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~

1 sheep, 2 sheep, 3 sheep 4....

Good Morning -- Yes, it is 2:33 in the morning and I can't SLEEP! Having trouble with the allergies and they clog up my chest sooo much that it's keeping me awake! Our mold count has been through the roof lately --so it's been a little rough here. I had such a bad headache on Thursday afternoon and I took a nap, I don't think that helped the cause at all. I will have another post later today--a couple of more goodies I've been working on. Gonna try to go to sleep now- see you later. ~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~

Something Yummy!

Sunday Savor--

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Sunday's will be bringing

you a recipe each week

so pull up a chair and relax.

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Today's recipe is good for

those times you have a little

bit of this and a bit of that.

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Skillet Scramble

2 potatoes

2 slices of deli ham or

any meat you have

2 eggs

1 slice of cheese

Any veggies you may have

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Cut your potatoes and veggies

to the size you like and place

in a skillet with a little butter

or oil. Cook until tender,drain-

when finished drain on a plate

with a paper towel, set aside.

*Slice up your meat

Whisk together the eggs

Throw everything in the

frying pan and mix together

till eggs are scrambled.

When finished, SERVE.

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*If your meat is thinly sliced,

watch and make sure that it

doesn't get burned or dry out.

May need to add last as the eggs

are finishing.

Enjoy!

~Keep on Dreaming~

A Saturday Sale and the Farmer's Market

This morning we took off to do our usual Saturday errands and ran into a garage sale around the corner from our house and I spotted with my little eye these beauties. Most of you were here last Christmas when I posted about my village. It is not your typical village because I have made it up from a set I got from a garage sale. I've added other pieces as I have found them--now I have another home and a Police Station. Woo Hoo!!!!

I also picked these plant stands--

two white ones as above and one

green one as below. Hopefully

the critters will leave these

plants ALONE!

I spent all of $5.oo for every-

thing. Yea!!

Our next stop is the Farmer's

Market. We are lucky that

most of the neighboring

cities have one.

This one has a large covered area.

Here we go!!!!!

Tomatoes anyone??? This a one

big puppy, don't you think???

There is even a Quartet playing

some festive music for our

purchasing pleasure.

Beside produce to purchase, one

can pick up decorative items for

their homes.

Cute little melons were part

of the offerings from another

booth.

Here is our haul:

Fresh corn--6 ears

Canteloupe--1

Green Peppers---3

Fresh Garlic---3

Green Beans

Yukon Gold Potatoes

Roma Tomatoes

Kirby Cucumbers---4

Focaccia Bread--1

Good eats will be taking place

here over the next few days. YUM!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Hot!, Hot!, Hot!

It's HOT! You don't need

me to tell you that though

do you? Some of you are

HOTTER than others.

Sooooo, to beat the heat

I thought (get it?) we'd

change gears a bit and

think about the upcoming

months. Wait! Come back

here. I didn't mean to

sending you running.

This post is supposed

to be helpful. :)

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Let's get started:

For Aug. /Sept.

(depending where you

live) it's "Back to School"

time. Get "the list" and

go shopping for those

essentials needed. Make

it fun for ALL. Unless your

school is rigid then look for

fun pencils, notebooks,

folders. etc. Don't forget

to check their closets.

Have they grown out of

EVERYTHING?

For October:

Think "INDIAN SUMMER"

That period of time when

the days are warm and the

nights are cool.

Comfort Foods---Make a

list of recipes you want

to try or have again. What

are your standbys?

Outings---Orchards, farms,

pumpkin patches, fall sports,

picnics in the park. What are

your looking forward to?

Wardrobe---Ok, you fashion-

istas. It's time to check those

"fall fashions. " Make a list

of items needed ie: dark

socks/hose, what separates

do you need to replace?

Shoes--repair vs new.

Here's a good time to get

things together to donate.

For November:

For those of us that celebrate

Thanksgiving, think ahead

to where you may be or

if you are home what will

you serve? Months fly by

and we will be here before

we know it!

For December:

This month is filled

with a lot of celebrations.

Think ahead about those

that you participate in and

get those LISTS going!!!

Hopefully starting now will

keep the panic factor out of'

the next several months!!

Oh, Yea--Don't forget those

with birthdays, anniversarys,

births that will be coming up.

~Keep on Dreaming~

Giveaway Reveal!!!

It's REVEAL DAY! One lucky follower of Country Dreaming will win the lovely package of goodies as seen above.

We are VERY scientific here at

L, Inc. All of those little pieces

of paper are your thumbnail pics

from my followers section. I cut

them out and laid them on a

placemat w/o looking at them.

Here we have my associate Mr. Ken

and he has chosen the lucky person!

This is THE very important envelope

that the chosen one's name will go in

to.

Mr. Ken is putting the lucky name

in the envelope. NO LOOKING!

It will them be sealed and kept

close!

Oh, the SUSPENSE, the DRAMA!

The envelope has been opened!!

AND THE WINNER IS......

Valerie from:

http://kueterfamilyblog.blogspot.com/

OR--From Our Front Porch Looking

IN

Congratulations!!!! Yea!!

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A GREAT big THANK YOU to all

of you that have followed me this

past year. It has been great getting

know all of you and I look forward to

visiting more with each of you.

As always more followers more fun

so if you like me and my silliness,

please recommend Country

Dreaming to your friends then we

can all have fun TOGETHER!!!!

LOVE TO ALL!!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

~ DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!!!!!~

It's Country Dreaming's Anniversary!!! :) :) One year ago today we began our journey together. Before I began this post I looked back at some of my older posts. Pretty funny stuff. Blogging is a really cool way to keep track of what happend over a year. My first post highlighted what "goals" I had in mind for Dreaming: Food to Fun, Shopping to Sharing and just some down home silliness. We've had it all and then some. I have gotten my "blog feet" under me, seen many changes in our lives, I have done OVER 200 posts (amazing), and met A LOT of amazing people from all over the the world! Who would have thought????? I even had lunch with a blog friend!! Dreaming has had two giveaways and I have won a couple too, there's been some sharing and some learning going on, I have taken MORE pictures than I ever imagined, I have also been awarded several awards (more amazing)! I think when most of us started our blog journeys, we asked ourselves "Who would read about me???" Then we start getting comments, followers, and e-mails from our new friends! AND the lightbulb goes off -- they will! But the most important thing is that I have stayed TRUE to ME. This may not be the be THE crafty blog or THE foody blog or THE decor blog. (Those specific blogs are great too don't get me wrong) but it's mine and I am am happy with what I have done over the past year!!!! Thanks to all my FOLLOWERS and READERS for all the wonderful support and great comments that I haved received. I look forward to meeting more new FOLLOWERS and posting more fun and silly stuff. If you'd like to reccomend my blog to someone --- Go for it!!! I'd love it. Again--you gals/guys are truly wonderful!!!!!

We are having a

GIVEAWAY!!!!

It is A SUMMER

SIZZLING GIVEAWAY.

The lucky winner will win

the package of goodies

as seen above! There are

notecards, ribbon,

pencils, a magnet etc.

This is what YOU have to

do to win:

All my followers get an

entry, any new follower

will get an entry AND if

someone YOU

recommend to my blog

follows then YOU get

another entry.

This delightful ditty ends

MONDAY at MIDNIGHT

CDT.

Thanks again--Love

you ALL!!!!

~Keep on Dreaming

Lots to think About...

As my title says--there's a lot to think about around here and I have been working hard to get caught up with my thoughts. Leslie at A Spoonful gave me this award earlier in the week. She said some very kind things things about Dreaming--Thanks Leslie!! I'm supposed to tell you 10 honest things about me and then pass the award on to others. ************************************ Here goes: 1-I'm eating Vanilla Wafers right now. 2-I think Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel is a HOTTIE!! (Ken knows) :) 3-I could eat Pizza everyday. 4-I can't wait for Fall. 5-Some of you know this but I am a magazine-a-holic!!!!!! 6-I drive a red Kia Sportage and I named HER Rubee. LOve it!! 7-I used to have longer hair but like the short stuff better. 8-I enjoy playing games like Farkle, Uno, Sorry Express etc. 9-Purses and bags are one of my downfalls. 10-Dreaming will have exciting news on SATURDAY!!!! (not Friday) ************************************* Passing on to: Kimberlynn at Autumn Living She has some wonderful recipes and she's a sweet gal to boot. check her out. Shug at Confessions of a Razzle Dazzle Housewife. Don't you love her title? Shug is currently working on her "bucket list" she did a pretty amazing thing the other day. Go to her blog and find out what is was. Jenny Matlock is a very creative AND Funny woman--the stories she tells and the trouble she can get into will have you splitting your pants with laughter. YOU GALS ROCK!!!!!

See these pretties? These are handmade

by Carol J over at Raise Your Hand If...

She makes all kinds of these pretties

in her very cute Studio. I'd like to have

a studio! Thanks Carol!!! Love them!!

I won this adorable print!! My friend Jenny Matlock had a giveway and this

was the prize! I repainted the frame

and embellished it with ribbon.

I got to pick which print I wanted and

then Jenny had it mailed to me. This

is a Catherine Holman original. It even

came with a Certificate of Authenticity

signed and dated. Catherine has both a

blog and an etsy shoppe.

Here she is......Miss Emily Michelle

being held by Auntie Mel. Isn't she

a doll???? She ate and slept the

whole time here but that's ok--

dolls need the beauty rest!

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Thanks to all my blog friends

for the awards, gifts and give-

aways. You guys are THE BEST!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Planting, Pampering Plants and a Power Nap

Today I finished planting what flowers I had to pot! These came from a 75% off sale at our local Westlake Ace Hardware store. The water can goes in front of a chair in front of our double garage, the geraniums will go on the deck , as will the ferns and the little green plant on the third step up will set next to a plant I have on a chair on the front porch. Planting has been a little rough this year due to all the rain, the heat and trying to get a lot done elsewhere. We were able to get the tomatoes staked before it got so blasted HOT!!!! The garden is still a bit "weedy" but we'll get to that soon. At least the tomatoes don't look so out of control. As soon as everyone gets to their new homes I'll get some pics up for you to see. We wee soooo hot and tired after being out in the heat, it was time for a "POWER NAP!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For those of you who might of missed my stimulating Trivia on July--see yesterday's post. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DON'T FORGET THAT FRIDAY IS AN EXCITING DAY HERE AT DREAMING!!!!!! ~Keep on Dreaming~

Happy Tuesday

July

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The seventh month in the Gregorian

calendar. It is one of seven with 31

days .

Birthstone---Ruby

Flower(s)---Sweet Pea or Water Lily

Zodiac---Cancer--the crab

through the 22nd

Leo--the lion

the 23rd into next month

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National Hot Dog Month

National Ice Cream Month

National Anti-Boredom Month

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FUN DAYS

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1-Canada Day

2-National Literacy Day

3-Compliment your Mirror Day

4-Independence Day (US)

5-Work-Aholics Day

6-National Fried Chicken Day

WHO KNEW????

7-Chocolate Day---OH YEA!!!

8-Video Games Day

9-Sugar Cookie Day--7 and 9

together! YUM!

10-Teddy Bear Picnic Day

11-Swimming Pool Day

12-Pecan Pie Day

13-International Puzzle Day

All Star Game Tonight

14-Bastille Day

15-Gummi Worm Day

HUG WEEK--15th-21st

16-

17-The Happiest Place on Earth

Opened--1955

18-National Ice Cream Day

19-National Raspberry Cake Day

20-Moon Day

21-Monkey Day

22-Hammock Day--Bring it on!!

23-

24-Cousins Day

25-Merry-GO-Round Day

26-All or Nothing Day

27-Summer Olympics (every 4 years)

28-Hamburger Day

29-National Lasagna Day

30-Father-in-Law Day

31-Jump for Jelly Bean Day

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Birthdays

Is yours this month?

Happy Birthday to you!

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Due to the holiday last week--this

post is behind a week.

~Keep on Dreaming~