~There’s A Baby In The Crib~

Yes…there’s a baby in the crib, but it isn’t Peyton. It’s a furry baby!! My daughter went into the nursery the other day to find her Siamese cat, Diesel,  in the crib.

The nursery is all done and ready for Peyton when he is born. Kim has a doctor’s appointment later today…can’t wait to hear if anything has changed since last week. I do know that if he isn’t born by next Tuesday…the doctor is going to induce labor sometime after that. I’ll keep you posted!!

We had such mild weather last week that I couldn’t decide if it was….

~Spring~

or still…

~Winter~

Definitely Winter!! After being 50 degrees on Sunday…the tempertures dropped like a rock and we got an inch of snow yesterday and it is lightly snowing again today. I still have a few snowmen out, but I’m so ready for Spring to come that I’m going to put the snowmen away. Hmmm….maybe that will make Spring come a little faster! Wishful thinking on my part…but it can’t hurt, can it? My luck…we’ll get a snowstorm! LOL…

Yesterday and today were good days to stay inside. I finished up all my tax stuff for the business and then did a little tweaking. I picked these signs up from the GW months ago and had never hung them up as I just wasn’t sure where to put them.

Well, I finally hung them up in my dining room…one on each wall that is on either side of opening between the kitchen and dining room.

For those of you that might not have followed my blog for very long…the goose peg-rack in the above picture is the first craft item that Mr. D and I made when I started doing craft shows back in the 80′s. We made and sold many of them…to the point that I thought I would never want see another goose item in my life. LOL.. But I have kept mine all these years as it is a very special piece to me. Afterall, it is the piece that started me on the path of my crafting  journey over 26 years ago.

If you look closely at the picture above…you can see one of my candles, that is on the opposite wall, reflecting in the glass. You can faintly see my quilt that hangs in the dining room too. I didn’t notice this until I had posted the photo.

I’ve been also working on a surprise, but I can’t share that just yet as the receiver of this gift reads my blog. I’ll be back in a few days…hopefully with baby news and some prim goodies to share. I’m also working on some items for a giveaway…so be sure to stop back by for a visit. Hope you all have a great week. Until next time….    blessings, Cindy

~Making Grubby Candles~

As you can tell by the title of my post…I’ve been busy making plain candles into grubby candles and I wanted to shared this project with all of you. I love how they turned out and it was so easy to do.

I found this product from DecoArt called Texture Fierro at my local craft store. It is a textured paste  and comes in different colors. I purchased the Iron Brown as I wanted that grubby look for my candles.

Then I gathered up some candles…

either battery operated ones~

or wax candles will work…I did up some of both.

And this is how I did it…

I used an old small paint brush…dabbed it into the texture paste and then dabbed it on the candles.  I let them dry completely and then added more texture paste in spots that needed it. You can put this on as thin or thick as you want. I did my first coat thick  and did the second coat thinner to touch up some places. It was as easy as that!!

(I do want to say that the wax candles I did are not ones that I plan on burning. I would not recommend doing this to a candle that you want to burn!!)

Here are what my finish candles look like…

the battery tea light~

the waxed pillar candle~

and the battery taper candle~

This was really a fun and easy project to do with great results. I also found that the texture paste comes in a crackle finish and I have some projects that I want to try it on. I’ll let you know how they turn out. Until next time…   blessings, Cindy

~Prim Country Show in Town~

There was a prim country show in town this past weekend…sure wish you all could have been there. If you love country decorating…you would of loved this show!!

My sister and I decided that we just had to go on Saturday, but we had to wait until around 1 pm to let all the fog that we had lift. I felt bad for the vendors as the crowd was not as they had hoped with our weather not being very good.

We both found some prim goodies. My sister purchased a prim doll and a picture of a log cabin home nestled in the woods…she thought it looked like how her home would have looked when it was first built back in 1861.  And we both got the same country decorating book…

~The Settlement by Jill Peterson~

Oh my….I can’t tell you how many times since Saturday that I have looked through this book. Over and over and over and over!!! Guess you figured out that I can’t put it down. LOL…  Here is a peek at a few of the pages…..

It is a keeper and a great book to add to my ever-growing collection of country decorating books.

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My new grandson, Peyton, has not arrived into the world yet. My daughter has a doctor’s appointment this afternoon…so we might know more then. I’ll keep you all posted. As I wait on pins & needles…I did a little on-line shopping and purchased some new primitive embroidery designs. I will be working on some new pillow tucks, ornies, and dish towels this week. Also will be working on some painted pieces. I’m so ready to get back to working on my creations after taking a month and a half off…and I can’t wait to share them with all of you.

Until next time…..       blessings, Cindy