Hey Paula....

Does anyone but me remember that song?

Hey Paula?  or, am I giving away

my age yet again? 

Trivia Time:

"Hey Paula" is a song recorded by "Paul & Paula".

It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week

ending February 9, 1963.  "Paul" was the song's writer,

Ray Hildebrand a student at Howard Payne College in

Brownwood, Texas. "Paula" was Jill Jackson, the niece

of the owner of the boarding house where Ray lived.

Anywho...I digress....

A long time ago I asked Paula (the real one)

 if she had any interest in making jewelry - it

 was  probably about a year ago and at 

the time she said yes. 

 Well, best laid plans....we finally got

together this week and I've got to

 tell you Ms. Paula is a natural

 at making the pretty

stuff.....

Here's a sampling of what she made

with very little instruction from me....

Crystals 'n Silver

Jasper & Crystal

Chunky Wire-Wrapped Turqouise

A little later in the evening

I rec'd this email from

Paula....

"A monster has been created....

 gosh this

is fun!"

Look at her go!  Nice job Paula!

Thanks again for the visit and the

"black bean brownies"...they were awesome!

On top of the lovely time - check out the view

from Paula's deck....this is one of

the best views I've seen of our lovely

harbour city.

Ok, Holiday Girl signing off....until tomorrow,



Holiday Girl In the House.....

There used to be a time when the days

just before holidays I would assume a new

"persona"....aka:  Holiday Girl!  I generally

strove to make life miserable delightful for

those around me while I counted down my

sleeps to vacation.

This year it arrived in a blur...busy, busy, busy!

I didn't even get a chance to do a little

Holiday Girl dance!  Mr. Biff to the rescue

he made sure today that I felt like Holiday Girl

....he brought me these:

Can you believe it?

What a sweetheart with a capital SWEET!

I thought I would show off the little French

table I finally finished.....you might remember it from

this post.

Please don't look too closely at the ugly

door mat - or the floor mat in the "before"

or the swirly little sander marks that were

not because I got too exuberant with my

sanding (no I didn't - really!)

Anyway - here she is - I will have to

touch up the top tomorrow but hey,

Holiday Girl is in the house so no

worries!!

Tomorrow I am going to see Paula

and we are going to make pretty jewels.

I will post the pics tomorrow.

Thank you to the Graphics Fairy for the lovely French label!

Ain't LUV grand?

p.s. don't forget to check out the Sunday *Sigh*

and my first give-away...did I mention "Holiday

Girl in the House!"  Yeah, Baby, that's what

I'm talkin' about!

Sunday *Sigh* and My FIRST Give-Away!!

It's Sunday Night *Sigh* and I am embarking on

2 weeks of "summer" vacation!  Now that

Mr. Biff went and got a new job (*congrats* Mr. B!*)

- travel  plans have been cancelled.  But I am

feeling kind of like I need a break so will

still take my time off - instead of 

"the beach"  I will be playing DIY Gal

around the house for the next 2 weeks! 

yyyyeeeeeeessssssssss!

Photo Source

I get all these great ideas but working full

time sometimes inhibits my ability to bring

all these wonderful things to fruition.

Photo Source

I am going to start tomorrow on my living

room "makeover" - it's really an update - new

curtains, new area rug, new lampshades, that

kind of stuff.  I am going to attempt to slipcover

2 chairs....stay tuned - this oughtta be fun!

In the meantime tonight while browsing
Craigslist - I found this:

It's definitely "home-made" but the price was right - $zippity,
$zero, $zilcho, yessiree....FREE!

So, as I approach 20 followers (2 to go!) I thought
I would celebrate holidays with a little

give-away.....Help me with this project:

What should I do with it? 

 Change the legs? 

Change the hardware? Strip it and repaint it?

What colour should it be? 

 Let me know what you think!

 Leave  me a comment on what you think I should do with

it and you could win these:

Turquoise Dyed Magnesite with Silver &

Swarovski Crystals...handmade by (me) Pear Tree Jewels

All you have to do is leave me a comment with your

suggestions for one entry.

For a 2nd chance to win - follow me

(or tell me you are already following) for another entry.

Give-away closes midnight PST, Friday, August 19th

And stay tuned for a week full of posts & pics!

Can You Use "That" in a Sentence?

Ah, it was a lovely, lazy

Saturday....technically the

first day of my summer vacation!

Yeah!

And....it's going to rain tomorrow...

*sigh*

Image courtesy of "Google Images"

We did go out today for a bit after

Mr. Biff got off work (he got called

in unexpectedly).....found some FUN

stuff including some great already made

slipcovers for my new dining room

chairs (thank you Cindy!)

One of the most interesting things we

found today was this:

I thought how cool would it be to

put these "words" in a funky

little container and leave them out

when you have company over....

Something interesting to play with

and a natural conversation starter!

And check out the 70's couple

on the box....yeesh...I remember

the 70's well!  You didn't think

a "maxi" skirt was something

new did you? and how fab is

his hair?

Now can you use "good find" in

a sentence?

Sending along Saturday/Sunday Love,