Sunday Funday

 

Good Morning!

Hope everyone is doing well.

Bet you can't tell by the pic above 

what this post is about.😀

If you guessed painting. Ding, ding 

you win the prize. 

We are still working n our kitchen project,

with school starting, it has slowed down a

bit. But to catch everyone up...

Wallpaper GONE!

Walls sanded and primed

Walls painted-upper and lower walls

Ceiling painted--yesterday

Trim started yesterday

Wainscotting will be added also

Need to do some touching up

and a million more things but we are

getting there.

The halls will be waiting for Thanksgiving

break as they are low on "The to do list."

Since we had to change paint courses, I am

so pleased with how it is coming along.

On another note...first week of school under

my belt. So much to learn, my brain was so 

tired by Friday. I get to se my kids Tuesday!!

More Do's and Don'ts I'm sure but we will

do the best we can.

Enjoy the rest of the unofficial end of 

Summer weekend. It will turn chilly here

later in the week.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Organization with a Twist

Here is a great
organizational
idea for kids
AND adults!

Paint five clipboards
with chalkboard paint
then write the days of
the week at the top.
I'm thinking they used
vinyl letters of their
days.
Don't forget the chalk 
and eraser!

For Kids:

1. Class schedules
2. Sports activites
3. Extra curricular
activites

This will give your
child a visual cue as
to how to dress for
the day.
ie: PE-pants or shorts,
comfy top and tennis
shoes.

For Adults:

1. Meetings for the
week
2. Children's sports
activites
3. Specific "To Do's"
4. Appointments

Have fun!


This will be my last
post for a bit. I am
taking a break.
School starts on 
Friday for me and
I need to get myself
back into "school mode."
I'll be checking in on
everyone when I can.


~Keep on Dreaming~

Fast Changes

I have had three
shirts for awhile
but did not wear
them because I
felt the V-neck was
a bit low for school.
So they hung in the
closet.

 

 

One afternoon, my
lightbulb went off
and I thought-why
not add a panel to
the V ?
I made a pattern
(white paper) and
then cut out a panel
from the coordinating
fabric that I found at
Joann's.

Using coordinating
embroidery floss
(2 strands), I tacked
the corners down and
then reinforced any
gaps with hem tape.
Since doing this little
project, I have worn
the purple and the
orange one.
Once I got going, it
was easy peasy.


~Keep on Dreaming~


P. S. Would my new
Follower let me know
who you are? Thanks!

Before and After

I picked up these wire
baskets at a garage sale
and put them away not
really knowing what
I was going to do with
them other than the
obvious.

After looking through
some magazines, my
light bulb popped on.
Why not connect them
together for a double
decker set of baskets?

I bought two of those
brown "moss" basket
things added potting
soil and then the 
petunias.

If you look to the left
of the baskets in the
picture you will see
a "window" we have
three around our deck.
My plan was to hang the
double decker baskets in
one of the windows but it
ended up being too long
so I hung it behind the
swing.

One of the best things
about this set up is that
when I water the top one
it waters the bottom one.

I'm very pleased as to
how they look.


~Keep on Dreaming~

Look at it Now!

I am back! My wonderful computer
Guru hubby fixed THE issue! I was
having issues with posting and
commenting. Hopefully we are
back to regular programming!
Anyhoo!!!!!!
Remember the brown chair? Well,
look at it now!
~Keep on Dreaming~

Tuesday Teaser

Here we have Exhibit A.

One very sad chair BUT

wait! Wait until you see

the trasformation that

will be happening to it.

You'll also get to find out

where it will be residing!

Stay tuned to this channel.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Back to the 60's

A week or so ago--they are blending together now. We did a tie-dye project with our students. Yes, we are nuts. So we used the kit that you see above. The dye can be used on cotton, wool, viscose, rayon and silk. It comes with five squeese bottles w/ dye powder, five dye packet refills, eight gloves, forty rubber bands and instructions and idea sheet. All you do is add water and shake CAREFULLY! As you see above, we rolled our shirts in a sausage shape and then banded it into sections. You can also then roll it up to look like a cinnamon roll. That's what I did. Each of us picked our colors and then got squirting. Wear OLD CLOTHES and your GLOVES then start squirting the dye on the shirt. Have fun and get CREATIVE! After each shirt was finished, we placed them in individual zip lock bags and our primary class teacher took them home to do the rinse and dry process.

Here we are on Park Field Trip day!

Everyone's is different and it was

fun to see how they all came out.

I will say the the squeeze bottle

idea beats the tubs of water and

dunking the shirt in the dye! You

really have more control of the

dye. It really was more fun than

I anticipated!

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According to the Tulip website:

Colors vary by theme. This kit sells

online for $14.00--some sites higher.

Ours came from Wal-Mart in the craft

section.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Show and Tell

We have two projects for Show and Tell... **************************** Project 1-- Do you remember this? This is the plate hanger I picked up at a church sale in the Spring. I just knew I would do something with it. One day as I was looking at blogs, I saw this wonderful idea. It was at Just A Little Something For You---on her June 25th post. Judy took a plain white plate and using a marker wrote a phrase on it. Her marker was not permanent. she is able to change her phrase. I loved the idea sooo much--I wanted to make one too. So I started looking for a plate--found a white platter at a sale but couldn't bring myself to write on it. I found these at TJMaxx and loved the shape of them. Wrote on them with a permanent marker and this is what I came up with.... It stayed here--leaning against the wall until Mr. Ken could help with the hanging.

Ta Da!!! Here is my

plate hanger up on the

wall by our couch.

Love it!!!

Project 2--

I picked up this straw bag

at Target early in the summer

for 2.00 in the $ spot!

The print on the lining is

soo much fun. The colors

are sooo yummy together.

Here is THE finished product!

I found some ribbon at Joann's

that actually matched the lining.

The handles were too scratchy so

I covered them, put ribbon around

the top edge and made a flower for

the bottom. You can't see it but in

in the middle of the flower, I glued

two buttoms to match the colors.

Isn't she pretty????

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~~~Blogging Alert~~~

There will not be a Sunday

Savor tomorrow--we are off to

a Family Reunion on Mr. Ken's

side of the family and then we

will be celebrating his BIRTHDAY!!

See you on Monday.

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~Keep on Dreaming~

Projects Part 2

I am soo excited to share this with you. I guess cause I'm pretty proud of how it all came out. At the beginning of summer, I chose red and green for the colors on the deck. I wanted round red placemats but ever- where I went they were sold out. So I decided I'd "make my own." I went back to the Dollar Tree and picked up four of these because I was going to paint my own place- mats. I picked up Apple Barrel- Bright Red and Leaf Green paint and some foam brushes.

The mats are 15" in diameter so

each section ended up being

approx--5" in diameter.

I painted the red section first

and after they dried I did the

green. Each side got three coats

to cover the white.

Ta Da!!!! Here is the finished

placemat! They are so pretty

and the napkins I got at

TjMaxx will go soooooo

well with them. I will show you

a tablescape when everything

is ready.

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When you come in our front

door, this is the wreath you

see on the wall above the stairs

that lead down to our family

room. I picked it up at a garage

sale two or three years ago.

It went pretty well with our

decor at the time but then the

ugly mauve curtains came down

and up went the green ones.

( Mauve was not our choice--

previous owners) they were in

great shape though.

Anyway, when the green went

up I wanted to change the

wreath--it took me a while to

find the "right flowers and

ribbon" but I did and they set

for while till I could get to the

project.

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BEFORE:

AFTER:

Yea!! Love it!!

I changed it up a bit just

so it didn't look the same.

Yes, I did make that bow-

which I am quite proud of.

Two more projects to cross

off THE list--WhoooHooo!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Pardon the Interruption

We interrupt today's regular program for some Show and Tell I have been working on a few projects lately and I thought I'd share with you the finished products. **************************** First up: Found this while going through my purses a few weeks back. I put it in my sewing room, think- ing I'd use at some point for something. Turned it into this: a trivet holder.

Put it here because we no longer

have the large coffee maker that

held the trivets and we don't

drink coffee. I also got a new

clock for this corner of the cabinet.

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Second up:

A photo album for Miss Emily.

I divided the album into sections

starting with the baby shower and

going through year five. Each

section was labeled using scrap-

book paper as a backing and then

labeled: shower. first year etc.

Now Mom has a place for Em's

pictures as she grows up.

This started out as a baby book

but has evolved as a toddler book.

This is for my friend who adopted

a little girl from Guatemala a

couple of years ago. I'm behind

I know...

There are pages for her Mom,

Grandmother, family and friends,

school etc. It's kinda like a picture

book for Miss Mattea.

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Last but not least:

I have been wanting to redo

this small area in our dining

room for awhile. As you can

see we have "the leaning tower

of CD'S." I didn't want to take

up anymore space than the

tower did.

I found these storage boxes in

a variety of sizes at the Dollar

Tree. They are the foldable

type. I took two of the 10 x 10

boxes, organized the cd's into

categories and then put them in

the boxes with labels. The box on

the right has several categories so I

made divider cards for this

box.

I just realized two things:

1--these two pics should have

been flipped.

2--I didn't take a "after" pic.

Right now they are stacked one

on top of each other and then I

put them where the tower

was but I might trade the boxes

with the player.

Thaks for coming to my Show and

Tell.

~Keep on Dreaming~

TA DAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Here they are! These two pictures show the tea towel aprons that I made for one of my coworkers Bridal shower, which is tomorrow. I think they came out really cute. The dotted one came from Jo Ann's it has a twin. The others came from the Dollar Tree. The ribbon also came from JoAnn's. It was on sale! These are really easy to make.

I liked them sooo much that I made myself one! This

is the twin to the other one.

The ribbon on mine, I already had and it has dots too!

I'm looking forward to the bride to be's reaction when

she opens these up. :)

Simone --Beach Vintage turned tea towels into a table

cloth for her home--it's cute too.

~Keep on Dreaming~