Accomplishing Nothing

It’s been an odd sort of week.

I’ve been feeling out of sorts thanks to the party my hormones decided to have.

So I haven’t had much energy and I can’t seem to focus on one thing.

I started three projects today and didn’t finish one of them.

I found these wool sweaters at the thrift store. 

They are 100% wool so they felted better in the washer and dryer then the first sweater I bought.

This is what they looked like before I shrunk them down to a size of a doll sweater.

I loved the color and the little snow flake pattern.

They are ready to go. Now to figure out where they’re going and what they’re doing.

I played with some glitter. Which is very hard to photograph.

I’ve only had this German glass glitter since last year.

 

I’m glad I took some pictures because now I see I missed quite a few spots.

My eyes seemed to be very blurry today for some reason.

I’ll blame it on that crazy party.

I made this cute little rosette out of some sweater scraps leftover from my pumpkins.

I need to make a few more of these. But they are very easy to do.

I do have a plan for these. Let’s just hope I don’t forget it.

My memory has been in the crapper.

Moodiness, weight gain, memory loss…..

I thought I had another few years before all this fun stuff started. Lucky me gets to start early.

I love how they stick the PERI before menopause now to try and trick you.

So you don’t feel so old.

Was perimenopause even around when our mothers and grandmothers went through it?

Back then it was just “the change”. And it was whispered.

What exactly were they changing into?

I’ll leave you with a bit of my favorite TV mom, Kitty Forman from That 70’s Show.

Only Kitty can make menopause hilarious.

And the next time my hormones decide to throw a wild party they better bring a bottle of wine.

Hope you guys are having a great week.

:)

Newel Post Fern Stand

I remember finding this post at the market in Mount Dora.

You have to buy things early if you want the good stuff.

I had the seller hang on to it until the end of the day.

It would have been a bear to lug around all day.

Rose showed us her post and it was then that I realized that what I thought was the mark from and old number 8 was really where the hand rail had been attached. You can see it on her post.

That was a palm smack to the forehead moment for me.

Ever have those?

It looked like this when I bought it and stayed that way for a long time.

They are great to add a little architectural interest to a rather nondescript space.

But it was a bit dark in this house so I decided to lighten it up.

Martha Stewart’s Heavy Cream to the rescue.

  

It has these great little details on the corners.

I shined up the champagne bucket while I was at it.

I like the mix of the shiny silver with the old wood.

I’m not sure if the fern will stay but I picked it up the other day and it fit right in there.
I'm picturing a big pumpkin or some tall wheat for Fall.

The post fits into this little corner that is part of my foyer.
And it doesn't take up much space.

I have a very little foyer. I can’t really even call it that.

But I guess I just did.

Linking up with:
French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday

Repurposing

I try to be more aware of the things that get thrown away around here.

I like to repupose things, to see what else they can become.

Give them another life if you will.

I know I’ve shown my sewing room before. 

But since Donna’s themed link up for this week’s SNS is repurposing.

So, I thought I’d point out a few thing of the things I’ve done in here.

(look, more trim to paint. will it ever end?)

The table was put together with some new wood for the base 

but the top is one of the flat paneled doors that we are replacing in the house.

 All that was needed was to add a bit of trim.

I left the doorknob hole for the cord to go through.
You can see how it was put together here.

The memo board was an old window frame. 

I just added some chicken wire for one side and some foam board covered in burlap for the other. 

You can see how I put it together here.

The ribbon holder was just an old shelf I had picked up at an estate sale.

I added some old jars with some plumbing straps. 

They make great holders for brushes, scissors or a jute dispenser.

Jars are great for holding a lot of things. 

Here I just replaced the top insert with some fabric and stuffing and it’s now a handy pincushion.

I picked these quilt pieces up from ebay the other day.

I’ve been hanging out there looking for some vintage quilts.

I haven’t had any luck winning any big quilts but I did get these pieces.

They are waiting for some repurposing of their own.

What have you repurposed lately?

Linking up with:

Funky Junk Interiors: SNS 99 Repurposing