BINGO House for THE CUTTING CAFE

I am VERY excited about this project! I have been since a few photos and a cutting file showed up in my inbox from Regina about a month ago. This is the tall house from the 3 D House Set. The little itty bity windows are my favorite.....Seriously cool....

Since I have a love to hate relationship with my Silly, I generally cut things out of kraft paper and then add color to them after JUST in case. I have ruined pretty paper due to my own in ability to get things lined up! 

The kraft paper was placed in an embossing folder in my Big Shot, inked up, and then misted. Very pleased with the gentle color. Reminds me of Christmas paper!

The BINGO card roof amused me greatly and is one of my favorite parts of this house! I could also imagine one with real playing cards! Her file does come with a roof as well if you want to leave your board games intact. 

Now, this house will be part of a larger project for Christmas! I have plans to place it in an apothecary jar with twinkle lights! Wish me luck on that since it may involve drilling a hole through glass....yeah, freaky!

Oh and I really obsessed about staging this house. I wanted fake snow, but never made it out to the craft store, so made due with cheese cloth. I have it on a box lid to elevate it a bit. Regina has one of those in her file as well. Also lets not discuss the flowers that are growing out of the snow.....they are pretty right?

Had to use my planter for one of those photos! It worked perfectly with one of my silver plates! ;-)

First person to leave me a comment on my funny wool socks gets points!

Happy Hump Day!

More Illumination: Tiffany Rewired Lamp for $25

It really started by accident. While mucking around the thrift store I spotted a huge stained glass shade for $5. I was pretty sure it was marked incorrectly, but it was on the building side which is always more reasonable. However, since I wasn't in the market for a shade, I left it there.

Of course it continued to haunt me until I texted THE MAN who swung by on his way home & picked it up for me. It has been hanging out in the spare bedroom for weeks until I got the idea that it needed to be on a floor lamp.

I like the little table that is by my chair but the original lamp was taking up a lot of room. So another trip to the ReStore scored me a somewhat sad brassish heavy floor lamp for $15. Let me show you the pair. It was hard taking the photo as things were really lose and the cord extremely old. In fact, that is why it got plugged in on the front porch!

It is now very solid & sturdy with a new coat of Rustoleum Copper & Black Hammered spray paint. It is still warm enough to spray outside, so I used my trusty stump. I have a couple that are perfect for spray painting projects!

I also found by spraying one color over top of the other, you got a really cool effect.

It also got rewired. I picked up a new cord & socket at Walmart for $5, putting my total for this project at $25. Since these lamps seem to run from $100 to $200, I feel pretty thifty!

My other lamp move down to the next end table, so there is more mood lighting in the evening. 

Of course, now I want to get working on my little red table that was also a thrifting find. More spray paint in my future!

Happy Monday!

A Green Thumb Layout for Another Freaking Scrappy

I struggled with what to make for this challenge for a couple of days. Anne over at Another Freaking Scrappy asked us to scrap about a talent we have or a talent that we wish for. I really don't wish to be anything right now that I'm not, so that left something I was good at...

I have been stomping past my roses for the past month as it has gotten colder and colder. The leaves are almost down and we've had some frosts. So, although they call these Oso Easy Roses, I am taking credit for my gardening skills!

I was VERY pleased on how my green letters turned out. They were originally turquoise and I inked them up green and glossed them!

I also slid a little bird nest in with my flowers in gauze. We always seem to have a ton of birds up on the hill here.

Hope you get a chance to come play along with us!

Oh and by the way, now that my page is COMPLETE, I thought of a talent that I wish I had....belly dancing! OMG, thankfully the world will not have to endure a page about that or me doing it.....

Haunting the Thrift Store

I have been haunting the thrift store lately on the prowl for good stuff. 

I am a bit confused obviously because I am posting thrifting finds that I will use to decorate my mantle for Christmas and today in the States, it's Halloween!

Rest assured we'll be celebrating tonight. They are too old for the trick o' treating part but we have plans to visit a Haunted House and also to head over to the Rockwell Museum to see some Sugar Skulls on Sunday. 

(And how do you like that burgandy case, omg, is it not super vintagey or what! Rock on!)

Happy Weekend too!

The Fifth Icicle for Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tag Challenge

This is my fifth icicle for Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas. Linda's store The Funkie Junkie Boutique sponsors the tags and she is also the Rock Star behind our inspiration!

This is my FAVORITE tag of hers so far. She pulled out the silver, black and twinkle!

I imagine the gentleman is hurrying home to his family with a beautiful wreath that his MRS. will LOVE! So I used a sparkley love word on my icicle!

My favorite part of this icicle besides the bling is my Lisa Flower, vintage silver leaf, and glass crystal!

Lisa at You Made Me Ink has been playing along with this challenge too, so if you get a minute, pop on over and see her version of the tag! (hint, she's using canning jar lids, OH MY!)

What a sparkly bling filled pile of icicles! So much fun! Only 7 to go, sadly! I better get a stack of icicles prepped for the rest of the tags!

Hope your Hump Day was fabulous and involved just a bit of glitter!

The Forth Icicle for Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tag Challenge

I can't.STOP.making.icicles! EEK! I am having so much fun I can't stand it! This is my forth icicle for Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas. Linda's store The Funkie Junkie Boutique sponsors the tags and just in case you weren't for sure on playing along..she gives away several gift certs to her store at the end of the challenge. And if that wasn't enough, she also offers 10% off to everyone who plays along with each challenge. I can PROMISE YOU I will be taking her up on that offer again this year. Her prices are already super low.

Sorry it looks like it snowed on my pointsetta, but I got carried away with the vintage glitter! The warm temperatures today are just making us believe winter isn't around the corner!

Linda's tag is simply stunning with the careful stenciling. That really said traditional to me, so I used those colors and also some velvet holly leaves and poinetta. Her tag has holly allllll over it! I also used a metal piece that says "traditional"in the center of my bottle cap. Like how it fit perfectly in the cap!

I also cut up a beaded bracelet & wrapped around my bottle cap. It's really crazy fun! Of course I had to add a heart to match the pretty little upside down flower hearts on Linda's tag. 

Four down! Eight to go! Happy Hump Day Peeps!

The Third Icicle for Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tag Challenge

Are you feeling winter's chill just yet? Chock full of snowflakes, I'm back today with my third icicle for  Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas. Linda's store The Funkie Junkie Boutique sponsors the tags.

I was inspired by Linda's colors and huge snowflake on her tag. I did not however go with the whole CAS look...that was lost on me as I layered flowers, gems, and flakes!

I really enjoyed the gold, so I added quite a bit to my flake.

Three tags down and nine to go!

The Second Icicle for Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tag Challenge

It's Monday (again, eeek!). I'm back today with my second icicle for  Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas. Linda's store The Funkie Junkie Boutique sponsors the tags.

Her second tag screamed retro! I really wish I could have dug up some checker ribbon, but alast, had to run with one that had dots on it instead!

I replaced the poinsetta with a green flower, used a red ribbon on the top, and dug up a clear snowflake to match her card. My favorite part of my "tag" is the Santa in the bottle cap and the gingerbread man waving from behind the flower.

Two tags down, ten to go! I can't wait!

The First Icicle for Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tag Challenge

Yesterday I showed you the snowflakes & icicles I am using as a base for my "tags" that I am making to participate in Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas. Linda's store The Funkie Junkie Boutique sponsors the tags.

I have a lovely tag to case for Week One.

The reindeer stood out to me first and foremost. The lovely crinkle colored ribbon also was a pleasing surprise. She used very vintage colors as well, so I wanted red, green, with that splash of teal for my creation.

Love the sparkles in the sun! So pretty!

I'll be back Monday with the second tag I mean icicle!

12 Icicles of Christmas: Frozen Style

It will be my THIRD YEAR participating in the Linda's Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas. Linda's store The Funkie Junkie Boutique sponsors the tags. I am pretty fond of her store, she carries EVERYTHING I like a whole lot so shopping is a breeze! ;-)

And by tag, in my book that means something not so tag like. 

One year I decorated the metal tops of square Herb Ox containers.

Another year it was small metal sample dishes in a metal box. 

And this year.....I'm making snowflakes attached to glittery icicles. 

I found a bag of these icicles at the secondhand store and spent some time with my Tim Holtz Snowflake Rosette die (which by the way Linda sells) and have been making up some blanks. I intend to decorate the center of the snowflake. 

I have two different kinds of glue that go into making these work as well as some mists. I use a fabric glue to hold the two snowflakes together as well as a lot of hot glue. Then I sprinkle some Renea Bouquets Chunky Glitter Glass on the edges. 

Lexi says they look like they are from Frozen! Which gives me another idea...

Back tomorrow with my first "tag" to show you!

Purple Japanese Lantern for the Birthday Girl

I just figured out the other day that I have more cans of spray paint than spray mist. This is terrible! I must buy more mist....

I did just add a color to my collection. It's not one I'll use a lot. I have a semi Lizzy Hill phobia to purple, let's not tell my kid.

I did already HAVE purple spray paint, I just thought it would look terrible on this paper Japanese lantern that I got for free!

Well, it was a good thing it was free since while I was buying mist, I also grabbed a couple of packages of flowers! The big purple ones were at least on sale...

And if you like purple, that is some awesome shimmer shine right there!

It took me two days to find the fishing twine (in the fishing tackle box in the camper) and now I'm on the hunt for a cup hook to hang this lantern from Lexi's ceiling right above her desk chair...

Wish me luck!

Sassy Birthday Layout

Lexi (or Sassy as she called herself when she was four, specifically ME SASSY!!!! with the emphasis being hers) seems to have celebrated her birthday for nearly a month!

From watching all four Pirates of the Caribbean to having her friend Cora spend the night, it's been one long celebration! We managed to hit three glass shows at the museum over the weekend and bought a glass snake...

The actual DAY of her birthday was pretty cool though. She wanted to window shop on Market Street, get a burrito at Boomers, and go to the Rockwell Museum!

Since she was off school that day due to Columbus Day, I took a couple of hours off work to hang out with her!

The page is pretty simple, most of it is journaling, with some really cool doilies & leaves from Awesome Up North Shirly! Lizzy Hill suggested I take a blog post I wrote and turn it into a page. I added a few things, but for the most part, the whole post is on the page! Printed it right on my patterend paper using a large format printer. Here is what it says:

My oldest turns 14 today. I know, I have a teen. I haven't noticed much except now I have a mostly helpful partner in crime for food shopping who maintains pushing around a cart full of food should be followed by a taco. 

She has my jeep programed to play her Pandora Bastille Radio station. She then rummages around in my purse for gum, sunglasses, lip gloss, and then turns on our heated seats for the ride. Often I am deep in thought or "stinking" like she calls it. She yells at me to SMILE AND BE HAPPY and I snap back to reality.

Sometimes I'm running her down to Market Street for her guitar lessons with Melvin (who incidentally doesn't think it's funny if you ask him if he's one of the Chipmunks). She is getting proficient with the guitar, but still isn't keen to show it off to everyone. If you have heard her play, it's because you've shared a campfire with us.

Right now she is hoping desperately that her science teacher gets a chinchilla for their classroom, She's also wishing for a pet snake, and likes chocolate rice krispies for breakfast or toast with nutella. All these things change daily almost like her height.

She has bigger feet than me, is taller, has longer hair and far more patience. For now, she still thinks I'm cool.

Well, maybe not cool, but at least OK.

THE MAN said we should have woke her up at 2 am (when my water broke) and then keep her up to the following morning until 2:30 am after they finally let us all go to bed. Only to wake her up a couple hours later with some nerve shattering screaming. (We think she was saying GIVE ME FOOD NOW or something in baby). Oh the memories, eek!

Today we walked around Market Street and window shopped. Then she talked me into going in the Rockwell Museum where I fell in love with a stick pony. This was after burritos at Little Boomers so we were walking on very full stomachs!

Tonight we have a double chocolate cake picked out for dinner with super extra cheese mac and cheese, what a feast!

I am back tomorrow with a present I made Lexi that I am pretty pleased about! Lizzy Hill will love allllll the flowers I used!

And speaking about flowers, this is one of my favorite presents she got on her birthday! A flower cake!

Happy Tuesday!