LeroyLime

9.16.2012

Coffee Mug Swap

I joined in on my very first coffee mug swap last month and here's what I received in the mail yesterday from my secret stalker! It has the BEST quote ever, I love it and can't wait to sip my afternoon cup of pick-me-up out of it! Jeni also sent me the sweetest note to go along with the mug, explaining her reason behind picking this one for me. Isn't she the BOMB?! Go check out her fabbo blog at Two Shades of Lovely

"Be the change you wish to see in the world"

love her handwriting!!!

Thank you Jeni, getting your package totally made my day!

If you want to see everyone's mugs, we will be linking up tomorrow over at

Pointing Up

and

Yellow Umbrella

Here's the mug I sent to my secret stalker, Courtney.
She blogs over at Our Small Moments
and since she's a grad student, I thought this mug was perfect,
filled with Smarties of course to feed her growing brain.
Hope it arrived okay Courtney, I had fun stalking you, your
blog posts are AMAZING and written directly from the heart!

Golden Find

Here's another trashy treasure that we've been toting around with us for several years now. I found this in a home we purchased in Grand Forks, ND under a very old work table in the basement. While we were taking the table apart to throw in the trash, this beauty fell down from underneath. My hubby wanted to trash it but I fell in love with the graceful curves and detail right away. I didn't know what I wanted to do with it at the time but knew it had to be saved from the dump! Fast forward six years and I think I've found the perfect spot.

A before pic, a few of the pieces had been broken off but just adds to the charm...she was pretty like this but I really wanted her to stand out in the crowd

first coat of orange spray paint, it soaked in

well but wouldn't take to the outside edges

our living room is still getting pieced together,

here's where she's resting in all of her orange glory now

a few candle sconces (that still need candles) and

now I'm just looking for the perfect piece to sit

under the TV, I'm thinking a pale

blue or turquoise dresser of some sort.

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I'm linking up to this weeks
create and inspire linky party
over at A Night Owl Blog

have any fun projects you're working on?
come link up and join the fun!

9.12.2012

Trashy Treasure

I've been keeping quite busy with the shop, thank you everyone for the lovely orders, they make my heart sing!! and when I'm not crafting, running after my 3 chickens, buried under piles of laundry, running to the commissary, library or prepping for a garage sale (whew, thank goodness that's over)...I've been tackling the ever growing pile of trash that I picked up here and there off the curb in Newport, RI. Here is another find that I turned my car around for cause I thought it looked cool, or at least could look cool. snicker.

I pulled out a few nails that were sticking out and not holding anything together and banged in the rest so they were flush and easier to paint

two coats of black glossy cabinet paint later and it's finished!

It's still empty and waiting for me to actually put something in BUT that'll have to wait for a rainy day, cause at the moment I've no idea...do you??

9.09.2012

Mustache Party

I'm not a fan of facial hair but I do have a few mustache stamps stached at home (get it stached, hehe)

AND in light of a mustache linky party this week over at Doodles and Stitches

I decided to start up a mustache board on Pinterest

I've also got some fun mustache cupcake toppers, invitations & a party banner over at LeroyLime

Giveaway @ Songbirds and Buttons

LeroyLime is making an appearance over at Songbirds and Buttons this week as well with another set of Birthday cupcake toppers. We're celebrating Kendall's Birthday, happy Birthday Kendall!!!