A FOUR letter word that I am sick and tired of and some creativity

Did that title grab your attention? Probably not, because I know my peeps in blog land are SMART,
but I am sick and tired of SNOW!  I know that many of you are as well. We have had more than our
 fair share this year and it isn't even the end of January. We won't even talk about how bitter
 cold it is also. ugh!

So...what does a girl do when she is stuck inside? She makes warm and cozy pillows. I picked up a few
sweaters at the Goodwill several days ago specifically to make sweaters so I got my sewing vibe on
this week. lol.

I really do like how this one turned out. I did find out while making these that sweater fabric is kinda
 *stretchhhhhhhy*
so you have to watch what you are doing. I think a regular fabric backing would help next time.

I had the sweater sleeves left over after making the pillow so I also made a wine cozy.
{I could have made two , but only made one for now}

{or sparking juice cozies whatever you desire}

This is my second pillow. I left the end open that was originally the bottom of the sweater and then I made three
rosette pins and pinned it closed.

The snow does look pretty, but I am sooooo over it. Way too much this year and way too cold also! ugh!

This is our main road {3/4 miles from where we live} that is usually heavily traveled. 

SNOW...SNOW...SNOW!

Tea anyone?? 

My frozen rain chain

Home sweet home...this was taken before we got even more snow along with huge drifts.

I put on face book today that I have an offer for today only and I will extend that to my blogger friends
as well. I am giving away all the snow that will fit in your vehicle. First come first serve,  so get here fast!
Whatever is not gone tonight is headed to the Goodwill store! HAHA!

Stay warm~

Freebies at the Goodwill...no April fools!

There are days that I love the Goodwill and then there

are also days that I really don't even like it. The day that I found these goodies it was great!

I found these two candles...$2 and $3 brand new.

The white candle is Honeysuckle Mint Tea

by Henri Bendel...fabulous!

This amazing frame was $4, but I got it

for free. Nope... didn't pay one red cent for it.

This shelf was $3, the wallpaper roll $2 and the package

of doilies was $2.00, but again free for me.

Oh...wait a minute I did end up paying $1.00 for all

of it instead of $11.00

Our Goodwill stores have a card you can get and

each time you spend $15 they punch it for you. After

seven punches you get $10 worth of goodies free.

Now they won't ever come out and tell you about

this little savings card, but I saw it posted one day

in their store and asked about it and got my card.

Love freebies...do you?? Does your Goodwill do this

too. Just wondering... Happy April 1st!!

Blessings~

Lovin' those thrift store finds~

It is another cold...brr...day in Michigan today so

the plan for me is to stay indoors and maybe get some

more creating done. However before I get to that

I thought I would show you a few of my finds lately.

Still loving this Sander tablecloth. This is the tag that is

on it. If anyone can decifer for me I think that would be

wonderful. Right now it is my favorite tablecloth!

Thinking outside the box here. I found these crown

earrings on clearance at Claire's after Christmas

in their 10/$10 bins. I found four sets and they will be

used to embellish bottles at some point.

{they were regular $10 per card!}

This bottle was 1.50 at the antique store so I had to snatch it. Haven't a clue what I will do with it yet. Maybe just display??

Have you ever seen a heart bottlebrush garland? This was at the Goodwill too with the TJ Maxx tag still attached. It will be heading up to my booth soon.

This candle is so much prettier in person! I received one for a Christmas gift and I found this one the other day at the Goodwill. My first one is all used up so was tickled to find this one. They are from Kohl's.

Oh my goodness! How in the world did this little sweetie end up in my thrift store finds?? Well she was NO thrift store find at all, but I would have scooped her up had she been!! LOL

I just found these this past week. Neat silver creamer and beautiful vintage rose plates. 50 cents each.

Vintage Iris pitcher at the Goodwill as well...

I purchased this set before Christmas. It was found at

an estate sale. Have you ever seen one of these sets? The custard cups are marked Pyrex and the deep bowl

that they set in is marked Fire King.

Now I need to get busy before the whole day is gone and

I have accomplished nothing. I hope you have a

wonderful Monday!! Blessings~

I found some goodies

I spent all day so far taking down and putting away

*Christmas* so I thought I would take a break and

share some of my new found goodies with you.

I picked up three of these LOVE signs packaged

together at Hobby Lobby on clearance after Christmas.

Wish you could see how sparkly it is. It is covered with

glitter and is quite large. I am thinking

Valentines Day.

It will be here before we know it!

I also found four of these cats and dogs signs at the

Goodwill. They were brand new and still in their plastic

wrapper. Love the colors.

This is a Katie Brown plate that I thought was interesting.

Now if any of you have an idea of what this dish is please

let me know. Another Goodwill find. I am thinking butter dish

but, on the bottom is stamped, " designed by gourmet village

dishwasher and microwave safe" and then it has some

words in french as well. So I am now thinking why in the

world would a butter dish be microwave safe?? What do you think?

I also purchased this wire basket at the Goodwill

and sold it the same day I put it in my booth.

My *icing on the cake*...Rachel Ashwell simply

shabby chic comforter in perfect condition for $15.

I have also picked up some neat old books lately and

a few other goodies, but don't have pictures of those

yet. What have you been doing?

My house looks like a hurricane struck trying to get

everything put away,but I am getting there. Much sorting

and digging out to do in the next few weeks as well.

I am purging and most of it will probably end up

in my booth.

If you see anything you are interested in give me

a shout out and I will see what I can do.

I also want to give my booth a makeover sometime

soon so we will see how that ends up working out.

Have a beautiful day...

This is the day that the Lord hath made!!

Blessings~

A little more Christmas...

We went to another Christmas program last night that

sweet gd Annika was in. Thankfully this time she did not

stick out her tongue. lol. We stopped by their house

afterwards and spent some time our son and his family.

I threatened to hide that adorable little baby in my

leather briefcase and bring her on home with me,

but I would not have made it past the front door. lol.

A little candle glow to start out your week

I made these star ornaments last year and I still

love them. I embellished them with clear glass glitter

and they just sparkle and shine.

I found all three of these candleholders at the Goodwill last week. I love most anything mercury glass style so it didn't take me long to scoop up these two. {50 cents each and they are quite large}

Glittery wreath ornies that I found at Kohls.

This basket hangs on the inside of my kitchen door.

A glimpse of my bedroom...

Just perfect for *dreaming*.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. You do realize

that Christmas is Saturday right?? :) My how the time has

flown once again this year. I just can't figure out where it went!

Blessings~