Wrapped Planters

I am so wanting ... Spring to be here NOW!!!

I was in the Dollar Tree the other day and saw a pack of three plastic planters... and right next to them was jute!

Wooohoo!

I decided to wrap the planters in jute as a sort of Ballard knockoff... even though it is lamps I am drooling over

This craft was so easy!!!

All I needed was a scissors and a glue gun along with the jute and planter... 

I wrapped and glued and glued and wrapped...

 

All done...

 

Snip off the ends... 

 

Wait for spring... and make 2 more that look completely different than the first one!

I used two rolls for the three planters

 I may add a monogram from Hobby Lobby ... or a ribbon pr something else to this by the time late spring gets here... you'll have to wait and see!

Joining up with

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Easy Peasy Project

Here is an Easy P ~easy Picture Frame Project for our new bathroom

I am not a blue person,

unless you count the blue of the ocean or the blue of my hubbys eyes or a baby blue blanket

 I don't have very much blue in our home at all ... but I will NOW because our new bathroom is mostly  BLUE TILE!

The tub and toilet and sink are cast iron baby blue

The floor and halfway up the wall is coordinating baby blue tile

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Our theme for the bathroom is BEACH!!

I plan on painting the walls a crisp white ~ and using  various shades of blue and lime with black cottage accents

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SNEAK PREVIEW

Here is a super quick, easy and cheap project I whipped up that will coordinate with the theme and the bathroom color

The hubby bought these license plates while we were at our favorite place... Virginia Beach!

One for me and one for him!

How cute I thought and instantly knew I would frame them for the bathroom

80% of the accents that will be going into the bathroom are from Virginia Beach so I though how fitting these were

Off to the dollar tree for a frame

I had striped green and blue paper

So all I did was cut the paper to fit the frame ~ and glue the two license plates on the paper and I had an instant and sweet reminder of our place... our blue place!

I will show you soon how this project coordinates with the theme as the bathroom is my very first project in our new house!

Sweet Hibiscus from our trip this past weekend to see my brother and sister in law It really looks so fake to me! It was in front of Joe Pesces in Collingswood NJ We had such a GREAT time I was so happy to see them and to share a great weekend with them My brother has a lot going on right now He is finishing Grad school at the University of Pennsylvania IVY LEAGUE WOHOOO I am so proud of him! Both of them took time out of their very busy life to spend time with us It was such a memorable weekend We ate at the POP SHOP the first night and then we had yummy Swedish fish gilato at Rita's We stood on the Rockey Steps (Art Museum) and we drove around South Street Actually all around Philly at night! The next morning we went to the heart of Philly and enjoyed a bagel at Hot Bagel and then toured the Liberty Bell ~ We saw Independence Hall And the place where Ben Franklin laid down the first plans for Independence We then toured Ben's house (a structure they say is Ben's) and we went to his museum We then headed for ice cream (11am) YUM!!! @ Franklin Fountain We stopped to see the school my brother teaches at and then toured this AWESOME church grounds I just love churches! Then off to NEW HOPE We walked the street and I found this cool kitchen shop where I bought these awesome cookie cutters and had a coke from an old machine We then toured Lambertville by car : we were all exhausted Stopped by Mickey D's and then vowed to meet later for dinner We took a nap WOHOO Then headed to this awesome Thai restaurant PAD THAI I NEVER had Thai and neither did the hub Boy was that a treat I had Buddha jumped over the fence and it was DELICIOUS After that we walked down South Street and enjoyed the many exciting happenings! The next morning we headed to THE OREGoN DINER for breakfast We then went to my brothers home for a quick goodbye and headed home It was a wonderful visit~ I think we are both still exhausted ... All is good though cuz all the sugar I ate... was negated by the MILES of walking I did! It all balances out in the end!

A bathroom makeover

I am joining MET Monday again this Monday and I want to thank Susan from

Between Naps on the Porch

for hosting this fun day! Click on the butterfly to be brought to Susan's wonderful blog

Okay … this is embarrassing, very embarrassing

I cannot even help but wonder

WHY

I am even showing this on my blog…

but yah take the good, yah take the bad and you go on…

BACKGROUND We live in a very small but cozy home which was my grandmas It is a duplex that is over 130 years old My parents live downstairs from us and they are our landlords…

this is a complete other story

There have been subtle changes that we made to our home but never anything too big because this home of ours is temporary until we buy our home

We were supposed to have moved to our new home by now but it FORTUNATELY fell through and we are looking again

In the meantime I had purchased goodies for the new place for almost every room The half bath was going to be a beach theme…

We LOVE the beach…One of our favorite places on earth is VA Beach Instead of letting all my goodies sit in boxes, I decided to Paint our TINY full bathroom (6x4) in a seashore theme The bathroom has beautiful harvest gold tile… ahem!

And stunning harvest gold fixtures… ahem!

The walls are horrendous! Peeling paint everywhere from improper paint being applied to a small and moist environment by other tenants before we moved in I painted the walls so many times I GIVE UP… The walls need to be completely redone by a professional, I am not one I scraped the paint off the wall, hey it was peeling anyway

Here it is...

I took a mauve, gold and cream color acrylic paint and with plastic gloves swirled and pounded the paint on the wall to look like the beach at sunset & sunrise…

bright gold and red and peach and pink and just... YUM!

The wall does remind me of the beach now… and it actually goes with the harvest gold fixtures LOL And when I add my picture and signs… not much of the wall even shows through It took me 1 hour from start to finish to complete this job… And here it is

The Seashell sign is from VA Beach for 3.00 The She Sell Seashell Sign is from CTS for 3.99 In the bathroom I have lime green towels and rugs and a white striped cabana looking shower curtain This picture above is a reminder of the hubby and I at the beach. I bought the frame for .25 and I shabbied it all up and then added this watercolor print that I bought from eBay for 12.95

Here is my favorite tin sign above. I bought it at KMART for 9.99 Green glass jar with sand, stones, beach glass and shells from VA beach... plus a cats meow and a beach chair The sink (look at the gold and faux marble) includes a Sand dollar in a lime green frame from the beach for 3.50 A ceramic striped cup and toothbrush holder I bought at a thrift shop at the beach the whole set including the tissue holder which I will show in a sec was 6.99 I shabbied the bottom of the cup and brush holder I also have my Willow Tree Woman from my hubby which I adore! This door knob hanger was a great find at Michael's 5 years ago for 1.00 each... 90% off!! I bought 3 of them and have used them ever since in my bathroom Maybe it is because I really like them they seem to fit in with each theme I do So there is my beach theme bathroom I really like it for now... until the fall when we get the professional to fix the walls!!! Maybe by then we will have moved into our new home... who really knows... either way I will be sure to take pictures of the new theme too!

Sweater and No Sew Pillows

I bought these pillows at CTS for 6.99 each

They are huge and I love the BUTTONS

plus

They match my plaid curtains that I got at Walmart for 9.99 per panel

I was STALKING the curtains for MONTHS until one day they went HALF OFF!

Back to the pillows

They measure 16x16

I LOVE THEM!

I know I should not love inanimate objects but these are ADORABLE

I really needed an accent pillow to go along with this change to my living room

I was shopping yet again at $General and happened upon this floral print... in pillow cases!

I DO NOT SEW...

but I also did not pass up this set of pillow case for 5 bucks

While I was standing in the aisle I decided to split the case in half and cover the 4 plaid pillows

I used to have in the living room I did not actually do this in the aisle... I did it when I got home

I used wonder under to secure the cases and pushed the pillow into the case and then sealed it with wonder under AGAIN

I was a sight let me tell you... totally NOT the way to do it... I believe that the NESTER calls it mistreatment's...

is it or ALL fabric projects that don't follow the rules?

Check out her inspirational blog here... shown is th plaid pilow I covered with the pillow case I createdAnywhooo... here is my finished couch

I love it... or maybe I am just proud to be able to do something like making pillow without screaming

"MOMMMMMM HeLp!"

In this picture is our couch with a stack of suitcases in the corner and a Belleek lamp on top

I love the mirror that is hung diagonally... I got the mirror for 7.47 at CTS a few months ago

I tend to pick things up that I like and THEN put them together in a design...

probably not the way I should design... but it works for me, it may take me months but it eventually comes together!

Weekend...

Before I created my cloche... HERE I had this display on my hutch I enjoy including random pics in my blog... This is a great weekend for me My hubby surprised me and took Friday off to take me anywhere I want to go We are heading North and seeing where the wind blows us On Saturday I am going yarding, with a friend Then we have a family dinner Sunday we are visiting with the dads and then we have a party later in the evening with my friends from high school

Fun filled and action packed... with those I love just like it should be I am so blessed!

Cloche Party

I am so excited to join in this cloche party and want to thank MARTY for hosting it

Here are my not authentic cloches They don’t have knobs on the top of them… yet! One is a bell shaped candle holder, the other is a clock dome and the other is not even a cloche it is a jar in my beach bathroom but It does have a story to tell

The first cloche above is a small one with a birds nest with feathers perched on a pedestal cake plate that I bought at a consignment shop for 1.00 I added a sheer brown ribbon loops and then perched the cake plate on top of a stacking box lid The glass is a bell shaped candle holder

The second cloche above is a larger one I fashioned from a nonworking pedestal clock I added some moss, a sign, an egg , some sticks and flowers The sign reads "keep looking up that is where miracles come from" I apologize because it is pictured in my dining room even though it lives in the living room the lighting was driving me CRAZY

Above is the cloche that I have in my bathroom We love VA Beach So this one contains beach glass, shells, sand and stone all from VA beach along with a small Adirondack chair and a cats meow village of the state of VA I am always on the lookout for something to add to the top of them to make them real cloches but have yet to find something fun... someday soon! Thanks so much for visiting my blog... I update it almost daily with new projects and thoughts You are more than welcome ANYTIME! Thanks again so much to Marty for hosting this party!

Inspiration from Grandpas

I am all about family... even if I never had the chance to meet someone I still reflect on and thank God for the fact that I am here because of them or somehow someway they affected my life and made me who I am today

I think at times about my Grandpa, on both sides of my family

I never met either of them

My Dads Dad died when he was 11 and my Moms Dad died when she was 21

I only know my grandpas through stories

But I still feel a connection to them

I imagine that is why the other day when I was in my favorite floral shop I spotted this lunch pail replica container for 3.99, I had to have it!!!

It reminds me of my Grandpas... workin on the railroad and diggin in the mines havin lunch with well worked hands, thinking about the family at home and God and other stuff

I love nests too they speak to me in a way... new life, I guess or maybe it is that we are expecting a baby through adoption that I find a connection to nesting

I don't know what it is

But I decided to make a nest inside the pail for my living room although I did not know where

I picked up a sheet of moss for 1.49... it is really rigid and it formed to the pail really well

The flowers were also 1.49 a bunch and are a pinky, redish orangie color

The sticks were lying on the ground in my back yard

The eggs were 12 for 3.99 and the larger egg is for another project but it was 50 cents

I did not want to glue anything in case I wanted to use any of these goodies for another project someday

I added the bag I brought the stuff home into the bottom of the pail, formed the moss over the edges and rested the lid inside

I then added the branches and flowers and two Eggs

One for Grandpa Pat and one for Grandpa John

Here is the nest on the suitcase table in our living room

It really is sweet...

each time I pass it ...

I pause and remember WHO got me to where I am today!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY