Fun Finds Friday - I'm SEW Happy!

I really needed to work on my long neglected house this Friday.  Every room is currently eligible to be declared a disaster area!  Between the everyday living, the two-four nights a week after work grand baby sitting and playing too much on weekends, things have gotten OUT OF CONTROL!  I needed to stay away from garage sales, estate sales..any type of sale.

 But as I started working on my bedroom and cleaning out drawers, I suddenly felt overwhelmed by how much there is to do, so I did the logical thing!  I ran out the door as fast as I could, made a brief stop at the RaceTrac for my favorite fountain diet coke and hit a couple garage sales!

And, I'm so glad I did!  Look what I would have missed out on if I hadn't sacrificed cleanliness and organization for fun finds!  A clean, organized house is so overrated.

This beauty was only $20.  Isn't she gorgeous?  She has some veneer issues and a drawer that has lost some of it's decor, but I can see beyond the outward and straight into her gorgeous soul.

She is going to have a good home in my new vintage sewing room that I am working on.  I saw another awesome cabinet (her twin) on Pinterest recently that was painted and aged.  It was so gorgeous.  I'm trying to decide whether or not to attempt a transformation, or let the old girl age gracefully.  Kind of like the same struggle I'm having with whether or not to dye my hair or age gracefully.

What do you think......on both counts????

Linking to:

Sew Many Ways       

Creative Bloggers Blog Hop (Homemaker on a Dime)

Craftomanic Mondays                

Motivate Me Monday

Junkin' Joe's Friday            

Weekend Wrap Up at Tatertots and Jello

Shabbilicious Friday

Elizabeth & Co

Fun Finds Friday

Wow!  It's been forever since I've posted Fun Finds Friday!  (If you are following me, you will note that a bunch of posts were removed after February.  Sorry about that!  I had an oopsie on the computer and I'm too lazy to go back and rebuild!)

I had a marvelous thrifting day, in spite of the fact that I actually had to go into work today for part of the day!  With finds like these, maybe I should make working on Fridays a habit!

I found most of these treasures at the same yard sale and at awesome prices!

Here's a little closer look at my finds:

I'm a sucker for old shoe forms.  I haven't figured out what I am going to do with them yet, but they always look awesome in vignettes and shelf displays.

I got both of these old sewing drawers for $2.  I love these.  They will be cute in either the sewing room I plan on creating from one of my kid's now vacant rooms or as more vignettes.  I like that word...vignette, vignette, vignette.....

That WordSearch game in the back was practically free!  It is FILLED with very vintage looking rounded wood letters.  Kind of like round scrabble tiles.

Is this old clipboard TO DIE FOR?????  And, get a load of the price!  I have plans for this that I think are awesome.  More to come on that!

Lastly, I love old insulators - especially pretty blue ones that are only .50!  They are also awesome for......join me in saying "vignettes!"  I'm not sure why I got the old stein, but it looked antiquey (if that's a word) and if nothing else, I thought I might have luck on ebay with it.  I also got the old fan for $1.  It doesn't work, but the Cowboy is pretty hand with electrical repairs, and look at that original turquoise color!

I think I made a killing today!  And I think there are a few of you having murderous thoughts of jealousy at my great finds!

Happy Friday!

Linking to:

Junkin' Joes (The Cottage Market)        Homemaker on a Dime (Creative Bloggers)

The Vintage Farmhouse                        Sugar Bee Crafts

Sew Many Ways                                   Chef-in-Training Tuesday Talent

Elizabeth & Co Be Insipired           Primp - Primp Your Stuff

Whatever Goes Wednesday - Someday Crafts

Shabbilicious Friday                                Let's Pour Tea

Cowboy Christmas

It's February 10th, and I'm just getting around to posting about Christmas.  All my good intentions of blogging more frequently, posting more projects and linking to more parties has kind of flown the coop.  But I keep hoping I'll find and make time!  Hang in there!  I have some great projects on the way.

We don't tend to have traditional Christmases around our little farm.  We did have the traditional Christmas Dinner (any excuse for stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy!)  While it was in the oven and while we were waiting for my oldest son's family to arrive, the Cowboy and my two youngest decided to go "mudding" around the pond.  It had been a rainy week and we needed facials.  It looks like it will be the start of a fun, new family tradition!

And, I can't resist including a little pic of Brodee :-)

FUN at Work

I’m guessing that most of us, given the choice, would not work outside the home. (It takes away too much time that we would rather devote to all the home improvement projects and crafts we want to do!) But, if you have to work, Southwest isn’t a bad way to go!

One of Southwest’s philosophies is to have FUN in the workplace. Things were starting to get us down a little in Customer Relations, and we’ve had such an explosion of growth, that it was difficult to find your co-workers in the maze of cubicles. So, in the Spirit of Southwest, we decided to address the problem by giving our rows street names. Just naming our rows would never be enough for Southwest, so it grew into a row naming and decorating contest. It would encourage Teambuilding, help others find us and, most of all let us have some FUN in the workplace.

We have quite a crew of crafty, talented people. It was so fun to visit the other “streets” in our Department. Here are some of the cutest row names:

The Luv Boat
Las Vegas Strip
Ducks in a Row
Swanopoly St.
Luv Line

Our row became 737 Mad Hatter’s Court (Our planes are 737's). It was a lot of fun having the “Tea Party” yesterday. I forgot my camera, so I can’t share all the details that made things so cute, but here are a few pictures of our row.

Herb Kelleher (Founder of Southwest) and Colleen Barrett ('Mom' of Southwest) were our judges.  It's always so fun to see them.  Herb is known for kissing the girls, but my kiss didn't get snapped in time :-(   (I'm the one in the colorful jacket.)  Get a good look, because next time you see me, there will be less to see.  I'm down 12 pounds and have 40 to go!)

Our row won first place!  Coming in second was Las Vegas Strip (they were AWESOME - complete with wedding chapel, bookies, the Golden Nugget, etc), and third was Ducks in a Row.

I would still rather have stayed home and worked on projects today, but at least I have a festive place to work!

Here's a link to more pictures from the whole department.

Happy crafting,

Randee

I was FEATURED!!

Woo Hoo!! I am SO Excited!!! I was featured over at A Little Knick Knack - one of my FAVORITE blogs. I feel so honored. Thanks so much, Meg, for liking Brodee's bedding ensemble! If you haven't visited A Little Knick Knack - run...don't walk over there right now!!

Ornament Organization

I hope everyone had wonderful Holidays!  Ours was really nice, but I'm glad it's over.  We have had family here since before Thanksgiving and we loved having them, but it's nice being back to normal......if you can call our family normal!

Here is just a quick little tip that doubles as a repurpose/recycling and organizational storage solution.  If you are a member of a warehouse style club (mine is Costco), they sell apples in these great containers.  Instead of throwing them away, store your ornaments in them while your are putting up your holiday treasures.

Have a wonderful day!

Country Hugs,

Randee

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I'm Not Dead Yet!

You have to love Monty Python to get it - but I'm not dead yet!! I've just been a little absent because I have had company since before Thanksgiving. While it is wonderful to have family to visit, it does screw up your already too-busy schedule. NOTHING GETS DONE!!!

I am having crafting, repurposing and Thrifting withdrawals REALLY BAD! I hope to be back after the New Year, when my house returns to just the Cowboy and I (me?). I can never figure out the proper English on that.

I'm actually counting hours now :-) It will be nice to get back into my "groove." I have things planned and a whole trailer worth of projects to keep me busy!

See you soon and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Hugs,
Randee