Saturday Digest

A little of this...a little of that...

Robelyn at Redneck Chic is having one terrific giveaway!  Head on over and sign up, then sign up again, and just wait, there will be more chances to sign up! I have two of her bags and my daughter has one.  They are so very well made and just have so much personality!!   The first time out with one of her bags I heard..."Where did you get that?!  That is so neat!!" to which I replied, "Well there's this gal in Texas..." and  I went on...  

If you haven't been to visit "this gal in Texas" , please do, you'll leave grinning and maybe carrying your own Redneck Chic pocket book!

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Are you on the Pinterest band wagon?  I have one foot on and think I'm about to jump on board.  You can follow my pins here.

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Another online (and in print) magazine that I enjoyed perusing.  Check out the textured letters on page 91, very neat!

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This set of four vintage glasses found their way home with me yesterday from a garage sale. :)

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I will be experimenting with this product, Inkodye, in the next couple of weeks, seems to have a lot of potential!

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Have a great weekend!!

Typewriter Table

A couple weeks ago I hit the last day of an estate sale.  This was the gem that came home with me.  I wonder if most would prefer an all metal typewriter table and that's why this was still there.  I was pretty taken with the combination of wood and metal.

Here's the before.  Pretty decent shape.  Paint or finish the wood? I debated for 1 1/2 minutes.  Since I decided to keep it, I wanted the wood finished.  It has such a nice patina to it!

I just did a quick job on this and didn't even try to get out the stains, but I'm pretty happy with it. I think the blemishes give it "character".  "Good enough for who it's for.."  I sanded it (electric sander) and applied 4 coats of paste wax. (power buffer)  Gotta love power tools. :)

There it is.  All decked out with another table runner redo!

My lovely crocheted rocks have a new home.

Ragged books...milkweed seeds...

The seeds are in a very old mortar that my brother in law and sister in law gave me.  It's beautifully aged.

I gathered a 3 inch piece of burlap and stitched it right on top of the edge of my table runner.  Two layers of stitching secured the loose edges.

A firm pressing keeps the stiff burlap in line.  Should you make yourself one, be sure to stitch all of your edges so it doesn't continue to fray.

I made the little house shaped piece months ago and it's been waiting for a place to land.   I machine embroidered scraps on to a backing, and then  I used rubber stamps to make the word, "home".

This could be a record.  A piece that need work is in it's place with all it's attire in a little over 2 weeks.  :)

I hope your week is going well!

Texture Tuesday

Well, our plans for going to the state fair on Sunday were thwarted by a sick little girl so, we stayed home and just "played low" while she recuperated.

Gosh, the weather has been beautiful these past few days!!

Linking up once again with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday where this weeks' challenge was to use the "crackerjack" texture.

I hope you all had a nice Labor Day Weekend!

Tank Garden Update

I just wanted to share a couple of pictures of the tanks again before the blooms fade even more.  I have a few mums and golden rod to take me into the fall.  May need to add more fall flowers for next year.

That fire pit cover leaning against the fence...shouldn't be there :)  It's waiting for inspiration.  Any ideas?

I had two black eyed susan vines grow great guns, but very few flowers on them.  And, this one didn't even have black eyes.  Great foliage though.

My favorite hyacinth bean plant that I raved about here.  Still my favorite!  I have it in three places.

I didn't get to the mulch this summer so I'll wait until spring.

The newest addition!!!  I picked up this culvert at a farm auction on Sunday.  Woohoo!  It is going to be a fountain.  Next spring.  Or the spring after that.  But, in the mean time, it is garden art.

I am so excited about this piece!!  There were three culverts for sale and this was my favorite.  They sold choice and the first time around the bid went too high for me.  Thank goodness the farmer who got the bid wasn't thinking garden art and chose to buy the two less rusty ones, leaving this one for me on the next round of bidding.

Sweetness.