Sunday, July 25, 2010

Candlesticks and Construction

 

Sister # 4 went antiquing for me last week.  She called to tell me she had found a set of three large candlesticks at an antique mall close to her. I have four now, but I wanted to add some more to the mix.  She went after work and grabbed them up for me and even got a discount!!!  I don’t have them yet, but she sent me photographs.

 

They are some type of heavy plaster.

 

The largest one is a whopping 29” tall.

 

Are these bases incredible or what?

As Paula Deen says, “I can’t hardly wait”…to get them here!

Thank you, Janna!

 

I am joining the  linky parties at “Southern Hospitality” and “Coastal Charm”.

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This next project is going to the parties at “Between Naps On The Porch”

and “Underneath The Table & Dreaming”.

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I showed you this pretty piece of decorative crown molding a few days ago.

A few of you tried to guess what it was going to be,

but no one got it exactly right.

 

Don’t laugh at my construction!  I used  bits and pieces of wood we had on hand.

And, the wood we had on hand was not the perfect pieces!

But,  I made it work.

 

The hardest part of this project was cutting the pieces to fit the contour of the ends.

Can you tell what it is yet?

 

It is upside down here.  The crown molding will hide those odd pieces at the top.
 
  

G-Man doesn’t like the fact that I love power tools so much.

He always wants me to tell him when I am using them.

It makes him nervous!   : - )

 

Yep, that’s me and my b-o-b (big ole boo-tay)

and my trembling arms trying it on for size.

 

As you can tell by now it’s a bed crown and I will show you the end results soon.

Rhonda

Friday, July 23, 2010

Pink Saturday

My first item today is this cute pink button from the blog “Tools are for Women Too.”

 

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Rory is having a party where bloggers post up to five items that are for sale in their online stores.  What a fun and generous idea.  Can you say FREE ADVERTISING???   You can bet my five items are up there.  ( #670 - 674…wink! )

It is also a great opportunity for non sellers and sellers alike to see what other bloggers are selling.  I did some shopping while I was there.  

Here is the email that I received.

“Just a note to let everyone know that the Times Are Tough Thursday - CIJ Edtion link party is up and running.  It will continue until Sunday at midnight.
Last week was an incredible success.  We had over 500 links posted with several Etsy Store Owners reporting sales. 
This week's party is open to everyone, including sellers and non-sellers.
I realize that July can be a very tough time for a lot of you, so I have increased the number of items you can post to 5.  Let's pull out all the stops and make this party a success.  Let's create more traffic, more followers, more hearts, more links, and more sales for everyone.
Please remember to invite your friends and help get the word out.
Thank you for your support.”
Rory

The party is over at midnight Sunday night so hurry over and check it out!   Don’t forget to enter the giveaways.

These next ‘pinks’ are some of the sale items that are posted there.

 

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                     #669                                                 #641                                          #596

 

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                     #551                                           #528                                                #510 

 

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                       #505                                               #475                                            #362

 

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                         #326                                               #319                                          #240

 

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                       #217                                              #162                                             #154

 

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                            #9                                                #16                                            #672

 

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                           #735                                            #676                                           #670

 

Happy Pink Saturday and thanks to our gracious hostess Beverly of “How Sweet the Sound”.  There is soooo much pink to see at her place.

Rhonda