Lipstick and Laundry

I’m packing my bags and…

jengilley — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:56:13 +0000

It’s been a blast and I have enjoyed my last 226 posts, but I am upgrading. My new “home” will allow me to have fun layouts, cool side bars, plus lots of extras. I hope my WordPress subscribers will sign up to get an email when I post from the new “house“… It’s super easy all you have to do is enter your email under subscribe to my blog. Friends and family stop by for a visit….

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Reunited…

jengilley — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:27:14 +0000

Early in the fall I went to a garage sale, Em told me had owl things for a quarter! I bought this cute big eyed owl.

When my parents came over for my birthday, they brought some second hand owls for me. In the bunch were these two big eyed babies….

I remember saying, those look so familiar… hmmm

Well tonight as I was looking for something in my room, I looked at my book shelf with the one big eyed owl, and it clicked {you know a light bulb moment}… That’s the Momma! I brought her into the kitchen where the big eyed babies were…. A family REUNITED!

My Happy Neck….

jengilley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:14:11 +0000

Look what my mom made me… I saw this necklace on line and asked if she could make it… I can’t knit to save me life…

It buttons off to the side near the front.

She calls this her demo necklace, to see if I liked it {are you kidding me}?? I am off to buy cotton yarn for more… I am so glad I have a crafty mom!

Easy as PIE?

jengilley — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:15:52 +0000

Cheat and buy pie crust, homemade is better… but if you are going for quick… buy it

Spread LOTS of butter on the dough, use CUTE acorn cookie cutters, cut and place on a cookie sheet.

Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

YUM, bubbly, warm, buttery, cinnamon/sugar sweet pie crust… Which by the way is the best part of the pie, my favorite is apple pie with crumb top, I eat the crust and crumb top only…

Just keepin’ it REAL….

jengilley — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:16:59 +0000

5 BUSY boys + 1 BUSY daddy + 1 OVERWELMED mommy = 2 much MESS….

Christmas Already?

jengilley — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:10:31 +0000

Actually Christmas items have been in the stores for a while now, today I went shopping with my favorite little Taterbug and we looked at fun decorations.

Look at that big honkin’ acorn {I didn’t buy it}

How about the hootie owl… cute

All these Christmas goodies made me want to come home and make a Christmas craft…

Here is what I came up with, the coloring is off in the picture, but the base is white, sanded, red Merry Christmas, and tea stained.

Sew Awesome…

jengilley — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:00:10 +0000

Look at the detail….

This my friends is my Goodwill treasure…. Thank you Dad, Mom, and Roxanne! I saw this a few weeks ago, but it was $45.00 and to me that was too high for Goodwill {although I know in an antique store it would have been way more}… So yesterday my hubby and I went in and I was looking at books, he wandered off and came over to me and said, “I found something I think you would like, it’s an old sewing machine”… I informed him I had seen a week ago but the price was too high for me, he went back over and said, “It’s $25.00″…. WHAT, wait… I went over and sure enough the $45.00 was crossed out and it was marked down to $25.00, but wait I never leave home without my $5.00 off coupon….. So this beauty cost me 20 BUCKS!!

NOW…. for my next 20 dollar purchase….

From Marshall’s

A GIANT acorn…. I know some of you will think I am crazy, but it was marked down from $55.00… Here is an idea at the HUGENESS of my acorn…

That is my Pepsi can from lunch….

Birthday Fun!

jengilley — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:39 +0000

Look at this blanket my sister made me… Don’t you love those cuddly owls?? Dolce likes my blankie too!

She also added to my wooden acorns and an owl candle holder….

This pillow came from my friend Jill, she always gets me something gingerbread…. Did you know I collect gingerbread men?? LOVE them!

This ACORN dish also came from Jill! SCORE!

Tina W. came over and brought me flowers in this BEAUTIFUL vase, and super cute fall dish towels.

Grandma Shirley brought me these Bless this home stacking boxes…

Em and family brought me movie tickets with this cute card and Tatum presented me the apple in her little hands just like the book cover!

Roxanne and fam gave me Goodwill Bucks, so did my parents…

Stay tuned to see what AWESOME treasure I bought!

Thank you to my wonderful family and friends, you made my day super special!

An Anniversary and a Birthday!

jengilley — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:00:25 +0000

Today we celebrate 18 AMAZING years of marriage!

Happy Anniversary Spike!

I LOVE YOU!

We also celebrate this little cutie who decided to come almost three weeks early and be born on our 12th anniversary… I can’t think of a better anniversary gift than a baby… Happy 6th Birthday Tanner!

Thanksgiving Decor

jengilley — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:00:05 +0000

I will start with one of my favorite pieces… Remember my $2.50 urn, haven’t painted it yet, but I am likin’ this stained cement color with orange berries and my pumpkin.

My mantel, I bought the silver Pilgrim and Indian candle holders last year after Thanksgiving, so it was super fun to unpack them this year!

Here is the awesome glitter Give Thanks banner and Giant acorn from Elise.

Look at that super cute tassel Elise made me, and all those acorns, turkeys, and my faceless Pilgrims.

Little cuties

My favorite old typewriter wth white pumpkins and ANOTHER Elise treasure!