Thursday

Today, I went around and took pictures and read the computer-when I had other things I should have been doing.  I'm really good at that. Oh well!

Have a good day!

My little chickadee...

is awfully cute!

Salvation Army shopping

Last week on the long trip home from visiting a cousin, we (Larry's aunt and cousin and I) spotted and then stopped at a Salvation Army.  I'm not sure I've ever been to a Salvation Army before, but it's pretty much like Goodwill.

I needed a new purse and I found this leather one in perfect condition.  I thought, "Am I too old to be toting around a bright pink purse?  Naaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"  So home it came with me.

I also found a pair of 'vintage' pillowcases in mint condition.  Apparently I was thinking pink that day!

Have a wonderful day, everybody!

It's time for me to get nostalgic

Hope and Daddy

Hope and Mommy

Hope and Mommy

Hope

Hope and Alex

Hope and Wilbur

Hope and Luke

Hope and Mommy

Saturday, my only child will turn 20 years old.  It's is just so strange to think that 20 years have passed by already!  Just so you know-it is very hard to wrap my head around this fact!

PS-I love that kid!

Mini crayon canvas

My beautiful niece, Jess, stayed with me last night-so this morning I surprised her with a mini crayon canvas.  I waited until she was up to melt the crayons, because I thought she'd like to see the melting action.

I spray painted a thrifted 8 x 10 Home Interior canvas that I got at Goodwill for 15 cents awhile ago.   My stash of Crayolas was almost gone!

She was thrilled with the finished product!

Then tonight, my beautiful daughter dropped in with some 11 x 14 canvases (not really big enough to do a heart on-so we just went along the top with this one too) and crayons.  She thought an umbrella under the melted crayons would look cute and I agree!  I'm not sure if she's keeping this one or is giving it to a friend.

  I have a feeling I'm going to have melted crayons on the brain soon!

Out and about

Hey, there's a spaceship cloud.  (And the moon.)

The shining

JD tractors

No lid

Reflecting

What is wrong with this picture?

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Home now, thank goodness!

Have a great weekend!

Crayon heart art

This all started a few days ago when my daughter emailed me a link to this pin.  I told her I'd see what I could do.

When I painted her room years ago-I painted her a canvas with the colors of the room.  I took a photo of it cause it was going bye-bye.  It got repurposed.

 So I spray painted the old canvas white.  (The colors still showed through-but I didn't mind.)  Then I got out the old crayons-I knew those would come in handy some day! 

(I had everything here at the house for this project.  It was free and I didn't have to step into a store.  Now that's what I'm talkin' about!)

I traced a large heart cookie cutter onto the canvas.  Then I sorted through the crayons and picked out all the Crayolas.  ('They' say to use only Crayola brand because they melt better.)   Then I arranged the crayons in rainbowish order and got busy hot gluing them to the canvas.  I made sure that 'Crayola' was facing out, because that's what 'they' did.

Then I took the canvas and a hair dryer down to the basement, threw an old sheet on the freezer (work surface) and starting melting the crayons.  This part was kind of fun!  It's certainly not perfect, but I never claimed to be!

I cut a heart out of neon pink paper and just taped it in the center, because I thought it needed a little something. I'm not sure I really liked it there, so I took it out.

Hope Hope likes it-then maybe I'll get some more Mommy brownie points!

Have a great day, everybody!