Tolentreasures

Sometime in the spring I started selling this amazing paint in the shop.   DIY paint!   It had been quite the journey of changing the  way that I paint furniture ...and a lot of other things also.  That has led to attending the company's  Boot Camp.  So much to learn!   I can't wait!  Finished these mini gourds that I bought from a woman  at a craft show.  I still have lots!    And now trying to paint my way through this mess!  Have a great Monday! 

Before you cringe and run the other direction, get ready... there is no pattern.  C'mon, you can do it,  it's just circles.... really.  You want to cut a piece of  Roclon Multipurpose Cloth,  roughly 10 x 18   I always cut them a little bigger,  paint over the edges and then trim it last.  I used a quart paint can for the circles   Overlap them on the bottom a little. Trace another line in 1 1/4 inch in  on each side.  These are the blues that I used  Sprinkle them on liberally and paint them in.  Everyone's background will be different.  Beautiful!   Don't overblend.   Allow that to dry.  Sand lightly. Next you will need these colors.  You can use a stencil for the star or freehand it  Trace in the circles again and  add the noses and  let's basecoat  everything!  ...

You might think that it should be monumental, a milestone, some really deep words of wisdom.... a giveaway, but no... just more of the same. 700 posts of family happenings, crafting, thrift store shopping, a little decorating and a whole lot of nonsense. And so, in that true fashion I will hopefully have about 700 more over the next four years. And so, this one will avoid the family happenings because sometimes the kids' humor just cannot be shared until I have an anonymous blog. If anyone has a burning desire to know what that is... just leave me a comment and I could be prompted to tell you... privately. The top picture was a thrift shop find from a few weeks ago. Ok, I kind of forgot about it, it was in the back of my car and it just made it to the house last night. How can anyone pass up those train cases? This one was only $1.00 found at St. Vincent de Paul and in perfect shape. It is goin...

The big accomplishment of the weekend was getting all of the open house stuff from the attic and pricing it.  My Open House is in less than two weeks. Usually, this happens the day before. How nice to have it all done. Logan's comment, "Gramma, what in the heck happened to our bedroom? and where are we going to sleep?"  He must have thought  this was permanent. Sunday had us on a hayride. A little cold but what fun! Tyler's comment of the weekend. "I have not been on a hayride like this since 1955!" Wyatt was not a big fan of sitting still, but managed to endure his first hayride! Logan and Kendall loved it! Logan picked one of the the biggest pumpkins in the patch! My camera went dead at this point. The kids all made these t-shirts. We printed a white design on white t-shirts, hung them on the clothesline and the kids sprayed them with dye. When they sprayed them, the design sh...

So, I really try hard to be more tolerant of people and human nature as I get older. Some days just push my resolve a little more. Yesterday was one of them. My Dad was having gall bladder surgery in Ohio. JWS offered to go with me. JWS' morning routine is that I bring him coffee in bed at 6:30. Ninety percent of his mornings start that way. He watches the news and wakes up. I shut the bedroom door and try to be quiet while I have already usually been up for two hours, walked three miles, painted something or cleaned out a cupboard, updated my blog, Well anyway, I am a morning person, he is not. So this is how yesterday went. Up at 3:30, both of us. Out the door at 4:40 AM. Twelve miles away, drop stuff at Shawnee's, pick up stuff at Shawnee's to take to my Mom. (Wedding stuff...believe me, another whole post for another time.) It was all left in her car, so no one was awakened. I notice JWS sh...