Wow…I still can’t believe Christmas has come and gone and been almost all put away.  We still have some outdoor lights to take down but hubby has unplugged the lights on the white picket fence and the lighted snowflake icicles hanging from the gutters.  The only thing left lighted out front is the the up-lights [...]

  Just a quickie little post to share some of my thrift store finds… All four of these vintage Avon bottle Christmas ornaments were a whopping 25¢ each.  There were several others and now I’m kicking myself for not buying all of them.  But I only picked out the ones that fit with my copper [...]

When I mentioned (somewhere, I can’t remember) that I did my Christmas tree in copper and turquoise, the response was “Are you Arizonian?”.  Believe me when I say I’m really wishing I was in Arizona right now. Here in Ohio, the temp is hovering around 32 degrees.  Gives me a shiver just typing that.  Brrrr! [...]

First off, an apology.  I got so carried away with making this, that the tutorial is not as good as it should be.  If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments and I will elaborate.  I also have to give the darling hubby credit for the general idea.  He is incredibly helpful [...]

I certainly don’t want to downplay the significance of Thanksgiving but I just haven’t been inspired to create anything decorative.  My creative juices are more focused on Christmas.  While I’ve held off as long as possible, I just had to share my recent project.  I’m very sure I’m not the first to start creating Christmas related [...]

Some of you who’ve been with me for over a month may remember the finial I found while thrift store shopping the end of September.  Here is what it looked like then… I even mentioned that it had already received a couple coats of white spray paint and was drying as I wrote that post. [...]

  Last week on a trip to my favorite thrift store, I found a place mat for 25¢.  Well, let me re-phrase that.  I thought I had two place mats.  Even the guy who rang up my order thought I had two.  He was going to charge me for two anyway, until the lady putting [...]

  Apparently, I’ve been on a real craft making kick lately.  I’ve probably done more craft type projects in the last month than I’ve done in the last year.  I guess I can’t help it with all the inspiration I get from visiting all the great link parties out there in blogland.  Since I don’t [...]

  Ever have one of those days where you feel like you hit the jackpot?  I don’t mean the lottery {I wish!!}.  I mean you are looking for something new to get the creative juices flowing.  And you find it…in spades. A couple days ago I made a trip to Dollar Tree.  Love, love, love [...]

  While I’m typing this the weather outside here in central Ohio is in the high 90′s with what feels like 100% humidity.  Not that I want to wish the warm days away but I’m definitely ready for a 20 degree drop and some cool nights.  Sunday’s forecast is for a high of 71, yay!! I’m [...]