MERRIE...New Winner!

UPDATE...it's been 15 days and I haven't heard from Laurie, so the NEW winner, drawn randomly is MERRIE!
Please contact me here with your info!




....well, I'll tell ya in just a second!!!

This is the first chance I've had time to post the winner!!!! Phew!!!!! Busy, busy days!!!

So, my dear hubby randomly drew and name and the winner is:

Laurie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS TO YOU, LAURIE!!!!

Please give me your mailing address either by leaving a comment or by emailing me at fnpmlp(at)aol(dot)com.

I'm having a giveaway!

In honor of summer and one of my favorite holidays, Independence Day on July 4, I am having a giveaway!

I have a brand new, hand-painted primitive table runner by Park Designs and a new pack of
4" X 6" American flag recipe cards by Saltbox Illustrations!

Leave a comment here for one entry, put a link on your blog to this post for another entry!

Good luck!

The winner's name will be drawn on June 23!

An awesome giveaway!

Farmhouse Primitives is having an awesome giveaway just in time for Flag Day! Register here
The winner will be announced June 15!

Love my new project!

I found a really cool project at Bless Our Nest...Shannon had taken a silver tray and painted it with chalkboard paint. You can see her result here

I decided to give the project a try as well. I found these two trays at Goodwill for $2 each. I bought a can of chalkboard paint at Walmart for $10.
Here's my results:

I got so excited doing these projects that I hunted around in the garage for something else to paint and found an old board I'd been saving for eons, not knowing what to do with it but loving it too much to chuck it. I love the beveled edge on it. I covered the whole board in chalkboard paint and here's the results:

This sign will stay on my covered front porch for the summer and I'll prolly change out the saying when I get a whim.

If you decide to do this project, let me know! I'd love to see the results!

A Freebie! Inspirational Word Labels Collage Sheet

UPDATE: Someone has said the link to this is no longer valid. Email me/comment if you'd like me to send you the download, because I saved it to my computer last night. =)

I found a link for a free sheet of vintage labels, etc. and the Relax label you see on the bottle is an example of what's included. You can find the free down-loadable sheet here. The labels include different words and pix of vintage ladies. the possibilities are endless!

A new project & an antiques shop find

I decided to try a new project, so I got some tulle, elastic and my scissors...

and this is the result:

I'm selling custom tutu's on my selling blog: ryleighemajane

I found this old wooden tool carrier at an antiques shop for $12.
This is what I've done with it so far:

And here's some pix I took last week. It was almost dark when I took them:

1st Birthday party ideas needed!

Ryleigh's first birthday is coming up on July 1! I need some help with a party theme! being July 1, we could go with a red, white and blue theme, but I'd love to hear your ideas!

Ry in her 1st Jacuzzi last week! lol