Some wonderful awards, a project or two, and an Old school vacation.....

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http://thestonerabbit.typepad.com/the_stone_rabbit/ I was lucky enough to have these lovely ladies bestow upon me a few awards. I hope they know that I doooo appreciate the awards. I was busy last week getting ready for our little trip and doing last minute school shopping and didn't get around to posting them. I love each one and feel so thrilled that they thought of me! So thank-you to Kim, Des, and Dana!

In other news...here is where we have been (see down below). Relaxing and taking in the last of the glory of Summer. Lake of the Woods. Yes.. that is the official name of the lake. A resort that has maintained its rustic old school charm. We stayed in cabin #5...an oldy but goody. This 1920's lake resort was featured in http://www.camps-cottages.com/history.htm This is one of my fave decorating books. Love the kitschy nostalgia of this time period. I would have loved to have snatched that little red table. It had a 1950 National Geographic sitting on it. The bedside tables had reading material from that genre as well...old westerns...good ole Zane Grey. The first night...I heard the sound of owls hooting...while it kept me awake....I really relished the sounds they made. I felt honored that they were serenading us. While we didn't do much of anything exciting...we swam...or I should say Hunter swam, ate too much rich food, read, shopped, watched the scenery from our little porch, and ate more rich food( note to thyself to start my walking again and eating healthy), we had fun. I mean who wouldn't want to hang out in a cabin with a wagon wheel lamp & warm wool Pendleton blankets? Good times...thats all I gotta say.

Remember these as a kid? How many times did you plead with your folks.....pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaseeeeese let me have a dime so I can ride the wagon? It's a whopping quarter now. Some things never change. Don't tell Hunter I showed you this. Gotta keep the cool image for your peeps.


My post wouldn't be complete without a little project. I had a before...but the camara ate the pic...I don't know what the heck I did but all my pics disappeared while on vacation the first night. So all I got to give is an after. Sorry folks. I turned it over to show what I did. Last week I went to our monthly St. Vinnies 50% off store wide sale. I found a burgandy crackled candle pillar..or at least I think that was what it was...it really didn't have a place to put a candle safely...Anywhooo than I found a big wooden plate with a lovely folk artish hen with a night cap on...yes I said night cap. She also had a night gown on...it was a ghastly dipiction of a hen gone wrong...From there I sanded the painted image as good as I could and of course yawnnnnnnnnnnn used spray paint to cover both pieces and used my liquid nails to put them together to create a cake stand type thingy ma jig. I have had much envy for those that had those gorgeous Southern living pillars with the twisted stem. WELL this is as close as I got to it. And for 2.00 plus the cost of paint and liquid nails not bad. It will be fun for Halloween and any other whim I might have for it. The other little project is my boo banner. I did it last night. I found a bunch of fun Halloween papers while on leave and had to dig into them last night. I have sooo many paper crafts and other projects roaming in this head for Fall and Halloween I need to start now. It is only 62 degrees here too soooo pretty easy for me to say "green light" ....well I HAD labor Day projects to do...and they are not getting done....it is soo much more fun to hang with you guys! I hope everyone is safe and sound...I have those in my thoughts that are close to Gustav. God Bless, cherry

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