Pink Wednesday!

Discovered in the camera this morning...

and these are my newest set of victims friends...

picked up from Morningsun Herb farm.

Went strippin'...

We all got some Spring Break R&R last month

and went strippin'...

you knew I meant the Vegas kind.

Vegas wouldn't be Vegas

without a lil' Elvis (or Elvi) sighting!

Back to blogging...

After taking another LONG hiatus

again...I'm back to blogging.

'Cept for the horrible seasonal

allergies and our crazy NorCal

weather...don't you love springtime?

And...my daughter's illness is in a FULL remission

and we are fully living life. And, on that note,

I so excited...I'm going back to work!

I'm also launching my new blog related

to vintage finds and my passion...painting!!!

Paint Stuck Under My Fingernails

and my new Patina Decorative Finishes site.

I'd love your feedback!

My newest reveal is my garden "studio"...

don't you love the pop of color?

The "windows" were actually a door

re-purpose from a Balinese teak cabinet.

I love how they look.

This weekend, they will be adorned

by window boxes made out of our

old "retired" fence planks.

and...some garden images from May!

my black stairs!

Wow, it only took me three months to come back

this time. The stairs were finished long ago.

I did them all by my self, Cut, sanded, stained (with

the new Minwax Polyshades in Classic Black).

It has a stain and polyurethane built into one.

The unfinished red oak stair treads were purchased

at Lowe's. The entire project took me about 22 hours,

between cutting, sanding, staining, and installing.

Cost was just over $400 and they turned out

exactly how I imagined them in my head.

I LOVE when that happens!

They are SO durable. Three kids,

two adults, and two dogs,

up and down. Not so much as even a nick or\

scratch yet! The challenge was the landing.

I had to buy a 4x8 piece of white oak

in 3/8 inch thickness.

LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

I had a vision...

It involved a Christmas party

and I didn't want the traditional little black dress.

Vintage shopping:

$2.50 dress

$1.00 ribbon

$2.00 hair clip flowers

$3.50 wool cape (oh, what a find)

$17.50 dry cleaning for the cape

$2.50 earrings

$6.99 Saks 5th Ave. shoes (WOW)

borrowed patent clutch

My outfit: $35.99!!!!