Guest Post

I'm so excited to be guest posting at A Turtle's Life for Me while she dries out!

My Goodwill Hunting re-purpose was a couple of months ago. Since it has cooled off a little here in Texas, I am getting into the mood to decorate for Fall. This is what my dome looks like now.

This is what it looks like as part of my tablescape.

I think I need to paint another pumpkin and add it to the tablescape, so I am off to craft!

Keep Natalie in your thoughts and prayers.

Blessings!

Kim

Goodwill Hunting

I am sharing my very first project on my blog...anxiety mixed with excitement!

Last week I met my good friend, Kari, to go Goodwill Hunting. We made lots of stops, and I spent a whopping $22 on the following items:

$2 (Scrabble & bowl)

$9 (candlesticks & pitchers)

$11 (All kinds of fun stuff!)

Of course, I had to do some photo editing, too, since photography is my dream. This is my find "vintage" style. I like!

Now for the project process:

First, I washed the cheese plate and dome.

Next, I painted the wooden plate. I didn't want to go to the store to buy flat black paint, so I used satin.

The black was a little too shiney so I sanded it to reveal some of the wooden plate.

Now, I could let the podging begin! I found some paper in my stash, measured the diameter of the plate, then cut out a perfectly sized circle on my Cricut. I used Mod Podge to adhere it to the plate, inked the edges of the paper so it didn't look so "new," then added a ribbon on the dome.

I thought the moss stones I bought at a dollar store for, you guessed it, $1, would look good under the dome, but they really didn't float my boat.

So, I looked around the house and found some shells....yes...shells always work, plus they remind me of the beach, which is where I long to be....doing photography....sigh....

What do you think?

Remember, be kind...I'm a virgin crafter and wanna be blogger.

Sonnet Gal

Junk in My Trunk

Yes, it has a double meaning, and thanks to my good friend, Kari, who is an official tiara wearing junker, I have today's title for my blog entry.

I met Kari in our favorite shopping city and look what we found! (These are all the "before"pictures, by the way!) We also discovered some amazing places to eat, which gives "junk in my trunk" the other meaning. :-)

Happy Goodwill Hunting!

4th of July

Yes, I realized that is not a 4th of July picture! One of the blogs I follow is I Heart Naptime. She wrote about holiday traditions, so I shared mine (pictures of my kids in their Christmas box) in hopes to win some beautiful flowers she made.

I enjoyed watching our son play baseball this weekend. Sometimes I close my eyes and remember him playing t-ball on his first team rightly named the Misfits. Then I open my eyes and a young man, strong and muscular, is before me. Metal cleats clicking and crunching on concrete is one of my favorite weekend sounds. Below are a few of my favorite weekend sights.

Photo Shoot

My first "official" photoshoot living the life I love (Thanks, Brave Girls Club!)

Let me know your thoughts....but be kind. This is a new adventure, and the very first time I am putting myself out there for others to see. Hopefully, very soon, I will learn more from I Heart Faces and Modern Prarie Girl, but until then, I am happy to play and shoot what I love.

A pretty productive day...put the bookshelf together, arranged the storage containers on it, and even moved it back into the play/craft room. I'm challenged on furniture arrangement, and I don't like the look of the bookshelf being off center against the wall, and then there's the plastic drawers next to the bookshelf that seems to be an eye sore. I am learning that organization is the key to my personal productivity. I haven't finished any scrapbook pages in a month because it is such a mess in that room.