Monday, December 31, 2012

Some Hobby Lobby Shopping

OK, if you are like me, it’s not a wise idea to go to Hobby Lobby this time of year because of their winter clearance.  Christmas stuff was 66% off, so I went in to get some of my usual post-Christmas deals…tissue paper, tape, wrapping paper, Christmas decorations for next year.

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I wandered off into their section of 50% off home décor stuff…oh my!  I loved this driftwood wreath…I can imagine it with seashells scattered around.  It was regularly $49.99 and weighed a ton. I can’t see myself paying $25 for a wreath that I am going to decorate so I passed on it…

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I love these chunky wood wreaths…looks like mini firewood pieces!

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There was a whole aisle of “man cave” wall décor and art!  This wreath was really thick.

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And this one was really nice too, they were all different from the usual grapevine wreaths.

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They had a whole aisle of just Paris prints and canvases.  Loved this one, it was only $10. 

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These ceramic tables were great!  I think the color would look great in my living room!

What treasures have you found lately?

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Happy New Year!

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Friday, December 28, 2012

Another Christmas Present…felted wool slippers

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I love Knotsewcute on etsy!  I used their pattern to make my son felted slippers for Christmas.  And yes on the 23rd I was still crocheting away!  He wears as size 14 and the pattern only goes to a size 13, so I added some stitches.  They look like two different sizes here, but they were identical!
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They were as long as my bed pillows before I tossed them into the washer several times.  In fact, they were still damp when Sam put them on Christmas morning.
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Anyway, big score!  He loved them and they fit!  I made them in New York Yankees colors…his favorite baseball team. 
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

12 Top Viewed Posts of 2012


I love to do this type of post!  I definitely appreciate my followers and their comments!

So here is #12—Cement gazing ball coming in at 1438 views!
cement ball
#11 Knotted Burlap Wreath with 1549 views…
knotted burlap
#10 Butterfly Eggs with 1686 views…
butterfly
#9 Painted Glass Bottles coming in at 1732 views!
bottles
#8 is Dictionary Page Note Cards…one of my favorites with 1733 views.
note cards
#7 is Cardboard Rose Wreath with 2025 views!
cardboard wreath
#6 is Painting Glass Jars with 2647 page views!
glass jars
#5 is Drop Cloth Patio Umbrella, still really proud of my work here, with 2670 views!
drop cloth umbrella
Coming in at #5 is my Ruffle Yarn post with 2798 views!
ruffle yarn scarf
And #3 was my Pinterest inspired  Yardstick Stool Makeover with 2833 views!
yardstick stool
My sister gift to Sarah came in at #2 with 8810 views for the Heart Necklace!
heart necklace
And a drum roll please….the #1 viewed post was Flower Wall Art at 18,056 views!!!
flower wall art
Thanks to all my loyal readers and followers!  None of this would be possible without you!
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

PJ Pants All Around for Christmas

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This is where it all started…Black Friday, JoAnns at approximately 0600.  And that is what 71 yards of flannel looks like!  It was 75% off that day and if you have never been to the Black Friday sale at JoAnns you can compare it to a stampede of goal oriented hungry cattle after they have had nothing to eat for 2 1/2 weeks.  That’s my baby sister Jenny with me…
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Not sure what’s going on with my hind leg there, but it was very early in the morning. I have been known in the past to make everyone on my Christmas list a pair or two of PJ pants for Christmas. 
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After this year I am so over the urge to make PJ pants for anyone!  This stack of cut-out, ready-to-be-sewn-up PJ pants mocked me from the time I cut them out until I finished them, yup all 21 pair!  Mocked me!
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I bought one pattern, because everyone has their own size preference, shorter legs, longer legs, smaller waist, etc.  I made them from a size 9mos to 2XL tall.  I used two patterns, one a children's size 2-6 and one a multi-size adult.  The baby pants I made my own pattern for…
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Milo helped me quite a bit…he stayed mostly by my feet, occasionally standing up asking me if I was done yet.
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I cut out the largest pants first with the pattern and then just cut the pattern down to the smaller sizes, the pattern was pretty tattered at the end and I believe it might have accidentally fallen into the trash can anyway! Accidentally of course!!  Then after I got all the long seams sewn, I had to place the hems and the waist line casings…and then the elastic!  I did all these assembly style, just running them through the machine, doing one part at a time.  Sometimes it got very confusing…hope no one has one leg that is tighter than the other or worse yet, a different fabric! 
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The cutest pair, for little monkey boy!  I have another pair cut out for Baby Brady but haven’t found the gumption to sew them up yet!
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Ruthie’s got a barnyard theme…and Mindy’s had peace signs and monkeys on hers.
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Quite a lineup, huh?
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Charlie always mauls his siblings with wild abandon…immediately after or sometimes during a photo session!
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Laney’s had cute pink, red and orange owls…Audrey’s had cute little kitty cats. 
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Here's Mindy with Brady...they have matching PJs!

I just might be linking to these great parties!
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Decorating my new office

Back in October while I was on my Connecticut vacation, my office moved to a new building.  It is my fourth office in the almost two years I have worked here.  The fun part was that I got to decorate it all my self.  It came with cream colored walls and one mauve wall'; I put my ginormous bulletin board on the that mauve wall (to hide the color). 

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I moved a few pictures over from my old office, like the one you see in the mirror above I made from paint chips a few years ago.  You can go here to see that project.

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I now have a nice bookcase, but very few books to put in in so I organized it with baskets and of course have quite a few things to show off on those shelves!

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Here’s the paint chip wall hanging in its corner, and the birds nest wall hanging I found at Goodwill for $3.  I was thrilled and it is in excellent shape! 

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Sam got me these two canvases for Christmas (he gave them to me in October) and the mirror is a  $1 thrift store find.

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I love this saying….

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Here’s the birds nest from Goodwill and above it is a canvas that I Mod Podged a printed 8.5 x 11 paper onto.  It turned out nicely. 

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I made this chalkboard from a pretty picture frame I found at Goodwill…really I do shop other places, but love the thrift stores.

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I thought it looked kinda plain so I added some grey and blue flowers, wool of course! 

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The lamp was only $15 at the Salvation Army store in town, perfect for the desk.  I like to have all sorts of inspirational quotes and pictures, I do spend 9 hours a day in this spot, so it may as well suit me!  It has been fun to put it all together…

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