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Random Friday: My little vanity chair. . .
There was this sad little chair at the Goodwill store. It was wrapped in a sage green fabric that had been tacked and nailed around the edges. It was torn at the top, and the fabric tore easily when pulled. It was so old it was rotten. At $3.99 I had to take it home.…
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Folk Magazine 2013 Journal Challenge: American Ingenuity
This week’s journal challenge prompt is: How do you perceive American ingenuity? Where do you see American ingenuity thriving today? What a great question! (or two) American ingenuity is the heart of our nation’s productivity and prosperity! Without it there would be no light bulb, no computer, no car, no Post-it notes. And where would…
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RANDOM FRIDAY; DIY CRAFTS
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I will be opening a booth in a local antique mall in February. I hope to move in on the first, and I am very excited! I now have a place to put all of the things I used in my daughter’s wedding, along with things I have collected…
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CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: DIY Shower Invitations
One of the neat things about being a bride is having a bridal shower. Usually friends or colleagues or the church you belong to will throw one for you if you are the bride, but my daughter had no one in those areas available to do it for her. As her mother I definitely wanted…
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CHEAP WEDDING REVEAL!
I promised that I would reveal just how much we had to pay for my daughter’s cheap fairy tale wedding. Check out the photos below and see if you can guess how inexpensively we were able to pull it off. . . The dress is from David’s Bridal and was the fifth dress that…