Fellow Pink Saturday Bloggers

I always forget to link to Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound! So here it goes:

Check out Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound- the creator of PINK SATURDAY!

Now check out fellow Pink Saturday Bloggers I L-O-V-E:

Also, this blog made me CRACK UP! I laughed harder than I have all day at some of the pictures! I'm so glad someone else is nuts about their dogs! (I love my cats, hamster, and turtle too BTW).

I'm trying to keep up with my followers for being so awesome (computer has been temperamental lately and not let me visit), and Angelika's Pink post had me cracking up!

Angelika Heart Talk

Here's to hoping tomorrow is a better day! (One where Charlie doesn't pee in my bed @ 2:30am!)

Doggie Bag!

Okay, so I'm hoping to make some Pink Saturday rounds this week- for the last three weeks I've been sick or out of town and haven't been able to get around! I just had to show you the awesome doggie bag I ordered on Etsy from Vanessa @ Phatmolly's Boutique!

Check her out:

www.Phatmolly.com
OR
Http://Phatmolly.Etsy.com

It was only $15.99 with $5.50 for shipping. I ordered it Wednesday and got it today! SO EXCITED! Isn't it the cutest? It was the only cute doggie bag I could find for my Charlie that wasn't pink!

Pink Saturday

This has some pink in it! I was inspired to make it after I saw the one Maria created over at Tater-Tot Spot .

1. Take board and cut it into desired sizes with a jigsaw
2. Trace blocks onto scrapbook paper and cut out (I chose colors that coordinated with my living room)
3. Modpodge papers on blocks
4. Sand edges of paper with fine sanding block
5. Paint blocks desired color and use the edge of a brush or your sponge brush to paint just on the edges of the paper so that it fades in
6. Make letters (if you are lucky enough to have a Cricut- then GO YOU!, I on the other hand had to make my letters with a paint pen, though Sharpie would work too)
7. Decide on quote you want and add the words to the edges of the blocks
8. Add embellishments
9. If your jigsaw cuts angled lines so that your blocks can't stand then go to Walmart and buy some of the dohickeys from the hardware aisle where you can just attach them to the back of the blocks and hang them on the wall
10. ENJOY!

Oh, and I laid wax paper down on my table to protect the surface and so the paint wouldn't stick :).

One Tree Hill Season 6 Quote

Take a look at yourself in the mirror.
Who do you see?
Is it the person you want to be?
Or is there someone else you were meant to be?
The person you were supposed to be... but fell short of?
Is there someone telling you, you can't be or you won't?
Because you can be.
Love is out there.
Believe that dreams come true every day...
Because they do.
So take a look in that mirror and remind yourself to be happy.
Because you deserve to be- believe that.
And believe that dreams come true every day...
Because they do.
-One Tree Hill Season 6

Sometimes words mean everything.

Charlie's First Week: Lessons Learned

I bought this crate for Charlie because he is partially crate trained... we had a little bit of confusion about this as Buddy decided he wanted inside it instead!

Day One: Never pick up a cute puppy if you don't want to buy it

Day Two: Puppies get you lots of attention out in public

Day Three: Some puppies cannot be contained by a baby gate- they simply see it as another opportunity to plan a great escape (I'm baffled because he didn't chew his way through it and it's twice as tall as him!)

Day Four: Puppy naps are a great opportunity to take a shower

Day Five: Rugs, potty pads, and anything else not attached to the floor are toys to be drug through the house

Day Six: You don't have time to watch your favorite show when there's a puppy driving the other animals crazy

Day Seven: We have our fingers crossed that things will keep getting better!

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Story of the day: My mom came over to visit the animals while I was out shopping with Sarah. She calls me cracking up because she let the dogs out to pee and when Charlie came back in he had something in his mouth. My mom thought it was a stick... turns out it was a big fat worm!!!

EEEEEK!

I laughed so hard... and Sarah gagged! :P

AWESOME G I V E A W A Y from Traci over at Beneath My Heart

Traci is having a super awesome magnetic bulletin board giveaway. While I would love to keep the giveaway all to myself, I LOVE Traci's projects even more and have to share! Go over and check it out! (Become a follower too because she is total awesomeness!)

Beneath My Heart: Giveaway

(These are other boards she made, not the giveaway board which is even more awesome as it comes with magnets!)

Charlie and The Great Escape

Okay, I left Charlie home alone with the others for the first time. I put up the baby gate so that Charlie was all set up in the kitchen/dining room and had the others running around the rest of the house. I put a blanket over the top of the gate to cover a small hole at the top.

We went to dinner and I got home about 45 minutes later. When I opened the door who ran to greet me? Charlie and Buddy! The baby gate stood with the blanket completely undisturbed and Charlie was happily running around with my bigger doggy. Apparently, I have an escape artist on my hands!

Furry Treasure Find

Here's what I got at the Covered Bridge Festival:



Yup, that's right- a puppy! He's a full blooded 2 and a half month on Pomeranian. His name is Charlie (after Charlie in All Dogs Go to Heaven). He's registered, not AKC, but one of those- I left his papers in the car. He's keeping me and my other furry four legged children busy, but he s a total sweetie! More pics to come!

Pink Saturday- Hurried Edition

Okay! So, I'm almost completely recovered from H1N1- going on day 9 since getting sick, and I'm off to hit the yard sales that line the road of the covered bridge festival with Sarah from Love, Love, Love. Check back later to see my treasures! (I was supposed to leave to pick her up 5 minutes ago!)

Whale or Mermaid?

This is an awesome email I got from the parent of one of my past students. It's worth reading and makes me thankful that I educate today's children:

It's amazing what the media makes us think of ourselves isn't it?? A friend sent me this and I love it :-) Malinda

Recently, in a large city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym.

It read: "THIS SUMMER, DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE?" A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym. The newspaper article read:


To Whom It May Concern:
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans). They have an active sex life, they get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins, stuffing themselves with shrimp. They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia, the Barren Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia . Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex? Therefore they don't have kids either. Not to mention who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store? The choice is perfectly clear to me, I want to be a whale..

P.S. We are in an age when the media puts into our heads the ideas that only young, skinny and tanned people are beautiful; but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver and a coffee with my friends. With time we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room it distributes out to the rest of our bodies, ha, ha!

So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy! Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, "Goodness, look how smart I am!"

Fall-ified Home

My fall display for inside the house (not much room unfortunately). The pumpkins don't really glow, they're just beaded $1 pumpkins from Walmart that have lots of reflectiveness :P.

My $1.99 door bells!
Front porch with fall leaf garland and pumpkins!

My house, if you click on it you may be able to see that there are little pumpkins hanging all along the gutter!
Happy Fall!

Flea Market Finds from Last Week

Look at the great finds I came across at the Flea Market last week, Pre-H1N1 confirmation (yup, that's right I'm a teacher and I've gotten slapped with the H1N1 virus).

I found these awesomely shabby and sage green (despite the picture) wooden frames for $1.99 each! No idea what I am doing with them yet, partly I just want to hang them up on the wall as they are!

An awesome silver serving tray for just $2 that I'm painting with chalkboard paint because the surface is scratched up and I saw an awesome tray/chalkboard welcome sign over at Tatertots and Jello.

These are all of my finds, along with the dog and my couch. There was the tray and wooden frames, and then the cat flag that I got for just 99 cents! I found more great finds today, but I can't show them all because some are Christmas presents!

Before and After Desk Chair AKA Cat Launching Pad

This old desk chair has been around since my mom was a teenager (she is now in her early 50s) and even before that as my grandpa got it off the curb when he was a garbage man. The bottom of the desk which my mom has stolen back says "Victoria Talking Machines". I've been told this was an old music player, no date on the label though so who knows how old it really is. Anyway, as you can see the seat has seen better days and the thing is super rickety.

Before:

And now, after unscrewing the old seat and ripping off the material, throwing away the saw dust filler, adding layers of an old sweater, covering with a red suede, spray painting the chair, distressing it (overly), and reattaching the seat we have my first ever chair redo/reupholster/distressing EVER!!! I'm excited about the finished product!!!

Even if it now only serves to match my kitchen as a launching pad for my old, fat, grouchy cat to get his booty up on the counter where his food bowl is so that he doesn't further destroy the beautiful handmade wood cabinets this house was blessed with.

After:

Love My Blogging Buddies

Thank you to everyone who came by to visit on Pink Saturday. Unfortunately, I had too much faith in myself when I woke up with a normal temp on Saturday morning and went to the covered bridge festival. By the time we had finished breakfast and arrived at the festival I felt the fever coming back on as strong as ever. Today was day three of the raging fever, but with some Motrin and Mucinex it broke at about 7:30pm. So I just now crawled out of bed and came to check the computer and found all of the amazing comments from yesterday. Thank you all for the well wishes and for stopping by to visit! More crafting to come soon!

Amy

Alright, I took the easy way out for Pink Saturday because I'm sick with a fever of 101.4. Here are some fun pink finds from Target.com!

Pink Dishes

Pink Towels

Pillow with Bow

Pots and Pans
Picture Canvas
TV
Pink Polka Dot Pillow with Bow

ExCiTeMeNt

Are you EXCITED? I'm EXCITED! I'm going to have some major blogging going on here soon. Since the start of three week break from school (which I am working 8:25-noon for the first two weeks of) I have been busy, busy, busy already! I have redone a chair and it's seat, made my brother paint an aquarium stand for me- still a project in the works because it's too plain, went treasure hunting at the flea market and landed some MAJOR finds, and CANNOT wait to share with all of you! YAY! So EXCITED! AND I decorated the outside of my house for fall/Halloween! YAAAYYYY!!!

AND I forgot! I am going to make my own aquarium background... because I really despise the generic fish/ocean/floral backgrounds... if I have to have this huge thing in my house it is going to add to my decor and show my style! :D

Trash to Treasure: Help the Indecisive

(Yes, that's my fat cat Reggie trying to figure out what his crazy owner is up to now.)

Okay... so I have these two shelves that my aunt rescued from her neighbor as she prepared to put them out for trash. Now, I'm becoming less and less a fan of the fake wood finish that's on everything in my house.

Here's the question: What should I do with these?
1. Paint white and do the edges in a light pink
2. Paint white and leave alone
3. Paint ivory with edges in light pink
4. Paint ivory and leave alone

Sarah would paint them black... but her house is in darker fall/autumn colors and mine is in pastels for the most part- and these shelves are going in my pink bedroom (refer to this past Pink Saturday post to see it). Now, if I in the future decide I do not want a pink room- these would have to be repainted so I'm not caring what color they are done in now. Give me your opinions and help please!

Pink Saturday Fellow Bloggers!

I love Laurie's birds over at Laurie's Charming Designs. Check her out!

Pink Saturday!!!

Okay so I was racking my brain last night trying to figure out what in the world I was going to put up for my Pink Saturday post. Then my mom and I went on our weekly Friday late night grocery store trip, and I saw a whole Pepsi Display in PINK!!! I bought a case, brought it home, and cannot wait to do something with this side panel!


I'm off to Bev's Pink Saturday page at How Sweet The Sound to find myself a fellow blogger to share with you!!!

THANK GOD FOR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS!

Okay! So, as of tomorrow at 3:45pm... I will be FREE!!! We are starting our first three week break of the year! I'll be teaching intersession for three and a half hours a day for the first two weeks, but I'm still super excited! It means time to finish cleaning my house that I moved into over a year ago, finishing up the yard sale, sending things to Good Will, and lots of crafting! So tomorrow I'm coming home to make enchiladas and then looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday. After some much needed catch up sleep I'm off to the craft store for red and white flowers, fabric to redo an old chair, decorative nail heads, and whatever else grabs my eye! Enjoy the fall! It's going to be awesome.

Atlanta, Indiana: New Earth Festival

Okay, so this past weekend Sarah over at LOVE, LOVE, LOVE and I went to the New Earth Festival in Atlanta, Indiana with my mom, aunt, and cousin's daughter. We had tons of fun and saw tons of food... and crafty things :). It's basically like an outdoor flea market/yard sale. Here are some of my fun finds:

This was only 50 cents! AND my kitchen is done in red and white! I fell in love with it. I told Sarah I was going to put it on my kitchen table... she said I don't have room, my mom agreed... from the next photo- I guess they are probably right...


These are ALL of my finds on my tiny table!


The two cat trays were only 25 cents each! My red and white kitchen is also done in cats and paw prints... so I'm going to glue some ribbon on the back of these and hang them up!

The container is my own, but it is filled with homemade doggy treats purchased at $3.50 for a bag FULL! My puppy is super happy!

I became addicted to the gourmet dip by Delicious Living. It's Zesty Garlic and yumminess! Also, $4.

Total amount spent on goodies: $8.50
Total amount spent on food: $8.00 (two pepsi's ($2), a jumbo hot dog ($2), and chili cheese fries ($4)!)

THEN, my cousin had this super cute bow in her hair. She paid $5 for it from Claire's. They didn't have yellow so she asked if I could make her one... I'm thinking it's a project I can manage!


On the way home she fell asleep in front of me. I decided to see how many braids I could get in her hair before she woke up... unfortunately we got to my house before I finished- Sarah and I got a good laugh out of it though!


Now, Sarah and I spotted these adorable things for $10 each and refused to pay that much. We are now going to take it on as a craft to create and sell at the Holiday Bazaar for hopefully a more affordable price... we shall see!


October 10th is my first trip to the Mansfield, Indiana Covered Bridge Festival! More fun to come!

Don't Forget My Pay It Forward!

Hey blogging buddies... just a reminder that I'm doing a Pay It Forward game of sorts... I have 2 participants, would love 3 more!

Magnetic Boards

MAGNETIC BOARDS! CREATED BY TRACI AT BENEATH MY HEART! SHE IS NOW ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITE CRAFTY BLOGGERS! CHECK OUT ALL OF HER CRAFTINESS AT HER BLOG SITE!

I'm thinking I have to have some of these for my craft room. So, I'm figure I'll recreate them as well with some cookie sheets or old metal signs found at the local flea market. Can't wait!

Share the LOVE and go see Traci @ Beneath My Heart!

Pink Saturday: Lazy Edition

It's been a long, long week of stress and overloaded teacher duties. My brother informed me tonight that he is helping me with my yard sale tomorrow- a yard sale I had talked myself into waiting until October to do, so here it is 11:44pm and I don't have anything priced or change. I guess we'll just start late and see what happens.

Here's the Pink Saturday post blogging buddies :). It's a picture of my best friend forever (we've literally been friends FOREVER) Sarah from LOVE, LOVE, LOVE and I with her uncle's old horse, Shadow. We both have pink in our shirts and on my coat... but best of all (something I STILL do)- check out my hot pink shoe laces! My requirement for all tennis shoes I buy is that they must have pink on them... and then I add pink shoestrings. Gotta love the pink (and my awesome friend whom I'm so glad I've been able to talk to and hang out with so much again)!


Happy Pink Saturday! Enjoy!

Wednesday Words

"It was more than just a comet because of what it brought to his life: direction, beauty, meaning. There are many who couldn't understand and sometimes he walked among them. But even in his darkest hours, he knew in his heart that someday it would return to him, and his world would be whole again. And his belief in God and love and art would be reawakened in his heart."

-Lucas's 2nd book "The Comet" on One Tree Hill

GET A GIFT, GIVE A GIFT

I SO TOTALLY excited about this next project...

Get a gift and give a gift!!

I absolutely LOVE it - even if no one comments or responds to it! But I TOTALLY want to make some awesome gifts for some awesome people!

Copied from my friend Sarah over at LOVE, LOVE, LOVE who copied it from her friend!

Pay it foward!

Who doesn't love new, beautiful, unique handmade items? How about if you could get that new, beautiful, unique handmade item for free? How about if you then shared your talents with others? Now I know that last one sometimes makes people nervous...but I know there are enough of you out there that are up to the challenge. So please, read on and leave a comment.

For all bloggers who leave a comment with blog address or email on this post and commit to do the same pay-it-forward on their blogs I will do the following:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I send you. But you may be pleasantly surprised.

2. What I send will be made just for you, with love, by my own hands. You'd be surprised how much of our personalities come through online.

3. I will complete all gifts this year - 2009 (scary I know!).

4. I will not give you any clue what it’s going to be. It will be something made in the real world, that you can touch and feel, and not something cyber.

5. I reserve the right to do something strange. It may be weird or beautiful. Or it may be monstrous and annoying. If you find it truly horrendous, just let me know. Perhaps you'll send it forward to someone who will absolutely love it.

6. In return, all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 to respond to your blog post (one for each).

7. Send your mailing address - after I contact you to confirm. I am willing to post overseas (I am in the US).

I AM SO SUPER EXCITED! I LOVE THAT I CAN MAKE OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY AND BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY! Even more important, I LOVE that I have gotten to spend so much time hanging out with my amazing friend Sarah. She is the BESTEST of all BEST friends anyone could ever have. She even bartered for me! I LOVE LOVE LOVE HER :). (And I hope she lets me send her something!)

Fun Fall Finds!

How adorable is this?!?!?! I spent an awesomely fun afternoon with my friend Sarah over at Love, Love, Love shopping at Michael's, Joann's, and Target. We found this cute little loaf pan with squirrels on it for $1 at Michael's. Then we traveled across the street to Target and found this adorable squirrel place card holder in the seasonal department for $1.99. Now I'm just sad I didn't buy the plastic acorn decorative fillers to go around him! Guess I'll have to make a return trip! :) Tomorrow we are off on a super fun flea market trip! I've been asked to bring along my camera... so we will blog more upon our return!

Amy

Pink Saturday!!! (super excited about this project)

Okay, so this involves a transformation of a bird house I made in 6th grade wood shop class. Where the girls weren't allowed to touch any power tools (so wrong, I know). Anyway, I thought I had a before pic, but apparently not. Let's just say it was a dark royal blue, with lots of clashing colors used for grass, flowers, and a tree painted on the front with the entry hole up in the leafy part. It wasn't cute- I hated it from the moment I painted it, but we had been rushed and had very little to choose from as far as paint colors.

Primered and missing half of the roof:



Finished project! Pretty and pink! (The little pink bird foot prints were left over from my 6th grade attempt to fix the disaster... I added glitter to the roof to keep the shingles from shedding the little black pieces.)

I decided to paint the inside gold (didn't worry too much about it since it's the inside) and install hinges on the roof when I reconstructed it.


A little wreath of flowers for girly charm and I added a screw as a door knob (my mom thought I was crazy when I showed her).

Voila! Now I can use it to hold things... my thoughts were ribbon or fancy scissors... my almost twenty pound cat's idea was himself... obviously he's a little challenged with his spatial reasoning skills.

Wednesday Words Preview

Because Grey's Anatomy is one of the shows I LOVE and because new seasons are starting up- here's a quote that means so much to me:

"You never know the biggest day of your life is the biggest day. Not until it's happening. You don't recognize the biggest day of your life, not until you're right in the middle of it. The day you commit to something or someone. The day you get your heart broken. The day you meet your soul mate. The day you realize there's not enough time, because you wanna live forever. Those are the biggest days. The perfect days. You know?"

-Izzie Stevens

Wednesday Words

Okay blogging buddies, I'm sure this will get off to a slow start- but I am going to launch it anyway! I don't know about you, but I LOVE quotes. I am a quote collector, from movies, books, people, tv series, you name it- if it touches a layer of my life then I write it down and save it (Okay I'm also somewhat of a pack rat). So, I was thinking- what fun would it be to find out quotes that have touched other people's lives? That's why I'm launching Wednesday Words! If you want to share a quote that means something to you (with the source as well of course- if it's anonymous just state so), then just link back to my blog in yours or if you would like me to list your blog site on my own so that there is a directory people can go to, just email me your name and blog address by Tuesday 8am EST. I was also trying to decide between Sayings Sunday or Wednesday Words and decided Wednesday would be a nice day for quotes since it is the middle of the week and we all need a little something to get us through. Let me know your thoughts!

Amy

LATE PINK SATURDAY CHALLENGE!

Okay, so Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound challenged us Pink Saturday Bloggers to feature another blogger on our post. I'm a day late- due to being sick in bed all day most likely, but this was well worth the wait!

Check out Claudia at Dipity Road! This is what I call Heaven on Earth! My soul sighed when I saw the pictures of what I can only call complete happiness. I love animals (thus my five pets) and would love to live in a quiet country house where animals wandered by for a visit. You HAVE to see Claudia's photography! It's AMAZING!

DIPITY ROAD!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!

Tree Branches Galore...

Okay, so I'll be the first to admit that I have come to HATE yardwork. I made this huge flower bed last summer (only lived in my house for a year and a half now), thinking it would be less grass to mow, and despite all of my efforts it has been overtaken with weeds and grass. I also have an 8 foot tall fence out back that faces up against my neighbors privacy fence- but they left about a foot of weed growing space for me to enjoy... the weeds have trunks from B.M. (before move-in). I hate the jungle craziness, but this is all rambling because I am writing this post in reference to the pile of tree branches I have collected in my front flowerbed. Why haven't I broken them down and thrown them away you ask? Because it frustrates me that they had the nerve to fall out of the tree in the first place, and because they just poke holes through the sides of the bags and scratch me all up! So last year, I had this idea that I was going to use them to make a fall craft- I got frustrated and gave up when the branches wouldn't cooperate. So... what now? Well, there's a new bushel of them waiting my bad words and frustrated glares. Alas, I found this craft... it involves glittery diamondlike decoratives and reminds me of the winter snow I adore... so here's to Amy vs. the Branches: Year 2. I'll let you know how it turns out!

Check out the directions and idea at SaveOnCrafts.com

Pink Saturday- muted addition

Not much fun around here I must say. My voice has almost completely disappeared and the pain in my throat is going to prevent me from trying it out much. You never realize how much you talk to yourself until you are unable to :P. Anyway, my beloved Tinker Bell watch died... so dead that a new battery had no effect whatsoever... so in my great despair I came across a pink watch instead! YAY! Some minor relief... because when there is no Tinker Bell... there can still be pink!

The batteries in my camera died so this is a cell phone pic- thus why it is fuzzy :(. Well, you get the idea :). Happy Pink Saturday Blogging Buddies!

Amy