Merry Christmas!

Hi! I know I've been MIA lately but I wanted to stop by & wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope everyone enjoys their time with their family & friends.  

May you all have a blessed holiday & a blessed new year!

Bathroom redo before

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday! I am just taking a break from stripping wallpaper in my bathroom to stop in & say hi! 

I thought I'd show you my "before" pics of my bath & hopefully in a few days I'll have some after pics to share too! lol

Our bathroom is tiny so I'm hoping it won't take me to long to redo it ~ although as I'm going along I keep thinking of things I want to change! We'll just have to wait & see if & what actually happens! lol

Here's the before pics ~ it is so NOT prim!

 I've been daydreaming on the internet about bathrooms all weekend. I've become addicted to pintrest too!! I know I'm behind on the craze & all but at least now I know what the craze is all about! 

Well I'm off to scrape some more - I want to patch tonight & paint tomorrow.

Have a good night everyone!

The lego party

Happy Saturday!!

I wanted to do a little post on Cody's Lego party that we had today.  He had 4 friends come over to play & I must say they were quite rowdy bunch but it was lots of fun.  Our pinata was a success ~ it didn't last nearly as long as I thought it would but we didn't hang it high engough & the boys could hit it from the top. Oh well...they still had fun.  We also played pin the "dot" on the lego block & then we had a contest to see who could put their little lego sets we had bought together the fastest.  I think all the kids had a good time.  I'm pooped now! lol

Here's a few pictures of the fun.

Cody's lego ninja cake ~I actually made it all by myself & I was very amused ~usually my cakes are terrible :O)

pinata  

pile of legos on the kitchen table waiting for the boys to arrive to build with them 

the boys checking out their loot from the pinata ~ I tried to get some pictures of them hitting the pinata but they were all blurry :(

the boys :)

It was a good day!

I hope you've enjoyed your Saturday.  Thanks for letting me show off my Lego party.  Hopefully next week I'll have something crafty to share. :O)

Hi! I hope everyone is enjoying their week! Mine has flown by again ~ I've been super busy planning Cody's birthday party for Saturday & working on some salt dough.  I wanted to share a few ornies & bowl fillers I didn't share yet.  Hopefully next week I can start some other stuff & start getting ready to decorate for Christmas.  I've really enjoyed seeing everyone's homes who have already started ...such great inspiration!

I hope everyone has a great rest of their day.  I'm off to paint a pinata for our party! :O)

OLM ornie swap box has arrived!!!

I recently participated in OLM's ornie swap & my box arrived this weekend!! I must say ALL the ornies I received are just prim perfect!  They have put me in a Christmas mood ~ I even thought about getting the tree out this weekend but the hubby said I have to wait till after Thanksgiving!! :( lol That's the rule around our house every year which is probably good since our house is so tiny I usually take it down the day after Christmas as it is since I'm sick of it taking up so much room!! lol 

Anyways ~ here are the wonderful ornies I received:

 Prim candy canes from Carmen @ PrimCats

 Bag full of wonderful Christmas goodies from Sheila @ Country Impressions

 A prim mitten from Karen @ mycolonialhome.blogspot.com

 Prim girl from Allison @ sew many girls

 Prim "joy" star from Melissa @ libbieshome.blogspot.com

Prim star from Shirlee @ farmhouseponderings.blogspot.com

Ladies ~ I love them all! Everyone did an amazing job & this swap was so much fun! Thanks to OLM for hosting!

Hope everyone enjoys their week! I've got salt dough to make & a birthday party to finish up for! :O)

New Bowl Fillers & Ornies

Hi! 

For the first time in what feels like FOREVER ~ I've actually been super busy creating stuff this week!!  I've got tons of WIPs laying around ~there is salt dough all over my house! lol  

Here's the new bowl fillers & ornies I have completed though.

"Flakey" bowl fillers ~$10 + shipping~

"Flakey II" bowl fillers ~$10 + shipping~

"Mittens" bowl fillers ~$10 + shipping~

snowman on star ornie ~ $2 ea or 6 for $10 + shipping

snowman ornie ~ $2 ea or 6 for $10 + shipping

I also made the hubby a "Chevy" ornie for the Christmas tree  :O)

I'm working on some Christmas bowl fillers & ornies today.  I hope to have them done tomorrow to share with you.  

I'm also trying to finish up a new punch needle I started & a Santa head.  I feel like I'm all over the place ~ while my salt dough has been cooking or paint has been drying ~ I've been sewing or punching! It feels good to be making stuff again ~ I felt like I was in a rut! 

~my Santa head ~ he needs a nose & some eyes & some more grungyness~

~not sure what color to do the star in yet ~

I'm behind on my blog reading but hopefully I can catch up with everyone this weekend.  My aunt is taking Cody to a Lego event on Saturday in Cleveland (about 2 hrs from here).  He's going to be so excited!! I'm not telling him till tomorrow night because I know it'll kill him to have to wait to go! He's a major Lego fan! We're actually having a Lego birthday party for him in 2 weeks ~ his first "friends from school only" party! lol

Well I think I'm done rambling for now ~ I'm off to start supper.  Hope everyone has a wonderful evening!

Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Halloween Fun

Hi! 

I wanted to stop in & share with you one of my favorite & most crazy Halloween "costumes" yet.  

Just look at my HUGE belly!! My son was born 2 1/2 weeks after Halloween.

 My ex hubby painted my belly for me & I passed out candy to trick or treaters sitting down...it was so funny!!   Some of the kids didn't even realize it was my belly hanging out.  I had a blast!! 

Anyone ever done anything like that?!?  I always say if I have another baby some day I'd love to have another  late Fall baby just so I could paint my belly again!! lol

Hope everyone is enjoying their week ~ I'm off to work on some crafty stuff (finally! yay!). 

Me A to Z

A ~Age is 31 (feelin old these days!) 

B~Barefoot~that's how I'd love to spend the rest of my days~I HATE wearing socks & shoes with a passion~soon as I come through the door, they come off

C~Cody ~my son ~ my everything. He is such a rotten ~sweet~kind little guy

D~Dads~I've been blessed with two fathers~my biological father Jim & my stepfather Mark

E~Ears pierced? yep twice but I'm a simple kinda girl & usually just have my diamond studs & plain silver studs in ~unless I have a "hot" date then I might change them out

F~Friends & Family~they are the most important thing in the world~all the "junk" we collect along the way is nothing ~ your family & friends are what matters

G~Glasses~ gotta have them to see~I'm near sighted~someday I want lasik though

H~Hat~not really a hat kinda girl~although broke down & bought one last winter because the bus stop was just too darn cold without one

I~Ice cream~LOVE it!My favorite sundae is the turtle sundae ~ hot fudge & caramel with walnuts on top~yummy!!!

J~Joe~my hubby~my best friend

K~Kitchen~it's my favorite room of the house~I love to cook & I love to feed people~it makes me happy

L~Laugh~everyone should laugh more often~my favorite person to laugh with is my younger sis Kimmy~we have this really annoying laugh we can do exactly the same way & it drives my hubby crazy!

M~Middle Child that's me! And my sisters would tell you I have a bad case of "Middle Child Syndrome" lol

N~Nicknames~ Ray Ray~Rach~Roach~Ray~Babycakes

O~Orange juice is my favorite juice ~gotta have some ice in it though!

P~"Princess Bed" is what my hubby & son call my queen size sleigh bed because it's so high off the ground

Q~Queen of Casseroles~nickname my sis Lil Raggedy Angie & Princess have bestowed on me because casseroles are my favorite thing to cook

R~Red~My grandma Red~my mom's mom~Grandma June who I have my tattoo for~she was an amazing woman~I miss her terribly every day~she taught us how to sew~how to refinish~how to be thrifty ~to junk~so many things

S~Snore?~It's been rumored but I always deny it!

T~Tattoos ~ I have 5 at the moment ~would love some more.  This one is my favorite one ~it's on my left shoulder(in the front) & in memory of my grandma June

U~Underwater~the way I swim ~can't swim above water very well so I don't usually bother

V~Vehicle ~2000 Isuzu Rodeo ~my first SUV & I LOVE how much junk I can pack into it

W~Weep~that's what I do over any sad or sappy love story~I've even been known to cry over a commercial~I'm a cryer big time! The hubby stares at me whenever a movie gets a little sad because he KNOWS what's coming!

X~Xrays? Just one actual xray ~when I was little my dad would swing us around by one arm & one leg (I guess we loved it!) & one night he accidentally pulled my arm out of socket

Y~Yoga?Yoodle? Yo-Yo? Nah can't do any very good

Z~Zoo animal I love? Giraffe~if I get to come back as an animal in another life I would want to be a giraffe~I think they are beautiful

Yes I'm still alive!!

Wow! I have been a bad blogger! It's been over a week since I've posted! Holy Canoli!

You'd think since I've been slacking on blogging that I was really busy or something but unfortunately that wasn't the case.  I've just have a major case of the "lazies" lately (in all aspects of my life! lol).  But I will share the few things that have been going on.

First I finished my 1st punch needle.  Now of course it's not perfect but I think it turned out pretty good.  Now I just need to turn it into a lil tuck. I can't wait to start my next one!

Last Friday Miss Carmen from Primcats came over & we had a crafty night.  We made two ghosts for her porch ~ drank a few amaretto sours & some wine ~ rearranged some of my stuff ~ and had a good time.  

Here's her new ghosties

Carmen also had a sewing lesson & sewed the bodies of the ghosts all by herself! I'm happy to report she did   an amazing job & didn't even get injured!! lol

She brought me two firkins to redo for her ~ since I've been slacking I haven't started them yet, but Carmen I promise they are on this weeks "to do" list!! lol

Other than that, not a lot has been going on here.  It's been rainy the last few days so it hasn't helped my laziness.  I did attempt my first pumpkin roll for the hubby today.  I don't like pumpkin roll so I haven't tried it so we'll have to wait till he gets home later to see if it gets the seal of approval or not!! Usually Lil Raggedy Angie makes him one for Christmas but he just couldn't wait that long this year! 

Well that's it for me ~ hope everyone is enjoying their week! I promise to try to be a better blogger!! 

Redos For Sale :O)

I hope everyone is enjoying their Monday.  Mine is pretty uneventful so far ~ I'm lacking in motivation big time! lol

I wanted to share a few redos I finished last week. I really love to redo wood stuff but I can't keep it all so if anyone is interested in any of these, shoot me an email. I'll probably be listing some more stuff later in the week too.

before

after

~$5 + shipping~

(measures 16" l x 6 1/2"w x 4" deep)

before

~i forgot to take individual pics of the two wooden stands in the back but they are what I redid~

after

~$8 + shipping~

(this one is pretty big - 7"t x 12" wide)

~$5+shipping~

(5 1/2"t x 8" round)

Enjoy your day & thanks for stopping by!

Prims By the Water Scavenger Hunt Clue #10

Janice over at Prims by the Water is taking pity on me & poor Patti & giving us all the final clue for her scavenger hunt.  If you still want to join ~ you can! You have till Oct 10th to post your pics ~ you could win all this:

http://primsbythewater.blogspot.com/

Clue #10

While I was Gone

Things went Awry

Robin & Angie got a little Catty

Causing Patti and Rachel

To become quite Batty.

So now I am Asking

For this final Clue

All you little wicked witchies

Quit sniffing the Glue!

I'm really not sure what the answer is to this one!! So I'm going to be different & post this:

A thank you & my cabinet reveal part 2

Happy Friday everyone! It is a glorious, warm, sunny day in my neck of the woods.  Sorry I've been slacking on posting this week.  We've had several nice days in a row & I have been enjoying them while I can!

I recently won a giveaway over at Ellie's Country Accents & my package came today.  I was so very excited to receive my gift (I won Miss Witch) but I wanted to wait till Cody got home from school today till I opened it so he could share in my excitement.  When we opened up the box we found Miss Witch ( I love her ~ she's super cute!) & a couple of surprise gifts too!

Ms. Ellie sent Cody a Halloween goody bag with an adorable Halloween cat & some candy! He was so excited!! She also included a very yummy smelling candle & a super cute Halloween candle mat. 

~Miss Witch~

(ignore my wallpaper in the background -its on my "to-un-do" list!)

~my new candle mat (my only one) ~ LOVE it!

~Mr. Cody is a ham (he gets that from his father~lol) so I had to take a picture of him with each part of his gift! lol The poor chocolate covered marshmallow in the last picture didn't last but like 2 seconds! He said it was very good tho!~

Thank you again Ellie ~ I love everything & so does Cody. Thank you for including him in your kindness ~ you made his day & mine. 

If you haven't checked out Ellie's blog, please stop over & say hi :

http://elliescountryaccents.blogspot.com/

I also wanted to show you guys my finished kitchen cabinet.  I ended up just using the tea stained muslin & losing the pleats.  I really like how it turned out.  Now I'm thinking the other cabinet in my kitchen needs painted! lol

I painted & stained several redos this morning then left them out in the sun to dry, so I will have those to share with you next time. 

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend.  I'm looking forward to spending some lazy time with my guys.