Tolentreasures

Sometimes the best days are not epic!  They are ordinary days.  Magical, ordinary days. Days spent doing exactly what you like to do even if no one else understands!  I had one of those yesterday.    Lots of little projects and  not allowing myself  to see  "what really needs done"  and letting it spoil the day!    I spray painted this chandelier.  Ready to hang today... more on that in another post.    Sprayed this mirror and finished cleaning and decorating the hallway.      Almost have the kitchen finished.  Logan visited me to show me his  hunting attire for  turkey hunting today.     Dinner napkin valance on the front door. I scrubbed the front porch at the camp,  tidied, spruced, decorated, and it is ready for Jenn's party tonight, almost... JWS cooked that awesome meal above and  ended my night with that sundae!  It was a great day!  On to another year! 

Another Pinterest Brainstorm. There was an opening between the kitchen and the bathroom. I just scratch my head sometimes at  people's reasoning and remodeling skills.  It opened right into the bathroom.  You know,  like washing the dishes and watching someone on the commode type of opening.  Oh, they had a curtain and a  mini-blind. Do curtains and mini-blinds keep out  SOUNDS and  SMELLS?  I think not.  So, I find this window in the attic.    And these gems at  Dollar Tree Dollar General and  Walmart!  ....and I am sure I have some in my stash... Some E6000 glue,   and at this point I run out!  but I should have some in my stash SOMEWHERE!  And I search... And I go back to town and get more.  And last night, we mounted placed INSTALLED it. Since I have no carpentry skills and JWS doesn't want to admit that he does, I  bribed INVITED a friend with carpentry skills to 

Aren't these apple blossoms pretty? I love it when they bloom each year!    One of yesterday's projects was to get this bench put together in the hallway.   I love it there but want to change the pillow covers.  I have something else in mind.  Kamden and I did some yard work yesterday.  This is the best view EVER!  He couldn't wait until we got done to load up the tractor and take it for a ride.  He convinced me to take the training wheels off his bike yesterday.  Wow, did he take off and ride then!       Then we had an early supper  at the park  and he rode some more.  I am battling  a  killer cold right now.  Honestly,  I could barely walk the circle at the park.  Hoping today is better! 

  Chair painting is progressing well.    Some might need a few more coats, But we are getting there,     thanks to some help from friends!   

I have seen all the pics. Perfectly dressed and coiffed children under lovely spring blossoms... not happening in this house.  This is the best we get.  If I get them all in the same frame we have accomplished something major!    Tyler, who informed me that I was not to get him in any pictures.  Apparently he is creating his own  social media presence and  running around a yard with a pink bucket  does not fit his image.      These two don't care,  they are off to find the golden egg!  Three of them scrambling for one of the prized golden eggs.    Kamden using a mode of transportation to find all of his.    And how well my overgrown landscaping worked to hide those eggs!   I knew that,  that's why i didn't clean out flower beds!  

First, let me start by saying how much I have learned in the past two years.  Antiques?  I thought I knew SOME things.  I knew NOTHING!   But I keep learning.  This was a huge lesson.  I saw this box of fabric out at the local auction and knew that it was what I was looking for to  make pillow covers for the camp.  I had a friend buy it for me.  I set a price that I would go for it.  Just pretty fabric pieces.    She buys them well within my price range. (Did I mention I am pretty cheap?) They are sitting in my family room  and  I decide to take the box to work and sort  them in my free time.      I start opening and refolding them  and  they are already sewn together like pillowcases.  Still no clue what I have.  I keep unfolding and refolding  and about a third of the way  through the box the proverbial light bulb clicks on!  These are 1930 and 1940 feed and flour sacks! In mostly pristine condition!     

If you haven't been to a  Habitat for Humanity  ReStore, you don't know what you are missing!  JWS was not totally impressed.  He had the same look and  comments  that my girls have had over the years. It goes like this: We pull into this place,  some out of the way.  They have heard my chatter about this place for the last 20 - 40 - 150 miles or so.  And they look at me,  shake their heads, and say,  "The places you drag us to..." That's why Time Works has been great  therapy well actually, it may have created  a  group of  Junk Junkies!  Friends nonetheless. or  Co-Conspirators or  Partners in Crime... But they get it... the need to dig through stuff for that FIND!  Some of mine this week have been the chair above and the picture above it.  Chair $30 Picture $5   And these lamps!   Perfect for $30 Shades and all!   Route 66 Bargain Barn is a great shopping experience between

  This kid.. cracks me up.  He always has a story to tell.  Wednesdays with Kamden, I show him my camp. He says,  " But where are you going to cook?" Too much logic there.  I need to go and deliver. I tell him to load up.  He doesn't want to go.  He wants to stay with Papa and Aunt Jenn.  I tell him there might be treats. Papa tells him there might be treats.  He says, "You can go much faster without me," I think he has heard that before.  Finally the daily ritual when it is nice.  "let's go out and sit in the grass and snuggle and wait on my mom" How can you turn that down?  And that's when he tells me, "the policeman stopped my mom and gave her a piece of paper" I love these kids! 

Love these souvenir pieces!    I might see another collection starting...     I found this little girl at a yard sale and  have been waiting for the perfect place for her!  The teapot was a shop find today.  You just never know what you might find in your own shop!    Brushes moved,  curtains, uninspired... but I have a thought!  Paints moved. What a huge undertaking to move all of your craft supplies.  I think it is going to take weeks!      I have a vendor in the shop that "Casually" mentioned he has over 100 chairs to sell for  $5 each. He brought me 10!   See those bright colors on that shelf above? Hopefully they will be all painted  before the camp's first event!    Today,  Kamden and my last paint class until fall!  So the chairs are going to wait for now.