FRAMED !

Good morning everyone !

We had a mirror break last week - I think we break one every 7 years or so just to keep the bad luck coming really :)

It was a mirror that hung on the bathroom door and so I had John carefully remove the mirror itself out of the wood ( kind of ornate ) frame and painted it gold.

John says - What are you going to put in it?
Suzan says - Nothing - I'm going to hang it up empty - along with a few others
John says - Oh c'mon now - that's going to look ridiculous.
Suzan says - No it won't - it's a look - I've done it before on mantels
John says - Well that's one thing - hanging it up is going to look ridiculous
( he repeats himself - often )

I need more frames - small ones to fill out the empty spaces but it's a great start, right?

John says - This looks even more ridiculous than I thought it would
Suzan says - Of course it does sweetheart

John says - WE'RE GOING TO KILL OURSELVES COMING DOWN THE BLOODY STAIRS !

Now he just may have a point there - these are the worst stairs in the history of house building I'm sure.  They're narrow with a very dangerous turn at the halfway mark - I've been begging John to put up a banister for the 2 years since we bought this hellhole fixer upper.

Suzan says - I've asked you a hundred times to put a banister up !
John says - Well I was going to do it this month
Suzan says - Of course you were sweetheart
John says - WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO - HOLD ON TO AN EMPTY FRAME ON OUR WAY DOWN ?
John says - It's a nuthouse - a complete nut house
Suzan says - PLEASE DON'T HOLD ON TO THE EMPTY FRAMES - YOU MIGHT BREAK ONE OF THEM !

I came across a before photo last week and almost died  WAS I BRAVE OR WHAT?   I mean really can you believe we bought this place ?
I seriously think I had a temporary loss of sanity - it's the only way I can explain it -
AND it's been 2 years and we're far from finished !

Have a wonderful day all.............
Much love,
Me

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PAPER ROSES !

Good morning everyone !

I showed a bowl of paper roses yesterday in my multi color Monday post and a couple of you asked how I made them.............so here's how you make a huge bowl of colorful paper roses for 1.00 !

We made these for Mother's day when I was a little girl and since my craft skill levels have never matured beyond 10 years old this is how I still make them :)
It's so ridiculously easy that I'm embarrassed to show you how but here goes.

Supplies - Multi color pack of construction paper ( from the dollar store )
Pencil ( or pen or chop stick )
White glue
Rerun episodes of Mad Men
Red wine
The wine is optional - Mad Men is not.

Draw out various sizes of circles on the construction paper ( I used saucers and glasses )

Cut each circle into spirals while staring at Don Draper - try not to cut your fingers

Sorry for the lousy pics but O.M.G. Peggy did something really really stupid so I'm lucky I remembered to take one at all !
Anyway once the spiral is cut - you take the outer end piece and start rolling it on the pencil going towards the middle piece - as tight as you can until you reach the end

then you pull the pencil through it while holding the spiral intact - there will be a " tail " hanging at the end -

This is where the white glue is applied

before pressing the glued piece down you can allow the " rose " to open to the size you want it to be and voila
OH NO - NOT AGAIN DON - stop it - just stop it !!!

I'm thinking this was a subliminal project actually - completely inspired by the fact that I'm binge watching Mad Men all over again on Netflix

And Paper Roses was  ( I'm sure ) written for all the men on that show !
( cuz like a big red rose that's made of paper - there isn't any sweetness in their hearts )

Have a wonderful day everyone !
Hugs to you from me ( real ones - not paper ones )


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