Decorative plates w/ phrases or sayings

Here is another craft that i have done in the last year. I thought they would be fun and easy to do ........ BUT turned out a tad bit stressful. I am a perfectionist in the things that i do, i know that i shouldn't be but just can't help it. I feel that my hand writing is tooooooo sloppy. I ended up doing a lot of erasing and or throwing  the plate away......UGH and i hate throwing stuff away. Writing with the paint pens is different and writing on the plate makes it uneven. So if you think this is a cool craft and you want to try it just be ware that it is not as easy as it looks.  I also have put hangers on the back so they can hang on the wall too.  I also have done other sayings but they have all sold. Will post as i finding the courage to tackle this craft again.

Bird Feeders or Yard Art

My New Passion........Bird Feeders ...... Aka....... Yard Art.
Love them. They are so fun to make.
Little bit of this and a Little bit of that. Mixed matched pieces. Pieces that don't belong to anything or part is broken or missing.

Update....LoL

Been a long time since i posted. LoL. Too much stuff going on but want to get back to posting. Had to close the shop down last summer. Miss my shoppe. Loved it! Just wasn't a good location and i hope to try agian one day. Still did Tannehill Trade Days until it close for the year. Can't wait till march when it starts back up agian. Getting ready every day. Have 3 booths at Longleaf Antique and Fleamall  in Alexander City and now i am yardsaleing online through facebook. LoL that is absolutely crazy. Have met some really strange people and also some really awesome people. Have many new friends because of it. Need to get more organized on my time. LoL maybe one day it will happen.

Proof that I "Junk It" at home as well as at the shop! Our Garden and Ideas

Awesome Idea that I saw last year. Just had to add this to my rock garden and the Kids was soooooo happy too. Ha Ha.

Added this about the same time that I added the toilet. Saw this in the Birds Bloom magazine. These belong to my dad and had been sitting in the back of the closet for twenty years. So now when I go outside a part of him is out there with me.

Can't really see it but there is a Black iron headboard there. The ivey really needs to be trimmed back and the headboard needs to be painted a different color so it will stand out more. This was the first of my rock garden. Family thought I was going nuts when I started putting "Junk" out in the yard.

Another idea that we saw in the Birds in Bloom magazine. In the magazine the bedspring was in better condition and was mounted on a wall which looked alot better than mine. I think that if I painted it instead of letting it be rusted it might stand out more. Blue ridge plates adds a little color.

Sitting area under construction. ha ha...... More cleaning out to do and trying to find a swing .

This will be added to the sitting area when we finish it. Scott made a bench out of two metal chairs. We are looking for special pots that he is wanting to put in the sitting area of the chair. We we find them, then flowers will be added.

This is something that we recently found. It will soon be in the sitting area too. Going to find a running plant of some sort.....not sure if I want any more ivey, to put in there and then line the bottom with either plants or rocks or both.

Another idea that I just saw this morning. Taking palets and making fences out of them. Been wondering what I could use in my sitting area to make it a little more private. Now I just need to find one to two more.

Hope you enjoyed my garden.

Tannehill Trade Days April 2011

Oh what an Awesome weekend. It didn't start off perfectly though. We couldn't leave Friday to set up like we normally do because of all the weather that was coming through. So even though I hate having to get up at 2:00am to make that trip it was safest way to be. So we headed out a little after 3:00am and arrived at 5:30am. We were not the only ones that had decided not to ride the storms out it the Tannehill hollow. Usually 75 percent of us vendors set up on Friday but when we arrived there was probably 20 people there ahead of us. Boy was it cold and MUDDY. We started setting up and I was sooooo thankful that I had brought my sweats but was starting to get worried that I had missed packed. By the time we were set up my shoes were completely caked with mud and I had mud up to my knees. Still very cold and now at this time very WINDY. Lets just say for the record that wind and my trade does not get along very well. We were having up to 20 mph winds, very strong and I held my breath and prayed a lot during Saturday. My prayers was answered and I had nothing to get damaged from the wind fortunately, others out there was not so fortunate. One vendor just a few spaces down had there tent to break under the pressure of the wind. By lunch time we were packed, I think that it was later during the day Saturday than norm because of the weather the night before, and even though everyone was talking about the wind/cold they were definitely trading. Night came and we were cold, muddy and exhausted. We went down to the Mill and walked the trail behind it. The creek that runs beside it was running full steam and it was beautiful.

Finally came down to eating supper and passing out. Long, Awesome, Cold, Fantastic, Muddy Day! But neither of us, Scott or I, slept very well because I packed for hot not cold so needless to say we froze. I woke up several times because I was shivering so hard. Scott made a suggestion that I will definitely take heed of. We will start packing for both no matter what because when I pack for cold it is hot (like last time) and when I pack for hot it is cold (like this time).
Sunday's always start off slow the main crowd doesn't come in until 1:00pm after church. Most interesting of the day was watching my fellow vendor, Ms Cindy, go off on the most annoying vendor next to her. The lady definitely had it coming. Finally the weekend came to an end, packed up and arrived back home around 10:00pm Sunday night and Boy did we ever truly pass out then.
Awesome weekend, bought some great stuff to put into the shoppe, will post pics of that later. Last month was the best that we had ever did and this month top it. Can you say "AWESOME"! Thank you Lord for Blessing our weekend!!

Tannehill Trade Days

I can't wait till this weekend. Praying for good weather. Tannehill Trades Days in McCalla, Alabama. Saturday and Sunday from 8:00am till it stops usually around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Beautiful park and lots of Awesome Crafts, Antiques and of course there is your commercialize stuff though but what I like about this trade days is that it is more arts, antiques and crafts than not. Will have the Visa/Mastercard machine. Yeah!

Awesome Month

I am soooo excited. Eleven months ago I opened my little Pre-loved and Gift shoppe called Cat's Treasures. This past month, March, has been Awesome. God is Good! I have tons of stuff to work on to bring into the shop, household items and clothing especially, need to get all my spring/summer clothing out. Then there is some of the new items I have put in like the Pure Romance, Cracked up Marble earring and necklace sets, Mixers, and other new jewelry that I have added. Plus this past month I started excepting Visa/Mastercard,which was very exciting just by it self. Now I balance my books for the month and discover how much I made. Whoo Hooo! Agian God is Good! Love my little Shoppe!