And next.....

Well now that Valentine's Day is over, it is time to take that down and put out something for Saint Patrick's Day. I've got to get my box out but I had just got this little sign so I was able to do this display today. It's a start.

Sunday Songs

Craft time....

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity. Appointments, meetings, church, family, friends, shopping, cleaning, organizing, etc. I took the winter layoff to relax and I really am not sure how I will find time to fit my job back into my busy schedule. But I did a couple of craft things. I had some pink and red fabric. Ignore the tart dish. That was going to become a pin cushion but realized I need to buy some fiber fill. But I did gather the other stuff for a reason.

I love Wonder Under and use it a lot for applique. Sometimes I stitch around it but this time it was just a quick project.  

I made the one on the left last year so I hung the new one beside it on the stove handle. Of course today, all my V-Day decor is coming down so I am a little late in posting this.

Remember a few weeks back I had been gathering some Steampunk stuff for my new room and I said this was the beginnings of a craft project. 

Well, I have this little box that I just didn't use much. It was more a beach theme with the star fish on the sides. So I took the gray paint and painted it all gray. Then I took the different colors and some cut up pieces of sponge and sponge painted the whole box.

I glued on my various Steampunk decor including my favorite piece....the tree of life made with gears. And here is the end result. I even put a little handle on it to open it with. I could not be happier.

With all my moving furniture out to other parts of the house, selling off a couple of small pieces I had no use for and taking down all the beach decor, I was left with an almost blank room. 

Everything was ready for my new furniture and new decor. 

Stay tuned Monday, you will see the updated room with what I have accomplished so far. I do need to find more wall decor, but it is coming together nicely. On another note, I am here to tell you that I have been watching my diet to try to drink more water, eat less salt and less greasy foods. I have no health issues and no blood pressure problems but it does spike once in awhile. I read up on ways to keep that from happening and one thing other than diet is to listen to "good mood" music. So I have a tons of playlists that I put on my blue tooth speaker and crank up the volume and it plays all day while I'm home and even when I am in my car. As a result, here I am 63 years old and check out what my blood pressure has been averaging everyday for the last 6 weeks. Sometime a few points more some times lower but this is about the average. And a good heart rate to go along with it. 

There is something to say about staying happy to keep healthy. So go out and find some joy and have a happy day. 

Donut Day

Decided to try out my mini donut maker today. Except I used brownie mix and made brownie Donuts. Then I dipped some of them in a chocolate icing glaze. They were delicious both ways.

An upcoming project.

I am making a box from beachy seashell design into a Steampunk design. These are the colors of paint that will be involved from the .50 cent paint colors at Walmart.

Some decorative Steampunk items to put on it.

And some unique items that were in a jewelry box of broken and unknown things that I just never pitched.

Stay tuned. I am getting the room finished so I have a place to work and then starting on this and a couple of other projects. Life is fun. Have a great Saturday.

Friday Funnies

Happy Anniversary to Mommy & Daddy

Happy anniversary to my Mom & Dad, Helen and Luke. Daddy has been in heaven for 21 years later this month and mom will be 90 in June but thank God she is still with us. 

This past Thursday would have been their 67th wedding anniversary. 

They were blessed with four children. Two girls, followed by two boys. We are all still as close as we were growing up. (I am 2nd from the right)

We all grew up and got married. My brother Andy (back L) had 3 kids, Jack (back R) had 3, and Rachel (front R) had 3. I only had 2 kids and with my usual flair for the unexpected, I had twins so only had one pregnancy.

Over the years the family has grown from just mom and dad and four kids to 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Three of the grandchildren haven't gotten started on kids yet. And you don't want to know how many grand and great-grand dogs and cats they have had over the year. 

All because two people fell in love.