Fall break and work on the tiny house

The drive down we saw smoke in the distance. I so wanted to drive over and see what it was :). I didn't.


On our drive we followed Peanut trucks, apple trucks and tomato farms. I really should take pictures of the tomato farms. Very impressive.





First day here.. Drove down Monday. Went to the beach Monday night and tonight.














Today was a drive to Pensacola to go to Builders Mart Outlet. Ok tile however sold in pallets $570 for 500sq foot)


We would need to get three pallets just to be sure (and as you can see it was sand color - not first choice).

Local to FWB was $1.78 sq foot driftwood style wood plank look tile. I bought it. Now I have to find a tile guy :)


Also bought paint for ceiling (5 gallon) and for the trim (5 gallons) and 5 gallons of Killz. We were debating the wall color so got three samples. Now I know what we want after painting swaths three places in the living room, two in the hallway, one in the bedroom and in each bathroom. Also having a tile to compare the paints with in the store too was great. Glad I did all this as the paints look different in both baths and the one I would have chosen was toooo grey.

After all that I looked at cabinets and priced those....this is gonna cost us..sigh. Oh well, only money, right? I think I'm going to go with the surpluses place I got the tile from.





Found a boob (butt) pumpkin too ;) should have bought it ;)

Also managed to take down all the fixtures from the ceiling tonight too AND take a trip to the beach :) bonus!!











We weren't as early today, however we did get there in time for a BIG moon and a bit of pink sky ;)

Tomorrow is contractors (three to interview) and painting ceiling and a lunch date with a friend from out time stationed in Italy.

Scrapbook steals day two

Party favor from the event (blanket)





Correction from yesterday's post it's NOT Project life, it is Simple Stories Snap Album.

Today was prizes and open crop. I have done some cards with all of the "extra" paper and stickers from projects.







(Looks green!! The table cloth is white so the color is off!!)

Scrapbook Steals Retreat 2014

The sales area


The seating area


Our gift bag had the following:
Nice slice bag


Box punch board


Odds and ends








Thick pad of paper


And then the boas came out





Added support!



Then we got down to business:
Project number one:


Packet for project number two is a LARGE pack of Project Life











I will have to share this one when it's done with pictures. 12 pages when done.


Next project:


A little fun with the props :)


The next project was to do something you've never done with this packet.... And I did nothing with it. I finished the LARGE Project Life package


Last project of the day:



Ok and with that it's dinner and open crop for the duration.

One decision made!!

The stove has been purchased. :) it's on layaway with Sears until the cabinets and flooring are done (not In that order)

Why white? The current fridge is white, the cabinets will be white, the dishwasher will be white...so why not the last appliance as well, right? And it also saves a bit of cash that way too.

Drop leaf table

It all started on July 10th. (http://donnasworddoodles.blogspot.com/2014/07/i-in-love.html).


And today I'm DONE!!


Who could resist a price like that? AND I got it $20 less than that!


After digging into it I found it's not original, however was quite old. It's veneer, however it made me less fearful of doing JUST what I wanted with it!!

So I sanded the top...


Restrained it....


Then painted the bottom....


And painted the chairs!!








And as of today they are all done. Yes, I know there are only five...that's thrift store life. I have a few "extras" around that will fit in just fine.


Ah, I'm so loving this table and chair!!