Photo Storage Box Refinished

I forgot to take a before photo....again!

Here is a simple redo of a standard wooden photo box.  

It was stained brown.

Before I started I put a custom vinyl cutout on the top.  

I used my Cricut & the "Sophisticated" cartridge to make the vinyl.  

I painted 2 coats & then removed the vinyl.

I then did some sanding/distressing, & varnished.

Remember the "Advent Ironing Board"?

After Christmas I was trying to figure out what to do with the Ironing Board.  

So I decided to use red & white bakers twine & mini clothes pins to make a photo display!

Festive Weiner Dawgz

You may remember Sophie & Buddy?

My weiner dawgz - Well, they were not impressed with their Christmas photoshoot this year.

Here they are showing off  almost crying - very sad really....

& Happy Holidays too!


Festive Pet Party:
http://tracys-trinkets-treasures.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-photo-of-your-pet-linky-party_09.html

Welcome To The Farm

It's been a while since I posted. Tangled up in life with the end of the school year, summer fun, and work. I havn't been doing much restoring, but we bought a camper, and spent a weekend away recently. We went to my parents home, and I was up before daylight taking pictures of my parents fabulous yard. We have always referred to the place as "The Farm". It was my great Grandparents, then my Grandparents, and now my parents. They built a beautiful home, with lumber my Father cut from "The Farm".

Enjoy the photos, and a poem I wrote about the place in 2005.

Welcome to "The Farm"

The Jeffery home, you see

On the hill, and full of charm

In beautiful Cloudslee.

We have no livestock here,

Or vegetables for sale,

But if you watch, you'll see the deer,

And a neighbour mowing hay, to bale.

A W-4 putts around,

And a John Deere dozer too,

A riding lawn mower keeps the grounds,

& there is a little gardening to do.

Twice a day, precisely at 2 & 11,

Everything comes to a halt!

Like a thunder coming from heaven,

It's the train that is at fault!

As a kid I sat on the fence post,

Counting cars, and a vigorous wave,

"I counted 61" I would proudly boast,

"I saw 63" my brother would rave.

So, "Welcome to The Farm"

You don't need an invitation,

The friends and tea are warm,

And never, a lack of conversation!

Darlene Armstrong, 2005

My Mothers Day

I hope everyone had a fabulous Mothers Day.  How did you spend yours? 

Me? Well my husband was on nights, so I did a little of this in the morning:





Then I did some of this:

 



Then we did this:

 

And we saw scenes like this:

All of a sudden, the sky looked like this:

And then, about 1 hour later, it passed with only a couple of drops of rain!

So, we topped it all off with a BBQ dinner!  A simple, but perfect day!!