extreme makeover

Soulmates

From the first time I saw Lorraine smile from the window of her RV, I knew she would be my friend. Nothing stood in the way of that friendship over the years...Not language, disabilities, miles...not even the death of Romeo, her husband and also a special friend.
I got to see her in person today and my heart is full. friendship just does that
Thank you, Lorraine

Found the stair runners at the estate sale next door
We've moved into the Master bedroom though there are a few things yet to be done

Estate & Garage sales

I love being a buyer...hunting for pieces at pennies on the dollar exhilarates me. All the more reason, never to be a seller. People like me will never pay you full price...so get real. Don't put your priceless antiques out. I don't carry hundreds of dollars with me to sales and I probably will insult you if you say "make an offer".
If I do happen to walk away with one of your items (DIRT CHEAP)I will give it a loving home because I've learned after too many years to only buy what I love because I will probably be stuck with it forever....

Tile layout

I bought these terra cotta yiles from Mexico at a garage sale 3 years ago; don't ask me why(not exactly country) except when you have a 12 room fixerupper, you look for quality pieces at bargain prices. I had just enough to cover the hearth so I better not break any...

Notes are important!

You know how you are sure you can remember brilliant thoughts for later reference...HA! Yesterday I spent an hour playing with tiles designing the hearth. Because they are handmade, they needed to be placed in a certain order. It was absolutely beautiful. I admired the pattern, took them off my practice board and moved them upstairs to the base.
Needless to say, it took another hour for me to rearrange the forgotten pattern...

Pack it up

I thought it was difficult to move 30 years of accumulation to a a new house. Dealing with someone else's is near impossible. I have to learn not to ask whether this stays, goes or get tossed. I will have to be ruthless if it is ever to get finished.

Going green with my Pazzles

Today I took a much needed rest from the bedroom (remodeling, that is) and spent half the designing and creating these little boxes out of recycled cans and jar lids. The Pazzles made the cutting a breeze because all I had to do was input the diameter of the circles to size them perfectly.
Of course you can do it the old fashioned way with scissors too...

Just make sure the lids and cans are the same size...you can mix and match. The card stock insert holds the two together.

Recipe
2 lids or cans of the same diameter
2 inside circles of card stock glue inside after installing insert
2 outside circles any paper or material for top and bottom
for the card stock insert (I lined mine with matching paper)...Measure the circumference and add 1/2 inch overlap.. and height of the 2 cans together.glue to bottom can inside.
Embellish the top with whatever and hide a gift inside!

Is that actually the sun?

So many gray days this summer.
I haven't had to water my gardens since the beginning of June.

Filter your posts

You know how you think..."Did I say that out loud?"
Some people ( we won't mention any names), should think... "did I actually BLOG that out loud?"

Dread

Tuesday we get an estimate for foundation repair...

Gestation of a faux fireplace

Want a fireplace with all the ambiance and none of the heat? We ordered an electric insert and grate for a custom built corner fireplace (hubby power) Here's a sneak peek. I guarantee it will look nothing like this when we are finished;O)
Mari