Good Stuff....

Hello & happy Sunday!  Today marks the

official end of my summer vacation!  Not that

summer is over here yet - by no means!

But is does mean no more

"Holiday Girl" in the house!

Mr. Biff and I hunted and gathered some

pretty cool stuff this past week.  Here's

just some of the good pickings. 

Look at all these great finds - a couple of

cloches, a silver latern, the great pottery

jug in my new livingroom colours - nothing

more than $2 here....

Picture this tray with a new coat of

paint and maybe some decoupage?



This 5x7 rug is brand new from Pier One

still has the 35.99 price tag on it!  Got it

for $4 - it is for my foyer - to bring it

a punch of teal!



Basket & some 49 cent fabric - below is a brand

new pillow - I have the perfect chair for it!

It was a steal at $2.



Mr. Biff made me this lovely fruit

salad with yogurt this aft for

a little break - we were working

our tails off!

We got this ugly beautiful waterfall

cabinet  for $20 - it's going to look amazing

when it's done - someone went a litte

wild on the colours tho - no?  Picture

it a lovely turquoise or pale minty green with

a hint of wax and a little distressing......YUM!

(and of course new knobs!)

I hope that you have had a great weekend

too!  Now, I owe, I owe...

so off to work

I go!

Linking up to:

Goats on the Roof (Whaaat?)

If you live in beautiful BC you

might have heard of the "Goats on

the Roof"....it's the name of the market

at Coombs.  Coombs is a little tiny

town just outside of Parksville on

Vancouver Island.

Mr. Biff and I decided today was

a lovely day for a little trip to Coombs....

apparently so did absolutely everyone

else on the Island!

We went to the new restaurant

Cuckoo for lunch - it was good - not

great but good.  Chef Fausto was

in the house. 

We continued on to my favourite

Rodeo Gypsies - a cool guy who

sells wickedly beautiful beads at an

equally wickedly awesome price.

The goats were no where to be seen

today (probably too hot even for them!)

But I did find these photos to show you....

yes, they really do stay on the roof

during the day!

Hope you had as great a Saturday as

I did!  Found a couple of really cool

chairs and a little waterfall cabinet on the

way home for next to nothin'!  I will post

all my finds from this week tomorrow....

it's quite a haul.

Short & Sweet....

TGIF!  I have had such an amazing

week of gathering and creating!  I

can't wait to show you photos of all the

stuff I found this week and what I am

working on.

In the meantime - check out this

sweet little salt & pepper set.  Still

in the box at my favourite thrift

store for $1. 

Hope you have had a good week

and for those of you in Irene's path

I will be saying a prayer or two

for you all.  Stay safe!

Ho, Ho, Hold On a Minute.....

Gosh I know it's only August but did you know

that Christmas is right around the corner?

It's 121 days and counting - it says so

right here.

If you are like me - my best crafty sales are

always made at Christmas and this Christmas

I intend to go big or go home (I won't really go

home, I mean I will never really

leave home, eh, hem....)

I am going to try to set up a Christmas

extravaganza the likes of which my little

city has never seen (that sounds

impressive doesn't it? Yikes!)

Seriously I want to try to round up another

6 or 8 different crafter, diy'ers and set up

a Christmas Fair.  I am thinking about a

banquet room or maybe an empty retail

space (any advice?) and just running it for

6 weekends in a row (the 12 Crafty Shopping

Days of Christmas!)  starting mid Oct thru

November.  What do you think?  This is the

part where I ask you for advice....and

really mean it.....please?

There are a few craft fairs around

town but they are kind of the same

old-same old and don't allow new

vendors...and that would be me,

a new vendor.  So being a

true-blue DIY'er - I am thinking

just do it myself!

Today Mr. Biff and I found this kind of

ugly lovely fireplace mantel, hearth and all.

It needs work but can't you see it as a

center piece in a hotel lobby or a restaurant?

(please excuse the sideways pics it is in the back

of my pickup truck)

It was a steal at $20

It's ready some lovely candles (metal

lined fire box)

Right now the fake bricks look hideous,

the oak isn't working for me and it has some

bumps and dings but it does come with it's

own hearth.  I am going to paint it

and the bricks.....

Wish me luck...I am on a quest to

launch and although I would love

to meet dreamy Mathew McConnaughy -

I don't want to be starring

in the next "Failure to Launch" movie....

Happy Holidays (oh silly me, I am

the one on holidays! for 3 more days *sigh*)

Connect the Dots....

I am like one of those kid's puzzles....you
could connect the dots on my arms - not
sure it would connect to make a cute
hen like above - probably more like
tic, tac, toe!

The mozzies are so bad right now and with no

screens on the windows, and the hotter

weather and the fact that I am SO sweet....

You just know that I am the one they

are circling (it couldn't be the vanilla

body spray could it?  haha!)  Mr. Biff

seems blissfully unaware of the

dive bombing demons that are

tormenting me. 

Hope you are chillin' without the bugs

wherever you are,

No Soup For You....

Does anyone else remember the Soup Nazi

from Jerry Seinfeld?  Today, Mr. Biff brought

me home the best Muligatawny Soup I've

EVER had.....I can just hear Kramer begging

Elaine to go and get in line to get some.....

Honestly - I am not getting any payoff for this...but

if you live on Vancouver Island - you simply

must try the new restaurant at the Nanaimo

Howard Johnson - it's run by

"The Good Cooking Guys"

and man, they are!

ok, maybe I got soup......

On the subject of eating soup - I puttered today

perplexed still by the sad state of my entertainment

armoir.....I took these sad photos today and

you can see it hasn't improved since I wrote

about it here.

This is the before - sanded down... and below is

with the first coat of paint...."yikes" is right!

Didn't stick AT ALL.....you can tell what I will

be doing...resanding and priming....such FUN!

Oh yeah, I was going to talk about

eating soup wasn't I?  I have vacation brain,

don't laugh - it's a serious malady - I am

deliciously devoid of coherent thought and/or

through processes....where was I?

I was puttering.....enjoying the great weather

sitting on my deck swing and painting the

letters...E   A   T. 

I found this cool frame and thought the letters

would fit perfectly.  I am still in the process of

taking the red out of my house (I still LOVE

red) but it was time for a change.  So this

little sign is step one to re-doing my kitchen

eating nook.

I also spray painted this plastic mirror - it

turned out rather well I think....the little lantern

is one of my fab finds from Skiff City and is

pictured in the pile in this post.  It's all

rusty goodness....

I used "Distress" Ink on both the letters

and the mirror....easy-peasy distressed look!

Have I mentioned that my hydrangeas are

kind of weird...they must be

a different variety - they are nice to look at

but you can't dry them like the cool ball kind...

but Marcie likes them.

Did I mention I was a little scattered....

*giggling*  see you tomorrow,