Just a Blink

What a time of year for me to pick for sorting out insurance paperwork, photos and schedules!? What was I thinking?

I’m committed to my cause, but if I didn’t take a minute to stop and smell the flowers, I’d have to be committed.

Love,

Jess

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‘Her Trading is Profitable’

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Faithfulness

This entry is part 20 of 22 in the series Proverbs 31 Hands On

Proverbs 31:18

¹⁸ She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.

I traded my pie plate pedestal…

…for a friend’s pink pennant banner!

I’d say it was a win-win situation. Wouldn’t you?

I will be focusing more on “the affairs” of my household, now that the Junk Market is behind me.

Bring on the paper shredder!

Love,

Jess

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Shabby Mamas at the Junk Market

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Whatever Else

The Junk Market was last weekend!

Here are just a sampling of photos from the marvelous junk heap in the Shabby Mamas tent.

Standing: Andrea, Kimber, Becki / Seated: Carrie and I.

Name tags, aprons, friends, and shabby chic home decor – a nice day all around.

Cheers for trying something new!

Love,

Jess

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I Been A-Junkin’

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Creativity, Junk Rehab

Bliss = an hour in the my “studio” with super glue, paint and my new paper cutter. Dreaming up ideas for respurposing discarded items is a lot of fun.

I had a dream last night that Leonardo DiCaprio was yelling at me for cluttering up the garage. So. Wierd. I guess, if just plain old anybody is going to yell at me, it might as well be Leo. I digress.

Okay, I said I’d include some before and after photos!

Here is a before photo of a paned window that was missing one piece of glass.

Here is the after.

Here is a before of a ledged window piece of wall decor.

Here is the after.

Tonight’s project…

To paint it bright red or powder blue that is the question!!??

Love,

Jess

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Tiered Plates

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Creativity, Junk Rehab

The Junk Market is only a few days away!

Tiered cake plates are ready to sell.

Wanna do it to?

Gather or purchase plates, vases and candle sticks.

Glue them together with E6000 industrial strength glue.

And there you go!

Add brownie bites and appetizers or seasonal home decor…like a bunch of red Christmas bulbs or Easter eggs.

Love,
Jess

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I’m Still Cruising on Proverbs 31

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Faithfulness

This entry is part 19 of 22 in the series Proverbs 31 Hands On

Currently, I’m putting my nose to the grind on two verses from my ‘project passage’

¹⁸ She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.

and

²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.

So what am I actually doing?

I am using my resourceful craftiness to create shabby chic junk for a local Junk Market. I have a few before and after posts in the works for all y’all fellow do-it-yourselfers. I hope that all my nights of work will turn a bit of a profit…if not, it sure has been fun dumpster diving, painting, and farting around in the garage.

Nextly, (that is a cool word, yes, grammarians I’m using it), I am sorting through my house brick by brick. er…Paper by paper? maybe, Toy cubby by cubby!? Whatever, you get the idea. I intend to get our family life is ship shape for this verse. More to come on that as well.

Although I am knee deep in “work”, I still find time for goofing off.

Ryan learned how to be the Captain of a boat this past weekend. He loves going fast!

I love going fast too. We’re a good team, he punches the throttle and I look where the heck we are going.