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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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 :)

Friday, May 1, 2026

Spring Walk Through The Garden

 



Spring is in the air 
and planting time has begun.






Normally I don't start planting 
until the second week in May 
and sometimes not until 
the middle of the month,





but our forecast says
no more frost so I'm 
starting early.



Hopefully by Monday
I'll have my garden
completely planted. 



The rhubarb and spring flowers
are strutting their stuff.
Pie anyone?






I just love this 
time of the year!

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This is where I'll be 
spending my time 
this week until I've got
all my plants and seeds 
safely in the ground.

That is if the critters
don't get to them . . .
birds, squirrels, and those
terrible little things
that eat them off
at the stem during the night. 

🌷🌸🌹🌱🌹🌸🌷

Here's to all my gardening
friends . . .
Happy gardening, enjoy the process.

We plant the seeds,
but God causes the growth.
I know that verse pertains to
sharing the gospel . . .
but it kind of fit in
the garden, too πŸ˜‡

God bless you all,
Your blogging sister,
Connie :)

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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 :)