A Little Painting

I have been repainting some items for my crafty area that I have either had in storage or brought home from my parents house.

   A little sewing box found at a garage sale  No doubt for some lace bundles in my crafty area

 A little chippy, tattered shoe crate found at our local VINTAGE SHOP 1

 An old, old chest my grandfather gave me when I was about 8yrs old. It was painted black when I got it, then I antiqued it when I was 14 or so and my sister reminded me it was still in the garage. It was my most favorite treasure growing up, it still locks and I was excited about locking things up so my 2 sisters couldn't find out what was going on in my life!!!  But sounds like they peeked about a bit. Today it got its final coat of Cloud White and is in my crafty studio. OH did it hold "Little Treasures" all those years.

 The little pink chair came from our local VINTAGE SHOP 2...it was blue. The little childs cupboard came from the Sept. trip to the MPLS  JUNK BONANZA and it was peachy color.

 The old spice rack and silverware box came from Mothers Kitchen and got there final coat today

The little wooden shelf unit was a Chippy Shabby grey, now a cloud white was a freebie at a garage sale
The little childs potty chair is about 65 years old and was used by all 4 of us as little people. Both pieces will be in my crafty studio.

I also have a few things to finish off in Sage Green in the morning. I have one large item I am going to take pictures of and ask for ideas on how to clean it..It is a mess from being in a machine shed, filled with bolts, mice and dirt. Almost to scary to have in the house at this point.

I have some products to distress these but with our weather change it may have to wait until spring. I needed to get things out of the garage and in place in my crafty area.

Prayers going out to the East Coast, with the weather reports sounds like there will be terrible storms the next 3 days.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy another week by doing the things you love.

HALLOWEEN TAG SWAP

Early October  sweet Kimberly of ArtJoyStuff hosted a HALLOWEEN TAG SWAP.  We usually have done the ATC Cards but she changed it up a bit and I have truly loved the little assembled grouping she put together for me.

She included a darling clip made from a clothes pin  that was attached to the brown paper and orange ribbon holding our wonderful tags. She grouped 5 tags with a chain and topped it off with her little wooden  tag.

                                                                Just Adorable

 from Holly Moore                       Paper Pieces of Me blogspot.com

 from Caroline Ouzts Hay             cmoh.blogspot.com

from Michele           .                  askmichelesomethingspecial.blogspot.com

 from Michele Murray                  nookcrannygifts.blogspot.com

from Sabrina                                   no blogspot

I sent these to trade

I am a little late posting this, as life had some priorities and this got set aside. I truly love all of these designs so much. It is always fun to exchange, swap and have fun with tags or ATC's, or whatever anyone enjoys doing. Special THANKS to Kimberly for hosting.

It's #177 at WOYWW

Mid Morning Greetings to All of You.

I was a late riser today!!! Party'd with my 2 sisters last night and it is so dark and dreary today. One sister had an over the hill birthday and with all 3 of us spending the weekend out of town doing our own things, we thought we were do to get together. I am so thankful being able to enjoy both of them so much.
It's a foggy, wet, warm yucky day outside and I think it reflects in my not so interested, gloomy attitude
But over at Ms Dunnit's blog the STAMPING GROUND there will be a 100 or more eager to peep crafters just waiting to spend time visiting and enjoying some creative talents.

 My desk is pretty cleaned up...not working here!!  Still have lots of cleaning/sorting to do. With the very nice weather Monday, I cleaned and pitched items in our garage and worked outside putting things away for winter coming up.

I separated my 2 tables and the other I will show you next week, it is for more crafting with fabric and lace. This one I will use for paper projects, stamping, coloring and card making.

Now it's off to stir some beef stew and bake a few biscuits. Lunch time and  my DH never misses a meal!!
Have a wonderful WOYWW day and Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW #176

Early 4AM here in Iowa...and I totally forgot it was to be Wednesday.  The WOYWW,  thanks to my FB friend Glenda's early post, I took a flashlight to my crafty area, as not to wake my DH, snapped my picture, stubbed my toe and here I am.
It's the Julia thing..........her .STAMPING GROUND each Wednesday, take a picture of your crafty space, post it on your blog, share it on her blog and you'll have visitors from around the world. Hop over get the deets and ENJOY:

The desk was pretty clean..made a wedding card for a nephew's wedding this weekend, with colors of black, silver and a dash of orange.  The envelope, is a make over of a CD gift bag with an added flower.
A gourd, which no doubt never get a Santa face,

Thought I'd be further along with all the remake, but I DO have an almost clear path compared to last week. Weather was so nice Tues, I was able to finish up some small items with the pink paint.

My work down here, was interupted by a quick weekend trip to my sons and returning on Monday, has thrown me for a loop on what day is what.  The 3 grandkids are growing up so fast, and had sooooo much to show us with the new house .

So very proud of  my son Josh..he is a full time Electrician, and did all the electrical himself, put in the kitchen cabinets, laid all of the ceramic and wood flooring, helped Juli with all of the painting, put up window blinds and has loaded and unloaded belongings from storage and unpacked boxes for days and yet has plans of refinishing the basement this winter, with another bathroom, guest bedroom, family room, game room and storage area.     Followed by pizza, computer games and hugs before bedtime and off to school good-byes, we had a wonderful time.  A beautiful 4hr drive back home on "BACK ROADS",  a stop at the Casino, netted me an extra $100...so I was a happy camper..
Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your week and I'm off to do some visitint!!

It's #175 at WOYWW

Hello Everyone,  I am so happy to join in again. I thought I missed one week and may be confused but I think it is 175...Ms. Dunnit at the STAMPING GROUND  has the weekly "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday" post that lets anyone share their workspace and wants us to visit each other and enjoy all the fun new creations. It's quite the deal.  I didn't participate last week as "LIFE" wouldn't allow me to repay any visits or even find my camera or work my way into my crafty area.

But I am more happy to report I spent the day with RAIN falling most of the day in our area. What a blessing. My DH has finished his crops and working his ground, without fires, injuries and better than expected crop yields, despite the dry conditions we had all summer.

I've not been able to even enter my creative space for 2 wks or so but this is what is blocking the path:

The past 2 wks I've moved several pieces from my parents home into my lower level and have been cleaning out the storage room, doing a craft fair, and rearranging crafty things. I am hoping to be finished by next Wednesday!!!!   The white chest with the drawers was mine as a child, was a soft green so I did get that painted and moved into this area.  I have another piece I want to restore and place on top, but that is going to be a BIG HUGE project.  It was in my dads garage for most of its life and has to be power washed, sanded, murphy soaped and repainted.

Last week I had a gal I worked with the past 5 years die of an unexpected stroke and my classmate in Illinois, I spent time with this August lost her husband to an unexpected heart attack. Friday I will work at a funeral of an old family friend.  It zaps you to the core but you must go on, as someone, somewhere always has it worse.

Thanks for stopping by, may your week be blessed and you can enjoy some wonderful fall weather.
I hope to have a few posts on our craft fair and my Halloween tag exchange within a few days.

More Crafty Affair Creations

Thanks to all for the great comments on the previous posts ...have a few more photos. Spent a few hours setting up last night, will go in today to take some pictues of my friends items.  You'll be amazed. The "WOODEN" designer has lots of old barn board converted  into beautiful pieces. Th;e "FABRIC" lady has a huge assortment of flags, table runners, mini quilts and lots of bright colors.

A few more oddities from my desk:

                                                      Halloween, Lace and Old Bed Springs

                                                                   Corky Angels

                                                              Peat Pots

                                                                    Red Solo Cup

                                                                    Old Friends

                                                                       Gourds

                                                                   My husbands Metal Art

Hoping to post some of the gals things later today.  Now it's off to paint a few "old" pieces for soon to be  renovated studio.  It's really the wee hours of the morning, but who can sleep with ideas running thru their head and sooooooooooo much more to do.
Thanks for stopping by, I am hoping you are enjoying some wonderful weather outside. It sure is a delight.

WOYWW #173

The Stamping Ground has been a hi-lite on Wednesday with me for sometime. Julia has created a monster in terms of people showing WHAT'S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY.  Simple take a photo, post it to your blog, and go to Julia's blog and post it for the adventurous  world to view and comment on their visit.

 My dining room table has had the brunt of this weeks work. Somewhat packed and ready to load on Thursday to prepare for our "Crafty" affair on Saturday.  One thing it is all priced and pretty much ready.
The garage to the left has somewhat the same amount. Gourds in baskets, in natural, white, red, orange, white, gold and silver. The big box on the table is full of greeting cards for most occasions.

This is my work desk on most weeks...oh you say...somewhat a renovation between sorting and pricing. My tree shaped storage unit for glitter and glitz,  removed the stamps above now in drawers and the pin board above...came from my dads garage, it was a trellis for his flowers. In a few weeks I will have lots more to show you..I've been painting "Cloud White" on a lot of things, accents in pink and sage green.  I literally can find nothing I need. So bear with me...

Have fun visiting others, enjoy your week and Happy WOYWW.  In the post previous I've shared a few pictures of my creative items  and will have many more this week.  Thanks for stopping by
Perfect fall weather here...just perfect for biking and enjoying a fall day outside.

PRIMITIVE PLUS - CRAFT ITEMS

Hello everyone...what a most beautiful day here in IOWA!!! WOW could not be more perfect fall weather.

Want to share some of the "Crafty" items that have been consuming my time. I am excited for Friday (set up) and Saturday's event...but when it's over, I'll be really happy to continue my blogging in a more timely fashion.

                Some squatty jars, with little sewing needs inside and topped with a pincushion lid

                                          Some wooden square snowmen with curly wire arms

           Vintage white fabric makes up a strawberry shaped pin cushion topped with a ribbon rose

           Some singing gourd angels, with wire halo, feather wings, and a wire necklace, with a tin heart

                                                  Some old glass jars filled with Potpouri

                                                          Lacy little Lavender Sachets

                 Rose colored felt topped with lace, a pink flower and a little gold heart lavender sachet

                     More pin cushions...candle holder, topped with lace, felted wool and a stick pin

                                                  Pin cushion from a baby shoe, pink and lacy

                                                               Halloween peat pots

                                                            A snowman on an old spring

             Have lots more, but time for Taco's,  hope to share a few more between now and Saturday.
                                    Thanks for stopping by,  hoping you are having a wonderful day.

Need some BLOGGER help

I cannot post pictures on my blog.  If anyone has a solution for helping, I would appreciate it soooooooo much.

I get a message when trying to add a photo to my SIDEBAR.  But it seemed to work here.

Message is         We're sorry, but you have exceeded your photo upload quota. For more information, check out this Blogger help page.    

When I go to the help page I only see about 20 photos randomly picked from my blog in a Picasa album
(which I never knew I had!!!)   They want me to pay for more space...sorry not interested but
Tried this by going to my Layout, Add a Gadget, Picture.... will not allow me to add

Anyway Vicki's poster came from her blog and the event sounds fun and a huge undertaking. more info here  This Art Makes Me Happy  . Thanks for any suggestions etc.

 I'm almost ready for the Craft Fair..just a few more items to price and load it all up, 
and Hope my camera works and I can post...  Have a great week, and thanks for stopping by.

It's #172 at WOYWW..What's On Your WorkDesk ?

Oh so glad to be able to participate this week.  Julia at the STAMPING GROUND has over 150 creative people posting What's On their Workdesk Wednesdays.  Then to enjoy the fun you can visit each and meet great people and find great inspiration.

I've been able to maintain most of the orderliness on my desk, had some Tags to do for a swap and intended on creating a few other Halloween things. But got waylaid!!!  And my camera was on the fritz again.

Finishing up most of the "Craft Fair" items,  have moved it all up to our dining area in order to price and arrange by how I will display it.  Taking pictures as I go so will do a post later on ALL that I have been creating.

Enjoying some beautiful weather, strictly FALL...low in the 40's during the night. Hoping to finish up some painting some things in "SHABBY WHITES" as I am going to rearrange my studio. Have some new pieces to work into my area from my folks' home.

:Have had some good news from both of my sons. Josh and family will be moving into their newly built home this weekend. No more having things in storage, and living in a 2 bedroom apt with a dog and 3 kids.
Jeremy and family will FINALLY move to a home in Germany Oct 1st. Their things have been in storage since May also and can move out of temporary housing and get on with life as it is.  Now it's time for us to visit...I am so lonesome for all of them.

Thanks for stopping by, have fun visiting all the other WOYWW and have a blessed week.

Good Morning..

Up quite early, had lots running thru my little head.  So excited, my brother came to visit for a few days.  Visited our parents and is helping us clean out the house. It's always good to spend time with him.

So peeping about the blogs I love, I came across this little Poem that Melissa Phillips had posted.  It just hit the spot and I wanted to share it.   If you are not a follower of Melissa stop over to her sweet blog. Always some tender things to touch one's

S L O W D A N C E:

Have you ever watched kids
on a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain
slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down
Don’t dance so fast

Time is short
The music won’t last

Do you run through each day
On the fly

When you ask “How are you?”
Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
running through your head?

You’d better slow down
Don’t dance so fast

Time is short
The music won’t last

Ever told your child,
We’ll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,
not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die

‘Cause you never had time
To call and say “Hi”?

You’d better slow down
Don’t dance so fast

Time is short
The music won’t last

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift….Thrown away…

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower

Hear the music
Before the song is over.

by David L. Weatherford

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by today.

IT'S #170 at WOYWW

Hi everyone...so glad to be back in the swing of things and post to the 170th WOYWW.  Oh, Julia at the
STAMPING GROUND  has created a Monster...well over 100 creative, snoopy people love to participate in her adventure of visiting others Work Spaces.  Hop on over and she has all the details for you to become involved.

I have still been cleaning, donating and organizing my WHOLE house...at one point today you could not even get to my work area.I moved the 3 maple colored chest around the corner. Things I don't use too much stored in there.

 This little table is what I have left to do in the AM...this is an area close to my sewing machine and where I work on fabric and lace projects. I will have some photos later this week of some items I've finished for my "Crafty Affair" in a few weeks....Have a few snowmen where I used the springs as the base.

Oh and my area for Paper items....my ATC swaps, seasonal cards and fun projects with paper. Mostly Halloween today, and believe me..this was stacked 3 feet high earlier today...and unavailable for  the past 2 wks.

My garage is full of items to be painted a "Shabby White", but we have had high humidity so that is on hold.
My storage area is almost cleaned out!!!! Yippee...you see I have a "Secret Desire" unknown to my DH.
I want a simple bathroom in part of this area...so I had to make space...Have talked with our plumber and he's ready  anytime I can make the space... now to wine and dine my DH  to get the OKAY..

I got on this cleaning out kick the day we started to clean out my parents home.  WOW..it wasn't just them saving and stacking!!  I too had the same mess.  SO 2 hrs there a day and 3hrs or more at home sorting!!!
Feels good.  AND they are now loving the Assisted Living!!! so Life is Good.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.