Our Fun Life!

Giddy Up!

When I get really excited I sometimes say "giddy up" LOL. My friend Candy sent me this funny stamp. I found three of these wooden crate things at the thrift store~ perfect for my wooden stamps. I might paint them someday...probably orange!

Buttons Galore

Buttons are fun. I even cut them off of ruined clothes before I toss them in the trash. Here you can see a few thrifted white glass pieces I got for maybe $1 each! Yippee!! I like white since it will always match whatever color scheme I have going.

Knitting

I feel like a dork. Here is this half made scarf and it is three times as wide as it should be and I don't have the guts to tear it apart and start over. Not sure what to do with it. Cat blanket? Knitted bag? Ideas?

Thrifted Candy Dish

I got this English made silver candy dish from Goodwill for I think $2. Been working on a little stitched wall hanging...maybe I'll have it done by Christmas LOL

Tissue Paper Flowers

When I was about seven years old I used to ride my bike over to my friends house. In the corner of her bedroom was a bouquet of paper flowers. I always wondered where she found sheets of paper that large. I don't remember ever visiting a craft store when I was young so I had no idea tissue paper was a regular crafting item.
A couple weeks ago I thought about those paper flowers and decided to make some. Helen and I stopped at Jerry's Artarama, picked up several colors of the largest sheets we could find and played like we were seven for a couple hours...fun!

Pom Pom Love

Leaving my few crystal pieces hidden away is a waste. I am slowly unpacking things that I forgot that I had and am using them for fun. I figure I can always dump out the crafty goodies and use them for food or candies when needed. Besides who can resist sparkly pom poms?

Handblown Glass Ball

From the NYC Botanical Gardens gift shop~ this one hangs in front of the window over my orange thrift desk

Studio- felted flowers

When I spy something inspiring and it's the right price, I snatch it up. That is what happened when I spied these yummy felted flowers at Panopolie~ one of my favorite crafty spots. I couldn't resist the hot pink and orange colors.
I put them in a 3-tiered wire basket I got a long time ago at a local farmer's market. Some of my kitchen stuff has found a home in my studio. Fun!

Toothpicks rock

Flat toothpick rock...I use a billion of them to smear on E6000, for clearing dried paint from the top of the lids, cleaning dust from crevices, etc. So I opened a new box the other day and put them in one of my cute paper bowls. As I was cleaning off my table, I had two cut out pictures of Gidget (love to catch her mid yawn) and I shoved them into the toothpick bowl so they wouldn't get thrown out by accident. Later I went to get a toothpick and started to laugh at how goofy it looked so I added a felted flower to match her tongue and it now sits next to whatever I am working on and makes me smile. She is such a cutie pie!