You just gotta love Pinterest....

I love looking for things on Pinterest but you have to watch falling in the trap of letting it keep you occupied for way too long when you have other stuff to do. So this morning, I decided to just open it up and not search for a thing. It shows you items it recommends for you when you open it so I just scrolled through the things it thought I would like and picked out the first 10 that I liked. Was on there about 5 minutes or so and found these things of interest. 

I would never think about putting these colors together. But oh my, aren't they gorgeous in an afghan.

I hate ironing. I hate ironing shirts. But I do have a couple of button up the fronts that I can toss in the dryer and they are wrinkle free...except for the strip down the front between the buttons and button holes. Here's a quick fix. A flat iron. A lot easier to heat and do and a lot less aggravation than getting out the ironing board. I would recommend hanging the shirt on a hanger on your shower rod and run the curling iron down to fix the wrinkles in those hard to iron areas.

I found this interesting but also know that never in a million years would I do this. They recommend if you do not have nail polish remover, simply apply wood enamel to your fingernail and immediately wipe it off with a tissue. They say it will take the polish off. Okay, #1, if I don't have remover I sure am not going to have enamel. #2, with my luck I would put it on and get distracted and have a whole new dilemma. And #3, I would just take the same polish and polish over top the other until I could get somewhere to get remover.

Frayed ends on your tennis shoes. Dab clear nail polish on them to seal them back and keep from fraying. I have done this before. But usually by the time they fray, I need a new pair of laces anyway.

Tie up baking powder in cute sachets and place in your shoes at night to keep odor away.

This is the coolest thing ever. Some companies are making tank tops like this now with a snap inside to go around your bra strap to prevent it from showing out from under your tank top. I absolutely love tank tops, but the bras I find to wear under them that don't show are so uncomfortable and too hot which defeats the purpose of wearing a cool tank top. I am going to have to find some of these tops.

It said I might like this cute cookie sheet tray. And I do. Simply tape off and paint your design. Of if you are really good, you could do this with the new skinny duct tape.

My daughter sent me a video yesterday about making little flower vases with salt shakers you paint. So I looked it up on Pinterest yesterday (I'm sure there is a post in my future with all the finds). But this one popped in my "things we recommend" this morning so I thought I would show you this. They painted the little clear glass salt and pepper shakers from $1.00 tree. How neat is this.

And this was on there. I had seen it recently because my niece, Amy, shared it with me. Probably why it recommended it. The main thing about it was the fact that whoever designed this pineapple with the saying, used the new Thirty-One pineapple pattern for the background. I just love this pattern. What a whimsical design. Saw it in person the other day and it is so gorgeous.

I love Arcopal kitchenware (plates, cups, coffee pots, etc. ) but you can't find them around here because they are vintage and made in France. But according to Pinterest, they also made tea cups and saucers. Check out this pastel set. Turns out a lot of people have these for sale on Etsy. At $60 - $80 a set of six, I will pass. I wouldn't pay more than $5.00 for just one cup and saucer.

Well, I think they nailed it today on what they recommended I would like.

A little blessing.....

Many of you know that I have been saying I needed to get a camera because I love my phone other than the pictures it takes. It doesn't do great and especially at a distance with the zoom. So yesterday I walked into work and their was a camera on my desk. One of the ladies told me she knew I wanted one so she gave me this that she had come across. You will note the small dents in the upper part of the zoom lens, but it still goes in and out perfectly and has nothing else wrong with it. The dent is just on the flat surface so doesn't effect the functioning at all. 

It even comes with the case that came with the camera.

There are a lot of you tube videos that will help me figure out the settings. 

It was dark when I got home, but I decided to test it in the house. Sitting on my couch, I used my cell phone to zoom to the max it will zoom and took a picture of a miniature tea set. As you can see, zoom on the phone is horrible. That's why I complain about it so much.

Then I picked up the camera, sitting in the same spot and zoomed in on the same item. Check out the little cardinal tea set with the camera. What a world of difference.

I can tell I am going to love the camera. Very thankful for friends who do the little things that make your day so wonderful.

I want a do-over for yesterday....

It started out as a beautiful day. I was filled with anticipation and excited to be going antique shopping and to Hobby Lobby. 

My goal was to find something to create a similar display for this.

Until I started pricing the cotton plant stems. Anywhere from $6.99 - $9.99 each. Not going to happen. I will regroup on that idea. Maybe go with some forsythia. That would add a pop of spring color.

I am also still keeping my three tier stand for each holiday. The above idea is for my dining room table. My three tier is on a side table and I would like to do something like this with it for Easter.

So off I went look for things for both displays. I got side tracked in the first antique store when they had a big table of books at awesome prices. Was thrilled to find one on depression glass dirt cheap at $5. At McKays and other used book stores I see them for $15 and up. But that was the only thing I found at that one that interested me.

At the next one, I found two vintage hankies for $1 each. I want some with color as well but these were so feminine. 

They are going in my Fenton Hobnail Flower Basket in my bedroom.

At the third one, I didn't find a thing so I gave up on antique stores. I stopped by Karm thrift store. They always have holiday decorations. Not today. I found nothing for Easter that I was wanting. But I did pick up a little mug just the right size for my chocolate milk. 

I headed to Hobby Lobby with a side trip through Krispy Kreme. Hobby Lobby had TOO much Easter stuff. I got so overwhelmed on exactly what I wanted that I just decided it wasn't a good day for me to be there so I left with nothing. This is what happens when I go without a list! I went home and later went to my friend's house to get my order from her of my new Paparazzi jewelry. I got a necklace this time. I love that everything is $5.00 from them.

Then I stopped by the cemetery to visit with hubby. Oh what a beautiful sky. I started my day with a beautiful sky and ended it the same way. 

Just some table ideas

I need a centerpiece for spring for my dining room table. Not sure what I want to do. I can't seem to find a tablecloth I want that I'm really to pay what they are asking. So I am thinking a simple runner. But I also need ideas for spring/Easter centerpieces. So, of course, I have been on Pinterest today. Here are some things I liked. This first one is kind of cute. 

Not sure on this one. But I love the round tray.

Beautiful flowers.

Simple and sweet.

Another simple one. If you could keep real flowers all spring this would really smell good.

Kinda. Maybe. Sorta. 

Pretty hydrangeas in a box. Cute.

Pretty but more summery than spring and you would forever being changing the lemons out. I don't want upkeep on my table centerpiece.

I am a daisy gal. I love them and think there is nothing springier than a bunch of daisies in a simple vase. Was debating on doing this one for my table. 

Until I saw this and fell absolutely in LOVE! 

I am heading antiquing, thrifting and to Hobby Lobby today. May just have to check this out and see if I can find similar things. 

Weekend wrap up....

I had an amazing weekend with three of the grandchildren. They came over Friday night and stayed until about 5:00 on Sunday. It took awhile to get them all up on Saturday. Shelby was laying down on one couch and Colby told her to wake up. She said she was awake but when we looked at her couch this is what we saw. 

So Colby went over and tried to wake her up a little better and then collapsed on her.

In a few minutes they both were about to go back to sleep. 

So Alexis turned the recliner around and put the TV on something she wanted to watch and gave up on waking them up. But we finally got them going.

Our first stop was at Magi Quest. I love that place as much as the kids do. 

It's fun running around with a wand trying to reach Master Magi status. I think they are all three at Junior Magi right now and I believe I am too but forgot to check. I will never go there without Alexis. She's the best person to read the directions and remember where we have been and lead us where we need to go next. Sixty minutes of this and you are worn out. Trust me.

But it also has indoor miniature golf course so we did 18 holes next. It is with a Pirate theme and mostly under black lights so you come out of their exhausted as well. I thought maybe I was just getting old until the kids collapsed in the car and said they needed to rest.

They loved climbing on the big pirate ship in the middle of the course.

We had lunch at Wendy's before Magi Quest so we went straight home and had a snack of popcorn and lounged around and rested. Then that night we went to Dolly Parton's Stampede for dinner and the show. We had great seats on the second row. 

I like sitting there because the longhorn steer fascinate me and we had a great view of them. 

The grand finale is always so beautiful as Dolly sings Color Me America. 

It is absolutely beautiful and touching.

Then after the show the kids wanted to go meet the Emcee and pet some of the horses so we hung out and did that. They got his autograph on their mugs and were so happy about it. He has a new horse this year and it loves to prance around. We had a wonderful time.

We didn't get home until 11:15 Saturday night and crashed right in the bed. But we got up and went to church Sunday morning. After church we stopped at my friend's house that sales Paparazzi and picked up my new bracelet. It says "She believed she could so she did." That is kind of a slogan with Thirty-One consultants so I wanted it to wear to parties, meetings and the conference. I love it. 

After that, we went home and had homemade pizzas for lunch on flatbread and watched a couple of movies. I took them home around 5:00 and came back home and fixed me a light supper. After that, I just relaxed and went to bed around 11:00. I am a little tired this morning, but it's back to work today. I do get tomorrow off so I can catch up on some rest tomorrow.