I think I have three arms.

September 2, 2011

Yikes!  All of a sudden I realized my wallet looked like this.  Not a pretty site.  My $5.00 wallet from a consignment store had served me well but it was time to move on.  I didn’t want to go to the mall and buy one because first it would cost wayyyy too much money, and second sometimes I feel like I’m cheating if I buy something from a real store.  It’s no fun for me to go shopping where everything is all laid out by color and size and neatly folded.  I am a hunter, I need to dig, search, rummage though piles and piles for that one special score.  That is what makes me a happy lady.  Give me Salvation Army over Gap any day.  One exception, I have no problem with anything at Anthropologie (except the prices)!



About the time I realized I needed a new wallet, I found this at Goodwill while shopping with my buddy and partner in crime, the Nester.

It had all the compartments I needed and I loved the color.  It didn’t bother me that it looked a little worn and the price was right at 1.99.  Sold!

I cleaned it up with a magic eraser.  I use those things on everything!  I going to start using them on my kids!

I saved this piece of fabric from a shirt that shrank in the wash (I keep telling myself it shrank, it’s probably from the sweet tooth I have developed as of late).  I was using it as bookmark but as soon as I saw the wallet, I knew it had a new purpose! 



Time to embellish!



You can find lots of great craft stuff at the Habitat Restore, I found this bag full of patches for a quarter!
Parts of my old wallet for my new wallet!  Ok…. how the heck did I take this picture while I was cutting!?!?!?

Who doesn’t love a good ole dollie?!?!?





My new wallet for under $2.00!

Here is another fun little accessory upgrade!  I found this new bag at Habitat Restore for $2.00.  The fabric was a favorite but I have no idea who Nona is!

Fun little flower made out of fabric scraps!
I hot glued the pin on because I was to lazy to sew it!

No more Nona! 
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The Kimberly

August 31, 2011

I found this coffee table at a yard sale in my neighborhood for $5.00.  I almost didn’t buy it because it was big and it was heavy and I knew it would take up half of my garage!  But it was $5.00!!! Once I got it home, it did take up half of my garage and I regretted buying it and wanted it out immediately. 



I asked my husband to help me put it in the van so I could take it to Goodwill.  I was going to take the $5.00 loss just to be able to turn around in my garage again.  He mumbled something to the effect that he bet it would be really cool painted.  WHAT!?!?!?!?  The man who likes everything all brown and woody thought it might look good painted!?!?  At that point it was on, I had to make this one look good!

As my dear friend Kim would say, it was a real hot mess, but it was a great piece of furniture.
“The Kimberly”



That same dear friend and neighbor, Kim walked up while I was working on it and loved the colors.  She was actually looking for a coffee table!  I hadn’t even put the finishing poly on before we were lugging it to her house to see if it would work in her living room!  Kim next time we will use a car.
Yeah!!!  It worked!!!!  We didn’t have to drag, heave, carry, cart, pull, haul it back to my house!  No hernias today!  All jokes aside I have gotten a hernia from moving furniture before.  Is that too much info?

Kim!!!!!!!  Feet off the table!!!
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Sniff Sniff

August 29, 2011
Today I start a new chapter in my life. 
 I have been a stay at home mom since my daughter was born 9 years ago.  Today my youngest, little Wes, starts Kindergarten. 


I have been trying to act like its not a big deal, but deep down I’m all mixed up.  I’m going to miss my little man so much.  He has been my buddy for the past five years, so much like me in every way.  I’m so use to having a little person around me at all times (insert puppy purchase).  I’m not scared of being alone, I actually love alone time.  But this just seems so big, so different.  I get a little excited when I think about all that time I will have while they are both at school.  I will actually be able to finish a project without being interrupted.  I won’t have to wake up at 5:00 am just to get a walk in.  I have told myself this is the year I will learn to make something other than sandwiches for dinner.  But I get sad when I think about little Wes not being around for lunch, or for walks to the park, or afternoon quiet time on the couch.   Everything is going to be…different.

He calls me smoochie girl
He has my mom’s bluest blue eyes
He cried watching Pinocchio
He hates chocolate
His best friend is Brandon
He’s sensitive and quiet
He’s smart and competitive
He doesn’t like arts and crafts
He loves all sports
He could play Uno for 10 hours straight
He loves his sister
He’s scared of nothing
He has one dimple
He still sleeps with a blanket
He loves his back scratched
He has the best laugh
He looks like me
He acts like me
I am going to miss my little man
 I told my husband that I would get a job, it was probably time for me to go back to work.  He said, “No, do what you love.  Take this time to create and paint all that furniture that you have been stock piling in the garage”.
I am so blessed.  So I am going to take my husband’s advice, and take the next year to paint and create like a mad woman.  I have already booked my booth at Metrolina for October and November.  I told Krissy at Sanctuary she may need to make some room because I am going to be bringing in stuff by the truck loads.  I am soooooo excited……. but as soon as I find myself excited, I get sad.  Then I’m excited, then sad, then excited, then sad…..AHHHHHH is this normal or I have I officially lost it???
How do mothers do it when their kids go off to college???

I love you little man, I hope you have a wonderful day!
love, Mom

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