Corners of my Home

Been slacking a bit this week. A wrench kind of got thrown into my schedule with STAR testing for the pea. Even though I hauled my computer down, the wifi at school was down so I had to just sit and wait. At least I had my Kindle on day two.

I feel bad that I missed Work Table Wednesday yesterday, but honestly I haven't been working on much I can share yet...



I DID manage to finish up a tiny project yesterday when I framed one of my art postcards in an up cycled frame that I painted white. It's from a stash of wood frames I scored at the Goodwill some time ago. I made a little "matt" from some vintage book pages. I think it's very cute hanging in this little area next to my coatrack under my "Blooms" sign. I am always drawn to things that say "bloom" as it is a play on our last name and I'd meaningful.

So I will leave you all with that this find Spring day. What are you up to?

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new from old

Hey all, I didn't intend to be gone this long between posts but its been a rough couple of weeks. I had been having chronic headaches for over 2 straight weeks and nothing seemed to be working to alleviate them. I went to the doctor after about a week and she couldn't find anything wrong so she prescribed Vicodin in hopes of "breaking" the headache and making it easier to control. The Vicodin didn't even touch the pain and just made it so I couldn't drive vs having pain and being able to go about my usual business.

I had an appt with my reg. doctor for a routine thing a few days later so I brought it up with her the following week. She still couldn't find anything wrong and prescribed a shot of Toradol to "break" the headache. In addition she asked me to cut back on my caffeine :( and doubled the dose of Amitriptyline I take each night.

Well, the shot didn't work but about 3 days after my visit I woke up to NO HEADACHE.. its not been 4 days with no headache so something is working. I am easing back onto a little more caffeine (I really like my iced tea) and trying to be very conscious of not straining my eyes with too much computer/ TV/ reading. I am still kind of holding my breath that they will not come back like they were.

One day I was talking to some woman who said she had NEVER had an headache. I was stunned, I still can't even believe that is possible. I have always had headaches as part of my life so I am kind of used to it but that possibility just floored me.

In other news, I was just kind of putzing around yesterday and decided to make over our dining table. Its a wood hand me down from when we redid the living/ dining room. It was kind of just a boring wood color with nothing remarkable about it so I painted it white. In the course of the last year kids have gotten it painty/ marker marked and scratched for crafts and such so I was going to just repaint it a creamy white using my Chalk Paint. Alas, my vintage white paint can has gone missing so my hub suggested I use what was left of the turquoisey blue I used on my buffet and just paint the top. So I did!!

I sanded it down to distress it a bit and then waxed the top. I really like how it looks so does the family. This isn't the greatest picture because its a little dark but you can get an idea of how it looks. The best thing about it is that I can show off my vintage linens and doilies and stuff much better on it than a white table.

Sometimes, its just the simple things that can make all the difference... plus it was FREE!

Portals #7 off to print

Portals 7 went off to the printer today so we will begin shipping next week. I am so excited and relieved to have that taken care of. I have so many little dangley bits of projects unfinished that I am happy to tie up another one.

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old and new

This cabinet now sits on our mantle. It is an antique I kind of inherited from my grandma through my Dad. I am not really sure it fits whatever "style" we have going on in our house. I guess its sort of "eclectic toddler chic", though I have cropped out the toys in this shot. We recently reclaimed this treasure from the depths of storage ( aka our garage) probably just in the nick of time for if it had been out there much longer it probably would have been lost for good. Its been hard to get a good shot with all the glass which needs ANOTHER cleaning. It remains empty so far but I hope to eventually fill it with some special artwork from friends and maybe myself. It is currently adorned with the banner I received from Syd in our Heart to Heart swap through the Fiber ATC yahoo group. I was so thrilled to get her banner as I love the quirky and playful colors and fabrics.

LOL... I just opened my computer to find that I had forgotten to push the PUBLISH button last night after blogging. Guess I was kind of tired from my hours on Photoshop! Have a great day!