Show Me Your Shoes Linky Party

My lovely friend Beth over at The Stories of A to Z is having a Show Me Your Shoes Linky Party.

While I have no rhyme or reason for the shoes I pick out {heels, wedge, flats} they have to be comfortable ~ all day comfortable and they have to be attractive on my foot.  Most of what I have out is still Winter shoes.

My favorite pair at the moment are these fancy schmancy numbers.  I like the way they look on and they feel comfortable.  So far.

I haven’t worn them anywhere, except in my closet, because I got them to go with this fancy schmancy dress, which I also haven’t worn yet.  I just fell in love with it and had to get it knowing that there will be some event where I can wear the dress and the shoes. 

Like Beth, I love my flip-flops!  I live in these over the Summer and only take them off when I have to drive somewhere.  I don’t like when they get caught in the brake or gas pedal {which has happened} so better safe than comfortable.  This basket is filled with a few pairs of them and my favorites are the pink ones, because they have a wider base.

I also find these clogs comfortable.  I don’t wear them as often as I’d like because of the color.  I like to match my shoe color to my top, or at least something I’m wearing.

These boots came in handy this Winter.  Love these with slacks for the day job or jeans.

My ballet flats, which I kept out even though I didn’t wear them, but the weather should be changing over soon and I’ll wear these in the Spring.

All my other shoes and sandals are still packed up with the Summer clothes, but I can’t wait to break them out.  I basically live in sandals all Summer and always feel a little strange once that first cool day comes along that I have to wear socks.

Altered Art With A Fleur~ish

I got this fleur de lys from Ballard Designs a few months ago for about $15.00.   Nice enough on its own, but it looks a little puny to me.

The other boat picture I had {the one with the broken glass} was calling out for use.  I took the frame off the picture and removed the broken glass.  I got to save a step because the frame is already black so I didn’t have to paint.

I then took these images from The Graphics Fairy.  All with the same antique look and color.

Once I printed them out, I arranged them right over the boat picture {keeping the mat as is}, to find the most pleasing lay-out, and then I used craft glue to glue them on.

A little hot glue on the fleur and I have a beefed up fleur and a nice piece of wall art!  I hung it in our spare/guest bedroom, which has a French flair to it.

Here’s a close-up of the papers I used.

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint!  Ends Friday, March 19th!

Linking up with

Brag Monday at The Graphics Fairy

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch

Make Your Monday at Twice Remembered

It’s So Very Creative at It’s So Very Cheri

Make It Yours at My Backyard Eden

Be Inspired at Room To Inspire

Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous

Silver Sunday Easter Centerpiece

A couple of months ago I bought two silver trays at Goodwill too pretty to paint with chalkboard paint.  Feeling I needed a more Spring-like centerpiece on my dining room table, I pulled out the larger of the two and put this together rather quickly on Friday evening.

I used items I already had in the house.  The bunny plays music with a turn of the key at the bottom, the candles I actually used at Christmas with some Christmas scrapbook paper wrapped around them, and I’d like to find a ribbon or scrapbook paper to wrap around them now for this time of year.

The paper grass I bought recently to do little baskets for my kids and the little eggs are malted eggs from the dollar store.

The silver candlesticks I also already owned and they have been making the rounds.

A little bit of brightness with this horribly cloudy, rainy weather we’ve been having, {which also made getting decent pictures difficult so I apologize for the blurriness factor}.

Please visit Beth at Gypsy Fish Journal for more Silver Sunday participants.

 

Painted Orbs In ORB & A Giveaway!

**This Giveaway Has Ended.**

I couldn’t resist making that my title!  On a trip to the dollar store several weeks ago I had bought these little ceramic fleur de lys pieces and they were my first Oil Rubbed Bronze guinea pig. 

Friday I was in Dollar Tree for something else and they had added a couple of other fleur ceramic pieces ~ including these orbs.  I got three and figured they would make a nice display on one of my fireplace mantles added with the other two.

 

I like them all in their bronze state!  Here they are on my mantel with the picture frame and mirror frame I also did in Oil Rubbed Bronze.

Now, onto the giveaway!

Guess what Rustoleum sent me?

Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint!!!!  A CASE of Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint!!!!  Six lovely cans of ORB spray paint.

Can’t find it by you?  Here is your opportunity to get a can for yourself!

I have not done a follower giveaway in a long time, but this one is a follower giveaway.  It is my way of thanking you ~ my followers ~ for always being so supportive about what I share with you here on my blog.  This is my way of letting you know that you are appreciated and that I appreciate your kindness. 

I am giving away 4 of these cans to 4 winners!  Count ‘em ~ 4!  

Edited to clarify {just in case} ~ 4 cans, 4 winners is 1 can to each of the 4 winners.

To be entered in this giveaway you must be a follower of my blog and do the following:

Leave me a comment telling me what you think you might paint with your can of Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint.

Additionally, you can:

• Post about this giveaway on your blog {post or sidebar} and come back and let me know in a separate comment;
• Tweet about this giveaway and come back and let me know in a separate comment with your @ name.

Unfortunately, because this requires me mailing paint out to the winners, we are going to have to keep this limited to the U.S.  {I promise next giveaway will include Canada}!  If you do not have a blog but follow me, you must leave me an email address so that I can contact you if you win.

This giveaway will end on Friday, March 19th at 8:00 p.m., EST.  Four winners will be chosen by random number generator and notified via blog post and email. 

My thanks to Rustoleum for sending me this case of paint!

 

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My Version Of Tracy Porter Candles

I think we can all agree that you never know where inspiration is going to come from.  This week I was browsing AtticMag and this is what Allison had written about:

Love ‘em!  Until I found out that these little candles are $42.00 for the set of three.  Mmmm, too much for me {especially for three little candles}.  The old brain started grinding.  I knew that I could find similar images and make my own.

These images are from Karen at The Graphics Fairy’s other blog ~ The Background Fairy.  These are blog banners! 

I only found the two, so I printed one of the blue bird banners in mirror image, so it would look a little different with the bird on the opposite side.  I found a set of alphabet stickers that I had and they had little tiny stickers within it.  I found one little crown sticker. I put that on one of the birds.

They were a little too big for regular votive candles and I didn’t want to cut away too much of the image.  That meant a trip to the dollar store to get the small size prayer candles. 

I put these together the same way I did my other ones here.  Just to go over it quickly, here is what you need.

I find it easier to do this with the candles on their side.  I put some Mod Podge on the paper and then on the candle and roll it.

If you do one mirror image, like I did, make sure you turn your candle otherwise the image will be the wrong way on the candle.   I’ll need to trim up a little bit of the paper once they dry.

Here’s my version {still drying}.  I think I will look for a couple of crown stickers, like the one I used on the one graphic, and add them to the other two candles.

Not bad ~ three candles for $3.00!

Linking up to

Brag Monday at The Graphics Fairy

Make Your Monday at Twice Remembered

It’s So Very Creative at It’s So Very Cheri

DIY Day at A Soft Place To Land

Be Inspired at Room to Inspire

Make It Yours Day at My Backyard Eden

Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous

 

This Is What I’m Doing Today

Absolutely nothing!  Except for maybe going outside to check out what’s going on in my gardening beds, I’ll be lounging on the couch enjoying these magazines.

No projects today!