When it Comes to Mom's, Love's the Word

Happy Mother's Day! 
A while back, I told you about my treasured little red book. You can read about it in this post. Today, I'm going to pull some of my favorite quotes from my kids from this book. I hope you enjo!
Some actual “mom” quotes:


One Mother’s Day, Kellen could only say, “Dada” and Nolan, who was 5, said, “don’t worry mom, on Father’s Day, I’m sure he’ll say ‘Mama.’”


“When I’m 25, I can marry you, Mommy!”
-Nolan, age 3


“Mom, do you really have eyes in the back of your head? And where do they go when I look at it?”
--Houston, age 3


“Mom, I’m going to kiss you infinity times!”
--Nolan, 4


Some random ones, most are courtesy of my middle son, Nolan (he practically fills the book)…


Nolan, 3:
“Mom, Houston pushed me, can we get a new boy?”


Kellen, 3:
“I guess we need this potty soil (potting soil) so the plants can go poop.”


Nolan, 5:
Nolan looked at my sonogram of my third son and could only see the head, foot and hand and said, “Well, I guess the baby isn’t put together yet.”


Nolan, 6:
Looked at my husband’s unshaven face and said, “You have a million splinters on your face; did you play with a porcupine or something?” 


Nolan, 6:
“Don’t ‘T’s’ look Handsome when they are capitalized?”


I love the way kids think. Have a great day.

When Progress Leads to Disaster

It was so beautiful out today that I attempted to paint my cool metal cart that I purchased last weekend...ran out of paint in a matter of minutes. So, on to the next project (which really should have been my first) and that was cleaning out my son's bedroom (he's coming home from college next weekend). What a chore; I had all my art supplies, vintage items, etc. for my two etsy shops in there. Let me tell you, I started this last weekend and I was determined to finish this weekend. And I did! 
Here's what it looked like before when it was a craft/storage room:

Here's what his clean room looks like (we did it in a tropical theme about eight years ago). Trust me, it won't be this clean again for a long time:

Here's a little surprise I made for him when he gets home (we'll see if he even notices it).


However, along with progress, comes another project...my disastrous bedroom. So, after this blog is posted, I'll make some dinner and then, go back to work...I mean, I do need to find my bed in this mess!

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All Buttoned Up

I'm sorry for the lag time between postings. I have been busy with the kids and school stuff. I forget that every April/May, my life goes into overdrive with sports, recitals, projects, field trips in addition to my work. So, what have i been doing? Well, for one, I finally finished this sweet little box that I've been working on for about a year (I know it doesn't look like it). I think I painted it three different colors and finally decided on Robin's Egg Blue (yes, again). Then I couldn't decide what to do next so it sat and sat. I've always wanted to use buttons on a piece so that's what I ended up doing with this one. After painting it and stamping it and slightly distressing it, I decided it needed a little more so I popped on a few buttons and here it is!
But, what I've really been doing in my spare time is spring cleaning along with moving all my art supplies out of my son's room into a new location (he's coming back from school next week). So, this is what I'm dealing with  (on left): not a pretty sight.

Tiny Treasures and a Cool Find

I woke up bright and early to shop! Estate sales, yard sales, garage sales...plenty of them. I didn't find a ton of things...many were way over priced, but I did manage to find a few tiny treasures for my shop, Country Tag Sale, which by the way hit 100 sales this week! Among them:
A tiny jade glass bear

A sweet basset hound

A very pretty and tiny tea cup and saucer (I might keep it 'cause it's so sweet...we'll see).

And last, this cool, industrial all metal rolling cart. I got it for $5...isn't it so vintage cool??? Okay, it's pretty ugly right now, but I plan on staining the top and painting it. Just not sure what color. Any ideas? What color would you paint it?

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Wedding Work and a Thanks

Since I've been back from vacation, I have been busy working on a project for a client. She contacted me via my etsy shop for a heart box to hold two chocolates for her and her new hubby during the wedding. She also wanted matching wine charms. Her wedding's going to be beautiful...very romantic in pale pink and creme. It was fun working with her on this project and here are the results...I still have to add the vintage lace around the box...having a tough time getting it to stick!

I like the idea of the wine charms so much that I'm going to start offering them in my shop. Each one will be different, of course! 

I also want to say a big thanks to the DIY Club and Ali Richardson of Oohlalaco for awarding me with a prize this week! I won a sweet shamrock necklace from her shop. Here it is:

Thanks Ali! Can't wait to see it. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone...

Beantown, Beaches, and Being Back

We traveled up to the Boston area over spring break to watch my son play college lacrosse and take in the beauty of Boston's Northern shore area. I believe we visited every single seaport town from Boston to Newburyport. Breathtaking scenery... although cold and damp. Of course, I managed to get a little thrifting in, along with walks on the beach, hiking, hunting for sea glass, and exploring the city. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera -- so, I had to take all of these photos with my cell phone... not too shabby, I guess. Here are some shots of my favorite little town, Rockport, MA:

Don't you love this little ice cream store, tucked between two buildings? Too bad it was closed for the season (although at 40 degrees, maybe that's a good thing).

Lobster pots, everywhere...

A few finds from Rockport:

That's all...more to photograph when I really get back in the swing of things! 

Blog Break

I'm taking a little break from blogging over the next few days to spend time with my family, including my mother and father-in-law who are visiting. Enjoy spring!

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