Saturday, September 4, 2010

It's that time of year!!


Borrowed from Facebook

I pledge allegiance to the Crimson Tide
At the University of Alabama
And to the traditions
For which it stands
One Nation under Saban
Undefeated
With championships and victory over all!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!

Photo from Google Images.
 

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Monkeys Ridin' Dogs!!

Or.....better known as "THE MOST ANNOYING COMMERCIAL EVER!"

This commercial is advertising the 2010 Alabama State Fair. It plays on every single radio station in the area, at least 74558648 times per day. The people I work with, who DON'T have the pleasure of hearing it over-and-over again, think I am nuts when I walk around spouting off tag-lines from this commercial. It's definitely something you won't easily forget.

If you dare to listen to this, make sure your volume is turned down a bit, so as not to wake the dead sleeping babies.

Oh, and don't say I didn't warn you!



50 years of trying to prove that all Alabamians aren't redneck hicks, just down the drain.....

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

I have ONE figured out!

Remember these painted frames from a few posts ago?


I got my original inspiration from LouCinda at Tattered Hydrangeas


 I really wanted to put silverware in my frames and hang them in the dining room, but the openings in my frames are really teeny-tiny.  So, I've looking for just the right "thing" to go in each frame.  Well, the other day, while I was looking through some things, I came across a broach that was my Paternal Grandmother's.  It is the one and only thing I have of her's.  I thought it may work....so I grabbed some scrapbook paper and adhesive and went to work....


Absolutely PERFECT!

I still don't have the other two frames finished, but now I am going to wait until I find some things that have special meaning to me and my family.

What family treasures do you have displayed in your home?

I am linking to Chic on a Shoestring Decorating.

Monday, August 30, 2010

I should have never walked into the Dollar Tree...

I walked into the Dollar Tree with simple intentions.  I was just going to buy a wreath form and a book to try to make a "book page wreath" that seems to be all the rage in blog-land these days.  I blame Kim Wheeler for making her wreath look so good that I just have to try it.


(I swiped this photo from Kim's Facebook page.  Maybe she won't kill me.)

I mean, just look at that wreath!  Isn't it gorgeous?  And look at that frame...it's the exact same frame that I put around my canvas (that is unfortunately still broken from that stupid Command Hook incident). 

Anyway, I thought "I'll be in-and-out in a few minutes....$2.00....$3.00 tops...and I'll be on my way back home."  Well, my first mistake was bringing a certain 7 y.o. into the store with me.  You know he had to find a thing or two that he just couldn't live without.  And then my second mistake was forgetting that it's the time of year that all the Fall/Halloween stuff is out for display.  Anyone who's read here for any length of time knows that I am OBSESSED with Halloween and Fall.  It is easily my favorite time of year. 

After spending about 45 minutes in the store, and spending $30-something dollars, I came out with all this:



I am loving my little black birds. I saw some similar to these last year for about $6.00 each.



I plan on spray painting the twine balls.  I got the gold Christmas balls on clearance for $0.50!



And, I did manage to get the wreath and book that I initially went in to buy.  More than one wreath form could have made it into my buggy.

So, if you get the urge to buy some craft supplies at the Dollar Tree.....make sure you have plenty of time, and plenty of money!