My new BFF

I LOVE my new friend! She is amazing!

See Kate Sew had Pleat Week over and her blog and got me insprired to do some rufflin'. So no more baste stitching and hand gathering. This little friend of mine does it all for me now. So much easier.
After all I do have 3 girls...that's a lot of ruffles to make.
I have made two projects with it all ready and just got it Saturday.

I will have to make some of these.

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

You have to go over to Recipe Girl and get the recipe for these AHH-mazing pancakes. Seriously. I compare them to the gourmet pancakes we had in Hawaii. My 3 year old asked for more...and she NEVER eats pancakes.

Picket Fence

I LOVE this barn door from Brown Paper Packages. I knew I wanted something like that on a blank wall in my kitchen. I have been going a bit country/farm-ish in the kitchen ever since we got chickens.
When I made a trip down to Richfield I came across a gentlemen with a large pile of barn wood in his yard. I didn't hesitate to ask to have some of it and he was more than happy to share. I loaded up as much as I could in my van before I made the trip home. I almost had to leave a couple kids there to make room for more wood.

In my load of wood I brought home 2 sections of picket fence. I spotted them behind a few things in his yard and had to have them! One of them has a home on my front porch and the other is now hanging on my kitchen wall. I think it needs a wreath!

Next on my kitchen list is this. How beautiful would that be in my country/farm-ish kitchen? LOVE it!

New Red Door

BEFORE

AFTER
My New Red Door!! I love it!
I had leftover paint from painting the chicken coop and thought I would put it to use.

A few porch accessories. The chair from DI, painted with leftover family room paint and recovered with fabric in my stash.(i just used what I had, I might change it) The Birdhouse was from DI and so was the spindle. The fence is reclaimed barnwood from a trip down to Richfield with a friend. LOVE it all!

Funky Wood Lovin'

If you ever find weird wood pieces in the thrift store...BUY them! I got TWO of these little babies and at the time I had no idea what I was going to do with them. They have been sitting in my garage for over 6 months (maybe close to a year). Finally, I had a place for one to call home... AND

It has a new home on my kitchen ledge, which seriously needed a makeover.

The clock had been up there all by it's lonesome for so long. I finally got bit by the craft bug and have been working on projects around the house. It still needs a few things painted and something to put in the frame, but I LOVE it! Having house projects done makes me happy!

I Ruffled!

Back to school shopping with three girls was not much fun...and I only have 2 in school right now. In another year all three will be in school. I had a hard time finding things to buy them this year. Am I getting pickier or are the clothes getting worse...ok don't answer that. I decided to buy some Wallyworld tshirts and dress them up a bit. I bought 2 medium shirts...one for each girl. (Yes they wear the same size...we gave up on hand me downs a year or so back.) I unstitched the pocket on the front.

I also bought 1 xtra large shirt to cut up for a total of $12 for all 3 shirts. I cut 3 inch strips of fabric off the bottom of the shirt.

I had to do a gather stitch...one of these days I will get a ruffler foot for my sewing machine.

All finished! I love it!

Love Freebies!

My BFH (beautiful friend Holly) was at her dads house and he was putting this shelf out into his shed. Holly said to her dad I know someone that would love that shelf if you want to get rid of it. So she called me and asked if I wanted it...heck ya! It's so cute...I am moving craft stuff around in the basement and setting up a new craft room in the unfinished side. (my 8 yr old is going to get the finished room)

Has been on a long craft hiatus and have had no desire to blog. I just made a bunch a new stuff and have finally gotten in the craft mood again. Stay tuned for pictures.