HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! New items at "The Spare Room"

Happy New Year everyone!  2011 brought so many gifts especially with a new son in law and my Jim!!!!

I have been busy creating new items for the vintage shop in Everett just across from Comcast Arena. Such as this red table that I call "Redbarn Sweetheart Table"

The picture doesn't really show the true red colors.....it doesn't show the real tones. This picture makes it look like it has brown tones, but it does not.

Here are some new frameables that were created..... I love doing the lettering!!!!!!

A large canvas.....

Then there is the an old screen that I did up.....

This is just a start to the New Year!!!!  Come visit "The Spare Room"!!!!! There's lots of really good stuff there!

2011 Christmas loves

This holiday season comes with such blessings for me.  Jim entered my life and has been nothing but a blessing! We are such a great pair as we have so much in common.  I love the little gingerbread ornaments that he made.  He calls them, "The Unfortunate Gingerbread Men"....take a peak....

Aren't they cute?  They are handmade leather products that he hand tools.

Here's a closeup of my large main tree. 

 I have a thing for gold lights and old looking ornaments.  Here's the mini-trees.....

and this one......

The mini trees are nestled by the fireplace....ahhhhhh.........

One of my fun things to adapt are old windows and old window screens..... The one below here is a "Faith" screen.

This is a coffee table that is down at "The Spare Room" in Everett.

Here are my old fashioned vintage candy canes....

Hope you are enjoying this Christmas season!  Take time to enjoy the beauty of it all!

2011 Fall Holiday items at "The Spare Room"

Fall items are in at "The Spare Room" right down on Hewitt Avenue in downtown Everett just across from Comcast Arena. Its been awhile since I've updated my blogspot...trying to balance my regular job, teaching Zumba, and spending time with my fantastic man has certainly been a challenge with updates!  Add that to computer problems....but here I am getting back to the swing of things again!  Come take a peak!

Brick colored shabby window Table, Table Runners,

Placemats, Pumpkin Screen, Grandma's "Coffee" table

Business has been on hold all summer!

It's been a summer of studying for my PMP (Project Management Professional) exam, following the marriage of my daughter, Natalie to a great guy, Jordan. 

Then there was my meeting of Jim... a wonderful man of integrity who treats me like a queen!  He's an instructor for Project Managers.  Smart, witty..... I am smitten!

Business will be back on course when I finish my exam.  It's been "full speed ahead" since late spring. Can't wait to be done with the test and get back to doing two things I love...Zumba instruction and shabby chic furniture!  I will keep you posted!

House Blend Summer Plans and Updates!

Summertime is here and it's been awhile since I have taken the time to make updates on this page. My daughter is married now and it was a beautiful wedding.

The Wedding

                                                  Natalie and Jordan just before the ceremony

                                                  Natalie and I just before the ceremony

Fitting into God's plans....(rather than Him fitting into my plans)

After the wedding, I began hitting the Project Management Certification studies hard again, (PMP) and also took some time to seek the Lord again as to what HIS will was with all that I have been involved in. I take my relationship with the Lord very seriously and want to make the best use of my time....so I have dialed back on some involvement in activities that either weren't productive or weren't seeming to line up with God's plan. God has a perfect will and a permissive will. I want the perfect will of God.  For so many years I have let Him ride in the backseat while I have driven.  He's a much better driver than I!!!!

What's going on with the "Arts"?

Well, we have begun to get some plans together for an August or September improv and music fest. (More details to come).  I've sized down my booth at "The Spare Room" in Everett to be able to save a little money and to slim down the responsibility of what I have to showcase each month. AHHHHH....much relief!!!! I have done a little singing as of lately (like old times), and will likely be doing some of that and my Zumba stuff...(okay...it's not really an art....but it all fits in my world of performing and music).

What are your summer plans and how do they line up with God's plan as you serve Him?

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A Glimmer of Hope

There are those things in life that grab your attention...like the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.  It makes me realize how petty I am about some things and causes me to look at re-prioritizing my life.

We're all caught up in our own little world and forget that there is a world around us who need a glimmer of hope.  What hope can I offer the people I'm around today?  How can I put Sue aside and look for a higher agenda?

"The Patty Room"

I want to make people feel comfortable when I visit with them.  So.... I put my guest bedroom together recently....and Patty adopted it.  Sorry Patty, I'm not sure that I will really call it that, but for now, it sufices.  Here's the pictures.

 

I have a lot of reorganizing to do in my new place, but it looks like I'll be there sometime in April =)

Inconvenienced and Latest Projects! (Time to catch up)

Well....been a little busy....so just getting back into the swing of things.

Saw this post on Facebook and I thought it was appropriate for what I see going on in our world....I don't know who wrote it....

"Truth, though not being rejected, is being twisted and mutilated to custom fit a generation that doesn't necessarily desire to be godless, but rather a generation that seeks a god that makes them feel good about themselves regardless of their behaviors or beliefs. The "truth" has become nothing more than a clever lie, designed to seduce and trap a generation that doesn't want to be inconvenienced."

Life is inconvienient....people are inconvienient...and certainly obedience of servanthood is inconvenient.

"If you want to be great in God's kingdom, learn to be the servant of all."

Check out this video....it'll make you think next time you feel "inconvenienced"......great reminder for me when I begin living in my selfish little world....

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1566836164169&comments&ref=nf





My home projects I've been working on.....

Vintage Kitchen Mini-Island:

Yep..it's a converted ol' dresser.... I added a top and now it's my breakfast bar for that needed extra storage!

 Here's more pictures of it....

and....

Then I re-did an old dresser with vintage engineering documents and brown and black accents for the Master Bedroom....

Vintage Antique Dresser:

So much room in this well-built dresser.   I have some touch ups to finish and a handle or two to replace, but it's almost there.

Until next time.....Blessings!