Let the Holidays Begin!

It is that time of year! The Holidays are starting up and Halloween starts them off for us.... Such a fun holiday you get to dress up and eat candy...the kids get just as excited about it as some of the other Holidays.

Well the signs above and below are made from a box of wood we acquired from an estate sale for 2.50...so I bought it in hopes of doing something with it for a Bazaar for our local Art club and all proceeds would go to keep it running for the up coming year...that and the yearly $25.00 member fee...some of the women are in their late 60's to early 80's....what fun I have learning from them.

I got to see a DIY yourself project here www.susieharrisblog.com/2009/07/inspiration/pass-it-on.html    ....so most of the wood will be used to make signs to donate for the Bazaar...(like The Witch Is In sign on the front door)...the rest we used to make Halloween decorations (out of the not so good wood... )

Can you see the "Tombstones" under the window?....Those are old cutting boards....I have to give Credit to Hubby for making the Ghost and Cat...he did those free hand and cut them out... Aren't they just the Cutest?!?!?...Well we had fun making them anyway! :0)

 The Old Cutting boards..hehe..I guess everything does have a purpose..:)

Square Foot Gardening Anyone Can Do It!!!

This is at my Father's house...Early this spring he tilled his whole back yard and put in a garden...Needless to say he went on Vacation and weeds set in and the Peach tress started blooming...and you know how it goes..it was a FLOP! So I convinced him to put in a small square foot garden for fall and this is it...Again he is on vacation but when he gets home WOW~!

I can not wait till he gets a load of these Radish's...

Fun and easy....Check out this web site http://www.squarefootgardening.com/whatissfg

Reuse, Reuse, Reuse!

I don't buy Paper products except toilet paper...No Paper Towels, No Paper Napkins...No Paper Plates...No Paper! (Drives my Mom Crazy!!! :) ) I use old cup towels or I buy 25# sacks of flour in a cloth bag and turn them into cup towels for drying dishes ( And Yes! I have a dish washer I just choose to hand wash!) I use Knitted or Crochet squares for dish rags.... and I convert cute material in large squares for dinner napkins..I have also started converting old t-shirts as cleaning rags...these are shirts that you can not donate! They Make great rags for cleaning as well as rags for my new art classes!...

 This is my son's 4T stained t-shirt it will make two rags...Just cut apart with Pinking Shears and you got your self some rags! No sewing  :)

These are used for my art class to clean brushes when we are done...I just take them home throw them in the wash and hang out to dry...then already for my next class!

I try and recycle when I can..I wish I could be better about it... But here is one way I can do it! No Paper for Us!!!!

Puppy Sitting...I Guess you can call it that!

Jill and Garrison...Garrison is my Father's Dog... That is him on the left...(not a good picture)...He is SO CUTE!

Yep That is him on the Table...Day Two of our week long stay... (Can Dog's have 9 Lives?)

No it is not puppy Jail.....It is the only way I can get him to eat as he wants to Play with Jill the whole time she is trying to eat...His Owner (my Dad) thinks this torture...Well a girl has to do it!

And Day 4 of his visit...He pulled the wires out of the air conditioner..... He was only out side about 30 min...Unsupervised...Now $60.00 later  we had to put a portable fence around it to protect "Him" as well as the air conditioner! I am sure more Hi-jinks are in the works but for now Let's just hope they are more "Cute" than Costly!!!

What a Week!

It started out fine. I could not wait to go back to art class. I had my Old makeup artist brushes all converted to art supplies and was ready! Then a neighbor had an old art supply kit for sale complete with Aluminum table top easel, Oil paints and all the brushes for $30.00 !!! ALL RIGHT!

I was so excited about it that I could not wait to get home and clean the brushes up..I had  already cleaned and went through the oils and off  I went home with dreams of beautiful landscapes in my future. Upon finishing up cleaning the brushes, I had been carrying a glass canning jar that had previously held Mineral spirits....We had put up a baby gate to keep "Jill the Thief" locked in the kitchen....Well all this lead too.............

5 stitches and a beauty of a black eye some 6 days later as I had fallen over the gate with jar in hand......Could have been worse!!!!......What a way to start the last week!.... Here is to a better start this week!

The Love of an Old Stove!

My Lovely Old Stove Top, Oh How I Love Thee....To bad can't get part to fix you anymore!

  

I Love this old stove top! Check out the center. Do you know what that is?

A non stick griddle..It makes the BEST Pancakes and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches in the world!

However she is an old girl.....All her knobs  broke and to replace them you have to change out the knobs at 18.00each and the switch at 30.00 each that is a whooping $240.00 before shipping and taxes...Whoa! A new coil 5 burner stove top is about $350.00.


The poor guy at the parts house saw how much I loved that stove, we even had the original papers on it..(somewhere from 1960-1970) He was even impressed with that! So HE asked "Do you care if it has the number on the knobs?" me "No, I just want to keep my stove!"....He said I sell guitar parts...you could put a Amplifier hexagonal control knob on it...should work and you can get them at Radio Shack two in a pack for 1.99.....

Guess what?!?! They all worked but one, that one needed a new switch..which will be on order soon!

So happy that I get too keep my old girl a little while longer!

Have a safe and Happy Holiday....Sit out in the breeze and " Let Your Underwear Flop in Wind!"