The calendar says it’s Spring…and this little crocus is TRYING to do its part! Hopefully some day soon we’ll have spring-like temperatures! Have a great week everyone! Try something NEW!
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NEW books on my nightstand
I’ve had a few books on my nightstand, for a while now….waiting for me to find the time to crack them. They were:
A Blind Eye by Julie Daines, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2
Well, last Sunday evening I picked up the first one, A Blind Eye, right after dinner and I didn’t put it down until I had read the entire book (roughly 160 pages)! It kept my attention the entire read! It’s a young adult murder mystery (NOT my typical choice), but I’m soooo glad I read it because, as you know, I LOVE newness /different-ness! It was very good and I’d recommend it. Hopefully I’ll get the other two books read very soon (I’ve renewed them from the library twice already). I’ll let you know what I think about those after I get them off my nightstand. I hope you all get to read (or do or learn) something NEW today!
Thursday’s Thought
This quote was on a recent handout from the Family History class I’m taking. LOVE.IT!!! I coupled it with one of my favorite shots. Again, thank goodness for phones with cameras!…because, of course, when this scene appeared before me, I didn’t have my ‘good’ camera with me! My hubby always says, “What kind of photographer are you?”…when I lament leaving my camera home :o)
Everyone have a great day today, and try to ‘earnestly exert yourselves to give as much as you receive’ today!
learning something NEW (flamboyance)
Well, you all know I love, loVE, LOVE learning something NEW! I was recently visiting gembobs crafts and really enjoyed reading through the ’50 Happy Facts to get you in the mood for life’! AND…I learned something new! (see happy fact number 31) I did not know (or if I once knew, I soon forgot) that a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. COOL! :o) Other terms are: colony, flurry, regiment or stand of flamingos.
I took this pic at a nearby aviary last summer and right when I was going to get some really good pics of these flamingos, my camera battery went DEAD! But thank goodness for phone cameras, right?
Do or learn something NEW today!
a NEW wedding dress transformation
I have a VERY talented niece! She took her mother’s wedding dress and TOTALLY transformed it! I missed going to the wedding, because it was multiple states away, but my other sisters were ohhing and awhing about the dress recently, so I had to go see it for myself (she’s local now). Fabulous.Gorgeous.Beautiful!!!
The old dress (hmmm not sure what year this was, but I’m guessing early 1980’s):
The NEW dress (December of 2011 I believe):
old and NEW Easter decor
Whew! I’m FINALLY done entertaining for a while! We have had soooooo many ‘events’ around here lately! I’m kind of exhausted!!! :o) However I did have a bit of energy to dig out the Easter decor over the weekend. (None too soon, since Easter comes pretty early this year!) I took a few pics: the ‘old’ decor is my fabric covered styrofoam easter eggs. I’ve loved them for years…and the best part is: I didn’t make them! My lovely Mother-in-law made them and gave them to us YEARS ago. I poked around to see if there were any tutorials that I could share in case you’re interested in making some. These are pretty close, but I think my MIL actually used a butter knife and tucked the fabric into the groove then finished off with embellishments.
Check these out at Sewing Daisies
Or these at By Stephanie Lynn
And, of course, Pinterest has lots of fabric-covered easter egg ideas Check these out HERE!
My NEW decor this year is this VERY SIMPLE glass jar filled with eggs…finished off with burlap and ribbon. Truth be told: I got these eggs for FREE. You know when you buy a washing machine at the local appliance store and they give you a “rebate” of $30-$40 to get to you come back into their store?….but the store really doesn’t have anything at all for that price? (Well they have a very few things. These eggs for example). So that’s how I got them for ‘free’.
NEW photo of my week #18
This week I was at the top of some bleachers taking photos of my son playing tennis, but when I turned and looked behind me at the football field, I liked this photo opp as well! I’m assuming these lacrosse players are stretching either before or after their practice. Too bad I didn’t have my wide-angle lens on because their were A LOT more players in this exact position! It would’ve been nice to capture the entire field!…nevertheless, this is my NEW photo of the week. Have a great day everyone!
My NEW list – Julia Roberts movies to watch
Wowza! I’ve been a busy girl and have had absolutely NO time to blog!…and it isn’t over yet! You’ll know when it’s over….because (obviously) I’ll be posting more frequently!
I’m dreaming of the day when I can sit back and relax…and watch a bunch of Julia Roberts movies! I really like Julia as an actress, so I recently found a list of all the movies she’s been in. So when I have the time, I’m going to watch all of them that aren’t rated R. (I don’t like to watch the junk that are in rated R movies) So I thought I’d share my list with you. If there are movies on the list that any of you particularly recommend, let me know so I can watch those first! Thanks! Have a great day!
NEW Photo of my week #17
My NEW laundry room organization
I’m totally thrilled! The little sewing corner in my laundry room (which I blogged about earlier) has now expanded! I now have a cabinet for my baskets….the ‘drawer’ above the baskets will actually be a pull-out ironing board (not finished quite yet)…and a hutch for ribbon and wrapping paper! I’m SO excited to efficiently use that space in my laundry room! Here are a few details:
There are three notches for the dowels in each row. That way I can either stagger the paper/ribbon or use one, two or all three spaces!
I’ll use the cupboard on the left to store other gift-giving paraphernalia like bows, small gift bags, etc. The cupboard on the right will be used for the additional sewing supplies that I don’t have up on the peg-board. I’m love, loVE, LOVING it! Happy Valentines Day!
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