A Bucket Of Blue Paint

When I get my hands 

on a bucket of paint,

there is no stopping me :)

I tried to find a before 

photo of the mudroom . . .

I thought I had one,

but the bottom (under the coat hooks)

was gray and the top was aqua,

and I had a large farmhouse sign

hanging on the wall.

Those butterflies

are real, they where mounted

many years ago by

my dear friend's grandmother.

Now the gray has turned to white

and the aqua to blue.

I think this change 

looks so crisp & clean.

This is the before photo of

the wall in the kitchen

that goes into the living room.

And this is it now.

I love to change things up

and the cheapest way

is with paint 😏

All of you that have 

followed me for awhile

know that I sometimes

go crazy when I get

my hands on a new

gallon of paint.

Well, that my post for today.

Thank you for stopping by.

If you are a proud American

like I am . . .

Happy 4th 0f July

&

Happy 250th Birthday!

🎈🎉🎈🎉🎈

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Robin Nest & Chandelier

 

Look what I discovered.

I couldn't see in the nest

because I'm a shorty,

but I held my phone up 

over my head and

took this photo.

Do you see the nest,

this robin built it on top of 

the birdhouse.

I guess she wanted a penthouse :)

This  chandelier is one I made for the 

back porch of our old house.

I glued tea cups and saucers

and 

then had battery tea lights inside.

This is what it looked like

when I bought it at 

a thrift store for $10

After removing what I didn't want . . .

I painted it white.

It's been out in 

the shed for years now

& 

some of the tea cups had broken

so I decided to make it over

for my front porch. 

I purchased these at 

the Dollar Tree. 

and this strand of 

solar fairy lights 

on Amazon.

                                                        

                                                       

I just used one strand.

I wrapped the lights around 

each (whatever you call them)

on the chandelier

and down the center pole.

When my little flower pots

where all stuffed 

and hot glued

I added them to the 

fixture. 

Here's the best

night photo that 

I could get with my phone.

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I hope that this inspires

at lease one of you

to try repurposing 

something.

It's so much fun!

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God bless you all.

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Recycled Tea Cups, Saucers and Odd Dishes

 I know that everyone

has seen these glue and dish

projects . . .

they are all over Pinterest.

That is what I did this evening 

and thought I would share. 

Good old E6000 glue.

One for a candle.

An another for a bar of 

heavenly smelling soap.

This soap was a little gift

from a friend 

and I wanted to place it

on something special.

It's what started my whole 

craft project :)

That's my post . . .

short and sweet.

Have a lovely weekend

&

God Bless You All

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Project Reveal!

 

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Do you remember four posts 

ago I teased you with a few photos 

from a new project I'd started.

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Today is my reveal,

I'm very excited to 

show it to you! 

All of this furniture 

is pretty old 

some of it over 20 or 25 

years old and the cushions 

are still functional but 

just aren't pretty anymore.

I've been covering them for 

many years now.

This is how they look 

without covers.

This is my stack of

slip covers.

Plus a little footstool

that used to be in our 

little motorhome

15 years ago.

It's brown and has storage

inside, but now it's covered, too :)

Warm weather has been sneaking 

into our part of the woods 

on and off for the last few weeks. 

Some days are warm and some days 

are still cold, 

but I'm ready for enjoying 

my front porch.

This project started with 

a set of old sheets. 

The bottom one was pretty worn

 but the top one was still nice 

so I used it 

(the white with the little rose buds) 

and added some big flower fabric 

that I got at Walmart 

plus a few whimsical panel pieces 

that I bought at a local fabric store

 a couple weeks ago.

The panel had 6 adorable squares

I used 3 of them on the porch :)

.I was with my sister-in-law 

and she said, 

"that fabric is you, Connie". 

So after thinking about it 

I decided she was right and bought it. 

It turned out to be the finishing 

touch that I needed for this project.

These are thrifting finds,

that I found just this week.

Well my porch looks very girly 

and makes me think I need 

to have some friends over for 

a tea party 

or 

at least lemonade and cookies. 

There's always a lot of hard work 

to do this time of year 

but I'm learning that I have to stop, 

take breaks and enjoy 

the simple pleasures in life.

 I think my new redo 

on the front porch is going 

to bring me a lot of pleasure 

this year and I made them all 

like pillow cases 

so I can take them off 

and throw them in the washing machine 

when I need to.

 

I wish I could have 

each and every one of you 

over to just sit and relax. 

Put your feet up, 

drink a cool drink 

and 

have sweet conversation. 

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God bless you all 

and 

Happy Spring!  

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Your blogging sister,

Connie :)