Weekend wrap up

On Friday I went to visit a friend and had a nice dinner and watched a movie. We had went to the store and when we got back to his house, the sky was absolutely beautiful.

When I first got there, he had a surprise for me. A friend of ours, Linda, wanted to send me a gift. It was this beautiful antique tea cup that was in their family for many years and she wanted me to have it. I was so humbled to receive a part of her family heritage as a "just because" gift. I will treasure it always. Check out the unique handle.

Since it is very valuable to me, I put it on my tea cart along with the first tea set I ever got. I love the way it loooks sitting there.

Saturday morning I went to Hobby Lobby to get some supplies to do a project with the wooden bowl I bought about a week ago.

I had bought some brown & black paint last week to fix it up for something to use in my Steampunk room. But inspiration hit and I painted it a different color, one that would go with my living room.

Then I bought some of the succulent picks from Hobby Lobby.  

Stopped by Dollar Tree for some moss and foam.

I put the foam in the bottom of the bowl.

Cut the stems down some on all the succulents. And stuck them in the foam.

Then I put moss in and stuffed in down around all the stems to cover the foam and add support to the plants.

Very happy with the final product sitting on top of my fireplace.  

Sunday morning we woke up to an outrageous storm. Lightning, thunder, heavy winds, pouring rain and pounding hail. It was a rough way to wake up. 

But when the storm moved out and the sunshine began, I stepped outside. I did not realize how much my dogwood tree has bloomed the past few days. It is looking beautiful. Hard to believe the first two years I lived here it didn't bloom at all. Then last year the buds popped open and it has done great for the second year in a row. 

We are still not having church services so that felt weird not going to church. But I did get to enjoy the LIVE version on Facebook. Later I went back and watched live church from my son and daughter-in-law's church and one from my old church in WV where my sister still attends. So it was a very blessed day. 

The rest of the day I did a couple more craft projects which I will show you tomorrow. To be continued....