Making the shopping rounds - attn: fellow Oregonians!
At the risk of being shunned - I don't do Black Friday.*awaits the hail of thrown objects, gasps and exclamations*..........Okay. Got that over with. :)If you've read my blog for very long you know I make most everything I give. What I don't make, I buy from other artists via etsy or I buy semi-locally. I don't really live near to anywhere so what seems close by to me will not seem that way to others. :)Let's take a tour of some of my favorites! I hit all these places on Monday and had fun snapping photos to share with you. If you live in the Portland-Metro or state capital area of Oregon you should give these places

A bazaar day
The last bazaar of the season and all through the elementary school gymnasium, not a creature was stirring, not even a...customer. But my table looked shabby chic fabulous! I started with a vintage linen tablecloth I inherited from a great aunt. Displayed my earrings on an

Let's DO be silly
"Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious."~Brendan GillIt's Living Lovely time again at Mt. Hope Chronicles!If you really want to know how silly I am, I could tell you about the dream I had the other night in which a stegosaurus needed a brain transplant and my hand with thumb up and index finger out and me making "pew!" noises could be used to shoot the bad guys (I will blame Real Men, the 1987 movie, for that one - now that is a silly movie if you're looking for one).But lest I frig

Thinking outside the box for home accessories
Who says that just because an item is meant to be for one thing, that it can't be used for another?This carafe and glass set I found at Goodwill for $3.99. A couple rounds through the dishwasher (yes, two. You can roll your eyes at me if you want.) and it went into my bathroom and now holds my mouthwash.Before I put the original bottle in the recycling I filled the cap to the marked li

A trash receptacle made from trash? Whoa...
This project almost ended up a Craft Fail!I tell you this went together SO easily in my mind. My friend Karen asked me to make her a little trash box out of an old, empty laundry box. Love the idea! It's nice and big AND it's all nicely scented for you AND it's free because you're reusing/recycling.(I've been working on this project so long I took this photo at the last house I was house-sitting at!)