Things are popping up....

.....all over

indoors

 Tomatoes

Sunflowers

and outdoors..... 

Turnips and leaf lettuce

rhubarb!

For just a moment....

In one of the brief

moments of sun

after a morning of rain

I looked out my

window on the side 

that I have a neighbor

and saw these beautiful flowers

 I decided it was definitely

one of those stop and smell the roses

or maybe stop

and take the photos moments

I loved how the rain drops were on the petals

Hope you enjoyed them

as much as I did

The rain started back right

after I took the photos

Outdoor Wed

Happy Easter

I found this photo while looking

for something else

Gotta love the Easter bonnets!

and who thought

wearing a dead fox

around your neck was high fashion?

I believe this was1960-61 ish

Ahhh I was even

a fashionista  then

Easter treats

I just had to share some local goodies

From my most favorite bakery 

Sweets Boutique

Aren't they just yummy

The frosting is soooooooooooo light 

and not overly sweet

like some

A friend of my daughters

makes these delights

Cookies by L

the "frosting"

is actually chocolate!

Now I've tempted you

I have to figure out how many

hours I need to walk on

my treadmill

Yes...it was worth it!

Cricut Fun - Cards

At First I thought these were just

birthday cards

but after looking at them

they don't say birthday

only party so I guess you

 could use them for anything

you want to celebrate..

I finally have started

 to play with my cricut

I got months ago

Cartridges:

George for the 4 in circle and  3 1/2 in wording

Doodlecharms for the 3 1/2 in hat

The card is 4 1/2 inx 6 1/4 in

I used cardstock

paper

and even paint chips 

(on the hat)

buttons
and jewels on the fluff of the hat

I have a lot of birthdays

coming up so they'll

come to great use!

The inside one

 I put this

Look What I Made
Show and Tell
Craft-o Maniac Mon
DIY
Making the World Cuter
Polly Wants A Crafter
Miss Crafty Pants
Get Your Craft On
Tip Me Tues
Look at Me
Whatever Goes


Scrappy Gifts

Friday Fillins

Each week, Feeling Beachie

 lists four statements

 with a blank for you to fill in

 on your own blogs. If you want to join 

the fun and come up with four fil

l in’s of your own, please email them 

to her at feelingbeachie@gmail.com.

If she uses them, she will add

 you as co-host to the hop!

She would LOVE it if you could

 please help me spread the word about this hop…. 

1. If not for my significant other, 

I’d never have been a stay at home Mom

2. On more than one occasion,

  I have put makeup on at red lights in a car

3. The worst meal I ever made was

  I don't know, I think I would have to ask my family

I do have a funny story,

 growing up we never cooked -

 my mother did, so when I got married

 I didn't have a clue. So I went to make spaghetti

 for the family (we lived w/ my ex in-laws)

 I put the pasta in cold water

 and when my former m-i-l pointed out 

that it was wrong - I wouldn't admit it

 I told her that was how

 I always did it lol...

what is worse my former f-i-law 

was an executive chef at a resort!

4. My guilty t.v. pleasure

 is either General Hospital

 ( I have been watching

 it since the 60's) or

Dancing with the Star 

(oh how I wish i could dance)

vs

Phases of the Kitchen

Click on photo to enlarge

When my hsb viewed the house:

The counters were grey and not all

of them matched pattern-wise

can you see the caveman

micro? 

yes they left it - it weighed a ton!

the cabinets 

are maple with green knobs

The only drawers

were the little green ones

I knew I couldn't

live with the blue

it was awful

we moved some of the cabinets 

even though they really

didn't match up in size

1st we got rid of the fridge because

it didn't even begin to meet our needs

little did I know there were 5 layers 

of paint and 2 layers of wallpaper!

It took months to do

Finally a clean walls!

The first plan

this is my inspiration pg

as you can see the wall color

isn't even close

The wall color ended up more pink/peach

than I wanted

But I lived with it for a few years

I really didn't know what to do with the space

The kitche is really big but never felt

right 

I finally figured out I needed to move the fridge to 

the wall with the stairs

on it so we

would have a true

triangle not a galley

The next paint color

I chose which is what I wanted

originally was: 

I got rid of the nightmare stove

and bought a jenn-air 

which I love

I needed real drawers So we bought

a large cabinet at HD

and that is when I started realizing 

that we could chg things around

as I looked i realized that 

we could beuild around the fridge 

I wanted more counter space - 

or should I say I needed some counter space?

so finally after playing around I had a design plan

I still didn't know if it was going to work 

so we decided to replace the bottom cabinets

and put a temp top on til

 I can save for the top 

(that is when I decide what I want)

So right now
it looks like this:

There is so much more to do

get a dw

sand

prime

paint

moldings

knobs

back splash

counter tops

but I'm thrilled how it is

coming along