Give A Tired Chest of Drawers an Energizing Boost!

Paint, glaze, wallpaper and a stencil bring this chest of drawers to life!
Cover drawer fronts and dresser sides with wallpaper that suits both your room design and your stencil. The striped lines give a great background to the stenciled red cherries!


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Give A tired Chest Of Drawers an Energizing Boost!

Antiques, Old Toys, and Teddy Bears!

Another child's room that I love! The bead board goes great with the "old toys" Theme! I love the Rocking Horse! I love Home shows, especially Utah Parade of Homes! It's always a fun day filled with a lot of joy and inspiration!

A Home Where You Can Have A Ball!

A Basketball court! Wow! Can you imagine? "Mom, I'm going downstairs to play Basketball!" This house was pretty cool! From the upstairs level you could watch your kids play basketball! What joy for a Basketball lover, especially in the winter! I took a lot of these pictures when we were getting ready to build, these homes were all so inspiring and so beautiful!

Laundry Room, Loads Of Fun!

I love this Laundry Room, my laundry room is more like the quote below!
" Cleaning the house while the kids are still growing is like shoveling snow while it is still snowing!"
My laundry room is located by my kitchen where life happens, everything ends up in the Laundry Room! If the kids don't know what to do with it, just throw it in the Laundry Room!

Creative Creations For Under The Stairs!

Inspiration: What fun for a little child in the world of make believe!

What great childhood memories!

My favorite! I love the colors and the picket fence, and look at the cute little chairs!

A Room For "Somebunny" Special!

I have a weakness for little tables and chairs. I don't know why, but I just love them! I love this little girls room! I will be posting a few ideas from a "Home Show" I attended in Utah!

Look at the cute plates hanging above the bed! I also have a weakness for china dishes! I guess You could say I have a lot of weaknesses! Isn't it great that Life offers so many pretty things for us to enjoy!

Here is another cute bulletin board with an old quilt as the background! I love it! Oh my, so many projects, so little time!

Sew Many Quilts!

I attended a Quilt Show by "Desert Lily Quilters" in my hometown today! The quilts were fabulous! This quilt is from The Quilting Bee, I am making this quilt, so it's always exciting to see the finished product! I have three more blocks to finish! I love the pattern! I'm going to hang it where my kids see it daily! (To get a better view of the quilts, click on the pictures)


I love this quilt, I appreciate all the work and craftmanship, The colors are so pretty!

I was lucky to have the oppourtunity to be a judge for the Christmas Quilts! This is the one I selected as the winner! They were all very cute, but this one had so much work and excellent craftmanship put into it!

Welcome to The Scrappy Appleyard!
This quilt is titled "Meet Me In Paris", this quilt is beautiful! I love the red and brown colors!

You can order the pattern and quilt kit from her website!

This quilt was my favorite of all quilts displayed in the show!
This quilt is one I'm going to make, well I'm adding it to my long list of quilts to make! It's titled Whimsy Lane, I love the 3 dimensional look-- oh so cute for a little girl!

Meet John'a who designs these great patterns! She is so nice and so helpful! I love her quilt kits!

She probably designed and made her own dress, I should have asked her!

Here is another "Meet Me In Paris" in pastels! This quilt is a king size! John'a made this quilt in five days! If you go to her website, she has a ruler that is so helpful for making the fan blades! I love The Scrappy Appleyard! Her booth was fantastic! I wished I could have stayed there longer, but it was an eventful day at my home!

Vintage Christmas Ads Pt. 15 - Hertz, 1962

In addition to collecting Christmas music, I have collected nearly 1000 vintage Christmas ads over the years. Many of these include celebrities, radio, television, cigarettes, liquor, modern appliances, and the like.

Every Friday from here until I run out, I will feature an ad from my collection.

I invite you to add a fun comment, witticism, clever remark, or observation in the comments section provided. Any comments deemed worthy of repeating will be included into this entry where all the world will see it.

When I posted the last edition of this feature two weeks ago, we were in the midst of searching for a new car. I'm happy to report we got an excellent deal on a 2008 Chrysler Sebring (demonstrator model with all the bells & whistles) to replace our dear departed 1997 Saturn.

Since then, we've had a few more days of bad weather, several school closings, Boy Scout meetings and a pinewood derby (Alex placed 6th!), basketball games, cheerleading, practices to shuttle the kids to, several school functions to attend, and dealing with the insurance company to determine what our course of action would be with the Saturn - all with only one workable car to our name for a great deal of the time!

As the ink was drying on our purchase of the Sebring, we got word from the insurance company - despite being 12 years old, all the miles on the odometer, and the blue book value ($800 if we're lucky), the Saturn was deemed repairable! We now own three vehicles - arghhh!

All these car troubles have kept my mind in a car ad type of mood. Which is why I chose this classic Christmas ad:

(Click on image to enlarge)

Thank goodness for the red interior - otherwise Santa would have had trouble spotting the white Corvette in the middle of the snow-drifted road.

What do you think?

Ernie says: How come I never get one of those when I rent a car? I always wind up with some crummy Chrysler four-door with the B pillar in the wrong place and I bump into it everytime I get in the car.

Thanatos says: How much for the Saturn?

Any other opinions?


Capt

Vintage Christmas Ads Pt. 15 - Hertz, 1962

In addition to collecting Christmas music, I have collected nearly 1000 vintage Christmas ads over the years. Many of these include celebrities, radio, television, cigarettes, liquor, modern appliances, and the like.

Every Friday from here until I run out, I will feature an ad from my collection.

I invite you to add a fun comment, witticism, clever remark, or observation in the comments section provided. Any comments deemed worthy of repeating will be included into this entry where all the world will see it.

When I posted the last edition of this feature two weeks ago, we were in the midst of searching for a new car. I'm happy to report we got an excellent deal on a 2008 Chrysler Sebring (demonstrator model with all the bells & whistles) to replace our dear departed 1997 Saturn.

Since then, we've had a few more days of bad weather, several school closings, Boy Scout meetings and a pinewood derby (Alex placed 6th!), basketball games, cheerleading, practices to shuttle the kids to, several school functions to attend, and dealing with the insurance company to determine what our course of action would be with the Saturn - all with only one workable car to our name for a great deal of the time!

As the ink was drying on our purchase of the Sebring, we got word from the insurance company - despite being 12 years old, all the miles on the odometer, and the blue book value ($800 if we're lucky), the Saturn was deemed repairable! We now own three vehicles - arghhh!

All these car troubles have kept my mind in a car ad type of mood. Which is why I chose this classic Christmas ad:

(Click on image to enlarge)

Thank goodness for the red interior - otherwise Santa would have had trouble spotting the white Corvette in the middle of the snow-drifted road.

What do you think?

Ernie says: How come I never get one of those when I rent a car? I always wind up with some crummy Chrysler four-door with the B pillar in the wrong place and I bump into it everytime I get in the car.

Thanatos says: How much for the Saturn?

Any other opinions?


Capt

Inspiration: Unique and Clever ways to Display a Chalkboard!

I Love all of these ideas! My favorite is the door and the cabinet!

This one is pretty clever! A cabinet turned into a chalkboard! I love the old antique door knobs!

How fun for a kitchen or pantry!

What is your favorite?

From the Heart and Kitchen of Grandma!

I love my Recipe Magnet Board! It works great in the kitchen and I love the little magnets!
Before Christmas, Grandma Lynna asked us for our favorite recipes from everyone in the family. We were surprised and happy to see all of our favorite recipes returned on embellished 3x5 recipe cards with buttons and ribbons inside a hand made bag with darling little magnets!

The pictures on the recipe cards are unique heirloom pictures from "Days Gone By"! She also made us hand made aprons and other unique kitchen gadgets in a cute red storage container. It is a cherished gift! I love it!

(You can purchase the magnet boards from most office supply stores.)

Yummy Valentines Sugar Cookies!

Sugar Cookie Recipe from Grandma Lynna, they are my favorite, soft and delicious!

The recipe is great! Have A Happy Day! You can deck me later!

Pay It Forward!

Thanks to Fiddle Dee Dee for passing along pay it forward. I am now sharing the love with you!

Rules:
Be one of the first three bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which entitles you to a handmade gift:-)
Winners must post this challenge on your blog, meaning that you will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift for the first three bloggers who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!
The gift you send can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!
When you receive your gift, feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate Linky Love♥♥♥
If you are not one of the Top Three to comment on this post, you can still play along. Please start your own 'Pay It Forward chain', and encourage your blogging friends to do the same.
Now on to "PAY IT FORWARD!"

Hugs and Kisses!

You will love Barb Schram from Explore, Dream, Discover! visit her site for for tutorial and directions on how to make these fun valentines/holiday gifts!

Holiday Cupcakes For All Occassions!

Tall Cupcakes! The pan is made by Wilton, along with the cupcake wrappers. You can find the pan and wrappers at Michaels craft store! There are 6 cupcakes to a pan. One cake mix makes 6 cupckaes! Decorate according to your celebration! Enjoy and have a HAPPY DAY! You can Deck me later!

Let your Love Grow!

My little daughter and I made these fun Terra Cotta Pots! They are a fun craft to do with kids! My daughter helped paint! We filled them with pencils, pixie sticks, lollipops, and hearts!
We love polka dots and a lot of ribbon!


My daughter made little ones to put in her room and also a few to give away!

Here are the supplies! I purchased a lot of the items at the Dollar store! The ribbon and Terra Cotta Pots are from Michaels craft store!

"Let Love Grow..." I found the Valentines cards at the Dollar Store! Stickers are from DJ Inkers!

My daughter put stickers on the suckers! We tied ribbon around the pencils and pixie sticks, we used a lot of green ribbon around the pencils to look like leaves!

The fun straws were also at the Dollar Store!