A Wish List

Have you ever made a purchase on Wish.com? I had heard about it for years but was leery to try it. The prices were so low and shipping time is long. It's basically a you get it when you get it thing. Everything comes direct from China and I am convinced it is a slow boat ride. Although when, it arrives everything has been worth the wait. 

So far in the past year, I purchased this wristlet which was so soft and just the perfect it size. I paid $3.00 plus $1.00 for shipping.

I snagged this Santa pin for FREE with $1.00 shipping and I was so happy with it. I got a bazillion complements last Christmas when I wore it to work everyday. Even strangers would stop me and ask me where I got it.

Then I forgot about Wish for awhile until a friend started buying some things and showing me the great deals he and his girlfriend kept getting. So I ordered this little watch as a gift for a friend who loves Mickey Mouse. It was $3.00 total with shipping.

My daughter ordered this bracelet for free with $2.00 for the shipping. Both items have arrived and are even nicer than the pictures. We were both extremely happy.

Now I am waiting on the arrival of my card holder for all the various reward card I have. This was $2.00 total with shipping.  I am looking forward to getting it. 

A lady I work with wears different rings all the time and I fall in love with them. I asked her one day where she found such beautiful rings. Turns out she gets them all on Wish. So there is one I have been wanted that is $50+ at Walmart. I found one almost identical on Wish. It was free and shipping was $1.00 so I figured what the heck. She has had several of hers for two or three years and they are still just as shiny as when she got them. Her's were sterling silver and so is this one and since her hasn't tarnished, I decided to take a chance. It is due to arrive the first part of may so we will see how it goes.  

Now I have some items on a wish list on Wish. I am contemplating them. One of my other friends orders clothes on their all the time and they are great quality and they fit when she orders her size. So I may try this beach dress. It is $10 so I'm not going to rush into it. If you watch, the prices come down based on how many people are ordering it. Plus sometimes they will post the same item from a different shipping area and the price is better. So I'm going to hold off on this.  

However, I think I will order this today. It is Free with $4.00 for shipping. Which is not bad. I am willing to invest $4 to see how the clothing fits. They do have a 30 day return policy if something isn't what I want so I'm not too worried.

When I go to the beach, I love ankle bracelets with my flip flops everywhere I go. So I want a beachy looking one. I fell in love with this. I am adding it to my order. It was $2 plus $1 for shipping. But several people are buying it so they dropped the price to $1.80 and $1 shipping.

And I am ordering this as well today. It is FREE and $2 for shipping.

I will keep you posted on how these things turn out. So far most of my stuff is arriving 3 - 6 weeks after I order it. Which isn't bad to save so much money on something I like. I'll wait it out on the shipping.

All because two people fell in love.....

It is National Sibling Day. I could go on for days about the wonderful childhood we all had together, about the unlimited love we got from Mommy and Daddy. I could wax eloquently about all the many blessed memories of our lives together. I could also go on and on and on about how we are still close even though we are all in our 50's or 60's. But I think if you look closely at the pictures you can see for yourself the love we all have for each. 

Thank you Mommy and Daddy for the amazing lives you created.

So it begins....

Baby steps. That is how I am attacking my craft room. Little itty, bitty steps at a time. My problem with trying to redo it with the vintage look was lack of things to fit the theme and wanting to accumulate everything I needed and do it all at once. I am trying to work on being patient. So for the new beach theme, I am just going to change things one at a time. So I started out yesterday by purchasing two light blue bins to replace the gray ones I had in this little shelf. 

And I had this jar, a sea shell and some jute that I put together my own version of the pencil holder from Pinterest. They used a star fish and I may eventually replace this one with a star fish but I had a sand dollar that I actually found in Panama City on mine and Allen's last trip so I think it  has more meaning. I had a few blue colored pencils to put in it, but want to add a few more. But this wasn't a bad start since it didn't cost me a penny. Everything was on hand.

I had a red valance that I took down and hung up this pale blue sheer until I can go to a store in Myrtle Beach this year that has some adorable beach curtains that I really want. But this will do till then. It is a warehouse store and no online purchasing so I will be patient.

The top of one of my stands has been temporarily decorated with some of the beach stuff I had around the house. 

It's not much but it is a start.

Happy Sunday

There's a reason why....

Last fall, I fell in love with a red shelf and bought it. My plan was to use it in my office/craft room and redo the decor with a vintage theme. Here it is April and I am still struggling with finding vintage items for it. I think I found about 2 or 3 vintage items and that was it. 

Fast forward to Thursday evening when I saw some neat beach decor and started wishing I had another room I could use beach decor in because my beachy bathroom is full of what decor it will hold. And I have some beach stuff in my storage containers that I used to decorate my office/craft room with. But I felt guilty going back to a beach theme when I had this beautiful red shelf.

Then inspiration struck! My kitchen is a country kitchen with vintage Pyrex and I have red in my kitchen. So I thought, why not? And next thing you know there I was at 9:30 at night moving around some stuff and putting the red shelf in the kitchen and going through my "stuff" and finding things to rearrange so I could use the red shelf in the kitchen. By 10:15 I had this created in the kitchen.

In finding stuff for the red shelf, I realized that I still had Easter stuff in my three tier stand so I then set to work to "shop" my house to complete a spring theme for the tier stand. Very happy with the result since this sets on a cabinet in my kitchen.

Well, this evening I went looking for a few beach ideas of things I can now use to decorate the craft/office with a beach theme. I am going to Dollar Tree to get one of these, some blue pencils and a star fish. This is cute. 

I have a friend that can make me this sign and I can find stuff at Hobby Lobby for the rest of these items if I decide to use this idea for the new room. 

I have awesome beach pictures I have taken over the years and some frames I could do this with. 

And to think, all of this started because I saw this one sign on Pinterest.

Now I'm going to have to get that sign.

Friday Foto Friends

We had an amazing day at the Knoxville Zoo. The flowers were blooming and it was a nice day. 

It's been fun....

It's been a fun few days with the younger Grands.

I have some good pictures from the zoo, but I am saving those for tomorrow's Friday Foto Friends with Ms. Debbie.

Last night I went to the store and found these little Sundae's from Friendly's restaurant. I ate at one years ago and wanted to try these.

The chocolate was really thick so I let it thaw 5 minutes before trying it.

The ice cream and whipped cream were really good, but the chocolate flavoring wasn't the best in the world. But I was able to eat it obviously because it was ice cream and chocolate. My heart wouldn't let it go to waste.

When we came home the other night, I found this on my porch in a box. 

I was thrilled to see they carry old fashioned fountain pens. Until I saw the price to get them was outrageous.

But they did have 11 pages of other types of pens. It was like looking at a wish book at Christmas. I love office supplies. 

I got our new lesson book for children's church. I am super excited about this book. It has lessons, activities, crafts, etc. It is full of fun ideas that teach the bible. Can't wait to kick it off this week.

Have a blessed Thursday.