Do you remember this fabric?   It was a table cloth that I got for .90 at a thrift store.  Now they are two mors shopping bags.  http://www.morsbags.com/

Morse bags

This chest of drawers is one of my all time fav thrift store find.  It has dove tail drawers, real wood back, solid construction, cherry stain and dust shelves.  For $83.00 and only a three block trip on the top of the car it was a steal.

Thrift store chest of drawers

I took these pictures when it was the first signs of spring.  And even though it has only been a couple of weeks spring is here in full force.  Still these are beautiful.

Yellow Crocus

purple crocus

I have been knitting a lot for a friend who is having a baby girl.  So I get to knit all those cute things that I have always wanted to do, but had no excuse to do.  But…. since they are a gift you guys don’t get to see them until my friend does.  But I will share them with you, I promise.

We got the totals from the book fair- our sales were $6,800 up over a thousand dollars from last year of $5,500.  Those are a lot of books!

I have contributed 3 original knitting patters to Ravelry.  So far the response has been good.   I have had 85 people add the seahorse to their favorites and 55 people add the elephant head lovie.

Thanks all!

So it is my son’s book fair week- which means I took a week of vacation and will work the book fair to help out his school.

This means my posts will suffer a little.

I have added a new knitting pattern… the seahorse.

Seahorse

Making a terrarium is easy and cheaper than you think.  Each plant 2.95 at a home improvement store, rocks 1.00 at a dollar store and glass easy to find at a thrift store.

Plant your plants

Online instructions say you need cactus soil, but cactus soil is just like potting soil with extra sand.  I had potting soil, and play sand, so I mixed to too to get a good consistency.  Succulents need lots of drainage so add rocks to the bottom of your glass.  I found pebbles at a dollar store for a dollar a bag and I used 1.5 bags.    One bag for the bottom, and less than that for the top to give it a finished look.

Add Gravel

I ended up making two.  The second one cost me a grand total of $13.  $2.00 for the rectangular vase from a thrift store, $9.00 worth of plants, and $2.00 of rocks.  I had the sand and potting soil already.

Side View

Looking from above

So I have always loved glass doors in vanities an cabinets.  But they show the mess!  So I decided to put paper in the doors to hide the clutter.

This is the before picture.

Before

I tried out various colored paper before I settled.  These are scrap book papers.  The one below almost matches the color of the walls until it is behind the glass.  And then it is way too pale.

Matching Blue

Once you settle on a paper, trim to size and tape into place with scotch tape.

Tape in the Paper

Then admire the view!  It took only 30 minutes to do, the hardest part was selecting the paper, and .20 worth of materials.

Finished