Vintage Thrift & Craft

Misc. Goodies

Today I received this from Timssally.  This is the best one yet but they are all wonderful. Paige loves James Dean and yesterday while at Marshall's, I spotted this and now it hands in her room. She loved it. While at Target is found these cute little cedar flowers for my newly organized closet.

It's day 4 of high school for Paige and so far the transition has gone smoothly. Other than being tired, she's perfectly happy.  Today I bought afew goodies to give her Friday after her 1st week if HS. A dvd she wanted, The Aviator.I told you she had strange taste. Two funky shirts and some pink nail polish. I wanted to get a book she wanted but our local book store, that's terrible I might add, didn't have. It's the 3rd in the series. The title is A non-blonde cheerleader in love. Oh well. She'll have it next week.

This week has been nice and settling...cleaning, organizing and nesting but I couldn't of made it without Ashes. I just love that dog!

Lighting options, magazines and more.

I have narrowed my outside lighting options down to afew for my more clean modern look on our ranch style house. There they are and tell me which you like best. I've seen these up close and they are all good quality. I've been looking through some magazines to get some ideas too. Here's my selections...    I love this magazines but had never seen Atomic Ranch. It has ranch redo's inside and out. Ready-Made has some cool projects in this issue.

Yesterday was a successful day for Paige. She had no problems and the day went smoothly. She likes all of her classes except for gym...she doesn't like to sweat. Her Science teacher seems good. He had a parent assignment where the parent e-mailed a paragraph or two about ONLY Good things about your child. By doing this the student get 100 extra credit.  Then, after I sent the e-mail, he replied back. I like his style!

My baby goes to High School

Today school starts back and Paige starts high school. It seems like yesterday when she started kindergarden.  She's excited about the new year and nervous about the big 2 story campus and different. She is most looking forward to Art 1 this semester. They start early and she's not a morning person. She did make it up and wore her new shirt we got Friday from Forever 21. She loved James Dean and she found another one. Now I must go change the laundry and this weekend Randy put an extra closet rod up so I can move all of my jackets and sweater and see them with ease. I have to move everything and get the louse straight.

The "BUG" that knocked me off my feet.

For the last 2 days I've been so sick, a bug of some sorts...not able to function. It takes alot to stop me in my tracks but this one did! I even called in the Big Guns for help...my mother. There's nothing worse than a stomach virus and I am still alittle weak but I have to go on. Today is the last week day before Paige starts school and we had shopping plans that I must try to hold. My nurse companion stayed with me all day and night. Every time I turned over, he turned over. He knew his mama was sick.

While I was sick, the mailman brought me a prize from Elizabeth. It is so sweet and I immediate put it on my hutch in the kitchen so I could see it everyday. I just LOVE it. She sells these in her Etsy shop if you're interested. I just love the figurine on top. Thanks Elizabeth!

Last night was another hot one but it seems the heat makes for prettier sunsets. Here's ours from my craft room window.

New style for exterior, watermelon and tomatoes

If it will ever cool down, my house is going to get a perk up on the outside. New lights, paint job, gutters, door numbers, and shutters...maybe no shutters at all. I live in a long ranch style house and I want a change. I've been thinking about alittle more quirky, modern fixtures and cleaner lines. On a trip to the bookstore today, I found this and bought it for some ideas. My house needs a hip twist on the outside.

It's STILL hot and nothing seems good to eat. I love vegetables and Paige and I stopped at our "veggie" man's house for some tomatoes and watermelon. I think I'll put some corn on.   It's too hot to eat anything but a salad or fruit. Unless you count ice cream. Now that's a thought.

Oh yea. Elizabeth liked her creature I sent her. Visit her blog, Words and Whimsies, to see what she said.

Correction, Glads and Creature (DON'T LOOK ELIZABETH)

A correction from yesterday's post is needed. My lariats came from The FearlessKnitter not the FearlessFelter. Sorry! Today was grocery day and it was so hot that unloading the groceries was unbearable. When will it end...I did brighten my day with my FAVORITE flower, the glad.

DON'T LOOK ELIZABETH! Elizabeth @ Whimsies and Words liked my first creature so I made her one. The pink one is for her. I hope she likes it because she's super artistic.

This is why I make mistakes while typing on the computer. Buttercup lays on the desk above the keyboard and jerks her tail back and forth on the keys. It makes it very hard to type.

Correction,

New things and what I made.

I start everyday with a pot of coffee and my maker went out today. Target had Mr. Coffee's on sale for $16. and a 12 cup at that. Can't go a day without my coffee. Other new things can in the mail today. Paige got a horse print from The Black Apple. I bought a magnet from Opalpoems. Even though it's 99 degrees outside, I bought some lariats from The FearlessFelter. Her stuff is extra soft and very funky. I love them. You must check her shop out.

Paige's bathroom needed a night light but I couldn't find one I liked so I made one. I found a base and a funky light bulb. Then I took some heavy wire and twisted it around the base and bulb. Now that's what I wanted.

Quiet Morning in late August

This morning, Paige is at the high school Freshman camp where the students get their final schedules and meet the teachers. After I dropped her off, I walked the greenway. It was breezy and some leaves were falling (from the heat) and it was a nice change than walking in the after supper heat. I received some some art from Timssally over the weekend. They are on canvas panels and I didn't want to frame them so I came up with this idea. I also purchased this pendant from Dollisasterdesign. I think she's so adorable in a creepy sort of way. This doll pillow also came and I think she kind of looks like me.  She's from Mrstattooedgeek. I've got afew more things to do before I pick Paige up so I'll see what I can get into for tomorrow's post.

Mrytle Beach Days...Home to Nest

The family is back from Myrtle Beach. We had a great time. Plenty of sun, sand and water. The hotel we stayed in had 6 pools and 3 lazy rivers. I love the person that invented the lazy river...just get in a tub and float around slowly enjoying the sun. I'm so tired though because we went nonstop. Two miniature golfs, amusement parks, water park and either in the pools or ocean riding the waves. The girls (Paige took a friend) had a good time and that made the trip perfect.

Now that I'm home, I'm busy doing laundry, unpacking and such. I feel the urge to clean and start nesting again. I'm so ready for fall and all of the fall magazines are starting to arrive. Even though it was hot when we got back last night, I started back to putting food out for my birds. I can see my suet feeder from the computer chair and the little birds love it.

The mailman brought me some good packages while I was gone but that'll be next post. The dryer is calling my name.