Happy Anniversary Baby, I got you on my mind..........

Jeff and I were married Twenty Seven years ago today.  It was a very small wedding in a very small town.  Only close family and friends were there.  Jeff and I lived in Texas at the time, and knew that most of our family wouldn't travel to us, so, we went to them.  It was on a Tuesday because that was the only day the miners of the families were off.  

I thought the cowboy hat was very Texas - ha ha.

My mom is in the pale blue dress and Jeff's dad is on the end (right).  They are both in heaven now.

Here we are twenty seven years later in the same church we were married..............

  

This is my family at my father-in-laws funeral.  A very sad day.  He was a great man who fought harder than anybody I have ever known.  He was a man of honor, character and touched everybody he knew in such  a positive way.  He is greatly missed.

This is hopefully the end of a very long string of unpleasant events.

God Bless you all.

Craft Caddy

Hi everybody, I hope you have all been good lately.  I have been M.I.A. for a long time.  I will do a separate post about all that is going on because I have major wining to do.  Ok, maybe a little whining now.  My camera got FRIED right before we left to go to Oklahoma for my daughter's softball tournament. I told my dear hubby that the cord he was using was wrong, and did he listen to me?  Of course not, I have the broken camera to prove it.  Anyway, he found a camera just like mine on EBay and it should be here no later than Tuesday.  Now, back to it.  I was feeling sorry for myself and browsed through some draft posts when I came across this one.  I forgot that I took a few pics, so, this has made me a little happier.  This is my portable craft caddy.  I got the idea from Miss Mustard Seed's  blog.

This is what I started with.

I got it thrifting back in August, 2011.  It has taken me this long to figure out what to do with it - Yikes!

 I was thrilled when I found out these cute little pots fit in the holes.  I got them at The Dollar Tree.  I also used them here to make my Halloween Treat Pots.

To distress them a little I just added a few drops of water to acrylic paint to get that washed look.

And of course, a little minwax varnish to age it.

This is what I ended up with.

I found some little saucers and used them for my markers and pens to keep them from falling through the chicken wire on the bottom.

I gathered up all supplies I need to make a quick card and paint a little something.

I like the way it looks and the way I can just carry it all over, especially when I am sitting and watching a movie.

Happy Crafting.

Rhonda

Chalkboard Lazy Susan

Happy Monday everybody -- I missed you all last week, it was a little wild around here.  Let's just say that a woman of my size and age should not fall over a child gate.  Yep, that's what happened -- my bruised pride and ribs are healing up fine this week.  Anyway, on to my latest craft.  I love doing daycare (apart from falling over a child gate), but, I always find it a challenge to decorate my home.  If it is within a child's reach, they think it's for them to play with.  What has happened to; You can look, but, not touch Mrs. Rhonda's pretties.  I bought a Lazy susan at Saver's a while back for very little money.  I have always wanted one, but, didn't know how it would work.  As soon as I put in on the table, my daycare kids were catapulting things off of it.  It was not pretty -- a little dangerous at times.  Needless to say, I had to put it away.   

Well, I got it out the other day and decided to paint it with chalkboard paint.  

After sanding it down a little, I covered it with about three coats of chalkboard paint.

This was the original color, and

this was after the third coat of chalkboard paint.

After painting, I covered it with chalk and let it set for a little bit.

Here it is with it's new coat of paint.  I love the black color.  I really didn't think I would like it, but, it sets off all the colors in my table runner.

Now, the super cute bottles and holder came from Decor Steals (I am so addicted to Decor Steals right now).  I took a bunch of red tulips from The Dollar Tree and cut the stems apart.  I put one stem per bottle with the exception of two end bottles where I put two red Dollar Tree candles.  This look is totally me.  A very casual elegance -- trying to find pretty in all of my chaos.  The best part, I can remove all breakables to the counter and  easily return it after hours.

  

I put extra chalk into an egg cup.

I love this rooster.  He is so colorful and just adds the perfect wow to this little table scape.

 Oh, and the kids love it.  They don't even try to fling toys from it anymore -- YEAH!!!

xxxooo

Easter at The Roost

Happy Easter everyone, I am hoping you had a very blessed day.  I got it done just in time to take it down - ha ha..........

Red Hutch

Dining Room

Entryway Shelf

xoxo

Glass Block for Easter - 2013

I think I will be decorated before Easter - Woo Hoo.  On that note, I almost forgot to post my Easter Glass Block.

I was so excited that I learned how to make a quick and easy bow, I thought I would show you.  You start with a pretty ribbon.  I liked this one (the ribbon with wire on each side works best) from the Dollar Store -- where else right?

You figure out how big you want your bow and roll it about five times.  You can tell how big by taking the roll and folding it in half.

Once you have it folded in half, you snip the middle corners

like so.

When you unfold it, it should look like this.

Take a thin piece of ribbon and tie it right in the middle.

Then you just start pulling and plumping the loops.

Pull one loop into the middle and fan the rest around it.  There you have it.  The more you roll it, the fuller the bow.  Easy Peasy.

This year, I found these cute little sparkle eggs at the Dollar tree and cut the loop off.  They were just small enough to fit into the opening -- yeah.

I know you can barely tell, but, I did hang three of the eggs under the bow.  Oh, and do you see the plastic purple egg?  My kids played a trick on me - he he.  Big stinkers (they are definitely not little anymore).

Happy Easter Everyone.

xoxo

I party here when I want to get down and get funky - ha ha.