Two late introductions

I became an AUNT December 5, 2011. He was 23 days late and weighed 9 lbs 10 oz.
I'm so excited but I haven't had the chance to meet him yet. My brother and his fiance' live in Oregon.

Isn't he adorable?

We also welcomed another furbaby into our home on the same day my nephew was born.
This is Deuce.

Somebody left him in the parking lot of the store where a friend works.

Meet the newest members of our household

I thought I would introduce the two newest furry members of our household. When my boyfriend moved in he brought his dog Scarlet.

My cats were scared to death of her at first.
She has made herself right at home


Then we were adopted by this sweet little kitten from across the street.
Her name is Storm Shadow because she is a ninja.


My other cats weren't too fond of her in the begining but now they are one big happy family.

Atlanta Miniature Show

I got to attend the Atlanta Miniature Society Show this weekend. I didn't spend a lot of money at the show but I went to Miniature Designs and the Hobby Builders Supply Warehouse sale. Today I'll show what I bought at the show.

I've missed my all my blogger friends

I have a lot of updating to do. I've missed everyone so much. Life still seems to be giving me lemons. I decided it was time to start updating again.
Here are the pictures I promised to post from my weekend getaway with my mom.
The first night we stayed in a hotel (not worth taking pictures) The second night we ended up renting this cute little cabin.

It was just great spending time with my mom. I would have been happy to just stay indoors all weekend.. It was soooo hot!
I had never been to Helen, GA so we drove up there... its like Panama City Beach without the beach... I'm just not a fan of the crowds. I felt so sorry for the horses pulling people around the horrible traffic.

There weren't a lot of thrift stores up there. Most of the ones we did go to were overpriced. I did manage to find a few things in my price range.

I forgot to take pictures until I had already taken everything apart in the cabin.
I'll try to keep my blog more up to date from now on..

yard sales

There were a lot of local yard sales this weekend be cause we had our Annual Homespun Festival down town. Arts and Craft show with lots of food and fun. I didn't attend the festival because I don't do well in crowds. I decided to stage all of my finds together in one photo rather than each sales find. I've got a mirror and a small table in my car still so I'll have to photograph them some other time.

Front and center is the collapsible shoe storage and bench $2 (nut came unglued from the bottom rods) easy fix

$1 for both the wire mesh containers. .50 cents for the square basket. .25 cents each for the zipper bags. $3 for the hand painted wooden containers. $3 for the tray table. .50 cents for the hand carved wooden box. $1 silver ship container. $2 Wellington Pin. $1 black & white tree photo. $1 swede round container. .50 cent black window container. $5 Craftsman Dust buster. $1 silver clock ($50 price tag on back)

Cats and Snakes

My cats have a wild curiosity about my pet snake Azimuth. After feeding him on Wednesday night he stayed out in the open in his cage(I think he was sizing them up) He seemed just as curious about them as they were of him. I managed to get a few cute pictures of them checking each other out.


Luna was just sitting back and watching.. but Delilah seemed to want a more "hands on experience" she kept pawing at him thru the glass... While Chloe took the high approach on top of the cage.

Yard Sale Saturday

Saturday started off overcast with a comfortable breeze so I thought I would get out and see what junk I could buy..
Found a group yard sale in a parking lot near my work. One lady was a beekeeper selling honey. I ended up talking to her for a long time about beekeeping. I told her I wanted to learn how to do beekeeping. She told me she would teach me everything I needed to know and help me get started. Of course I bought a jar of honey too.
I bought these jars for $1 each. I already have them full of odds and ends.

I got each of these jars for .50 cents

This cute change purse was .50 and the Brighton bag was free.

I got these good sized nesting boxes for $5

I followed the signs to a benefit sale a couple of blocks away.
I got these cool metal boxes for .50 cents each.

Dog bowls .50 cents each. $4 for all the GI Joe accessories. (the guns are so detailed)

I also bought a bunch of baked goods.

Work is getting in the way of my blogging...

I've been working my arse off at work this week.. I'm covering for someone. I haven't had a chance to post anything. When I got home yesterday and logged online my boyfriend needed the computer. I got to working on my craft room again and never took the time to blog. After working on a PC all day I really don't want to use another one when I get home.
Monday after work I worked on my craft room again. The jig for my drill to be used as a lathe had fallen back behind a set of rolling drawers in the corner. Part of it had broken off but it wasn't anything I couldn't fix with Elmer's Glue.
Before

After I got it all glued up I decided it needed something. So I got out all my random colors of Model magic and cutters and started decorating. I think It turned out really cute even if I did run out of black before I could finish.
After

ADD strikes again

I just thought I would share the stupid thing I did. Over the weekend I was still working on cleaning and organizing the house. One of the many tasks that needed to be done was get the couch cover put back on. I washed it last week and had hung it up to dry in various areas of the house. I got the first cushion cover on and apparently got side tracked while going to fetch the second one. I think I ended up cleaning out the cat box in the process. I didn't think about it again until the next morning when I saw this...

Toby couldn't decide which way he liked it best so he decided to give them all a try.

Steampunk jewelry??? maybe

Every Wednesday night I go to my parents house to eat so last night my mom asks me if I'm still gonna make Steampunk stuff. She had a small jar with all this cool old antique furniture hardware...like key holes and drawer pulls. She had gotten them from my great grandmothers estate back in 1991 and hadn't done anything with them yet so she passed them on to me..
I've got all kinds of ideas for them. Now all I need some leather tools so I can make wrist cuffs and other things.. I've got plenty of leather.


I also raided my old jewelry drawer from high school.

glass beads

I had a busy weekend and didn't get to work on any glass until late Monday night. These are my favorite colors to use.


I want to really play around with the swirls I like the way they look. The new torch makes all the difference in the world. The glass flows so much better now. I attempted to make a heart pendant last week but it didn't survive the cooling process.

Yard Sales and Fireworks

Saturday was the annual Aragon Bar-B-Que in the neighboring town so I knew there would be yard sales close to it. It's a big deal around here. Aragon is a tiny little town without any redlights but people were coming out of the woodwork for this thing. Its a little festival with a few kiddie rides and games and lots of good food. They usually have a couple local bands play music and the adult league softball teams play games all day long. At 10pm they have a firework show.
(I love the fireworks setting on my camera)



I only found one yard sale in Rockmart and picked up a couple things.
Got these bracelet parts for .50 cents.

This craft book was $2

I headed to Aragon to look for more sales. A local church was having an indoor sale.
I got this used chopper for $1... I've needed one for my fimo for a while.

I got this brandnew leather wallet and jewelry for $2

There was another sale around the corner but all I got there was two new Plano boxes for $5.

Glass work

Yesterday evening we had a big storm roll thru so it was a lot cooler outside. I decided to work on glass beads again.
As soon as I tried to light my torch I could tell something was wrong with it. It took about 5 tries for it to light and it kept spitting and sputtering the whole time I was working. I had just changed my canister of gas so I knew it wasn't out. I checked up on it online and discovered that everyone that has owned a Fireworks torch says they don't last long. The get gunked up and can't be disassembled for cleaning. I guess I need to look into buying a Hot Head torch.
I did manage to make 5 beads but it took forever for the glass to melt and was difficult to work with.
The yellow bead shattered when I tried to take it off the mandrel.