A Kitchen Table

Have you given much thought to

Your Kitchen Table lately?

I really like this Kitchen table 

Well, I have given thought to mine!
I am afraid to even show you what
mine looks like today. . .
(You may think I am really a bad person)
Really I am not!

It has been a rough, busy week.
And today has been especially rough.
I just got home from a week-end trip
and sad to say this is my dining room table.
The best thing on my table is the
Diet Coke!
I promise you I will have my Kitchen table looking all clean and nice
just like the pictures in the magazine. . .

Country Living

But
I am not promising when!

Friday Thrifty Finds

Just thought I would show you some

of the junk stuff

I found this week at,

of course,

DI

For those who may not be familiar with DI

DI is short for Deseret Industries.

It is a thrift store, (like Goodwill).

Millions of things are donated

to DI every day. 

This is from the official site

Deseret Industries

Deseret Industries is both a nonprofit, vocational rehabilitation facility and a thrift store.

Deseret Industries is composed of three related parts.

First, trainees work, receive training, and find long-term employment.

Second, the public may purchase inexpensive,

quality merchandise in a clean, safe retail environment.

To those in need, merchandise is provided at no cost.

Third, all people may provide meaningful service through

 the donation  of time and merchandise.

Deseret Industries is sponsored by

 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

 Established in 1938 as a single thrift store,

today there are 46 stores serving people

in seven western states:

Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

I am really lucky because I have a DI in my community

I go there all the time just to check things out

see if there is any junk  treasures I might need want.
So here is some of my finds for this week,

The glass candy dish I will do as one of

my pedistal dishes.

Whoever heard of black doves!

They will be spray painted white. . .

I am a sucker for anything cloche'

A greenish blue mason jar. . .mmmm Sweet!

I can see the vase spray painted yellow or turquoise

The wire basket will be silver

I couldn't pass up the cute bright placemats.

I spent around $5.

Oh this little cutie I have looked and looked for

$8. . . . .Sweet!

It will be painted Black

This little sweetie will be spray painted Turquoise!

I could not believe it when I saw this beauty!

Only $6

I have looked and looked for a chair like this

It has a spindle that is broken

and I have studied it and figured out how

to fix it myself!

Oh, I am getting good at this.

Won't she look cute painted a ligth Blue?

I had a good week this time at DI

But now the works begins.

I am linking to:





 

Where Much Is Given~~Much Is Expected

A few things are going on with this cute little blog

I never thought I would reach

Over 5,000

Views

So Soon!

I am thrilled to say the least . . . .

Your comments have been much appreciated.

I just love each one of you

&

I have never met you in person!

But thank you so much!

You have no idea what

you have done for me.

Seriously. . . you are the best!

Along with having so many viewers

I am now at a new level in

Bloggerville

(I am not in the "in crowd" yet)

But I have some new

things on the horizon.

I am looking forward to the future

One of the things for the

future is

GIVEAWAYS!

and

Product Reviews

from places like CSN Stores

But one of the things I firmly believe

IS

Where much is given

much is expected!

I hope I NEVER

Disappoint you my dear friends

In Bloggerville.

Simple But O' So Sweet

Sometimes I like to do things that are just

SIMPLE

But they turn out so SWEET

That is how this little stool felt to me. . . .

I wish I had taken a "before" picture.

I always forget!

It was another dirty, disgusting, discarded little friend.

It just needed some TLC

Of course a little paint and new fabric always helps.

She has sweet lines.
And a simple appearance!

I like how she turned out!

I don't know what it is about me and stools.
But,
I am always looking for them at the thrift store (DI)
If I see one I have to have it.
I have another one I have been waiting to do.
The fabric came today,
So

Fabric from Hawthorn's Fabric

I am thinking I will do her in
one of these fabrics.
I will show her off when she is done.

Ampersand? Huh You Say! & & &!

That's Just What I Said!

Huh!

What is Ampersand?

Well, it is

&

It is another one of those

design things that I just love . . .

Like the

Eiffel Tower

(I have one I found at TJ Max)

The Fleur de Lis

( I have on plates, finials, pictures)

Ampersand

So, because I really like these things

I like to bring them into the things I create.

Today

I made a pillow with the &

One day on one of my trips to the thrift store (DI)

I found these 8" chipboard shapes of the &

I paid .75 for a package of 3

Thought I would use them in my scrapbooking.

But then I decided I wanted the design on a pillow. . . .

So

I traced the & on some fabric, painted it black

&

I have a cute pillow

Cheap Pottery Barn Knock-Off

Cheap and Pottery Barn

Do Not Go Together!

They have great things,

But Oh, they are overrated over-priced!

Well, I guess if you have money to burn

then you could buy there without

feeling guilty.

But

Since I am not in that group

of money burners

I have to find the cheap alternative.

I love these "Voluminous Vases"
Pottery Barn price $59-$79
So
I set out to make my own
Ya, make my own!

I found cheap glass candle holder and glass containers
at the thrift store (DI)
I used my trusty old friend
Gorilla Glue
And this is what I got!

My Voluminous Vases cost me

about $2 a piece!

Oh much better.

(notice my Eiffel Tower, I found it at TJ Max)

The only thing Pottery Barn can do better

than me is

take pictures.

I really like my Vases

And they were easy to make

And CHEAP!

I Just Wonder?

I am just Wondering?

Do the Bloggers that I follow

ever feel inadequate?

Not very talented?

Do they ever have projects fail?

Does every picture they take

show off their projects perfectly?

Does their house ever

look like a mad woman's nightmare

because they have been working on projects?

OR

Is everything perfect in their lives

like these pictures show?

Just look at the beautiful work

of some of these talented gals out there in Bloggerville!

Impatiently Beautiful

Antique Chase .

Not sure who did this

Yellow Cape Cod

Just Something I Made
(who would think to use a old red wagon for a tray?)

Not sure who made this
It was on CSI

Such talent!
No wonder I get thinking
my work isn't that good.  . . .
But
I am determined to run with the "big girls"
My picture taking will improve
and my talents will imporve.
I am inspired by all these great talented ladies.
But, I bet their houses are all perfect just like the pictures!