Valentine Treats for My Furry Friends

I just finished baking the last batch of cookies for the furry frends in my life (Pumpkin/Cinnamon). Now, I'm going to make some great big, fattening cake pops for me ! Yes! 

Tommy's Birthday Dishes

Tomorrow is Tommy's birthday-he will be as old as I am :-) I was looking for dishes that were masculine and beachy for his birthday dishes.  I brought them home, used the glass paint pen to add the sloppy lettering :-/, baked the lettering on and here you have it:  

Happy Plenty-ninth Birthday, Tommy!

All You Need Is Love

Wow-I am really a blog slacker :-/ Anyhoo...today while I was cleaning house, catching up on laundry, writing a proposal and preparing meals for the week, I decided to finish up this sign:

This is an old test sign I did when I was trying out a different way to do checks.

When I turned around to clean my paint brush, there was this chair that I was waiting to "speak to me". Not sure what language it's speaking but hopefully I'll learn it. This one might take a while.

We'll see.

Betty's Box

I made this box for a very sweet woman who is beginning a new life. Good luck to you Betty! You'll be missed!  

Can you tell I paint at this desk ??

Uh yeah... I may have an addiction to harlequin patterns...

I love this saying

I made a chalkboard paint "label"

Fabric Pumpkins

I decided to try out this tutorial from Fiskars for fabric pumpkins and I really like it :-) I may try some in orange fabric this week :-) 

If Irene is headed your way...

Hopefully Irene will wobble and go East again. *Wishful thinking* But just in case:

Be Prepared!

Have all of your important papers (insurance, id's, cash) in a Ziploc baggie. If you must evacuate-duct tape the Ziploc Baggie to your body! This will serve two purposes. You will not lay your important papers and cash down anywhere and forget them AND you will get rid of some unwanted body hair :-) You're welcome.

Remember most shelters don't provide food and bedding and most shelters do not allow pets. They do allow kids but don't provide childcare. Go figure!

Please remember to have emergency kits ready for your pets - ID's, vaccination records, medications, food, leashes and collars. Oh yeah-same for your kids - sans the collars.

If you decide to shelter at home (which we normally do) remember emergency crews will more than likely not be able to get to you. It's a good idea to have first aid supplies on hand.  We use alot of first aid supplies when we're sheltering at home.

When Isabel came through here and the Husband and I were cooped up for 8 days with no electricity there was chain saw juggling, arm wrestling over the last two ice cubes and a few bite marks from the dogs whose nerves we were plucking :-)

It's a good idea to have some board games and a deck of cards in your emergency supplies.  

Lane End Table

As I said in my previous post, I am trying to get some of the many projects I have started ...done. I am almost done with this end table.

Edit to add: Thank you for the suggestions!

Here's where I am so far:

Before:

During:



Almost done :-)

I'll be at these parties this week: