Wishing everyone a peaceful night..

After the tragedy this week, I couldn't think of anything better than to wish everyone much

peace and comfort.

Just something simple.

It's a chipboard peace sign from Hobby Lobby,

a monogrammed letter

and some daisies with different colored middles.

I'm linking up to DebbieDoo's Newbie Party

again this week.  Great site, great host, great newbies!

I've missed joining in on so much

lately, but things are getting better by the day.

: )..

Keepin it simple..

Since my craft issues this past week, lol, I decided that I would keep it simple for the Newbie Party this week.  I've been in a mood for some flowers, using my burlap and thought that this would be a great solution for both.  This uses all recycled material.  I've had the burlap for a couple months.  I've had the ribbon for quite a while, as well as the flowers.  Add a recycled can from the other night, toss them all together, and voila.  My DebbieDoo's Newbie Party submission for the week.  : )..

Just keepin it simple this time.

Check out DebbieDoo's Newbie Party here..
Great host, great site, great newbies!

Drip! Drip! Drip!

Alrighty then.  Once again, my craft idea was spawned from..  Yup.  You guessed it.  My favorite thing, Pinterest.  I seriously need a Pintervention.  Seriously.  I went over 3GB on my unlimited iphone data plan this month, although part of it was on Pandora.  Lol.  I love Pinterest.  It's awesome.  Especially when I find ideas like this!  Voila!  Drip painted pots!  Awesome idea found here!  Love it.  : )..

And then I found this drip painted pot found here..

I really love the whole drip painted pottery craze.

: )..  Soo, I gathered my paint and my pots..

And gave it a shot.

It takes a little practice, a lot of patience,

steady hands and an understanding of how

to correctly drizzle the paint.

I tried doing the painted rainbow-ish color scheme

like the first picture, but it turned out as one huge pink and yellow

blob, mostly a yellow gooey mess.

I tried a red and white one, but needed to paint the lip

beforehand.  I recycled my lighthouse pots for this week's craft project,

which were white with a blue lip.

Then, after painting the lip black and the pot yellow,

I decided on a bumblebee drip painted color scheme.

You probably know me and my love of the darker colors.  : )..

I also love bright, contrasting looks too.

I finally got the hang of the drizzle, and kept

turning my pot while dribbling the paint down the sides,

starting at the base and working my way around.

Guess where I found the knowledge to paint it correctly.

Pinterest?  Nah.  My husband, Dutch.  Lol.

He discovered the whole gooey mess and gave me a few pointers.

Worked pretty well.  Have to give him some props, lol,

after all, he painted this all by himself with small, handheld

Preval misting spray bottles.

He built it all by himself a few years ago.

Guess he's pretty crafty too.

I'm linking up to DebbieDoo's Newbie party this week.

Great host!  Great site!  Great ideas!  Great newbies!
I'm also linking up to Barbe's Beez Rental Design's

link party this week as well.  : )..

Great blog parties!

Suhweet! : )..

I've noticed several people wearing something similar to a vest at ADT here lately.  They are super cute and I've been wondering where they are getting them.  Never really asked, but voila!  Cruising..  Pinterest.. of course..  (I do that a lot..  nah.. really.. a lot..  ask AT&T..  I went over 3 GB on my iphone unlimited data plan this month alone and I still have 4 more days left on the billing cycle..  Most of that time was spent on Pinterest..  wow..)  Lol..  However, it was time well spent, if you ask me!  Yay!  I ran across this Pinterest picture..

 Cute?  I agree..

 Super cute?  I know!

Find how to make this here..

 No Sew?  I'm in.

Mine still needs a little work

and I'm sorry for the crinkly

undershirt.  I'm in a time crunch

before heading out to work and had to

grab something.  It was actually folded, but

stuck in a drawer for a while.  Lol.

However, a few little adjustments,

turning some of the hem under,

and it will be just as cute as ever.

: )..

Soo, next time I see someone wearing

one of these cute little vests, I no longer

will have vest jealousy.  Ha!

I can make one!  Teehee!

I'm linking up to Debbie Doo's
newbie party today.  : )..
Great site, great ideas,
great host and great newbies!

Forgiving Pasta Salad.. : )..

Soo, after not having several key ingredients to several different meal choices, I finally decided to make a pasta salad.  It's been a while, I was making them quite a bit, back in the day.  : )..  I love pasta salad.  It's chocked full of veggies, cool on a hot summers day and very, very, very tasty.

If you've known me for a while, then you know I am sooo not the cook.  Dutch cooks a lot.  He's a great cook.  I'm, "past burning water".  Lol.  I'm not that bad.  But I really don't cook much, and the choices that I make are limited. 

Soo, I set out in the kitchen to gather what pasta salad supplies we had.  Rotini pasta.  Check.  Yellow squash.  Check.  Red onion.  Check.  Cucumber.  Check.  Green onions.  Check.  Regular onion.  Check.  And finally, the piece de'resistance, Artichokes.  Check!  Yay!  We are on a roll.  Those will work just fine.  Would have loved a few other things, maybe some olives or tomatoes, chunks of cheese, but by gosh!  I had a pretty good start.

Boiled my water, cooked my pasta, drained it and ran it under cool water.

Cut up all of my veggies.  Added some butter to a pan, sautee'd them for a little while to soften them up and give them a little extra yummy flavor.

Chopped and added my Artichokes.

Poured some Extra Virgin Olive Oil and some Balsamic Vinegar in, added some salt to taste and voila!

It all turned out really well.  I think pasta salad must be pretty forgiving, or pretty easy to make.  Lol.  Usually things that I make without a recipe at hand, don't turn out very well at all.  : )..  This one?  Was the exception to the rule.  Yummy!  Plus I have enough to take for lunch tomorrow.  Yay!

I'm linking back up to Debbie Doo's Newbie Party this week.  She's got a great site, she's a great host and she's got some great newbies stopping by!

Burlappin..

Soo, again, when I was working at the group home, I found this lovely little craft item on Pinterest.  Someone had a great idea to cover bricks with fabric to create bookends.  : )..  Hmm.  Great idea!

Here was my inspiration..

Found somewhere here,

sorry, they don't seem to have a very

user friendly, find a craft

menu..

And here is my version,

with a little suggestion from one of

the great ladies at JoAnn's

in Kansas City.

Oooh, that would really look

great with burlap!

(Second burlap craft,

and I am already starting

to dislike burlap.  Lol.

It comes apart too easily,

it's hard to manuever,

but I really do like the

look of the finished project,

soo, I'll stick with it for now.)

Voila!

I stenciled on my Fleur De Lis' prints,

because I have always loved them.

: )..

Not quite soo easy peasy this time.

And I itch.  Lol.

But, ha!  I beat the burlap and won.

I'm also linking up to DebbieDoo's

Newbie party once again this week.

She's got some crazy great ideas,

and some crazy talented newbies!

Update: I am also bringing this crafty
little project back around again,
linking up with SimplyKlassicHome's
linky party!  : )..

Another great website with some
great projects.  That
Chicken and Bacon Mac'n Cheese
really sounds delish!  Yummy!