My New Foyer Table

Several weeks ago my sweet son-in-law made this Foyer table for me.  It is a design from Anna White that she so graciously supplies plans to follow on her website. He nailed it! Thanks Matt...

I'm in the process of decorating it, so it's still a work in progress.  I actually just used things that I had except the greenery. I have a few more ideas rolling around in my head of what I will add, but haven't found just the right ones. Of course this probably will always revolve.  I tend to do that with my accessories. How about you? As I say to my husband, tchotchkes

are always cheaper then hard case items.  I don't think he believes it, though!


Have a wonderful day. If you have a special room or entry you would like to share I would love to see it.

Stay CRAFTY my friends.

Several days ago I bought the sign Every Child at the Kirkland Home Store to hang in my mud room off our kitchen.  I knew I needed something more so it wouldn't get lost on the wall with 9 foot ceilings. 

I looked around at several store and on the internet. Then I had a light bulb moment! My Cricut Explore Air and my Access account to the rescue.  I looked at several  cartridges and decided on "Simply Charmed" the one which included these 3 sweet images. My next job was to size them to fit into three inexpensive frames. Easy, Peasy with the Cricut Explore.
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Although I was happy with the look, I wasn't liking the black frames.  Solution? I had flat white spray paint that I just used on another project and decided to use that. The photo below is the finished project. It also includes some coloring pages that 3 of my GC worked on when they were here last. I didn't add the glass this time around. I just felt the pictures looked better without it.What  do you think?

That's about it today. I'm writing and adding several more posts to be added through the week.  I hope you all will stop by again soon.  Have a wonderful, CRAFTY day!

Crafty Hugs,

BernieBee

My New Craft Space

Good evening all. I said I would post some updated photos of my crafting space. Unlike having a whole room to call my own, I now have several different areas.  We bought a townhome that has the Master downstairs plus a Guest Bedroom.  Since my husband is working from home, I needed to relinquish the Guest Bedroom for his office. I suppose since crafting is just a hobby and doesn't pay bills, it made sense!

We do have a second floor which incorporates a 3rd.bedroom , a full bath, Bonus Room and a large walk in attic. The picture above is my work desk and chair that I bought at a yard sale for $50. This is a little alcove on the top floor over looking the two story foyer. It's very bright and light and I love the area to work in.

This Ikea piece was in my craft room in San Marcos. I'm only utilizing the top half to store inks, stamp sets, paper and some odds and ends. Since this room (17x17) will be furnished and decorated for my grandchildren, the  remainder of my supplies needed to be tucked away in the attic space.

This walk in attic is off the Bonus Room. It isn't insulated now, but will be sometime in the future. I stored my remaining items on three 3 tier metal shelves that I bought from Target.  These shelves are amazingly large and sturdy and were less the $40 each.  My husband did attached hem to the 2x4's for safty. It's not the perfect solution, but I am determined to make it work.

Room Essentials $34.99

Adjustable 3-Tier Wide Wire Shelving

Well I'll b signing off for the evening. I hope you had a wonderful day and did something CRAFTY!



Bernadette

Well here it is August 20th. and now its been another 2 months since I posted. Honestly, I lost my my mojo, big time. I have had my CRAFTY space organized for about a little over two weeks, but just actually crafted something last Wednesday and Thursday! It was my GD Esther's 9th. Birthday and I needed a card!

Although I have lots of stamps, I did not have a Mermaid stamp. No problem. I own a Cricut Explore Air.  I cut the 4 darling little mermaids from Life is a Beach cartridge. Three were for bookmarks and one for decorating the outside of the envelope. The cartridge even included a Mermaid card to coordinate with the bookmarks. I just backed the cut out portion with some retired SU paper.(I believe it was from Cherry on Top paper stack)

These were nothing fancy or difficult but it put a big SMILE on Esther's face = Mission accomplished.  Now hopefully this will jump start my MOJO.

**The papers are from Stampin'Up! and Bazzil. The inside sentiment is SU's Bring on the Cake stamped with Bermuda Bay ink.


That's about it for tonight. Monday I plan to show pictures of my crafting space here in my new home. Until then, I hope you have wonderful weekend and can do something CRAFTY!

Crafty Hugs,
BernieBee

Has it been that long!

Good afternoon from Clayton, NC. I decided to do a little catch up today and realized it was almost 2 months to the day I last posted! There has been so much going on, and I had thought about it several times, but always got distracted or was running around. Hopefully some of you are still hanging in there with me 😊

We are now here living in Clayton, NC in a new townhome.  My hubby and I lived with my daughter for almost 6 weeks. It was a wonderful time and I'm missing her and her sweet spirit. Since Steve is working from home and I like to be settled, we moved pretty quickly to find a home to call our own. Fortunately, we did. It is about 40 minutes from my girls here in NC, but I love the country setting . It's in a Planned Urban Development,  Flowers Plantation. We are surrounded by lots of trees, different price point developements with single family homes, townhome communities, golf courses, walking trails, and farmland.  

Several other things were on our To Do list. Buying a car, washer and dryer, and refrigerator. I'm pleased to report, we bought a 2016 Honda CR-V, which we love, and Kenmore appliances.

Our new home

My daughter helping me unpack the kitchen. What a blessing.

On June 4th through 11th our family had a reunion at the Outerbanks in NC. What a great time we had. There were 16 adults and 9 children. The house was full of fun and love.

With all of that said, I don't have one recent project to share. Actually, all my craft room supplies are still in 14 boxes in my Bonus Room! I do have some very neglected Paper Pumpkin projects set aside, though. I will be working on those for now until I have my crafty space organized.

That's about it from me. Have a wonderful and CRAFTY weekend.

Crafty Hugs, 

BernieBee 

April 17th Update

Staying here at our little home at Road  Runner Lake Resort, Scottsdale, AZ. We arrived here yesterday afternoon and will head out to NC on Tuesday.

The last week in CA was a little hectic, but we got through it.  Our dog was picked up yesterday morning and is on her way by a pet transport company. Our belongings will be headed out in a few days.

This is just the beginning of the pack on Thursday morning. Five hours later it was done. Friday the loaders came and wrapped, took apart, and loaded the truck for transport. I'm so thankful we were able to have a full pack and load, except the Craft Room.

After we arrive on Tuesday, we will be living with our daughter and her husband. I'll be working with a realtor on Thursday or Friday to start our home search. Hopefully, it will be a speedy process.

Have a great weekend  and go do some crafting for me!

Crafty Hugs!
BernieBee

This is We're I'm at...

Getting there slowly, but surely.  I still have about 2 hours more of packing up this room, then some sorting in the other 5 rooms!

I need to be completely done by Wednesday night. But there's nothing like procrastination to motivate you!

Hope you enjoy your weekend.

Crafty Hugs.
BernieBee