIBgmFsB4jL3LxPiYGqYUO4VwgHy2dmknl6zAg21nBIlF_WXUycb-bq4llrwNY7vjc/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561383925769673330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0UKlT-L3xFpJpfdC6ZoKpxIt8Kdvzn8DkPJfGQagZ5MAHGkFhc1DbM2HhSqHo7zZXGKbXM-GjcIBgmFsB4jL3LxPiYGqYUO4VwgHy2dmknl6zAg21nBIlF_WXUycb-bq4llrwNY7vjc/s320/007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdAGdJsggVoZdvRDIdpKXXW1ugDLUbe-KqgX1MqAXAc6lOcD7O1qGuqQAfVWWxLUxWRfyOYyA7gkynNwsulXZIban6hKS8kZJlcLhH-W61HmxBTgil8GsTgOAfDUjoN538q3GnX3Pl3k/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561382347979075778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdAGdJsggVoZdvRDIdpKXXW1ugDLUbe-KqgX1MqAXAc6lOcD7O1qGuqQAfVWWxLUxWRfyOYyA7gkynNwsulXZIban6hKS8kZJlcLhH-W61HmxBTgil8GsTgOAfDUjoN538q3GnX3Pl3k/s320/010.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>When you are a full time homemaker living in 1300 square feet of space, an actual "office" is not reality. My true office is the laundry room and the kitchen. Maybe I should move my college diploma in to one of those rooms? Isn't your office where those are <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">supposed</span> to go:) Anyway, I spend a lot of time at my dining room table. This is where I do the bank statement, help Libby with homework, make my grocery list, do the weekly bills, etc. And sometimes...I get to do some crafty stuff! My <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sexyman</span> loaded me up with some of his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">famous</span>, made from scratch Hot Chocolate in my "Titanic Exhibition" mug and away I went! Here is what my "office" looked like during that time. So glad my home is my "office" and not somewhere else. I have the best job in the world and the best boss! And my co-workers aren't bad either!</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-71065965685156786042011-01-06T10:44:00.000-08:002011-01-06T11:10:59.351-08:00The Triple P Goes Cowboy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjazdLkpS338M_PvGh4KjtT0a7ME4r3Au8NEeqUxRN6GiThZbIOiIj2u3StBDUvFX8_3ogVbs-uXq1S6xKdbMpxW0D5i6XIzjO5d6MzazP4rOPn41XustAgVf9HRGJhAoze87f4Qybq9I/s1600/034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559149292727205826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjazdLkpS338M_PvGh4KjtT0a7ME4r3Au8NEeqUxRN6GiThZbIOiIj2u3StBDUvFX8_3ogVbs-uXq1S6xKdbMpxW0D5i6XIzjO5d6MzazP4rOPn41XustAgVf9HRGJhAoze87f4Qybq9I/s320/034.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPPW_J4RgzgcfTOx3gEL7ZnErZHq5HRr8jJj-oVd_DiASMFuNqFDLz5dT2qaZ0Z6OiCxlr77QLNGwW4R7oeWJsRlFEAvX7XWHRs1xHOvcCIHNoiDqLVAWMq6s04Dnx5WPUYMfm9G627w/s1600/039.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559148930238218178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPPW_J4RgzgcfTOx3gEL7ZnErZHq5HRr8jJj-oVd_DiASMFuNqFDLz5dT2qaZ0Z6OiCxlr77QLNGwW4R7oeWJsRlFEAvX7XWHRs1xHOvcCIHNoiDqLVAWMq6s04Dnx5WPUYMfm9G627w/s320/039.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN65350f_3YLkVSFsJd04uZhuPgXYQy-fGloHMaTXYmhkVYUNV-ViMW618l7U0C-a4QfH7kfOE9QW3uGWqycWDrPPhPdiQO-lNDCjSKUwpXGxb1Em7CyPXQeFYGmf4slV1Qz_s_VaN-mw/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559148601408934306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN65350f_3YLkVSFsJd04uZhuPgXYQy-fGloHMaTXYmhkVYUNV-ViMW618l7U0C-a4QfH7kfOE9QW3uGWqycWDrPPhPdiQO-lNDCjSKUwpXGxb1Em7CyPXQeFYGmf4slV1Qz_s_VaN-mw/s320/037.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-_CFUbj250a4U8LmU5dL_DyG19CciPT-JboSJoE_fP4OnkTNGOJOaKVPTwhvMZcyz6WJxkdHTI_zmyuuG7e1gVyIr_bBnHiBmHIAIHf9V7UIc6o5WBRhOBKVTJoKgjMvFrkp_oqGZ0A/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559148201542242274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-_CFUbj250a4U8LmU5dL_DyG19CciPT-JboSJoE_fP4OnkTNGOJOaKVPTwhvMZcyz6WJxkdHTI_zmyuuG7e1gVyIr_bBnHiBmHIAIHf9V7UIc6o5WBRhOBKVTJoKgjMvFrkp_oqGZ0A/s320/036.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Well pardner, we made a few changes out here on the range and we are countin' on you to like it as much as we do. We were needin' to make some changes to the family room at the Triple P and decided to give it a little bit of that western flair my cowboy husband loves so much. After much thinkin' and re-arrangin' and movin', we think we might have everything almost perfect. Had to take out the old couch, entertainment center and TV. Still need to get busy paintin' the walls (we've picked a nice paint color called "Biscotti") and we have to re-think our china cabinet and book case situation that no long matches. I see lots of spray paintin' in that there garage in this country girl's near future. My main cowboy even has his eye on a cowhide rug. Enjoy these here photographs of the new and improved Triple P. Happy Trails!</div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-5690395298933093862010-11-15T19:37:00.000-08:002010-11-15T19:46:48.247-08:00Adventures in Apple Butter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtbR1NDvFMw6tBx4u8F0qUQ-_RlrC2zEaTX6GQVnL9WIMz1nwUA8ViJAAk2_RfB2mALQIjia77QLkTbmc7qz6R2GB9CDj4LPYWiGPKcrDTCDK_YTmSiA4un5fDDcfH64YtmCycA7y3dM/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539988965751392082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtbR1NDvFMw6tBx4u8F0qUQ-_RlrC2zEaTX6GQVnL9WIMz1nwUA8ViJAAk2_RfB2mALQIjia77QLkTbmc7qz6R2GB9CDj4LPYWiGPKcrDTCDK_YTmSiA4un5fDDcfH64YtmCycA7y3dM/s320/005.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Do you remember the 80's movie "Baby Boom" starring Diane Keaton? Remember the beautiful farmhouse in Vermont she bought in the movie? Remember the awesome fireplace in the kitchen? Remember the cutie patootie baby girl named "Elizabeth"? Most of all, do you remember all the homemade applesauce she made and sold as "Country Baby"? Do you think it is just coincidence that I myself had a cute little country baby named Elizabeth whom we call Libby? That is one of my favorite all time movies! Scott even bought it for me on DVD after Colt Joseph was born when I was in desperate need of entertainment while nursing a newborn a couple times a night.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Let's just say I was channeling JC Wyatt (Diane Keaton's character) today while experimenting with some homemade apple butter. I made just enough to fill 3 pint jars. With a few phone calls to some expert canners and some help from my Sexyman, I was able to complete my first "canning" product! I kept one jar for us and I decorated the other two jars to give away. So, if you have never seen "Baby Boom" you are missing out on a great movie with great 80's synthesizer music. If you have never tasted apple butter, go directly to your friendly Cracker Barrel Restaurant and buy a jar! My apple butter still needs tweaking but I have the cutest jars!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-21110625195743091402010-08-20T10:51:00.000-07:002010-08-20T11:24:59.596-07:00Master Bathroom Made NewHere is the way the master bathroom has looked the past 3 years. What can I say...I love wallpaper border. I know, it is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">sooooo</span> 90s. I still love it. I fell in love with this border and built the whole bathroom around it. I painted the walls ( for about 3 years before that they were blue; I like to change things <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">around</span>...a lot), got new towels and the whole works. Then, about a month ago I was ready for more updating. I first started painting the super dark wood cabinets a lighter color. That is why they are two toned. About halfway through, I remembered to take a "before" pic. Here is the ugly shower door that I was trying to find a way to cover up.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBOkOpKEhqtD_-_eIf_kb5ofebvZIOoAC9IKUWxRdYDdl7IhK1YRlwNh-buwK22KecJ2XoZz_77kprT3uHTbevZYgNutEB1NOz4UuBxldJrhmqf1KAqNnjqAna3XYf8ZbopTL-EseiuA/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507554261602835986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBOkOpKEhqtD_-_eIf_kb5ofebvZIOoAC9IKUWxRdYDdl7IhK1YRlwNh-buwK22KecJ2XoZz_77kprT3uHTbevZYgNutEB1NOz4UuBxldJrhmqf1KAqNnjqAna3XYf8ZbopTL-EseiuA/s320/023.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6crTkO8kq5zccqu51AMkoYehHwu2NydwyN7qTuXMDTB6hObwxyEUuqggHQ-jgn0iHpuN6FxqmjP7NP9O3qLZ9qXDOxWPPYiKa2lux3cF4I1nP-vMa0pO1UCrtIu5L7KcuMGZeJvTyf0A/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507554252588943586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6crTkO8kq5zccqu51AMkoYehHwu2NydwyN7qTuXMDTB6hObwxyEUuqggHQ-jgn0iHpuN6FxqmjP7NP9O3qLZ9qXDOxWPPYiKa2lux3cF4I1nP-vMa0pO1UCrtIu5L7KcuMGZeJvTyf0A/s320/022.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>This was my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">solution</span> to the ugly door! I found this beautiful fabric at Hobby Lobby that I fell in love with. I bought some with a coupon ( it was $8.99 a yard!!!) and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">commissioned</span> my mom to make a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">faux</span> shower curtain. I bought a silver curtain rod and some cafe clips.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittmMPrUb088p3CQ3F70wyiMlcirdu5nbfRYszFKTYQ4dxNVccU9jIXX9ZXsT5vanxnhdEZ6i9HX7M0Yn1dZ3dEo6B1pQefsx8ruhJHUCorvMieQs-oSU0DUSUGyK53PEAzcST_gsXIgg/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507554249330669650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittmMPrUb088p3CQ3F70wyiMlcirdu5nbfRYszFKTYQ4dxNVccU9jIXX9ZXsT5vanxnhdEZ6i9HX7M0Yn1dZ3dEo6B1pQefsx8ruhJHUCorvMieQs-oSU0DUSUGyK53PEAzcST_gsXIgg/s320/005.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>I painted the walls the same color as we have been painting the hallways (yes...we have several home improvement projects going on at the same time!) which is "Burnt Almond". Got some new towels and got rid of the old jewelry box. I bought this one at Hobby Lobby in the unfinished wood aisle and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">spray</span> painted it. Please <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">disregard</span> the pink cabinet pulls. I am still looking for the perfect blue or green ones.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kx44OuB2rI2FlyGb9uYyW6uSg_IhJYvwHPfbsfJAlarsCk7kmWMQniCa05Me_7k3ctqwrNEha6rT-fMFRw2_e32vw57jW7huYpgsKXIYIZs3R3zU-saFRkYO5C2q5zlPh0Ijr32nEZI/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507554238418486834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kx44OuB2rI2FlyGb9uYyW6uSg_IhJYvwHPfbsfJAlarsCk7kmWMQniCa05Me_7k3ctqwrNEha6rT-fMFRw2_e32vw57jW7huYpgsKXIYIZs3R3zU-saFRkYO5C2q5zlPh0Ijr32nEZI/s320/006.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Since our towels previously hung on hooks over the ugly shower door, I had to find a way to hang them. I had seen so many cutie "HIS" and "HERS" but came up with a cuter idea that was more US. I bought some robe hooks at Target and hung them unevenly. Then I bought some glass frames and then...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2jXLPgtdq-UhKDCGBsNoSJfBvZ6cIXqzjTeTMOOhLI76QMXMFUa6TNTz3YejlW-RFDI_p76DHE2l_C2vF-_wr-YGstAc2a3C6AMkMdRhCJQKF56wx6x0sEeiX6iJ2oynHG5qwKE6T1M/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507552609382690082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2jXLPgtdq-UhKDCGBsNoSJfBvZ6cIXqzjTeTMOOhLI76QMXMFUa6TNTz3YejlW-RFDI_p76DHE2l_C2vF-_wr-YGstAc2a3C6AMkMdRhCJQKF56wx6x0sEeiX6iJ2oynHG5qwKE6T1M/s320/007.JPG" /></a><br /><br />...I wrapped the backs with left over fabric from my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">faux</span> shower curtain. I wrapped it around the back and secured it with double sided tape. I then used pinking shears to cut brown card stock into rectangles. I bought some OH SO <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">FANDANCY</span> green letter stickers and spelled out our names we call each other. i call Scott "Honey" and he calls me "Sweetie". So...just a more personalized version of "his" and "hers"!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jx3xPwtCUNlpyVvTTaN3Tp0wOEPwkkP6AvaA9D1aky6lFHvhninH-yABj1IOKF7C1sSX_-_eMkkIEAKILEMTQ1u0zz1DP-RfCW_UK4y1MhCoBRAahrrYMU62Sl-jVd6HuDVSbZ6zXeA/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507552596892747362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jx3xPwtCUNlpyVvTTaN3Tp0wOEPwkkP6AvaA9D1aky6lFHvhninH-yABj1IOKF7C1sSX_-_eMkkIEAKILEMTQ1u0zz1DP-RfCW_UK4y1MhCoBRAahrrYMU62Sl-jVd6HuDVSbZ6zXeA/s320/008.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODKO297QJQ4FbJAz8SIUAlzWOqqNbkxGKO6rlLAulqkM97OoW_OVKOsZU6iU6W4sQXTm1KJ1tFxZmbkov6ziEzeqV7kmnIfLID487T8190OYY8hdIeBzIbLg4BbaDfH0TVpjLJofa7QU/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507552593828954418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODKO297QJQ4FbJAz8SIUAlzWOqqNbkxGKO6rlLAulqkM97OoW_OVKOsZU6iU6W4sQXTm1KJ1tFxZmbkov6ziEzeqV7kmnIfLID487T8190OYY8hdIeBzIbLg4BbaDfH0TVpjLJofa7QU/s320/009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The so much better painted cabinets and the new <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">counter top</span> stuff.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRundx-UKCwE-Mb1yFbBDNkJlTkbIbXePpmVNX089BWAtB6jzmoIQoyVFS0_SOAhKzxub13kYYcWambXY2_fynyjVS8GzHLU5z7qaXe0zHRYyz1TLV-7O3wAp3NozVvhFYyA7ZLOZ0aQ/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507552585325272418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRundx-UKCwE-Mb1yFbBDNkJlTkbIbXePpmVNX089BWAtB6jzmoIQoyVFS0_SOAhKzxub13kYYcWambXY2_fynyjVS8GzHLU5z7qaXe0zHRYyz1TLV-7O3wAp3NozVvhFYyA7ZLOZ0aQ/s320/010.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oh yeah...I bought this blue candle garland at Affair of the Heart for something else but never used it. I just used the cafe clips to grab it and make a swag <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">for</span> the top of the curtain.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukiuUxfNfp3XdkgMW3OeFSF9fyDvyTBQss2NEwZiZ4WqN-VrlblDJ31dNr-RyKu1DsVJ09SwVMPAflcjYZmaHgJUKVPw69QaDy_lAqlZd6grTX-iPEqb8VHVXsYqU_zDWD8nZLG4yt7I/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507552582929202482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukiuUxfNfp3XdkgMW3OeFSF9fyDvyTBQss2NEwZiZ4WqN-VrlblDJ31dNr-RyKu1DsVJ09SwVMPAflcjYZmaHgJUKVPw69QaDy_lAqlZd6grTX-iPEqb8VHVXsYqU_zDWD8nZLG4yt7I/s320/012.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-50482702895132302562010-07-07T20:11:00.000-07:002010-07-07T20:19:37.333-07:00Country Crafting...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd4kCVqOU4S0UzwoHXHYQ7rcQ55Mx8qERgzrxZrNsYY3IblnU8G03FHLqyt5X-WJWcw5X6YIHIgMfV5KWxonLT_y8TrHfJn7SBhiZSeZLZQEYMzmc18AhoQi5zil9kAEBtw7_v8wUEAU/s1600/045.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491368659761974226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd4kCVqOU4S0UzwoHXHYQ7rcQ55Mx8qERgzrxZrNsYY3IblnU8G03FHLqyt5X-WJWcw5X6YIHIgMfV5KWxonLT_y8TrHfJn7SBhiZSeZLZQEYMzmc18AhoQi5zil9kAEBtw7_v8wUEAU/s320/045.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU06s0cgaYlEWshGrFg-w_5fsxs1WNntCq7m-Y9Vl7hM0OdEB2ErLUYzXjUwVotIsJwIRJVqt8FvEPdXtn2yeeXrvo-NxG4d_lS4JulmoVjW39EEvt1LnlZAaBIX89UkJrZEvIODhyphenhyphenbIk/s1600/044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491368647839032994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU06s0cgaYlEWshGrFg-w_5fsxs1WNntCq7m-Y9Vl7hM0OdEB2ErLUYzXjUwVotIsJwIRJVqt8FvEPdXtn2yeeXrvo-NxG4d_lS4JulmoVjW39EEvt1LnlZAaBIX89UkJrZEvIODhyphenhyphenbIk/s320/044.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnptuvvo8foZoBec7aBItGSkigUJt6Dw6FOGe8AwrVawwFuSR_0l1un60uHT72NrGf7Qz04XhLPgClAl6ktFYd11S3zEZTDiQygAxRvRl1uyUT5cXzZfgIVMdghnjIq95ohvzNUWeTD-A/s1600/043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491368635018094818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnptuvvo8foZoBec7aBItGSkigUJt6Dw6FOGe8AwrVawwFuSR_0l1un60uHT72NrGf7Qz04XhLPgClAl6ktFYd11S3zEZTDiQygAxRvRl1uyUT5cXzZfgIVMdghnjIq95ohvzNUWeTD-A/s320/043.JPG" /></a><br /><br />A few little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">crafties</span>. I made these oh-so-cute-on-your-arm button bracelets but I still need to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">tweak</span> this craft a little. I'm thinking I need one for every season! Plus...my mini-belle was in desperate need of more flip-flops. Besides...can a country girl truly have TOO MUCH gingham?<br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526237802856979463.post-34554938072835863392010-06-18T15:13:00.000-07:002010-06-18T15:20:23.398-07:00Dining Room prettiness...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVV8yNFiOjKZIJP28R6BlNYkekGwUr6_qrBvwopHq-qaybeADVph0YFlDNZ4WHB7HAgmJ6rpWW3Xpa4TnEtoQWnWA1I7g70ag8qAljRUExQg1P7GW2jgrHPFpIh4TofTNARH9WtIh24T4/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484241900266635042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVV8yNFiOjKZIJP28R6BlNYkekGwUr6_qrBvwopHq-qaybeADVph0YFlDNZ4WHB7HAgmJ6rpWW3Xpa4TnEtoQWnWA1I7g70ag8qAljRUExQg1P7GW2jgrHPFpIh4TofTNARH9WtIh24T4/s320/005.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5tLJ3dRzqVxfjqbAH_3jhD0e8hMx46u-NeGC69m5DzrP6w1y8YFFVTzHtoSJ5kAFf_aF-a3Khxk6md4TlutnmrF9BAlUZ1AB3VLTxH6q0bCUVhU0RMvo9QkfrqNNNns5V1YQkV7T3Tw/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484241887546246562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5tLJ3dRzqVxfjqbAH_3jhD0e8hMx46u-NeGC69m5DzrP6w1y8YFFVTzHtoSJ5kAFf_aF-a3Khxk6md4TlutnmrF9BAlUZ1AB3VLTxH6q0bCUVhU0RMvo9QkfrqNNNns5V1YQkV7T3Tw/s320/004.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>I'm in love with my new dining room table prettiness! I got the runner at the Apple Barn in Sevierville in the Smokies! I have a "Ball" jar full of lemons & flowers; a "Kerr" jar with a taper being held in place by this really cool gadget I got a Apple Valley in Townsend...IN THE SMOKIES; and I have a "Mason" jar full of Smoky Mountain honey I bought at the BOMB roadside stand in Wears Valley...IN THE SMOKIES! Ahhh...a little bit of the Smoky Mountains right here in the land of Piedmontia!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2