From the Junk Corner

A few weeks ago my neighbor

walked across the street

 when she saw me out painting

 

Looking around at all my junk she

 spied something in my

"waiting to be painted"

corner of the garage

 

My Junk Corner

 

She said "Oh I see a piece

that would be perfect for my

 daughter in law!"

 

"Could you paint it white?"

 

Are you kidding me

"paint it white"

is my middle name!!

 

........so out came the chalk paint and

 

Ta Daaaaa....

 

A cute shabby jewelry cabinet

 

(Which was originally blonde wood)

 

 

The top opens with a mirror

 

sides open for places to hang necklaces

 

and plenty of drawers for other jewelry

 

 

Every Little Birdie says

 

What girl wouldn't love this

for a jewelry box!!



Celebrating Life

The other night I stepped

out on my front porch

and took a moment

to thank God

for this beautiful sunset

 

 

I don't know about you,

but I rarely seem to slow down these days

 

Again this past Saturday

I made myself find time to attend a

memorial service for a man

at my church that I barely knew

 

I had smiled at him and said hello

many times over the past year,

but never really took the time to

get to know him

 

During this wonderful celebration of life

I found myself rejoicing

with his family as they boldly

gave testimony through word and song

of a great Godly man

who loved his Lord and served

Him so beautifully

 

How I wish I'd slowed down long enough

to know him before the sunset on his life

 

 

 

Every Little Birdie says -

 

Slow me down, Lord!
Ease the pounding of my heart
By the quieting of my mind.
Steady my harried pace
With a vision of the eternal reach of time.
Give me, admidst the confusions of my day,
The calmness of the everlasting hills.

Break the tensions of my nerves
With the soothing music of the sighing streams
That live in my memory.
Help me to know
The magical restoring power of sleep.

Teach me the art
Of taking minute vacations of slowing down to look at a flower;
To chat with an old friend or to make a new one;
To pat a stray dog,
To watch a spider build a web;
To smile at a child;
Or to read a few lines from a good book.

Remind me each day
That the race is not always to the swift;
That there is more to life than increasing its speed.
Let me look upward
Into the branches of the towering oak
And know that it grew slowly and well.

Slow me down, Lord,
And inspire me to send my roots deep
Into the soil of life’s enduring values
That I may grow toward the stars
Of my great destiny.

Wilferd A. Peterson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi Purpose

Are any of your rooms multi-purpose?

 

My Guest Room certainly is!!

 

It's for my guests,

it's an office,

and it's my crafting room.

 

 

A comfy bed for my guests

 

 

And a desk unit for work

and crafting

 

of course when I'm crafting it

DOES NOT look this tidy

 

....but I'm not revealing those pictures!

 

It's a scary sight!!

 

The baskets are a new

addition for my files

 

Found them on the cheap

at Ross and I love them!

 

 

Above the desk an old ammo box

from my hubby's grandfather

topped with a picture of my grands

 

 

I'm always changing out the décor

in this room.......

 

My latest décor - Vintage bottles

I bought while on my trip

to Cornwall, England

They were dug up in that area

and date back to the 1800's

 

 

 

This little hammer was a gift

from a special friend at Christmas

 

The plaque says -

"I have a hammer and I know how to use it"

(She knows me well!)

 

 

 

Most of the things in this room

are my re-purposed creations

 

What I didn't make or re-purpose

I found at local thrift shops

 

 

 

 

I love this little corner  

of the room

 

 

....it's filled with treasures and

things I love

 

Every time I have guests they say-

 

"Oh my, I think you've changed things

up a bit in this room"

 

AND I SAY -

 

"Yep, I sure have!"

 

Every little Birdie says

 

There's no moss growing under these feet!