Make Over Complete

Way back in March I showed you a picture of the new hutch top Mr.MySpareTime found at Goodwill.

Here are the before and after pictures.

{drum roll please!}

Before

After!

I love the way it turned out and it will be a wonderful addition to my craft show set-ups. Lots of space for small things inside and on top.  This gives me another shelf for display and it came with lights which was a huge bonus. Mr. MySpareTime did a wonderful job on matching the two pieces and I'm sure someone will try to buy it.

Isn't it amazing what you can find junkin'!

My Dream Big item on Etsy has been included in a wonderful Treasury about birds.

Take a peek here.

I have gotten a few more Halloween things finished and I will post pictures on Friday.

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Sorry Missing So Long

Good Morning all you Craft Junkies!

Sorry it has been so long in posting, but you all know how life just gets in the way.

I always have the blog on my "To Do List", but it is sometimes on the bottom of that very long list.  Recently that list seems to be as long as a Kansas clothesline. {something my Granny used to say}

I will play a little catch up here on all my news.

*1st. -  I sold my first item on The Prim Nest!

I was thrilled,

this cute little fella now has a new home!

*2nd - Decided to really work hard on my Halloween things and have several that are almost finished! 

{teaser}

My goal of having them ALL finished by Easter looks like it might be a stretch {because of #3}

*3rd - I have had several requests for my patterns, so that is what has slowed down my Halloween stuff. I am trying diligently to get my patterns in digital form {a lot more work than one might think}. Who knew you had to write out every stinkin thing you did and have clear photo's of all the stuff?

*4th - Over at Kraft Outet we are soooo busy that I am meeting myself coming and going.  Beth, my Blog and Social Networking expert, has been so busy on Facebook, Twitter and The Kraft Journal Blog that she has single-handedly increased the followers from 4 to over 200!

With that many followers I was a little embarrassed by the appearance of the blog, so I decided to throw some lipstick on that pig and have started a blog make-over.  {I will be switching over the graphics during the Easter Holiday, so come take a look next week}

Here is a preview of the new buttons

*5th - It was my 27th Wedding anniversary
yesterday to Mr. MySpareTime.

What a great looking pair!

Crazy about him then and nothing has changed in 27 years.

He is my best friend and the love of my life.

So these are the things I have been doing the last week and a half, but that is no excuse for not keeping up with the blog.  I just hate it when people give the excuse that they are just too busy, so I will save the lip service!  Life is like a CIRCUS, sometimes you are the Ring Master, sometimes the Clown, sometimes you fly high like the Trapeze Artist and sometimes you shovel elephant POOP!

Hope your day doesn't involve a shovel!

Thanks for stopping by.

Spam and a Baby Shower!

It finally happened, I got spam as a comment!

Don't these people have anything else better to do with their time than post crap on other peoples blogs or hire someone to write a program that will post it for them?

Now really, do they think that the followers I have are interested in online gambling?

I think this is a crafter lured into gambling by a blog post!

What a sorry state, I have always told my kids if people like that would spend just one fraction of their efforts doing something good, instead of underhanded, they would be very successful.

Well on to happier thoughts, the baby shower!

My niece, Aubrie, is getting ready to have a baby in June and we are going to go to Tulsa, OK this Thrusday to be a part of the family Baby Shower. 

Shopping for a baby shower is sure different from when I had a baby.  They register now and that makes it easier, but I'm sorry I think they have made raising kids a science project.  All the stuff they sell you that is high tech, baby wipe warmers, diaper wrappers, baby listening monitors, cameras for the nursery, electronics that tell you if the baby is breathing, swings that run on electricity or batteries.  I'm sure these are all wonderful inventions, but how did we all survive? We rode bicycles without helmets, had our butt wiped with un-heated wipes, bounced around in the back seat of my mom's car without seat belts {now that was a very bad idea} and we all made it.  So I decided I would buy something that was low tech and just plain cute.

picture from Pottery Barn Kids

This blue polka dot bag is so Aubrie!  I had the babies monogram put on the bag, FTP.  They are expecting a boy and his name is Finn Patrick Thompson.  I hope he has red hair like his dad and the sweet intelligent nature of my niece.  Bonus, he is due to arrive just a few days after my birthday!  So I have a few other gifts in mind but I will share those after I get them finished.  You know me, I have to make a gift for all my special people.

So I will miss posting this Friday and Mr. MySpareTime and I will be having some fun with family.

Thanks for stopping by.

Breaking News!

Just had to post the picture of all my goodies!

This was a GREAT garage sale!

I love to go to sales where the owner is elderly.

{that didn't exactly sound right}

They have the best stuff, I don't need baby clothes or ugly home decor. 

I'm looking for the unusual and vintage stuff
 and old people have that.

What great finds,

two sweet vintage keys,

Three vintage funnels,

a vintage measuring cup,

Old pizza pan,

{this is very nostalgic for me, my mom had one just like it}

assorted old cookie cutters,

two large jars of vintage buttons,

and a child's Christmas cookbook full of great illustrations.

All of this for $3,

you heard me right, just $3.

SCORE!!!

Thanks again for stopping by.



Craig's List

Don't you just love it?

When I was a girl I used to watch for the Thursday paper so that I could see where all the Gargage Sales were going to be that week-end, but now you have that info right at your finger tips with Craig's List.

Now that it is Spring, these babies are popping up all over.

I just love to see what is for sale. 

In Houston, and surrounding suburbs, we have deed restrictions and our sub-division doesn't allow you to have garage sales. Like many of the other neighborhoods around here, we have a community wide garage sale once a year.  This makes for easy pickins.

So when I see one of these

I'm ready to go.

 Mr. MySpareTime is still a little squimish about rummaging through other peoples belongings {especially while they watch you} and he hates to dicker with them. Now mind you he will pinch a nickel until the Indian mounts the buffalo, but this garage sale custom escapes him!

I know what I'm after and what I will pay for something and it doesn't take me long to go through the junk.  This is what I got at a church rummage sale this past week.

Well better dash, there are two estate sales today right in my neighborhood.  {guess they didn't get the memo about that being against the deed restrictions}

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