Another Frankenlamp finished: crystal boudoir lamp with old slag glass shade in the sitting area of our bedroom. ? Easy Peezy, Lemon Squeezy... just rewire the lamp and use led lightbulbs so it doesn't burn your house down. Then add...
How can someone be so bad at hanging wallpaper, yet so confident to glue the hell out of it. I’m removing wallpaper from the upstairs bathroom this weekend. My mood won’t improve. Update: March 27, 2019 After six weeks of...
In the middle of making this rag doll (my first ever, don’t laugh!) for our youngest granddaughter, Isla. Talk about unrealistic body expectations! Thank goodness she has a long skirt. Her crotch literally is right above the hem! ? I...
So proud of my “weird” granddaughter Isabel! She’s a 4th grade Spotlight student. She took 2nd place in the 4th and 5th grade chemistry/physics division with her science project this week. She’ll be going to regionals at Ole Miss. She’s...
Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2019: The Year of the Pig.. I'm feeling confident I can live up to that! We rang in the new year with the addition of our daughter, Ashley, and her babies/our weird grandkids,...
After being laid off when RCA closed it’s television manufacturing plant in Memphis, and moved to Taiwan, my mom, Sarah Bond, went to work for a small local electronics company called Audiotronics. Audiotronics built state of the art mixing boards...
A couple of years ago, I made a removable desktop to cover the sewing machine cabinet my maternal grandfather built. I just finished covering that top with the well worn leather and hardware of an old suitcase. ?...
I made some home made biscuits and sausage if anyone is howngry! I dumped about 1 and 1/2 cups flour in a bowl, about 1/3 cup Crisco and tablespoon of cold butter. Add 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt....
I've mentioned before that we live in the migratory bird path, and we get a ton of hummingbirds in September. In fact, 40 miles East of us in Holly Springs, Mississippi, is where the Hummingbird Festival takes place every September...
