What Is It About Men?! or DUH!!!!

Last week I cleaned the house: vacuumed, swiffered and mopped the floors. Now, for those of you who do not know me, this is a big deal! I'm really not into cleaning but I love a clean house, have no maid, so guess who gets the job?

Hubby was out in the garage trying to get that 3rd car garage turned into a train room and it has been raining and he went to run an errand to Home Depot and came back. While the little "love bunny" was gone (my friend in northern Idaho came up with the term "love monkey" for her hubby and I love it but didn't want the two guys to get confused so I call Jack my "love bunny"). While love bunny was gone I made this sign for him to just give him a clue that I'd been hard at work while he was out spending money. See sign above.^^^

So in came the "love bunny" and I looked at him and said in a sweet calm voice, "Love bunny, you have your shoes on!" Okay, so it wasn't so sweet and calm. I yelled at love bunny, "what are doing with those mudtrackers on?!?!" He looked at me and said "what?" I asked him sweetly.........okay, not so sweetly.......didn't you read the fluorescent shocking pink sign at eye level on the garage door coming in to the house???? He looked at me and said, "what sign?" I took love bunny by the ear to the laundry room/garage door and showed it to him. He said, "men don't see pink" and left it at that. Sigh....................................I just wanna cry.

Must click on sign to see what it says.............oh, your hubby will definitely not see this sign if he's looking over your shoulder.

My Six Word Memoir

Celeste tagged for me a memoir in just 6 words. I think it would have to be this:

"I've lived a happy humorous life."

and I have!

My Shabby Birdhouses - Revisited

Someone recently wanted to see my birdhouses and I just didn't feel like doing it but today I do. I'm not sure these are all of them; I might have one or two missing that I gave away but this is pretty much it. I love doing these more than anything in the world, but they didn't sell well for me. Maybe this will spark some interest! Who knows? But I'll continue to make them with the fabulous roses fabrics. I love the ones with icing the most I think. But it is the fabrics that make them so pretty. Only one has my painted roses on it. But they have rhinestones, pearls, ribbons, porcelain roses also, ribbon roses, "frosting or icing on some, silk flowers, lace, mica on the roof of one of them, german glass glitter on one or two and, of course, little birds in their nests.

Pink & Blue Cupcake Paintings

Afternoon updaaaaate! Tra la la la....... I added some little roses to them and did a few more in different paper cup colors. Hey, they ain't perfect but they're cute. Well, hubby and I think so anyway. When you can't be great, you be cute!! ;-)

Here we go again! Hah..... Now I'm going to try shabby pastry painting, and trust me, mine are definitely "shabby." I've seen these and love them but thought I'd try them myself instead of paying others! I don't think I have the paper cups quite right but I'm practicing more today to get it "right." What do ya think, chicks???

One practice sheet from this morning.

This is a closeup of the two on the left - pink and blue ones.

Roses & Easter Chick Box

And the winner is:

Vickie!




And I was wondering what in the world I was going to do with all the ruffles I had left over from my aprons!!!! I found a place for them. Maybe more will come. We'll see, chicks! Surprise!!!!!

I made this little box, actually it's a medium box, painted it white and added polka dots and then a bareroot roses fabric ruffle around the bottom. The middle has a paper garland with grass and a ribbon rose and 2 little pink chicks with a mama chick!! It 's not only cute but it would look darling in a romantic cottage!!

Now, what do you have to do to obtain this little cutie? Well, I'm gonna tell ya, chicks. This is a giveaway for spring! All you have to do is post your name on THIS post and I'll draw a name tomorrow morning and that's the winner. What could be easier?! I'm just on a giveaway mood today and this is what I've been working on the last few days.

Now, don't be shy. Just comment on here. You might wanna tell your friends also! We need more than 2 names, chickadees!! Be good to your friend and you may help her win something and then they'll be eternally grateful and maybe they'll even buy you a Dove chocolate bar!! Yummmmmmm...... Good luck, my little chickadees and bunnies!

Oh, you might have noticed that there are 2 signs on the box. Well, actually, my group of PRH chicks are going to enter but it might be won by someone "just passing by"! So if you're not a PRH chick the Chickadee sign will be on there.