Breadboards, pallet boxes and signs

I have been so bad about posting for a long time so thought I would pop in today and show you what
I have been up to.

I found patterns for these mini breadboards over at Craftberry Bush that were shared by Cami from at Tidbits
and just had to give them a try.

Who am I kidding? I actually traced the patters on an old hardwood board that we found recently while
cleaning out our church basement and hubby cut them out for me. To be honest, I could have done it,
but I only had one board that was perfect to use for this project and I didn't want to mess it up. haha!

We had FUN making these! Well, I know I did...I don't know that hubby would call it fun , but I think
he would. *smile*

The patterns are in different shapes and I just LOVE them! We will be making more when I find
some more hardwood to re-purpose.

I don't know about you , but I have been salivating over the olive buckets every since they hit the scene
a few years ago so I finally took the plunge and ordered one. Was I ever disappointed when it arrived!!

The pic showed a bucket with very little rust on it and this one is literally covered with rust.
NOT my taste at all.

I emailed them and told them how disappointed I was and that I was sure it was probably my fault
for not reading directions clearly. They replied and wanted pics. I figured that would be the end of it,
but I got up the next morning to a total refund in my email including shipping...and they don't want
me to send it back. I was impressed!!!

The hubs and I treated ourselves each to a little something when we received our tax refund and
this GRACE sign is what I chose. I LOVE IT!

We made these boxes out of pallets a few days ago also. I think they turned out pretty good for
the first try. I think I would use a nail gun next time instead of screws so they don't show as much.
Live and learn.

Last , but not least this is my latest sign. Love how it turned out as well, I have just been on a roll creating
and painting and I intend to keep it up so I can stay out of trouble. lol.

What have you made lately? I would love to hear about it.
Blessings~

Keeping busy while I wait...

I have been trying to stay busy since my car has been down and I really haven't had the
urge to go anywhere! That is a good thing since we are now on WEEK 3! Don't get me
wrong, I do get out in the evenings once in awhile when hubby gets home from work,
but I can't just hop in my car and go during the day because it is not here. lol


I have been creating with old book covers and embellishing some cabinet cards.
Above is a work in progress...not done, but trying to decide where I want to
put the trim and buttons.

This is one of the cabinet cards that I embellished and it is already sold. :)

This one is an old book cover. I love the tiny green design on the background.
This one is sold as well. :)

Meet SADIE! Isn't she adorable?? I have an old,old songbook that has the names of
women for some of the titles. It is the strangest thing. It is a church songbook and the
name has absolutely nothing to do with the song. I haven't a clue how that came
about, but it is nice to find some neat names to use in my creations.

...and this is Elizabeth. I thought the names that I choose fit each person. :)

Have you ever painted a book?? I hadn't until I painted this one. It was an ugly yellow
color. I thought it couldn't possibly look any worse with a coat of white paint so
 paint it I did! I really like it now. I added some seam binding ribbon,vintage lace and a
 clip on earring. It will go in my Etsy store soon.

These are wooden buckets that I decoupaged on. Not the greatest photo, but you get the idea.

Well...there went my blog signature again. I get so aggravated when I accidentally push a key on the
keyboard and WHOOSH...it blows it away *sigh*}

Trying to keep busy...

GOOD NEWS...we pick up the car AGAIN tomorrow. Did you read my post where we had to have
the tranny rebuilt in Pennsylvania...our car stranded us? Well, on the way home it had a horrible
clunking noise that just kept getting worse so we had to take it to another shop 1.5 hours away.
Hubby kept telling me he just thought something didn't get tightened from when they did the
transmisson and he was right!! They found a lose bolt. Strange how much noise a lose bolt
can make, but my son informed me that it wasn't the bolt making the noise. It was whatever the
bolt was supposed to be holding in place that was moving around and making the noise.
Brilliant kid there!! I wonder where he got that?? lol

Happy Thursday blog friends!!

Blessings~

Sandi