Raggedy Old Annies

vintage tin trays.....

a blog that I check daily.......a really GREAT photographer........an wonderful gal all around posted some pictures a while back of her scrapbook/office room. TO DIE FOR! She had hung up vintage tin trays for magnets. Brilliant! I've had 3 of them stashed away for months now. Found them at a thrift store, too cheap to pass up. But have yet to use them! Well now i have.

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Just thought I'd share. Love seeing how people decorate! If you didn't click on the link to her Scrapbook/Office room....do it now HERE! You won't be sorry! Karen KNOWS how to decorate! And save it, check back often! She has a wonderful life and I love reading about it every day!!!!! Beautiful inside and out! And her children are too!

bye for today!

To sell...or not sell???

That is my question of the day...or better yet the weekend...because I took these pictures on Friday...with the intent of putting them on my website to sell.

Actually...I think I'm pretty decided on the first one....I do intend to put that one on my website...but the 2nd one...hmmm I'm undecided! I'm re-doing our guest room and taking out the full bed and putting in a twin, so I think it just might fit!

Glitter and Grunge had the drawing for the winners of the DOOR PRIZES! Hop on over there to see who won! Lucky girls!

The other day, Heidi of  EveryDay Cookies at Woodruff Acres had a post where she was giving away those cool paper bag photo albums....already sewn and holes punched! I commented....how sweet it was of her and she sent me some! OMG! Very sweet of her! I've made some of these for a friend of mine for her BoyScout troop...and the sewing wasn't bad, but the punching holes...hmmm...that was not fun! And look how cute she wrapped them up! And a bingo card too!!!!

On Sunday, my sons All Star team had their party! What fun it was! It was a pool party...and this backyard was to DIE FOR! I have never seen anything like it! HUGE rock slide, actually the whole backside of the pool was a rock landscape including lots of waterfalls! I took this fun picture of my hubby (who claims I NEVER talk about him on here) and my son. What an awesome picture!

Mark had no intentions of going in the pool...but after a few beers...he was easily talked into it! And well...speaking of being talked into something! They also had a jacuzzi that had more rock waterfalls...and I guess the kids like jumping off from them into the jacuzzi....I'm told it's a deeper jacuzzi...but NOT deep enough, because Christopher was talked into jumping off of it..and well...let's just say INJURY!I guess he hit the bottom..big toe first! Ouch! Don't click on the pic to upsize it if you don't like icky bloody pics! Christopher will be so mad if he even knew I showed you this! He's very embarrased!

I wrapped the coaches gifts up sooo cute!

I think that is enough for today! Off to get some real work done now......like heading to the grocery store! I'm all out of Diet Pepsi and the day just CANNOT go on without it! Listen up Missy...make sure  you have lots and lots there waiting for me! Only 15 more days! Oh and go peek at her blog! Cute pic from her show Saturday night!

I feel LUCKY today.....

Yes, I do feel lucky even though it's Friday the 13th! Maybe I shouldn't talk too soon though! Christopher had a doc appt this morning, so after that we went to some Thrift stores...me in search of Vintage Pillow Cases! I did find a couple....and a cute top sheet too! But what I really love is this cool umbrella that I found!

Isn't it sooo cute??? I'm doing the rain dance now so I can use it! Christopher already told me that I am not allowed to use it walking him into school!LOLOL Oh...and did I mention that I only paid 50 cents for it!!!!! What a deal! I think I only spent about $5 bucks total between the 2 stores I went to today. Here is a pic of my stash.

There is some cool old wrapping paper, the umbrella is there in it's cool case, then some pillow cases and a top sheet, then a bunch of lace and some zippers for Missy!

Have a GREAT weekend everyone!

Glitter "Mine"

LOOK at what I found!!! I popped into one of my favorite Thrift Stores today and snatched these up!!! What GREAT colors! I am sooo tickled to have found these. The gal that works at the store said she bought some when they first came in...how dare her! I want them! I cannot wait to use them....I hope I use them! I have this bad habit of hanging on to my "favorite" stuff afraid of using it, afraid I'll never find it again!

So my "local" girlfriends and I have started knitting. That is something that I have never done...never learned. I have to say it's quite relaxing. Don't know if I'll ever make anything from it, but it is really nice to sit down and knit. It was really funny....because here I am the "crafty" one of the bunch...and I couldn't get it!!!! I was having so much trouble...and they were all knitting away...and kept having to help me! LOLOL !!!!! Look at this cute basket cover that I made for this cute lil red basket. Great to hold all my knitting stuff!

Expect to see alot of dolls in the coming weeks...I NEED to work really hard!!!! My washing machine just died!!!!! We've been having alot of problems with it for months now....and it will not spin the loads....and we'd have to jiggle the handle..push in on it a little here and there...and well....it just WILL NOT SPIN now! It's older than my son and he's to be 10 in April....so I guess it's time! And well...since my washers and dryers keep breaking opposite of each other...I've NEVER had a matching set...and they are that bone color...or I think "bisquit" is the proper name now! So.... I have decided that I am buying a matching set! I wanted to....then talked myself out of it but while searching for one that would match my dryer...well.....hmmmm not much choice! So hubby said...do it...get what you want! So I'm getting WHITE front loading ones....without the pedestals because I want to put a counter top over them for a work space and  well...to fold the laundry too! I'm excited to finally get a new set...but HATE spending money! I am not a spender!!!! It totally FREAKS and STRESSES me out!

Oh and my Photography class is going well!!! Alot more than I ever expected it would be! Still a wee bit overwhelmed!!!!

Don't forget Glitter & Grunge on the 1st! I'll post a link when it updates! I'm working on some dolls for it!

Nighty Night for now!!!!!