Fenton Milk Glass Basket

Look at what I found last week for $4.50 at the thrift store:

Lucky me!
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Carter lives too far away....

Is kidnapping your grandchild a crime?

I miss him already!

WHAT WAS I THINKING ??

I have had a few burlap coffee bags hanging around and I have been hunting around the thrift shops looking for something to recover. I saw this cute little stool and thought of making a "slipcover" with a ruffle that could be easily removed. In my mind it was adorable. And before I go any further, I will say that I have a degree in textiles and taught fashion design for many years - I consider myself an advanced sewer and can usually make anything I see - USUALLY! I started to cut apart one of the coffee bags...still imagining a cute little ruffly slipcover...

WHAT IS THIS???
An ugly, stiff, amateurish coffee bag thingy sitting on a footstool...

Well, back to square 1 and a traditional upholstered cover?
Still isn't what I imagined...

Maybe a burlap flower?

NO...The flower looks silly...so this is what I ended up with...Tomorrow I am off to the fabric store to buy some pretty fabric and start all over again!!

So...what to do with the other 2 coffee bags???

I say "HAVE A GIVEAWAY" because I am done imagining "cute little ruffly things" made from them!

If you would like these coffee bags...leave a comment, follow me, brag about it or tell me what your brilliant idea is for these burlap bags!

and stop laughing at me - that's mean!!

Spring Break

I'm off to Ohio to play with Carter:

No blogging for me for a whole week...

Wishing you all a Happy Easter...

I came home to a nice surprise....

My very talented friend Andrea, from Needle Notes sent me a package...a gift for no reason...a "just because" gift...the best kind! The card was hand made from a photo she took :

And this is what I found inside - what is it?

2 beautifully knitted scarves...just look at the detail:

And I have the perfect outfit to wear with the multi-colored scarf:

and another to match the black scarf:

They are so frilly and light weight. I love them...thanks Andrea, you are always so thoughtful! Go visit Needle Notes and look at some gorgeous quilts from a quilting show she recently visited.

Easy Truffles

You may have seen these before, but they are so good and easy to make that I thought it was worthy of a post today!

Here's an easy treat to make. Buy some Oreos or store brand similar cookies:

and some cream cheese:

and pull out your chopper or food processor:

Crush up your cookies so they look like this:

and then add the cream cheese and it will look like this:

Roll the mixture into balls, stick a pretzel into them and dip into melted chocolate:

mmmmmgood!

They will go on a tray with these Marshmallow Treats for our snack day at school tomorrow:

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A Sweet Treat

I was strolling through Walmart and found these:

and these:

So, I bought them and melted some chocolate:

and dipped the marshmallows into the chocolate and added a few sprinkles:

I put some into cute little polka dot paper liners:

and turned some into marshmallow pops:

with paper tags from Bakerella:

Just a quick idea for a sweet treat!
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Spring has Sprung in CNY

Finally, signs of spring:

These baby daffodils prove it!

More checks, of course, what else?

I ran into Goodwill to drop off a few things probably some things I bought there and found this pathetic enamel baking dish. I saw it a few weeks ago and loved the shape of it and knew what I could do with it, but I walked away. Today when it "called me over" I decided to buy it and paint it. I taped off the edge trim:

and painted it with white enamel spray paint and I am sure you know where I am going with this:

and I began to do some more "doodling":

I won't use this to cook in but it will be a cute accent piece!
And look at the cute placemats I found at The Christmas Tree Shop - only $1.00 ea:

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