FOUND: new fun items to create with {& sources}

I just can't believe that I finally got a post up today.

I was about ready to give up...really I was.

First two times I tried, blogger uploaded my five

photos at least six times on one post.

That is 30 pictures. So I had to go through and delete,

delete, delete. Didn't think you wanted to see each

photo six times! lol

Then the whole page got messed up and after TWO

attempts I gave up and just brought up another page and

started over. Success! yay!

I know I am way behind on this since most of you

probably already do this, but I had so much fun today

making crinkled seam binding ribbon!

love, love , love it!

You can get the tutorial here {from Lori at

Katies Rose Cottage} if you haven't already.

Like I said she has had this out for some time

so you are probably way ahead of me...but

just in case you aren't...you have to check it out!

I did everything like she does except I put mine in

the oven instead of out in the sun.

{not much sun here in Michigan today}

After it got partially dry, I took the rubber bands

off and just left it loose on the pan and continued

drying it in the oven. Every little bit I would take

it out and check it and scrunch it up more and turn it

over. Love the results!

I will definitely be using this a lot!

My next fun item is my new fringe scissors.

You could be way ahead of me on these too. lol.

I had heard of these, but didn't have any until a couple

weeks ago. Oprah had Martha Stewart on her show one day

and at the

end of the show they said the viewers could go to Oprah's website and print out a coupon to Michaels

for anything MARTHA for 50% off. You better believe I took advantage of that.

Stopped by on the way home from my daughter's that

weekend and this was the last pair of these scissors they

had. SCORE!

{the coupon made them 6.50 instead

of $13}

I haven't used them much yet, but have great

plans when I start my Christmas goodies for the

booth. Now to see if it actually happens.

I just grabbed this and made a few cuts to show you

what they do. I know it isn't perfect at the top where I

made the cuts, but you get the idea.

Found this little cutie applique in the bag of lace that

I purchased at the garage sale last week.

Oh yes , one more thing. IF you don't already know where to get

a bulk supply of seam binding ribbon then here is where I get mine,

OR you can also get it here. They are from the same company,

but one is their store and one is on ebay. Jeff (the owner)

has always been great to work with. I have purchased it off

of both sites and he always combines shipping for me. Last I knew he could ship four or five for the minimum shipping.

Great go to source to have on hand!

Happy Thursday everyone...now get busy and start creating! :) Blessings~

Rearranging ~

I am in the mood to repaint, rearrange and spruce things up! I think it is this warmer weather that has gotten ahold of me. Spring is a time that I always want to dig out and purge my house.

These pictures are shots of my back porch that we enter before coming into the kitchen. I *LOVE* this paint color so I may have the same color mixed to repaint the walls. My son made the little wall cabinet several years ago. I am thinking of painting it white...

We just hauled our ugly looking deep freezer out to the garage and I put this table and chairs in it's place. It looks much nicer~

I love this table and chairs. This is my *MARTHA* set purchased at Kmart a few years ago. It had blue print cushions on it , but I changed them fast. LOLLove this basket of flowers ~

Don't look too closely or you will see holes patched in the wall. I thought I had more of this paint color and so I patched all the nail holes and went to get out the paint and I don't have any! LOL I was bummed ! This shelf goes full length above my washer and dryer. I want to take everything off and redecorate. It has been this way for too long. I will most certainly utilize some of the same decor as I am going to use what I have ~ Love this mirror! I purchased it at a garage sale several years ago for $1.00. Love it as is with it's chippy peely patina ~

I wanted to share this adorable little table with you. I purchased this at Home Goods

last year. I love the pink rose mosiac pattern~

I also found four of these chairs at a garage sale about 9 years ago for 50 cents each! That was some garage sale! They had prices so cheap and I got several items. Old pottery, old valentines,

vintage Christmas ornaments ...you name it they had it. I think the most I paid for anything

was $1.00 ! My kind of sale! Wish I could find them like that now. I remember the year because I was watching my first grandaughter and she was just learning to walk, but I schlepped her along and we did just fine ~ I hope you have a wonderful day filled with joy, peace and blessings!