Super Heroes take a bath

I think Sawyer's super heroes are the cleanest guys around!



He'll play in the bath for along time. I love how they're all lined up, ready to dive in.

Church Christmas Tea

I love this event during Christmas time!
A Christmas Tea.
Some ladies signed up to decorate a table, some make or prepare the food, some sing
and some spoke.
I signed up to decorate a table.
I wanted to use my Mikasa Antique Lace china,but I didn't have a tablecloth or centerpiece that matched.
... So I went to the thrift store and found this gold angel statue holding a white tree with purple flowers. Yuck- I promptly pulled it out of her hands, then plugged the hole with Spackle and used my gold paint pen to color over the dried Spackle.

I bought 3 picks and put them in a wreath I already had but wasn't using.


I also bought these candle holders, with gold stems, from the thrift store to use in my center piece.

At the church before the event started we were able to set up our tables. I tied some cones I had made to the back of the chairs.

I used gold glitter paper, crepe paper , an angel image, seam binding,
and my glue gun, sewing machine and Stampin Up scallop punches to make them,
and then I filled them with candy.




Here is the whole set up and the wreath wreath with the angel , picks and gold stemmed candle holders inside of it. The table has a card in the wreath that said "Love" on it to tell the women which table it was and where to sit,etc... Found the tablecloth-brand new at the church thrift store but forgot to iron it before I went to set up- I think it was too dark to notice!


Here is a close up of the centerpiece. It made me think of "Angels we have heard on high"...I also wove gold wire rimmed ribbon through it.

A close up of the plate and the CD of hymns, each lady at the tea was gifted, and the napkin rings from Pier 1.
I had the runner and the napkins from a long time ago.(Green and gold) Close up my Mikasa china...

I had bought the water-wine? glasses a long time ago in Montana and had scrubbed off the words that were on the side of the glasses- they were super cheap because they had advertised different companies.

I made a little scallop note for each water glass. Love that punch!

Here is another table shot. It was a beautiful evening and it was fun seeing all of the tables decked out differently.

Cheers!

Cool boy

Hi I've been busy -1st post up...



Sawyer's new look...
He came out of the bedroom -wanting to show me his "cool boy" look, then asked me to take his picture.
He even struck his own pose-I did not prompt him in any way.



He had turned his hat backwards and put on Levi's dog tag and said, "Whats up?-thats what cool guys say".

Then he showed me his "cool boy " dance. Oh boy-I'm thinking about 10 years from now-cool boy's gonna be a handful.

Radio radio!

I'm in cleaning mode before the weekend arrives and I cant do it happily without KLOVE blaring on my computer! The songs are uplifting and just make me feel happy. I heard a great song today-had to post it-enjoy!

Mercy Me
All of Creation

Separated until the veil was torn
The moment that hope was born
And guilt was pardoned once and for all
Captivated but no longer bound by chains
Left at an empty grave
The sinner and the sacred resolved

[Chorus:]
And all of creation sing with me now
Lift up your voice and lay your burden down
And all of creation sing with me now
Fill up the heavens let His glory resound
Time has faded and we see Him face to face
Every doubt erased forever we will worship the king
[Repeat chorus]

Ohh ah ohhh... ohh ah ohhh
The reason we breathe is to sing of his glory
And for all He has done
praise the Father
praise the Son and the Spirit in one
[Repeat chorus 2x]
And every knee will bow oh and every tongue
praise the Father
praise the Son and the Spirit in one

Master Bath Reveal!!!!

I am ready to show the pictures of our new master bathroom. (See my Sept 27th post for more details & Pics of the old bathroom)
Its been awhile because it's been busy here and I'm still prepping for my Christmas party on Friday.
To remind everyone-my old bathroom..
The master bath-where you can't see the dry rot at the bottom of the glass blocks...-nor the bright teal tile in the shower...grey floor tile and particle board cabinet...




Tiling the inside of the shower & the new wall that replaced the old glass block ...

Patching up the wall where the new mirror will hang...Plus new sink and faucet...

Installing new hardware on the new cabinet...

Now...!!!!
All done!!

Lovely, nice and clean.
New shelf on the wall-I love the rosette's on it, and some frames with shells and a leaf-for a natural accent.

Pictures with dark brown frames & jars from various thrift stores, shelf from Ross, new towels and a mini palm in a wicker container.

New hand soap and a Koa wood tray.

Inside of walk in shower and the new shampoo/soap shelf...

Detail of the shelf in the shower....

New light! mirror, towel bars, sink faucet ,etc...

Looking in once again ...

Wonderful wonderful!

Thanks for stopping by!

Setting up The house

I decided to put my Christmas decorations up early. I will have a whole month to enjoy, reminisce, and celebrate Christ's birth! Once theyre up-I will have a Christmas party and time for friends and family because my internal to do list will be done! Yeah.
While I'm working- I play KLOVE on my computer since it is in kitchen,etc..
Here is a song from Mercy Me-thought it was great.

Beautiful

The days will come when you don't have the strength

When all you hear is you're not worth anything

Wondering if you ever could be loved

And if they truly saw your heart they'd see too much

You're beautiful

You're beautiful

You are made so much more than all of this

You're beautiful

You're beautiful

You are treasured,

You are sacred,

You are His You're beautiful

And praying that you have the heart to find

Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight

For all the lies you've held inside so long

And they are nothing in the shadow of the cross

You're beautiful

You're beautiful

You are made so much more than all of this

You're beautiful

You're beautiful

You are treasured,

You are sacred,

You are His You're beautiful

Fifties Birthday Bash

Last night I had a Fifties theme birthday for my husband.
If I had tons of moo-la I would have bought retro furniture for our whole living room-just for fun and to set the mood.
...Instead I decorated our dining room.
Before hand I sent out invitations to let everyone know the theme, info etc...

I used a retired Classic Convertible stamp set and teal decorative paper for a retro look.

Love the wings on this car.

Next I made a banner for the dining room window. I used my Sizzix big Shot to make the scallop triangles and the scallop circles, then I went back to the scrapbook store and used their letter die cuts to make the letters for my banner.

I bought teal, black and white papers-and tried to stay within a masculine look.

I purchased the old Lp's for only 50 cents each (they were all from the 50's!)

Banner blowing in the breeze...

Here's Sawyer after school enjoying some root beer while I set up the dining room...

Setting up the table at night..I don't have the food on it yet-or the goody bags-I wanted to remember to take pictures, and I didn't want the fries, hamburgers or hotdogs getting cold.
I bought an old fashioned red ketchup container and yellow mustard container too. ( basket with wax paper for the fries)

I had a 12" cake pan, so I made a one layer cake, then frosted it with dark chocolate frosting and added Brian's picture to the center-tried to resemble an old LP. Baker I am not.

I found these milkshake glasses for only 50 cents each!
I purchased black straws for them. I even found long milkshake spoons for the party!



These are various Coca Cola glasses I had found at the thrift store, as well.

I used three milkshake glasses to hold the knives, forks and spoons.

No party could be complete without some goody bags!

I used some American craft stickers,

and some paper, then punched out some circle labels,

and put in a whoopee cushion, jacks and some candy in the paper bag.

We played a trivia game about the year 1960...Brian had a great time and enjoyed the company. All in all good time.

Birthday Boy...

Today my husband turns 50 years old! (Here is at age 4)

I am so proud of him! He is an honest, loyal, christian man with an excellent reputation and a great character. I am very blessed to be married to him.

(Here's a pic of his shadow who follows him everywhere when he gets home....He looks like his father I'd say.)