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June 28, 2011

Summer kraziness

I am so sorry I have not blogged that much this summer.  I have been working on lots of things.  However I don't know how interesting they might be.  I have three major things I am doing:

 I built this garden box.  I planted pumpkins and they sat in my window sill until this box was finished.
 They finally are in the ground.
I built a garden box to grow pumpkins for my kids for Halloween.  I am so excited. I hope to update my growth on this blog.  It has been two weeks since I put them in the ground and they are not dead.  Wish me luck!

Next I am working with the local paper in my area developing coupon workshops.  I am really excited about this.

And last I have a lot a genealogy to retype.  I lost all my stuff on my old computer when it crashed.  Over 3000 names. Yikes!  My fingers are going to be tired.  At least I have most of it on hard copies.  I need to have family names ready for my teenager to do baptisms in Sept when the youth go to the Houston Temple.
Hope you are having a good summer so far. Stay cool!

June 15, 2011

Super easy Bling hangers

I needed a place to put my necklaces. Cramming them in a box was just tangling them.  So I made these.  They were really easy. I bought a 24 X 2 board cut in half.  I painted one pink (that one was for the girls stuff) then sprayed with a clear coat paint.  Put the picture hangers on the back.  Then the cup hooks. Super easy right. 

 
Now I was informed by my 4 year old that she needed stuff on ever hook.  Oops! I created a monster I think. 

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June 14, 2011

It is summer and my blooms are all gone !


The summer is here in TX and my flowers seem to be disappearing. I took these pictures in May.  I have one still in bloom but all the rest are not.  Do they only make one flower. 
That really sucks.  I posted these because I am jealous of the blogs that I looked at today and yesterday that have beautiful flowers in there garden.  Go checkout  http://justanotherhangup.blogspot.com/2011/06/bloomin-tuesday.html and http://cvquiltworks.blogspot.com/2011/06/beautiful-day-in-my-garden.html .

I liked this group shot. Red, White & Blue. Summer comes too fast here.
I think this picture is upside down. oops!

June 13, 2011

4th of July banner

 I have not made any banners lately.  I had to make one.  This is my fourth of July banner. 
 I made the liberty bell, and uncle sam hat.
 This is my favorite. 
We round the last two are lady libertys torch, and a fire cracker.  This is a great holiday that well I love to watch the fire works dont you.  My family will be going over to the George Bush Sr. Library to watch the fireworks this year I am excited.  To see other holiday banner go to the side bar and click on banners.  Enjoy.

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http://www.everydaytastes.com
http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
http://firefliesandjellybeans.blogspot.com

June 6, 2011

A ribbon rack for me

I wanted my own ribbon rack.  With my husbands help, this is how I did it.  First I bought a couple of boards from Lowe's. 
I had them cut 1 x 4 x 27 x 2 sides
1 x 4 x 21 top center
1/2 x 2 x 21 bottom center
4 wooden dowels 3/8 x 28
Dremel
finishing nails
picture hangers
I traced a pattern from a gun rack I found online, on to my boards.

 This is where my awesome husband comes in.  He cut out the pattern on the three boards.  I am a little scared of big power tools.
 The don't match very well but it is hard to get them traced the same.  I then took my dremel and sanded the heck out of the boards to make them smooth.
 I marked were I wanted the top and bottom boards to go then I hammered them together with two finishing nails on each side board.  I am not scared of a hammer.  You do this with the top and bottom.
This is how it looked all put together. Of course I learned fast that if you put the picture hangers on the top board before you nail them to the sides it helps. 

These are my ribbons.  I put it up higher on the wall than I care for but it works.  It is at least level. Does it look awesome or what?

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June 1, 2011

Beauty among thorns

 In my neighbors rose bush we found this nest with robin eggs.
I had to run home and get my camera.  I thought is was so cool to find something so beautiful living in a rose bush.  I know roses are beautiful.  But the thorns you would think would keep out anything right?  Well guess again. 

A few days later however when I went back to see the progress.  The nest was empty.  I guess we bothered the mom so she found a new home.  I felt fortunate to get these great pictures before mommy bird left for a new home.