Posted in Decorating, projects on November 14, 2008| 7 Comments »
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.
Posted in Bliss, Decorating on November 9, 2008| 6 Comments »
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!
Posted in Books, Decorating, junkin' on November 4, 2008| 6 Comments »
I went to Goodwill today, and hit the jack pot! I got an old washboard {I am going to repaint it} I was even thinking of painting the metal with chalkboard paint. A huge wooden pumpkin, a giant glass jar with a chalkboard oval, big urn {should I paint it} ?, big green glass ornament, and an acorn candle holder.
Vintage Children’s books, a couple books to set out for Valentine’s day, I like using books in my decor, a couple books for me, a children’s nursery rhyme book and Amber glass children’s divided plate with nursery rhymes on it.
The best part… I was able to use 2 FIVE dollar OFF coupons… Our local Pennysaver gives weekly $5 off coupons on any purchases of $15.00 or more. Of course it’s one per transaction, I got a nice lady who let me split my purchases into 2 transactions…
Posted in Bliss, Decorating, Gifts on October 30, 2008| 6 Comments »
…. for Elise she was my swap partner for Em’s “mini” Thanksgiving Swap… Elise and I both decided that we didn’t like “mini” in fact… to quote Elise, “go big or go home”…. that being said… here is the “mini” box that arrived on my porch today….
This thing could have held a piece of furniture!
Everything all packaged up…
Couple different angles of this BEAUTY… how LUCKY am I…..
Look she makes tassels… I LOVE tassels!
Giant SILVER acorn {LOVE acorns!}
a HUGE chalkboard! {did I mention I LOVE acorns}?
Glitter GIVE THANKS banner…
ACORN salt and Pepper shakers, TURKEY towel with cookie cutter, TURKEY note pad, ACORN mug… and CUTE tag!!
THANK YOU ELISE….
Posted in Decorating, Gifts, projects on October 20, 2008| 4 Comments »
I’ve had a few requests for my fall decor, so I added a couple new items to my etsy shop Worn Acorn…
FALL glitter blocks!
and of course the beloved ACORN
Posted in Decorating, projects on October 17, 2008| 8 Comments »
Looky what Walmart put out…
Sorry for the dark photo, my kitchen lighting isn’t great for pics…
Black glitter keys, and silver glitter birds! They are $1.00 each…. ahhhh I remember when Walmart ornaments were .97 cents {last year and the previous years} still at a buck these are a good value and oh so pretty… They will stay out year round!
Now for a hallway update….
Wall to the Whimsical Nursery
Jungle love {preschool}
The Forest
We still have a ways to go… But since we do have progress, I thought I’d share.
Posted in Decorating, projects on October 16, 2008| 4 Comments »
Hey Em remember these?? From like two years ago?? Well, I needed something to do… The kids {all 5} went back to school after being home for two weeks, and I was going crazy here… The dog and I both miss them terribly… This happens to me after every break. I honestly LOVE them being here and I feel lonely without them. I of course could be doing some needed cleaning, but I feel like that is what I spent the entire two weeks they were home doing… Do you know I ran the dishwasher about 3 times a day! I found this plastic bag up on the top shelf of my pantry and knew it would be the perfect project to finish… The sewing was done, all I needed to do was paint and assemble…
ahhh don’t those colors make you happy??
Finally finished…
Here it is with an acorn tag…
Posted in Decorating, Gifts, projects on October 9, 2008| 1 Comment »
I will start with some more decor…
Look at that huge acorn {from Joann’s} I want to go get more… The acorn stand is for a candle and came from Goodwill last year!
A few projects Elise {my swap partner} close your eyes… Or not, it’s up to you, but don’t say you weren’t warned…
Been paintin’ on canvas… Squirrels and acorns oh my…
Swiped this photo of Em’s blog, I made her this acorn, but didn’t take a picture of it…
NoW for some randomness… hahahah
That crazy bee landed on our windshield and Spike was putting his finger on the glass… {it’s the closest he will ever come to a bee… hahaha Speaking of Spike, I was cleaning out 19 pages of emails and came across an email he sent out when I first started Lipstick and Laundry, it was his corky version of a blog… I hope none of you find this offensive, he has a SUPER silly sense of humor, it’s one of the MANY I just LOVE about him….
I am sure you will have to click on the picture to enlarge it, so you can read the text!
Now for a blogland question…. I have been contemplating moving yes, you read right….
I created a blogspot/blogger account a while back and I am still learning the tricks… I do like wordpress however I can’t make cute backgrounds… So I am asking what do you all think should I stay or should I go??
Posted in Decorating on October 6, 2008| 22 Comments »
Saw this idea in a current magazine {now which one was it}?
Went and bought bags of bones at the Dollar Tree, thanks for the idea Tausha, the skull was also a dollar but from WalMart. Sorry about the glare.
Freaky Fabric from WalMart {that is what the package calls it} it’s in the Halloween isle and is $3.00 for a HUGE piece, I just clipped it to my existing window coverings and added a spidey!
and… my pumpkins finally all got their ribbons!
I am still working on my decorating and will post more as I finish…
Posted in children, Decorating, projects on October 4, 2008| 6 Comments »
I was asked by the children’s director of our church to come up with classroom themes and a hallway theme to tie everything together…. What I came up with is… The nursery will be a “Garden” theme with trees, birds, and nests. The toddler room is going to be “The Farm”, preschool/kindergarten is “The Jungle”, First through 6th grade will be “The Beach” and an overflow room as “The Forest”… Rooms decided now how do you make that work with a L-O-N-G hallway…. I decided to go with a road theme, imagine driving down the road and seeing different sites… I needed help from a real artist with the design how do you flow a forest into a beach? A farm into a forest? The there is the whole depth perception aspect {not my area at all}… So with the help of Diane… here is our progress so far… I thought about waiting until completion before posting, but then if my posts are far and few between you may wonder what I am up to… So 4 hours of Thursday got us drawing outlines on the blue walls and all the brown road, fence posts, and tree trunks done…
Friday morning we started painting at 7:00 am and stopped at 6:30 pm…. 11 1/2 got us to this…
We still have a ways to go and I will update with more photos as we go along…
*Did you know if you spend 4 hours squatting on Thursday, and paint for 11 plus hours on Friday that on Saturday, you are BARELY able to move your legs… I am talking PAIN people serious PAIN…
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