Say What???

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day whether you were celebrating the day with your mother or with you children! We were unable to spend the day with our mothers unlike last year, but wished them a very Happy Mother's Day through cards and phone calls.

Ken took me to eat at our one of our favorite places, Phil Sandoval's, because he said that Tootsie told him to. Apparently they had this discussion during her morning feedings before she devoured her food. It was marvelous!

Any hoo ...

 I love how words seem to inspire so many avenues of life. I often look at words and sayings as beautiful works at art that create emotions.

I finally bit the bullet, pulled out my Cricut and vinyl, and brought some wonderful words to special places in our home.

First, I started in my craft corner. I figured I need some inspiration as I dream and create in here.

I then moved to my front door for this ...

and my back door for this ...

and the back of the back door for this ...

Words inspire us to face the day much like this saying.

For those that know where this comes from, I am sure you are laughing right now.

For those that do not, we had a wonderful home economics teacher that always said this to her students as they left her class. She is now retired and owns a flower and gift shop, and I always enjoy visiting with her. She had the gift of making everyone feel so good about themselves, true to being a gracious Southern Belle.

It makes us smile every time we leave the house! I figured we needed this to remind us of how to face the day!

My wish for each and everyone of you is to

"Have a Large Day!"

An Anthro Look Like

I absolutely love going to Anthropology for inspiration! When trying to shop the house for new items for the living room, I remembered that Ken has built this box for me. I cut out a bird and twig using my Cricut, Modged Poged some torn newspaper, and watered down some paint to create this look. I added some fun things that Ken had found like the insulators and telephone.

This reminds me of a small section in one of my favorite books Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. Apparently Ninny often liked to phone until Idgie told her that the birds perched on her line where listening to her phone conversation. Once she found out Ninny would always look on the phone line to see if there where any birds there before she made a phone call! Ha!

I hope you have enjoyed some of my projects! You should check out Lea Ann's blog to see what else we did at her house.

Chandies

My new favorite colors are yellow and gray. Since we are repainting our red wall, gray, I decided to have little pops of yellow in the living room, starting with this little tray. I just Modged Poged some scrapbook paper in the bottom and then added a chandelier to it. I just love it!

This is also another pop of color in the living room. The owl is actually filled with pennies. It was a gift from my godmother when I was born. How excited was I when I found this again!

This Cricut is for the Birds

I have really enjoyed my Cricut machine. So this week, I just want to show what I have been doing with it. Birds are all the rage now! As we are re-doing our living room, I decided to use birds in a few places. As you know, Ken made us a coffee table. I thought that it needed a little piazz. So after cutting out a bird and twig for another project, I used the other piece as a stencil for the coffee table.

Love it!

I also found this pickle jar that was my grandmother's

The living room is coming along nicely!

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