Imagine the Impossibilities Challenge & a Valentine

Good Morning, I am working diligently on completing my "impossible"

challenge so that I can show off by Tuesday that I actually did it.  That

means the rest of my day today will be spent making a slipcover for one

of my wing chairs.  I will post photos later today or tomorrow on the

steps and the progress.

 

 

In the meantime - here's a little Valentine graphic made from pieces

from both The Graphics Fairy and Vintage Feed Sacks and my sheet

music.  I left a little banner for you to personalize it.

(Click on the image to enlarge)

This is Mr. Biff's and my favourite song!

Thank you to both of these generous bloggers for sharing their lovely

graphics - so much fun to play with.

 

 

Again, feel free to use this but if you do - be sure to give a shout out

to Karen at the Graphics Fairy and Vintage Feedsacks and please send

me a link to see what you've done with it!

Nuts! I might be losing it!

That's right - I have, at least temporarily lost a bag of nuts

and bolts that are to have held together my new futon.  Have

you ever had that happen - you put them somewhere where

you won't forget them and presto-nutso - they are GONE!

Argghhhhh.....Mr. Biff is telling me to retrace my steps,

think about the evening I brought them home, etc., etc. and

they are not where I think I would logically put them (which

would have been with the futon no?)

Ever had that happen?  Any tricks to jog your memory?

*sigh* sitting on the floor in my family room is NOT

what I had in mind!

This is what it will look like - it's a beaut!  It will go in Mr. Biff's

office eventually for extra guest sleeping space  - that is

when we get a new sofa for the family room -

in the meantime......

To Ann @ Stylish Once Again

This post is dedicated to Ann @ Stylish Once Again

for featuring me from her linky party 2 Sunday's in a row!  For some

reason I have been caught in a blogger loop of not being able to

leave a comment on some pages - I can see the page,

link to the party but once I try to

comment - the screen goes blank.

The thing is - I can probably fix it - however I didn't want

another Sunday to go by without saying:

THANK YOU ANN!

 It made my week to see that I was featured!

I Love Mr. Biff....

I really do.....he is very good to me and totally supports

my thrift finding, curb shopping style!  He bought me this

lovely journal recently.  It's so pretty - I am contemplating

printing some of my blog posts and somehow hole-punching

and threading them into the journal.....

I got a bunch of thrifty finds today....I will upload the photos

tomorrow.  I will also update where I am at with the impossible

challenge.

Blessings my friends,

Rosey Fireplace....

What do you get when you stick this:

 to this:

You'll have to stay-tuned to see how it turns

out.  Yikes - I also commited to:

and I haven't started.....I bought the fabric - does

that count?

Play Time with Postcards!

I am having a lot of fun just playing around with Adobe

Photoshop.  I wish that I could do this for a living and not

have to work (wouldn't it be nice?) *sigh*

In the meantime I will just continue to combine images to use

on pillows, table runners, tote bags, etc.  I think I am going

to make this little beauty into a cover for my I-Pad.

Thanks, as always to Karen @ The Graphics Fairy

for supplying the graphics to play with!

p.s. if you want to use this one - please go ahead - just don't

forget to give Karen the credit for the graphics and I would be

cool with a shoutout for the layering - not to mention

I would love to see what you do with it!

100th Posting, An Award and A Bottle

Yeah - this is my 100th posting!  I know for some that might

not seem like much but I wondered, when I started the blog, if

this would just be a passing fancy (does anyone say that anymore?)

or a commitment to something good.....

100 postings later I believe I am in it for the long haul!  One of

the things I love about blogging is the recognition other bloggers

bestow - it is affirming to know that someone reads your blog and

thinks it is award-worthy!  So a BIG thank you to Lori at Bleak2Unique

for awarding me:

While I think about random facts about myself (that I want to share)

and try to decide on who to pass the award on to

- which I will do in a post later this week -

I wanted to share this little bottle with you.  I saw what Tracie did
 @ Fishtail Cottage and when I saw this little bottle with

the pretty little glass stopper at one of my local thrift stores
for $1.99 - I thought - hey, I know what Icould do.....and here it is:

A little lace, a bit of raffia, a label from Karen @ The Graphics Fairy

and the finishing touch - a little Eiffel Tower charm for bling!  Pretty!

It makes me want to make more of them (everyone should have

one - don't you think?)

One Woman's Junk...

Is another woman's treasure.....

I found this funky wire basket at our local recycling depot.  It,

along with several other items, was a whopping $5.  The gal that

works at the depot gave me a very skeptical look when I said "oh,

how great is that - look at all that rusty goodness".  I think she

thought I was crazy (yeah, crazy in LUV).  Throw

in a few vintage bottles, some daisies and some

vintage linen.....it's all in the display - no?

What's fabulous is that Mr. Biff (my better half) totally gets

it.  He brought home this float (the kind that

holds up fishing nets - plentiful on the Island) the other day -

and topped with a dried hydrangea.....wow....

simply beautiful!

Never underestimate the potential of something old to become

something new and beautiful!

This Little Word ....

I felt compelled to join Layla and such a huge chunk
of blogland buddies.....thank you for the inspiration!

I have, over the past years,
selected a word for the year.  Interestingly the word
I have chosen in the past is often something that has eluded
me and therefore represents a "chase" as opposed to the
comfort of having a word in hand that, well, just "is".

Last year's word was "commitment" and while I was
committed to a lot of things - I am not sure the "things"
were all that committed to me.

This year I am choosing a word that sustains me,
that lifts me up, that makes me happy, and gives me
hope.  The word is:

I will let my little word speak for itself.

A Rose by Any Other Name....

I have wanted to rename my blog for some time so I

finally had some time to play with the header.  It's not

perfect but.....ta.da......The Painted Pear comes to be!

Hope you will continue to read and enjoy!

Peggy

Curb Shopping Luv.....and...the Answer....

This old dresser travelled across the country with me - crazy

I know - but I found it on the curb in our neighbourhood in

Toronto and I just could NOT leave it behind.  I've been

carting it around for almost 4 years so YEAH ME - I finally

finished it!

Here's what the poor old dear looked like before:

And here's how she turned out.....

If you read my post (here) I might have picqued

your curiousity on the "bling" teaser.

Here's what I

did with the gems.....

And here's how I did it. (Please forgive the out-of-focus

pics - I was the do-er and the photographer!)

I found these ones for 25 cents each but I have seen

them at Fabricland (if you are in Canada) sold by the box.

I don't think they would stand up to kids pulling on them but

for my purposes - a server in the dining room - they will be

just fine.  I have lots of treasures to share this week - some

of which you can see on top of the dresser.......

So be sure to c'mon back to see more!

Have a great week!





Pop a Wheelie.....

Ok, that might be the stupidist title I've yet dreamed

up - but I could not resist.  These little beauties came

off of my latest project - it should be finished by

tomorrow......

This is what they looked like "after" I cleaned them - they

were too gross to photograph before.  I kind of like the

chippy paint on them now.

The project is also going to use these: 

These were 25 cents each - there are six in total - any

guesses as to what I am going to (try anyway) to use

them for?

Stay tuned....more to come....

And nope, that's not me on the bike...hee,hee....

I can imagine....can you?

Karah at the Space Between invited me to participate

in this challenge she and the bloggers listed above

have started....now I am inviting YOU!

I had to think about what I would consider an

impossible challenge at this point and it was actually

easy - almost a "no-brainer".  Back in the Fall I purchased

 two wing chairs with the intention of slipcovering them.

Hmmm.....everytime I think of about getting it done I get

kind of worried, then scared and then, well, I just walk away!

I am going to face my fear and tackle at least one of them

and commit to getting it done by the 31st of January!

I will post my progress after this weekend (my plan is

to start tomorrow....wish me luck!)

Hop on over to Karah's blog to read more - here's a little

piece to get you interested.....you are interested - right?

What would you try if you had no boundries?

What ideas do you have floating around that you (or others)

think are just nuts?

  What do you really just want to try even though a big

 part of you thinks it’s just not going to work? 

It could be anything people! Skydiving, mountain climbing,

creative writing, closet organizing, gourmet cooking...

Is it lamp painting, table decorating, long distance running, kayaking?

Your impossible is just that, YOURS!

There’s no too big or small, right or wrong.

What limitations have you set for yourself that you might,

just maybe, be able to talk yourself out of?

Oh, just Imagine the Impossibilities!

Table Runner

While I was playing with graphics the last few days

I spotted this border art (again at the Graphics Fairy)

and thought it would look good on a table runner....

I made the runner out of linen and left all the edges

raw and frayed (luv it!).  I added the text "Love is

Spoken Here" as the finishing touch.  I am happy

with it - now if I could just dig out my dining room

table from all the crafty stuff I've got going on - I

could actually put the table runner on a table

(what a concept!)

Here's the graphic ready to print out as a "jpeg" - again, if you use it

please give credit to Karen at the Graphics Fairy for the background and

a shout out to me for the overlay....enjoy!

What have you been up to.....