BIG WORK TABLE...

So proud of hubby....He has been creating tables and potting benches and benches and worktables for so many years now...but this one is my favorite...he uses recycled wood whenever possible...and most of this wood came from a neighbors house...
I so love the green wood touches and crackly paint on this one...
and the storage cubby underneath...
and not to forget...its on wheels!

I thought the work table on wheels that we took in to STARS last Saturday (sold the same day!)... was my favorite...
but it is the storage cubby under this one that I love the most...
so proud of him, I am...

hope you all are having a great week!

do you have squirrel love too?

I am not sure when it started...

maybe when my son was really, really small...

he would see a squirrel in the back yard and I would say...
"there goes Sam the squirrel"...

and pretty soon I would be making up names for all the squirrels that we would see...and they all would be relatives of Sam...

and next thing you know...
I have a collection!

estate sale SATURDAY only...

If you are in the Lloyd Center area swing by NE 18th and Multnomah...
I am conducting a small estate sale there this Saturday only...
very nice, clean sale...teacup collection, fun tables and chairs, cabinets, vintage secretary (most of the furniture is newer, but the secretary / desk is vintage
there are books, book shelves, some pretty dishes and fun gifty items...
and a bit more...
would love to see you-
we will be open at 8 am...
have a great weekend!

have you ever?

Have you ever:
1. Laughed so hard you peed just a little (yep, I think last night...dinner/friends/hysterical waiter!)
2. walked in to a room and forgot what you were looking for, stepped on the cat, stepped on your glasses (that you were looking for, while dodging the cat)...then crashed to the floor...(after stepping on cat, glasses, and...)
3. driven your car til it was so empty it started coughing a little bit...
4. wondered why so many people brag about themselves all the time when they blog...(yep, think I have done this, sorry)...
5. relisted something on ebay 5 times before someone bids on the item...
6. gone to the wrong building at school
7. forgotten what day it was...
8. wondered why the heck you can't get that one room in your house clean that you have been talking about for a year! (ok...maybe longer...)
9. wondered if anyone reads your blog
10. wondered if "have you ever" questions make anyone think about their lives...

one of my friends did the "have you ever" conversation with me...
some of her "have you ever questions" are not suitable for publication...
but I think they are kinda fun...
only one of these "have you ever" questions are hers...the rest are mine...

Have you ever?

roses...

I bought these for my hubby on his birthday on the 5th...I can't believe they still look like this...


roses make me happy!

hope you all have a happy week!

STARS ANTIQUE MALL is having a HUGE sale this weekend!

I hope that you all can travel over to STARS this weekend for the haggle with the dealer sale!
I will be doing a LARGE percentage off my booth...and I know that lots of other folk are having percentages off their spaces as well.
I will be there for part of the day tomorrow, so that I can "haggle" in person...but the rest of my weekend will be doing homework and purging my studio...
hope to see you!

I know you are watching! Happy 81st birthday, MOM!

Happy 81st Birthday Mom...I miss you every single day!

new in my ETSY shop...

to check it out just click on ETSY.com/shop/allmyfavoritethings2
this is all so new to me...
but fun!








thanks for stopping by...hope you are having a great week!

Hedwig...what am I going to do with him?

I had to have him...

Not sure why...


maybe the Harry Potter fan in me...



but now I own my very own Hedwig...



what was I thinking?

New ETSY listings

Just a few instant collections that you can peek at...

just hop on over to my ETSY shop...

it is at Etsy.com/shop/allmyfavoritethings2

I am hoping to be more consistent listing fun little items every week!

AND there is a huge sale this weekend at STARS antique mall...the yearly HAGGLE WITH THE DEALERS SALE!
really a fun fun sale with lots of great prices!

drawers, drawers, drawers-another re-do

another re-do...of course I forgot about taking a before picture...but this came out of a basement, words like "electrical", tools and such were written on each drawer. The drawers were green and wood and cream (sometimes all on one drawer)...and it was a mess.

the hubby made a stand for it all to sit on with wheels, and I started painting. It had wooden knobs that had to go...

so I rounded up every glass knob that I could find, and changed those out.
Used left over paint from another project...
so my only cost was the knobs needed screws and bolts...

still not sure about keeping the cabinet, it is a bit big for my tiny living room...but oh, I could use all those drawers...
so...
we will try it out for awhile...
it just might go to STARS...
happy weekend to you all!

the mantel re-do after Christmas...

It always saddens me to put Christmas away...



so I thought that a mantel re-do might lighten my spirits...


it just seems as if Christmas comes and goes so very quickly...


and I feel like I just finish decorating, and then it is Christmas day!


so I went with a nature theme...
I am going to rework my living room completely, just with what I have around...
more re-dos to come...

New Year's motto...goes with "I can do it"...

My parents gave me this necklace (thanks mom and dad!) after I completed my first term back to college (in 30 years!)...




back to school on Monday...

I am so glad that it didn't sell...

One of my wonderful neighbor dealers at STARS ANTIQUE MALL (thank you Shirley!) gave me this metal rack a couple of weeks ago...it hadn't sold in her booth and she was tired of looking at it...
so, being the "I'll take it" kind of gal, I took it. Then I realized...do I really need a project? (sorry, I forgot the "before" photo).
It really was pretty ugly. It had places to hang bags of goodies, but along the metal top was advertising for an obscure car part company. Really unattractive.
So, deciding I didn't need more to do, I just put it in my booth for $19.
I figured if it sold I would give half to Shirley.
But, of course, it didn't sell.
So, I brought it home where it sat outside for a week.
Since I have been purging so many little things out of my studio, I started bagging them up yesterday.
And I remembered the rack that could hold a lot of bags of goodies.
So...I got out the glue...



Kicking myself for not getting a before photo.
So very glad it didn't sell!
Thank you Shirley!
It is headed back to STARS today...

it's a new dawn...it's a new day...

...and I'm feeling good...



I am fascinated by the trees behind my house...


especially in the morning sunrise...


as the world turns...


I am grateful for the glory and artistry of God...
and for a new day...

a New Year...

my New Year's resolution...



no matter which way the wind blows...

I can do it...