After reading my earlier yell for help about the World's Cheapest drapery lining, I got to thinking maybe I should re-phrase this. CHEAP as in inexpensive not as in chintzy/poor quality, etc. I know you guys would have understood......but, just making sure. Brenda
WHOA! How fun is that? Whatever made you choose to do this bathroom this way? I love it. How fun for the whole family. That painted floor is GREAT. The rug is a masterpiece. Buy your daughter her own personal bottle of Soft Scrub w/bleach.......she can use it everytime before she uses the tub. Cheaper than a new shower. haha ENJOY! Brenda
Kimi....why is this called a quilt box? Looks like a type of fainting couch (or psychiatrist's couch) to me! Just wondering. Brenda
I am catching up old mail. I keep saying that. lol. Kimi Happy Anniversary. My husband and I have been married 21 years back in Feb. I watched a show one time that said most people got married in 1980 then any year ever. So congrats to us still married this long. 1980 was a good year. Lorretta
Great pic of sign Liz Lorretta Loved it.
Am saving this address on computer...but not sure it is taking. Let me know if ya'll get this test mail. Have finished painting and papering the small hall bath....just need to add accessories today..then will send picture. Bit the bullet and painted the room burgandy....just love it. Did the room for about $20.00 for paint and border paper...what a deal! Margaret...now in PA & not TX
Morning Everyone.....question for you.....I have a loooooong wall, 47' (okay, so I knocked out a wall between 2 rooms) that is broken up as follows from left to right.....2' wall, 29' windows, 2' wall, 6' fireplace (ugly will be refaced eventually), 2' wall, 4' window, 2' wall....oh! then you get to a corner and go 2' wall, 6' slider and then more wall...... I'm going to make some floor to ceiling drapery panels at each of the wall locations (there are like 6"-8" breaks in that 29' run of windows every 4' where I will do a 12" finished size panel)....so I'm talking 10 panels total. Here's my question....do I run a rod at the top (a la Kurt) the entire length of the run? Or, should I put a rod only where the panels are? These panels will not draw. The fabric will be 2/1 fullness. They will be hung from ring clip thingys. Will probably use galvanized pipe painted black (or maybe very dark brown, fabric is red/orange background with very open kinda modern 50s leaf/fern print mustard/brown/almost olive/dark rust) as the rod. My instincts are to have the rod run the entire distance.....but, would that look too much horizontal emphasis....when my intent is to go for tall? KURT! Are you listening? TIA......Brenda
SHOE POLISH! THAT'S IT! You have no idea how many different things I tried on my "leather" lamp. I forgot all about shoe polish. Someone wrote asking yesterday about an antiquing wax... wonder if shoe polish would do the same thing? Denise
Brenda, Do you fly with Delta? Where are you based? I have a friend out of Boston/Logan. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Brenda, Just what were the attachments you attached? I didn't find anything! Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Im50biteme.....love that! So....do you have a real name...or would you just like to be referred to as I5BM for short? Your green sounds wonderful to me. Does it have a brand and actual color name or is it something you had matched? Master......this cabbage rose makes me sneeze! Uh....quite a few of us were well beyond the playpen stage when Grasshopper was bouncing around the tv. Sounds to me as though the Zen reference is very accurate. A serene, peaceful environment. White towels? Very smart. Can't bleach dark green or any other color. At least white can be white again!! Colors do seem to fade away eventually (cheap ones earlier than others). Please though, consider changing your environment more often than you change husbands (but not as often as you change underwear!! OMG where did that come from?) Everyone needs a "shake-up" in their life once in a while!! Brenda light, neutral, yellow based green. very peaceful flow. "Zen" "Grasshopper take this Cabbage rose from my hand....." you likely watched when you were in playpens! LOL)t hasn't happened with my husband yet, and I have been looking at him for 28 years! purchase towels. More white, of course!
Hey everyone, I have created a new album in our group called Terri's album and I have put some new pictures in it. I have included the after pictures of my china cabinet and dresser. I have the before and after of the kitchen chairs and table, I have a picture of the iron bed I am so proud of and then finally pictures of my gameroom that is the last room in the house to be decorated. Any suggestions for that room are very appreciated. I don't have the before's handy of the china cabinet and dresser but they are on the webphotos.com album of mine (nickname is tfallin). Let me know what you think. I still love the kitchen chairs! Thanks, Terri
Hello, My name is Kristen and I just joined the list. I am looking for my first house to buy and am trying to get a head start on decorating ideas. I've decided to do the living room in a "cabin" theme. I've found some really cute accents, and am going to make a small throw quilt, pillows, and quilted wall hangings from some woodland fabric I bought at Walmart. My main concern is what to do with the walls to kind of keep with the cabin theme... I thought about maybe doing some wooden slat wallpaper from the floor up about 3 feet, and then painting the rest a light earth tone (and possibly adding some interest to it by sponging a slightly different shade as well). I have never painted, wallpapered or sponged anything, so any advice or ideas would be appreciated! - Kristen
Me too Deb, I've been having emails disappearing lately. I just re-sent the last two. They may burp back up. Sorry if they do. But sometimes I repeat myself! Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Helppppp! All kidding aside, is there any type of faux treatment that I can use on a cathedral popcorn ceiling. It's called a garden hose and a wide blade scraper! Instead of trying to cover up bad with good and throwing good money after bad--dampen it and scrape it. Then you can faux fits to your heart's content. Can I just click my heels and say "pink chiffon" three times. Maybe then Kurt or Liz would come to my rescue. Hey guys! I''m just outside of New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Super Bowl, Jazz Fest. Can anyone say "Road Trip." With Mardi Gras coming up, the pink chiffon may just come in handy! Where outside of New Orleans? My photographer moved to Mandeville is that near? An excerpt from my book will be in InsideNorthside shortly. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
For years I have been convinced that the architect who designed the tract houses in my subdivision was brain damaged. However, I am now convinced that he was bound and determined to foil any possible logical furniture placement or wall/ceiling treatment. My house has good square footage, but it is so chopped up that the architect must have sat up nights for months watching every decorating show and reading every book to insure that the room would be at least 6" short of allowing a sensible flow, and to insure that walls and ceiling could never be faux painted or wallpapered without major inconvenience and eternal dust. He must also have purposely drawn the plans to insure that no wall, ceiling or door frame could be replaced with a stock item. I can must imagine this demented architect sitting up with his cronies saying, "Yep, I think I have worked out a floor plan which could put an end to all honey do lists. I have included treatments on the walls and ceiling which are sharp enough to tear a roller to shreds, I have made every surface, opening and built in so far off that the only way to replace them is to spend a fortune having them hand built. I have insured that the furniture can only be laid out one way--yep, I sure love that bowling alley look with the couch at one end of the room and plenty of space for the little lady to restock my beer and pretzels. She can't ask me to move the furniture because I made certain that there could be no walk thru if it is pulled away from the walls, and even if she tries to get tricky, I foiled that by putting in only 3 outlets. I also made the cathedral ceiling so that the center beam doesn't look centered, and put an opening wherever I felt like it. I strategically placed the ugliest possible fireplace in such a way that even if she gives up on the idea of a sofa and just goes with chairs, she will still be foiled by having to set them to look at the ugly fireplace or the TV. I made certain that the walls are so out of plumb that moulding would only emphasize the flaws (the only molding I want in this house is on the half sandwich I didn't finish last Friday). I even made certain that the only way she could try to run more wiring in the room would be by breaking up the concrete floor or removing part of the roof. I stopped her from bringing in plants by placing only one window in the room. I purposely measured the breakfast nook (emphasis on the nook) so that no human can use it--even if they try some fancy schmancy banquet like that guy with a beard and dress shows. After all, if she can put a table there she won't let me eat on a tray in front of the TV. I was even smart enough to make certain that she couldn't make herself a sitting room there by making certain that the only view is of the street or the kitchen. I didn't give her enough cabinets to have fancy dishes. I mean, how much room do you need to make meat and potatoes. If she wants to do any baking, she can just set up a piece of plywood on two saw horses in the backyard. If she looks like she is trying to make something good maybe I'll go out and hold an umbrella over her head while she kneads the dough." Helppppp! All kidding aside, is there any type of faux treatment that I can use on a cathedral popcorn ceiling. My allergies are so bad that I would probably not be able to breath for months with the amount of dust created by sanding. The dry wall is so poor that if I could sand it down it would probably have to be retaped and floated. My DH advises that we probably couldn't even put a skim coat over the existing popcorn treatment without having the possibility of it pulling down portions of the drywall. I thought about upholstering the ceiling, but I'm not certain what to do as far as seams. I have thought about trying to make a green house effect--taking thin foam board upholstered with faux painted muslin (painted to look like a sky with clouds) and using furring strips either covered with vertigred copper strips and or perhaps just the wood painted the vertigre color, so that the ceiling would look like the inside of an atrium. I don't know if that would work or what type of treatment to use on the ugly center beam. Since the only ceiling light is in the beam--the light kit on a ceiling fan with too little room on the beam to incorporate a remote receiver to allow for a dimmer switch--I was trying to think of some way that I could perhaps use rope lights the full length of the beam to create a glow. I thought about cutting plywood or foam boards to create the look of a vaulted ceiling and putting the rope lights between the layers, but I can't see that making sense unless I actually dropped the ceiling to hide the center beam. I even thought about creating squares in the ceiling using stepped back and layered strips and making color copies of paintings to fit in the squares, but I think the room is too small for that and too dark. My furniture is Regency with heavy Far and Mid-East accents. The ceiling kind of runs uninterrupted from the entrance through the great room (what a laugh) and then down the hall toward the bedrooms. I would have to think of some clever method of making a logical stopping place for the ceiling treatment. Even worse, the room forms an L with the L allegedly being the breakfast nook. I'm not certain how the L ceiling would look untreated with the cathedral portion being treated. I am also not certain that the L portion could be treated as it runs uninterrupted into the kitchen. I thought of tenting the room, but I don't think I could use pleats because of the dust. I also thought about using the foam boards cut into squares and aneglypta wallpaper. Is there some way of fastening the boards to the ceiling after they are papered and painted? If that treatment would work, would you do it the same as a tile floor (starting in the middle and going out to avoid weird cuts at each end)? If so, the middle would probably be somewhere slightly overlapping the beam. Should I treat the area on either side of the beam as a separate floor--finding the middle of that side of the room and the middle of the other side of the room and going out from there? Too much of an investment would cause the house to become a white elephant. Can I just click my heels and say "pink chiffon" three times. Maybe then Kurt or Liz would come to my rescue. Hey guys! I''m just outside of New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Super Bowl, Jazz Fest. Can anyone say "Road Trip."
Helppppp! All kidding aside, is there any type of faux treatment that I can use on a cathedral popcorn ceiling. It's called a garden hose and a wide blade scraper! Instead of trying to cover up bad with good and throwing good money after bad--dampen it and scrape it. Then you can faux fits to your heart's content. Can I just click my heels and say "pink chiffon" three times. Maybe then Kurt or Liz would come to my rescue. Hey guys! I''m just outside of New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Super Bowl, Jazz Fest. Can anyone say "Road Trip." With Mardi Gras coming up, the pink chiffon may just come in handy! Where outside of New Orleans? My photographer moved to Mandeville is that near? An excerpt from my book will be in InsideNorthside shortly. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
The preceding photo was from the final segment I taped for DIY Crafts. I did a total of seven segments for them. It was the last day of shooting the series. I had already taped three segments earlier that day. So I was there for several hours. When I had completed my last shoot, the director asked if I would like sit in the control booth and see how everything is directed. I eagerly agreed. The final show was entitled "Global Crafts". Now this was the last show to shoot and it was just beginning taping and it was near 4pm. There were 3 new segments that needed to be shot. There was some problem with the first segment, no finished product for a beauty shot. The director was not happy. I asked if I could be of help. He said to hold that thought. They were able to cobble together an end product--a necklace made of Chinese knots. The next demo was up. Jewelry making. The demonstrator asked if there was a blow torch she could use! Hers was too big to bring into the studio! You can just imagine what the crew was thinking! It was now near 5pm. The studio had been rented to be wrapped by 5:30 or 6pm. The director flew into the control room and said, "Kurt go see props and do your stuff!" So I raced to the prop area and rummaged through their items. Thank goodness it was well stocked. I found a blue Chinese lantern and some tissue paper. Since the theme of the episode was global crafts, I hit upon the idea of a world pinata! We quickly cut out tissue paper continents and the assistant director raided the craft services table and presented me a bowl of fruit loops and a few hard candies--our filling! Since I had never created a step out (series of partly finished projects)--or really knew if it would work. We crossed our fingers and the cameras rolled. When I glued on the Antarctic ice cap--I did double layers and hoped the bottom wouldn't fall when it was filled with candy and cereal and lifted it up for camera! It didn't. They got the final episode shot, just a few minutes over and just in time for the wrap party! Oh how I love Hollywood! Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Hi everyone! I know you don't know me very well but I feel that I know each of you! I am having a problem with a new desk and I REALLY need help! Recently I purchased an unfinished Aspen desk. I painted the bottom part with oil-based creamy white paint. I then stained the top in a colonial maple and I really hated the top. I thought at that point I would start over so I painted the top in a latex bone paint and then a linen color on top of that. Still hate it. BTW - I used oil-based paint on the bottom because my paint store advised me that was best for furn. as it does not show brush marks. Last night I read in Country Home magazine to add instant age to painted walls and furnishing rub them with an umber colored glaze and wax. What does this mean? Anyway, I digress. I want the top of my desk to do something! Anything. Our walls are a golden khaki. Our carpet is an 11 year old country blue color which I will be covering with natural colored jute rugs until we can get carpet or laminate. In my den the couch and loveseat are covered in a plaid of navy, green, burgundy, and lighter colors of all with some khaki mixed in. I do have a cherry Queen Anne style desk and two tables but not for long as I am looking for something more substantial. Thanks! Beth
From: Cari Spano [mailto:carispano@...] Does anyone know where I can find inexpensive uplights?
Does anyone know where I can find inexpensive uplights? I need two for the end of my living room. They don't need to be pretty. They won't show. I would like for them to be on or near the floor. I checked at Home Depot with no luck. I don't have time to run all over the place looking for them so I thought this was the place to ask. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Cari@I'mstartingtopanicbecauseI'mgivingoutoftime!
HARVEST MOON That was just too funny! Thanks for the laugh, Cari
What about making little wine crates with wire handles. Add italian wine labels to the sides.
I have signed up to help on a committee for a New Years Eve Gala. The theme of the party is A Tuscan New Years. I need to come up with an idea for a container to hold chips in for the casino. As an example, the last year the theme was a Chinese New Years and they used chinese take out boxes for people to carry their chips in. I was thinking of a gold lame (sp??) drawstring bag. However, they have to be able to stand up by themselves, we need about 300 of them and we have $450 to spend.....any suggestions??? Missy, I know you have something in your head already! Thanks, Terri Confidentiality Notice: This message and the accompanying documents or attachments may contain information which is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, discuss, disclose, copy, or distribute the contents of this message. If you have received this information in error, please immediately contact the sender of this message and destroy all evidence of this correspondence.
And what do I do? Cari....I'd finish the lamps and then shift the catch-all stuff to another location. You can't possibly go thru all of it and "organize", etc. I work great under pressure. The last 24 hours (yea, right! probably the last 4 hours) before they're supposed to be there, I'd run like crazy getting things put away and cleaning the bathrooms, kitchen and vacuuming. In the meantime.....the lamps would be done. haha Good luck! Brenda
This weekend, the big deal at our house, was to paint the master bathroom. Mission accomplished! I am almost ashamed to tell you what colour we painted it. The same colour as the bedroom, which is the same colour as the rest of the joint! I figured, if it is good enough for one room, it is good enough for all of them! I know that isn't a very creative thing to do, but I am totally in love with this light, neutral, yellow based green. I find that this green justs fades away to let the other items be the "stars" in the rooms. Makes everything just "pop". Our house is a small, 1300 sq. ft open concept, with cathedral ceilings. Our furniture is maple throughout the house - sounds really boring on paper, but it works in real life! I find that the simplicity of using the same throughout makes for a very peaceful flow. The "Zen" approach to decorating appeals to me, however, I think the ideal is Zen Cottage, or "Grasshopper take this Cabbage rose from my hand....." (Now that is a reference to a TV show that the majority of you likely watched when you were in playpens! LOL) Of course, one morning I may wake up and never want to see this shade again, but that hasn't happened with my husband yet, and I have been looking at him for 28 years! But for now, I am really happy that the final room is painted. Now I can go out and purchase towels. More white, of course! Saw that one coming, didn't you?
A few months ago my husband and I were doing one of my "let's run into Goodwill real quick" stops when he, yes HE, came upon two Stiffel brass floor lamps. Well, to my dismay and after much cleaner and steel wool I just could not get the pitting off of them. Someone had left them in a damp environment and it had caused a reaction and then it looked like someone tried to clean it and left the brass cleaner on the bases of the lamps. &%^$&#(#& That's how I feel about the person who left the brass cleaner on and let it mess up the finish. Today I decided that there is "more than one way to skin a cat" as my mother always said.So I decided that I will gold-leaf them. I was able to sand the bases smooth with my sanding mouse with steel wool on it but the discoloration would not go away.I then primed them with a good spray rust-colored primer and then spray painted them crimson red which is a very nice shade of red. I am going to put gold and silver leaf on them in a random pattern tomorrow. Wish me luck. I haven't done any gold leafing yet so if anyone has any experience or suggestions feel free to offer advice. Thanks, Cari
From: Craftdesign1@... [mailto:Craftdesign1@...] Kurt, My dh Ron thinks you could be an imposter! LOL Where we live people claim that they are sometimes someone else. Could it be that you are taking with Kurt and want to be him?
I FINALLY put the crown moulding up around my 3 sided dining room, it looks great! Just need to paint it tomorrow! Missy
That makes me think of a question... can Canadians who have friends/family in the US send their families money and have things shipped/brought to them? Or is there some sort of customs thing? Denise
You don't have to have money to have a nice house. Look what you can do with odds and ends and tag sale things. Not even collectables or antiques. Just older stuff. Great site. BarbaraD
Hi Liz, How did you do the brown paper thing in the old house, on the floor, in the bathroom??????? And ehm..... the wall in the kitchen??? You're a real artist!!!!!! ;))) greetz, helene The Netherlands
I have been looking at these for quite some time. We have very formal living room furniture, in ivory, and soft pastels, but the shape is pretty basic, so it would look good "dressed down". I would like a change to something more substantial, something to go with pillows made out of vintage tea towels, that sort of thing. I would like a really relaxed but cottagy, cozy look for winter. But, I will drop this idea like a hot potato if these covers are more nuisance than they are worth! HELP!
From: Liz Armon [mailto:ArtsyLiz@...] Thanks for sending that page - you really did a great job - I also like the trellis - I sent it to my sister, thought it looked like a great idea for her yard.
There is no surprise, a woman invited to the "SURPRISE" baby shower told our friend all about it. She apparently didn't see the word SURPRISE or even the RSVP at the end, she didn't call me to say if she was coming or not and that's too bad, because I'm double checking and reminding people it's a SURPRISE and so far no one else missed that little detail. But ANYWAY, the party is going on, now, our friend doesn't know that we know that she knows (this is getting tricky, lol) because the woman told her not tell that she knows and to "act surprised". ( I only know all this took place because friend's dh is under strict orders to squeal if he knew that she found out) So, do we pretend like we are surprising her and let her feign her shock and see how good she is at it, lol, or come clean and tell her "we know that you know" so that she can be in the rest of the party plans??? What would you guys do? Missy
I dont know how you can dress up a metal ladder......how about just trading it for a wooden step ladder? You can get one of those pretty cheap and then you can paint or stain it till you get a proper library ladder? Brenda
I must have missed your post? Is it a big problem? Do we get a second chance? Aw, that would be too easy, I'd rather spend 4 days and tons of spray paint and glue before I decide to toss the ugly thing that I've created ;o)
First of all I would like to say "Hi" to everyone. I'm new here and I already have some pretty dificult questions. I'm going to be moving into a new apartment in a few months. I want to start getting some things for it already. See, its going to be an efficiency/studio apartment. So I'm looking for ideas on how to decorate it really great on a super strict budget. What I would really like to do is have somewhat of a "genie in a bottle" theme. You know, irridescent colors, lots of pillow, basically totally unconventional. So, I would appreciate any advice you guys can offer. Thanks so much, Rachel
Hi Gals, I have just joined the group and have not had a chance to read any threads yet, but I'm desperate for your imput. I have the opportunity to do some sewing for decorators, pillows, tablecloths, window toppers, etc, so I'm wondering what prices to charge. Have any of you experience in this venue and ideas how to charge. Thanks for any help. Sue in FL
One of my favorite baby shower games is to hang a bunch of baby items on a peice of rope with clothespins. Two people bring it out holding each end like a clothes line. You tell everyone to take a good look at it. You decide how long you want to give them to look at it. Then you take it back out of the room. The punch line here is after you put it away you ask them... How long was the clothes line? You really get some laughs and some headscratching going on. It is pretty funny! A variation on the toilet paper to guess how big around the guest of honor is is to have everyone cut off a piece of pink or blue yarn. But you don't tell them why. Then the one whose yarn fits best around the pregnant mother is the winner. Of course if this is a huge shower it would take too long for everyone to try out their piece of yarn around her tummy. Cari
Good luck. I hope they reopen your office soon.
op 26-09-2001 13:54 schreef Cari Spano op carispano@...: Didn't you know? No one told you? We are a secret decorating society (SHHHHHHH)with a plot to redecorate the world...on a budget! This message will self destruct in 60 seconds Hihihihihihihihihi.......... we keep on the good work!!!! oh...... sssshhhtttttt....... ;;;)))))) wink, wink, wink..... LOL.... ahum... Helene The Netherlands
Kris, Welcome to the list!! We had the same problem. A 22ft wall in the formal living room. It sat 1/2 finished for the longest time because we didn't know what to put on the wall, regular pictures were way too small. This is the solution we came up with, I built these columns and the shelf all by myself, it was easy and inexpensive. Scroll down to the bottom for pics. It does look a bit different now, thanks to the great advice I got from this list on how to accessorize the top shelf. I need to take a new pic to show the difference! ..Missy (who hopes to heck she attached the right pictures!!! lol)
hello :) My name's Asaya and I'm from Thailand. I'm new here and I hope it's ok to start asking question right away. What exactly is NEW AGE style for home decoration? What kind of furniture fit into this group? I trird to find the exact explanation about it on the web but still no luck. Please enlighten me. Thank you Asaya
From: William A Ernst [mailto:bw56rbct@...] I love to decorate and do most of my shopping at yard sales.I have just become interested in antiques,seems my taste and purse don't match. I have a 1963 split foyer home that I'm trying to make Victorian. How I wish I had tons of money just to decorate [[snip]] My name is Barbara ,I live in Rome, NY with my husband of 45 years. [[snip]]
Hello :-) Not a decorating topic, but I am wondering if anyone has any special ideas for what to serve at my friend's upcoming baby shower? (it's a girl) I am doing the food and cake, I Know I am going to have a Waldorf chicken salad and teeny croissants, a watermelon fruit basket, in the shape of a carriage and I know how I am going to design the cake. Any neat ideas for sides other than the usual suspects like veggie trays and chips? lol. Any other dainty sandwich ideas either? Or any other ideas for decorating or anything else would be appreciated by all of us doing this. This is a very special friend, everyone ADORES her, we want to make her know it by having the most wonderful party for her. Any neat game ideas or anything that sticks out in your memory from previous showers would help!!! TIA, Missy
Because I am always mixing up my own color concoctions, I find it invaluable to have a set of utensils in the garage--measuring cups, ladles, spoons, egg whippers, spatulas, and disposable Styrofoam lidded take-away containers from Smart&Final--and most important a pad of white bond paper and pen/pencil. In order to get the right color, pre-mix small batches. Do this by measuring amounts and marking it down. I know this may sound tedious, but when you hit upon the right periwinkle with just a hint of pale morning sunlight, you will already have the ingredient list. It is now just a matter of mixing up larger quantities. Another trick--or short cut, is after I create the exact final color I want, I brush a swatch of it on the white bond paper, label it and let it dry. Now if I am painting a room, all I have to do is go down to the home center and have them color match for me. I store my personal colors away in clear protective sleeves and file them away in a three ring binder. Basically this is my project recipe book for color. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
I love the shelf. How did you make it and what did you use to secure it so it can hold so much? I have been wanting to make a shelf similiar to that for my daughters room to put up her dolls. Thanks, Marianne Marianne, I used a piece of Poplar wood for the shelf. I trimmed it with 3/4 inch trim so it would have a little raised edge to keep things from falling off.I used brackets from Home Depot to hold it but I imrpovised a little. I drilled another hole the brackets near the bottom and put an anchor in the wall and screwed it in there as well as the ones that came with it. I do think I will have to put another brace of some kind in the middle. I didn't think the poplar would sag but I think it is just a little bit. I will have to figure that out SOON! It was really a breeze to make it. Hope this helps, Cari
Michele, since good scented candles are pretty strong anyway, why not use only a few, and then use some cheaper ones to fill in? Or forego the scented candles all together and use a lampe berger to scent the house? Nobody coming in would know the difference. Denise The candles in the logs obviously don't look like a really fire but I love the peaceful feeling of being in a room with the glow of candles. I am a big candle person! I get this feeling in here. It really warms it up plus with the right candles it smells sooooo good! My house smells like vanilla and spiced cinnamon right now. I will have to intermingle scented with unscented or find a cheaper candle because they don't last long and it could be very spendy to use very much. There are 16 candles in there I think. Any suggestions on different scented candles that smell nice that might not break the bank like the Party Lite ones will?
I have a question, can you mix different colors of the same type paint without having a disaster? I think I may try a faux finish on an old kitchen cabinet first. Any words of wisdom for a beginner?
Liz...came thru loud and clear. Seemed like it took a while to load....but, when it did I had all the pics at one shot....I like that rather than coming in one at a time. Didn't take near as long as when some sites seem to open up one pic on a page at a time and take forever to get thru all 45 (or whatever). Is this an EASY site to use? Brenda
I just saw in the new issue of Martha Stewart Living (October) a great way to a display milk glass collection. Use the vases as luminaria. It was rather beautiful and I thought a great idea for showcasing a collection. Most of the pieces photographed were urn-shaped vases. Fill the bottom with water (ease of wax clean-up)and insert a chunky candle. The candle shouldn't be seen, only the effect. Imagine a shelf of warm glowing milk glass, now that a calming look! Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Hi, We have a mud room between my garage and hallway to my house. It does help somewhat. It also has my washer and dryer in it. but it has a good amount of space considering and I leave my boots from hiking in there. Lorretta Hi Loretta, ehm... mud room???? Is that a room where you throw eachtother with mud?? Or is it where you take you mud bath???
Terri, I must have confused you, which is something I am good at. I type Southern even though I have lived in Ohio for almost 20 years! I am originally from Griffin, GA. The milk glass was NOT 2.00. However, most of it is very reasonable in this area. We are near places that have produced milk glass. We get a good bit of it here in Ohio. The dishes in the corner cupboard are what I got for 2:00. I could only wish I would find that much Milk glass for $2.00. (But sadly if I bring anymore home I think my husband will leave me. LOL)
Liz.....that faux antico stuff has basically the same directions as HoDe's Venetian Plaster....except that you buy it pre-tinted. I want to do that in my entryway. Have seen samples of it and it's gorgeous. Kind of old world, kind of rough, but with a sheen to it. Not formal....but, not rustic either. Oh, well....so much for descriptions! Brenda about - you have to buy "Faux Antico" . . .. well, of course! to make a faux antico finish you need faux antico ROFL . . .what is this stuff? Liz
I just have to brag a little. My DH had his work friends over for happy hour at our house the other day. I had gone to bed by the time they arrived. (yes, I go to bed early!) Anyway, one of the guys brought his wife who is an interior designer. She loved my house. She told her husband that my burgundy faux finish walls look better than any she has ever done. I am quite proud because me and my 15 year old did them. Then I had a really good friend of mine come over and he hangs wall paper for a living. He said he and his partner are having to learn how to do the faux finish painting techniques because more and more people are using them instead of wallpaper. He also said my walls look as good as any he has seen. I know my pictures don't do them justice but they really did turn out great. As a reminder, I painted them Crimson (3 coats!) and then mixed Sierra paint with water to make a glaze, painted it on and ragged it off. The more I look at them the more I like them. Now I have to ask, what is wall magic? I don't know what you guys are talking about. I feel left out....did I miss something great? Terri Confidentiality Notice: This message and the accompanying documents or attachments may contain information which is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, discuss, disclose, copy, or distribute the contents of this message. If you have received this information in error, please immediately contact the sender of this message and destroy all evidence of this correspondence.
Liz...I bet you've broken into it by now. hahaha. What a good laugh. Brenda
They are very hard to see but here is the wallpaper border we hung and the paint. The top is called Poetic White and the bottom is done with Wall Magic in Jamocha and Poetic White. Michele
Liz...ya know...looking thru your pics on photopoint, I think your brown paper bag counters still look pretty darned good. Certainly not typical brown paper project. And, tell me about that mirror....#26, I think it was.....very dark with all the curly kews (?) around it.....it is gorgeous. Don't remember seeing it before. I know it was there. I also don't remember noticing your toilet is on a platform.....rather throne-like. Is it Queen Elizabeth we should be calling you? It was really nice refreshing my memory of all your beautiful, and creative, projects. Brenda
Does anybody have the directions for the room divider on castors, with piano hinges, and a finished back shown on the Christopher Lowell Show last week?
This is a pix of our fire place with the birch logs in it. The birch logs have tealight candles inserted in holes the same size as the candle. It is hard to see from the photo but I like the way it looks. I need to get more candles for the sides of the fire place, you can see the stands sitting there empty. I am also including a close up in the dark. Michele
This is so weird! I just noticed an article in the AZ. Republic business section (9/24/01) today regarding the Bin Laden empire in Saudi, the Saudi BinLadin Group. A large portion of the wealth of Bin Laden's family is derived by selling Snapple drinks in Saudi Arabia. The Bin Laden family claims to have disowned Oscuma, but they will neither confirm or deny whether or not he has an equity interest in the Saudi Bin Ladin group. If they "ain't denying it" he probably has equity and must be profiting off the Snapple sales in Saudi as well. If you want to let Snapple know how you feel about putting money in the pockets of people who are trying to kill us, call 1-800-SNAPPLE
Kimi, I am working on my email and read your article about the foot in the bucket and your falling. Bless your heart. I went on vacation for a week to get a way from everything. I am still saying lots of prayers for everyone but found peace in my heart. I am still sad at times but not to the extreme I was. I watched football yesterday and the previews made me cry. I feel now that we wont look at football players as heroes ever again. They do a job but the real heroes are the police men and firemen and the dogs doing their job. Lorretta
Hi, We have a mud room between my garage and hallway to my house. It does help somewhat. It also has my washer and dryer in it. but it has a good amount of space considering and I leave my boots from hiking in there. Lorretta
From: cinclo@... [mailto:cinclo@...] Re: Garden benches from headboards
Well, we have a fireplace in the living room that never gets used. We used to occassionally use it when we first moved here but it would get so hot in the house and that smell! I'm not a fan of the wood burning smell sooooo it just sits empty. Well, while remodeling I decided I would put candles in it like I've seen on many shows. Then I came across this resin thing for sale that looked like logs but had several spots to hold tealight candles soooooo (light bulb goes on here) I thought I bet you can do that with real logs. Our border has pine cones and pine needles on it and looks like it's on birch bark. We found a birch tree in the woods that was down and cut it into logs and then my husband took a drill bit and put holes in them for candles. I can't wait to see it and I hope it looks as cool as the resin thing did. If anyone has ever done this and has anything to share or add - I'd love to hear it. Michele
.....LOL....well, at the risk of sounding like a hick, around here the only people who buy lumber at HoDe are the "city" people .....the rest of us buy it at the lumberyards, within 30 minutes there are at least 4 lumberyards....and that sounds about right for a board, I assume its pine? Brenda Message: 17 Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 16:10:24 -0500 From: "Liz Armon" <Subject: where to get wood Just a note - you might want to check your local lumber yards, believe it or not I sent DH out to pick up a 1"x6"x8' and we didn't feel like driving the 45 miles to HoDe, so he went to the local lumber yard. Came home with a beautiful piece, one knot - and it was. . . . $1.67. FOR THE WHOLE BOARD . . . I haven't gone there yet, but I think that I will be looking there first. I still think they charged him wrong. Liz
Has anyone seen the adorable scarecrow at Michaels that is made out of pumpkins? You stack three different size pumpkins ( they used the fake ones) just like a snowman except for the top one you turn sideways so that the stem is his nose. They tied a bandana around his neck, used braided raffia for his arms (with some type of wire inside the braid so that his arms are positional. He had small sunflowers where the buttons would be and they made a little black felt hat for him. This thing was soooooooo cute. I have to make one for my front porch! It was on display at our Michaels. I don't remember what they used for his eyes and mouth. I will have to go back and take another look at him. Maybe I will take my digital camera with me and take a picture of him. If anyone has seen this or has made one what did you use for the eyes and mouth? Cari
Jennie, I am so sorry for your lost of your friends. How terrible for you. I cant imagine the horror they went thru in those last few minutes. God bless you. Lorretta
About the wood, there is actually some molding that is $8 for the whole thing, it looks like rope and I want it!! I keep looking at it and thinking that has to be $8/foot. . . . I haven't brought it to the register yet, but I can dream LOL I know it's hard to trust ME about wood but if it is that half inch wide roping trim it REALLY is about 8.00 for the whole piece. I was looking at it today. I bought one that was a little wider so I would have a tiny lip to keep any milk glass from falling on my head. Now off to shower and watch a movie with my DH. The shelf just has to be primed and painted now. I already got the trim on it and the trim on the brackets to hold it as well as the holes cut in the brackets to put the curtain rod through. DH is feeling a little neglected. Will spend the rest of the night wishing I was painting the shelf but watching the movie DRIVEN instead. LOL The things we do for love. Speaking of Love.. Congrats Kimi on the 21 years. My husband and I have been together since 1980 and I love him more than ever. HE is the greatest guy on earth!
************************** Happy Birthday Liz!!! **************************
Thank you. Michele
Pix of the new floor finish. THey are kind of hard to see but I tried. Michele
Well, I haven't touched base lately but our home is almost done (upstairs anyway). The bathroom is finished except for a few finishing touches. Pix to follow in upcoming emails. Some might think the shower curtain is funky but I wanted something bright and cheery in the AM and it works. I feel great in my bathroom. I still need to hang pix in their and they need to do something for the whirlpool tub and I need to find something for above the toilet for a little more space. I am also in the middle of changing out the gold hinges on the medicine cabinet to silver. Tonight I finished painting the living room except for some finishing touches I wanted a little more daylight to do and we hung the border after it dried. I'll send pix of those when I get them. I'm also going to send a pix of the hardwood floor, although it's hard to see the finish well. It's natural oak. I think it's original to the house which was built in 1956. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. Have a great night! Michele
This is topic, but I think this is worth sending to as many people as possible so we can be mindful of the rescue/recovery workers. This is a graphic description of The World Trade Center at Ground Zero. To those faint at heart, the descriptions are vivid. But this will help us all to remember to pray for those who are still living with the horror of the acts that occured on 9/11. We need to be in prayer for those that are braving these conditions to bring those that were lost back to their families. Blessings... Kathie
Here is the tile on the shower and the floor. Michele
Hi Liz, Thanks for the warm welcome. :) I'm not sure if you'd have access to any of the packaging i've done, as most of it is exclusively Canadian packaging. The company I work for does mostly food packaging, so a lot of what i see when i go grocery shopping are things i have worked on. I have, however worked on several Parmalat cookie projects (Santa's Favorites - a complete redesign, and Bed&Breakfast cookies) that are exclusively American. Other clients i've designed for are Hershey, Nestlé and A&P (but this is mostly Canadian packaging). We've done a complete re-vamp of the A&P private label food packaging line in Canada (and rumour has it that the US A&P are impressed and may want to use our design for US packaging.) On another note, has anyone here had experience using glass tile? Hubby and i are strongly considering using it for a kitchen backsplash. Although expensive, it's very beautiful. I'm just wondering if anyone knows of different manufacturers of it (i've exhausted my online search engine) and how it is to work with (difficulty cutting it, is it hard to clean, does it chip easily, etc.) Thanks in advance. Regards, Denise B. -- Denise M. Barac, RGD designer Logos-Identity by Design Toronto ON Canada
Liz, How funny. The same happens to me. Everywhere I look there are roses and I didn't even realize that I liked roses. LOL My husband probably wishes he had a roseless room to go into once in a while. I was going to suggest my little den which I have filled with Coca Cola "stuff" but darn it, there are even roses in there on the stuff with the vintage victorian looking ladies on them. He doesn't stand a chance! for some reason all my fabric has roses, this whole house is ROSES. . .. fortunately, they are quite a bit different in color and style.
Thanks Liz! Hey, is there anything on the net about the paper techniques you have used? I have looked and can't find anything. I am really fascinated - have never heard of it before....(don't get out much I guess, lol!). I want to find out all about it so I can do it! Debby
Hi Liz, Isn't it an idea to put some pictures of people in a file with the names under? Bye, helene The Netherlands
I like your idea of warm fruitcake with butter for breakfast. (BUTTER?? isn't that gilding the lily?) Let's face it. There's no success like excess! It also is nice when lightly toasted. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Kiki, Happy anniversay. Its nice to see a couple that are still together after 21 years some don't even make it to their 5th nowadays. Thanks for sharing Marianne
HELP, my house is being taken over by milk glass!!! I am a self confessed junk colllector. I will not deny it. BUT I HAD NO IDEA I HAD THIS MUCH MILK GLASS. I have had it all packed up for about 11 months. Since I first started on my living room and dining room it has been in boxes in my spare bedroom.Today I decided to start unpacking it. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE OUT! Where in the world I am going to put all of this? LOL I am obviously past collector and am now classified as obsessive! I am going to have to build some shelves for it or something. On the positive side, it has been a lot of fun to see things I forgotten I had. Sort of like Christmas but my oh my. I HAVE SO MUCH! The funny thing is I almost bought more yesterday at a thrift store. THANK GOD I RESISTED! HEY LIZ, pull out your saw and get busy! I need storage! cari@...
You guys "CRACK" me up!!!!!! You can build houses, rewire lighting, create masterpieces of artwork, dumpster dive and turn it into a creation we all envy...BUT YOU ARE CRACKLE CHALLENGED!!!!! LOL So far I have used three different kinds of crackle. McCloskeys' porcelain crackle, a one step crackle that looks like the fine lines in aged porcelain. You just paint it on what ever you want it on, thinner=fine crackles, thicker =wider crackles. Then you glaze over it to show the cracks. The second one is the Delta ceramcoat 2 step crackle. I used it on my buffet which you have all seen. It is fairly simple as well. Paint on first step. Let dry. Paint on second step. Let it dry over night! Then use a glaze to highlight crackles. With this one you get good "eggshell crackle". The third is made by Polyvine.It is just called Crackle Glaze. It gives a real outdoor weathered look. It is in a turquoise plastic bottle. On front it reads...cracked paint effect / use with emulsion/latex. It is what I used on a beat up old piano bench I got at a thrift store. It was maroon. So I just crackled over the maroon. You just paint the crackle medium over the paint. IN ONE DIRECTION!!! Then after it dries you paint over it with your top color of paint at right angles to the direction that you painted on the crackle medium. It was really pretty easy. HOWEVER!!!! My sisters have used other brands and had no luck either and are now among the crackle challenged. And they are both very creative, very crafty! So in conclusion, I think the product is the key to success.One of the products that my sister had a problem with was the new Behr crackle finish. I generally LOVE Behr paint and it surprises me that it didn't work very well. But she had a lot of trouble with it. [INLINE] I have tried and had success with each of the products listed above. I hope it helps some of you who are having trouble with the products. They are all basically GLUE. You must put a "finish" over them to preserve them. If they get wet, they will dissolve! Now if someone would just come up with a solution for me being "house cleaning challenged" that would be of some help! Cari
Took the kids to the really neat Hallmark Gold Crown store. Needed to get some nice invitations for a baby shower I'm having for my best friend. Was very nervous just thinking about taking them both in there but didn't have a choice. While I fiddled with the invitation computer for about 30 min straight, to my AMAZEMENT, they BOTH sat at the coloring table and were perfect the whole time. When I was done I was so relieved, the printing process normally only take a few minutes and I was one of only 2 customers in the entire store. Well, the lady who said she'd "be right with me" disappeared for about 10 minutes while we waited up at the front checkout. While waiting my kids were naturally curious about the table that had a 4 ft high gingerly stacked pyramid of those laughing Halloween dolls, (witches, ghosts and Frankenstein's) that start going "ba hah hah hah" when you pass by or touch them. Wouldn't you know one of them pulled one right out from the bottom and the whole pyramid comes crashing down all around us, there must have been about 75 of these things going "BAH HAH HAH HAH" all over the floor. As I tried putting them back up they would fall back right down. and laugh at me "bah hah hah hah" Mocking me. I ended up stacking them like firewood on the floor and we split, she never came out. She was probably afraid to come out with all that going on! ROFLOL Missy
Liz, I have used two part crackle, but the media are applied on top of each other, not with a paint layer between them. This technique usually yields very delicate cracks, known has crazing--like the fine egg shell cracking of porcelain glazes. The one part applications are usually done after the first coat of paint has dried then it (water based crackle medium) is applied and dries to the touch very quickly then the top coat of paint is applied. The final finish that appears is more reminiscent of peeling paint or an alligator finish. I hope this helps. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Congrats Kimi, We just celebrated our 10th. Ate our way through California on a feeding frenzy road trip. I'm still trying to lose those 14 bottles of wine! Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
I'm about an hour south of Dallas - in Corsicana Texas - home of the fruitcakes ;o) (in more ways than one) Fruitcakes, the Christmas kind? I may be the only person on this planet who actually likes fruitcakes. My mother always made them and they were so good with butter on top for breakfast! Are there some other special kind? Hide glue is available at home depot and maybe lowe's. It's an inexpensive way to get a crackle finish. First paint the base color paint & let it dry. Then brush on a coat of hide glue (I'll send you the brand info later) and let it dry. The glue will go on thinner if you microwave the bottle for a little while first. Then paint on the second color of paint. - don't brush back and forth, just put it on quickly in one direction. It will crack almost immediately. Isn't hide glue made of bunny skin? That's what they always refer to rabbit skin glue in my English paint/finish books. I've not see it here stateside. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
LIZ! A woman after my own heart, lol! I always use that line about not being born in Texas but getting here as quick as I could, lol! (hmmmm a sign that says that would go good in my bathroom....lol) Where are you? I'm up in the Panhandle. The top of Texas, lol. Yup. lolol I love your bathroom!!!!!! Yes, it is the same shower curtain. I saw it in walmart months ago but they were out of the curtains. My closest walmart is in Kansas, and they didn't have any there, of course. Everytime I would go to the Walmart in Texas they would be out of them...said they sold as soon as they came in. I finally caught it at just the right time, lol. I want to know more about the trashcan.....how did you do that and what is hideglue? And how do you do paper on the countertop? I really like the blue walls. Think I might go with that, it looks really good. My bathroom is small and odd shaped. My sink doesn't have a counter top, just a sink sticking out from the wall - I hate it but can't afford anything different right now. Anybody got any ideas about how to dress the sink up? LOL - I am definitely a "beginner" in the world of decorating...so I am always open for lots of ideas and suggestions!!!! Thanks! Debby
Hello! I have been lurking for awhile. I joined right before the terrorist attacks and just didn't feel like posting an intro. after that. But I will now, so hello! My name is Debby, I am 37, and live in Texas. I am married to dh Dale, and have one son, who is married and lives in Oklahoma City. I am also the mother of the smartest miniature schnauzer in the world, lol, Hershey Kisses. (Often referred to as "the baby", lol!) I work full time - I am the Activity Director for a rural hospital district - nursing home and hospital rehab unit. I also am very involved in my church, and my husband and I teach drug/alcohol abuse classes every Tuesday night in the community and the jail. So I am busy!!! lol but arent' we all? I have finally decided what "theme" or whatever that I want to decorate my house in - it has taken me 37 years to finally decide what I like! I have chosen to go with a red/white/blue americana/us & texas flag theme. I think that describes it, lol! I just got a shower curtain for my bathroom that is a huge Texas flag and I love it!!!! Got all the stuff to go with it, too. I have never done that before, but I am glad I was able to this time! I also got (and it came today!!!!!) a quilt for my bed that has a us flag motif. Very pretty!!! Can';t wait to get it all put on. I have an afghan that a friend made me that is a large US flag that sits on the back of my couch in my living room. That is about it so far. So any ideas for wallhangings, crafts, etc. that will go with this theme would be much appreciated. With all the national pride that has come about since the attacks, I don't think things in this theme will be hard to find. It is very nice to meet you all. I have enjoyed all the emails so far. Lots of nice inspirational things were posted to this list since the terrorist attacks and I have appreciated them. Looking forward to getting to know you all! Debby
I'd like to design and hand-embroider a monogram. I found 410 ct pillowcases at TJ Maxx for $10/pr and have decided that these would make gorgeous Christmas gifts. I did a good bit of searching yesterday and didn't really come up with anything. Does anyone know about sites for this sort of thing? Denise
op 16-09-2001 00:40 schreef Missy Burkizer op mischief267@...: Hi Missy, What's keeping you! ;;;)))))))) Bye, Helene The Netherlands
As a new week dawns, I am determined to get moving and once again be productive . I started a bit early by going to the gym this evening to re-jump start my routine. Like most of citizens, I have been mesmerized by the television, unable to pull myself away in case I should miss the newest development. I had become listless and tired. Unable to sleep at night, only to fall asleep for hours during the day. I believe this lethargy is the body's way of dealing with shock and depression. So with new determination I will set out this next week to do what I love to do, design and shop! It is the freedom of our society that enables us to be our best. And that is what I am determined to do. There is a powder and family room that needs to be created for my client, the re-creation of the dining room for a past client (destroyed by flooding of a broken sprinkler pipe), and our own new home to decorate. We just sold our present home today--escrow opens tomorrow. It is only by participating in our economy that we can keep it from floundering in these uncertain times. I refuse to let some fanatic try to snatch this away from me. In some small way I hope all of us will help bolster our economy by purchasing some item, stock, bond, or durable goods tomorrow in memory of those who can't. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
I have to say this was a fantastic party! SO much fun was had by all the girls and moms too! I think it was a very welcome change to have an afternoon of sheer pink foo-foo! lol I am just picking up the last scraps of paper and ribbon. The pony ride was a huge hit, he was so cute. Pics soon...Missy
As a new week dawns, I am determined to get moving and once again be productive . I started a bit early by going to the gym this evening to re-jump start my routine. Like most of citizens, I have been mesmerized by the television, unable to pull myself away in case I should miss the newest development. I had become listless and tired. Unable to sleep at night, only to fall asleep for hours during the day. I believe this lethargy is the body's way of dealing with shock and depression. So with new determination I will set out this next week to do what I love to do, design and shop! It is the freedom of our society that enables us to be our best. And that is what I am determined to do. There is a powder and family room that needs to be created for my client, the re-creation of the dining room for a past client (destroyed by flooding of a broken sprinkler pipe), and our own new home to decorate. We just sold our present home today--escrow opens tomorrow. It is only by participating in our economy that we can keep it from floundering in these uncertain times. I refuse to let some fanatic try to snatch this away from me. In some small way I hope all of us will help bolster our economy by purchasing some item, stock, bond, or durable goods tomorrow in memory of those who can't. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Yes he got home just fine, he said there was NO ONE at the border when he came through, its mostly from here as people who had their flights diverted to here try to get home. Hopefully he can sail right through Monday morning as usual. My friend and I are debating about going over to do some shopping this week, we'll have to wait and see what the wait is like at the border.... Thanks for asking..... :-) Brenda Subject: Re: TAN: CDN/US borders Did any of those sites help? Did your DH get home okay? Liz
I WANT TO COME! It sounds like it will be a wonderful party. Can't wait to see pictures. Cari
Cari, I am very impressed with your buffet! Good job, you have a right to be proud! Judy
Well, I did make the pretty pink princess ponies on a stick, 15 of them, lol! I ended up using felt instead of fun foam because it was .20 felt vs. .89 foam cents per sheet and x's 30, it would have turned out a little ridiculous to get the foam. I cut the heads out, I traced it on 2 sheets, sewed them inside out, turned them inside right, and stuffed. Poked them on a 1/2 " dowels painted white and tied w/ curly ribbons. I cut out nose holes, and eyes w/ eye lashes but I am going to let the girls glue their eyes and some sequins and beads for a craft and they can personalize them. Then we will play pin the tail on the pony, have a pony pinata, and a real little Shetland pony is coming by for pony rides!!!! His name is Oreo (he's black and white) and he sounds so cute! I am working on what I think might be the coolest cake I've made yet. I am copying the pony palace on the invitation. I will defiantly show pics if it turns out like I'm thinking. I've got the cake in the shape for a castle w/ 5 turrets, will frost tomorrow, freezing it tonight so it will be easier to frost and decorate. I prepped all the food today so tomorrow will be easier. Well, gotta go clean my messes! Have a good night, Missy
I read that six British navy ships went through the Suez Canal today. Also that a Japanese navy ship left for destination unknown. These bits of news make me wonder what this means, given the recent events this week. Nancy
I'm sorry that I sent the buffet pictures twice. I am new to this internet service provider and even though it is fast internet access it is slow with the email. I thought it had not gone through. Sorry. I didn't mean to fill up everyone's mailbox. Cari
Congratulations Liz, That is wonderful to hear such cheerful news. This list is just one small way that we continually prove, even in difficult times like this, that such a diverse group of people from all over this planet can exchange and extend their ideas, thoughts, opinions and encouragement to one another. I believe that in some small way this helps us all. Not only to the ends of making personal surroundings more comfortable, but our world a more beautiful place. Kurt www.kurtcyr.com
Wow! That is amazing, I don't blame you for saving that one, it is fantastic, you have done a wonderful job!!! Missy
Ok, Here it is, finally. I have attached several pictures. One is a before, the rest are after. The close up shows how all of the light color is crackled. The hardware is the original. I just had to show you how pretty the handles are. Sorry the rest of the room is still under contruction. I am just going to paint the floors for a while. I want to "play " with them. The worst that could happen is that we will have to have them sanded and refinished which is what we were going to do before I decided to paint them. I will update you more when I get the room put back together. I just wanted to get the buffet in my house. I was worried about it being out in the garage. You never know when you might have vandals. Hope all is well with each and everyone of you. May God Bless you all and may God Bless America!!!!!!! Cari I just haven't had my heart in any of this since the tragedy but today I ma trying to pick up the pieces and move forward. It is uplifting to walk out my fromnt door and see all the American flags on display in my neighborhood.
I just made a pan of fudge to take to the local police and emergency services in our home town. I can't very well help all, but can show our local services we appreciate them and the efforts they make in our behalf day after day. I encourage all of you to do something nice today for those folks that help all of us each day. Nancy
I don't know with what all else has been going if any of you had heard that a tour plane from a cruise ship in Cozumel, Mexico w/ 16 Americans went down mysteriously Wed.. Well, today I just heard they arrested 2 arabs disembarking from the Carnival cruise ship Fascination in Fla. today. they were on a 4 day cruise that included a stop in Cozumel. Has anyone heard of any connection to the downed tour flight? I know when it was reported, the pilot had 16 years exp. and a well trained crew, no distress calls were made, it just disappeared and went down. Also, are there any loopers in LA area that had family or friends aboard? I sort of forgot that since that was the destination, there must be many broken hearts in LA. Hope you are all fine. Missy
Hi all. I thought I would try to shift my thoughts back to decorating for a little while. Just to catch everyone up. We decided not to build a wellhouse and bought one instead. DH got a super deal at HoDe on a ready built building. It is an all wood red barn looking thing. It is 8X10 and 12' tall. He bought it for $500 and then paid $100 to have it moved to the house. They just set it down on top of the slab where the well is. DH disassembled the well and then cut holes in the flooring and put the pipes back up through it. We now have a well house. Woo Hoo. Hopefully I will have running water all winter this year for a change. My mommy's birthday was last week and I just couldn't think of what to give her. I decided she really needs her living room painted so that is what I gave her, her living room repainted. She was a very heavy smoker and finally quit!!!!! I think a good coat of paint on the walls would make everything smell a lot better. She also despises painting and has told me she would never paint again. She lives in a mobile home that has been added on to and such. They have paneled ceilings that have had texture blown on. They look kind of shabby and in need of a good painting too, but the texture seems pretty thick. How possible is it to paint heavily textured ceilings? Is it just a horrible mess as I imagine it will be. She picked out her color for the walls and picked a light yellow. I think she was really excited over her present and very much looking forward to me doing it. We have planned on the last weekend in September to get it done. Hope everyone is well. Between work and the tragedies I have been a little overwhelmed lately. Hopefully work has settled down for awhile and hopefully the world has also. DH heard yesterday afternoon that out of 3700 employees, Morgan Stanley had accounted for all but 12. That is truly a miracle. Terri
You want predictions? Try reading Revelation in the Bible....its all there......want to know how it all ends? The Good Guys WIN!!!! Brenda Message: 20 I did check this out and as I suspected, the Nostradamus prediction flying across the internet is a BIG FAT HOAX! It is not true, don't forward it. It is a sick joke some weirdo decided to put out, there is nothing even close to this in his so called predictions, which are not true anyway. People don't need more fear brought on by this thing circulating, so when you get it, delete! Missy
op 14-09-2001 00:38 schreef Liz Armon op ArtsyLiz@...: President Bush proclaims Friday, September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks. He asks that the people of the United States and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour and evening candlelight remembrance vigils. We also, have that in Holland. We have our dutch flag, half-mast. And at 12 am we have 3 minutes of silence in the whole of Netherlands. Helene The Netherlands
Dear Denise, Like you, we at Jo-Ann Stores and joann.com have been devastated by the recent attacks on our country. And we, like many others, feel compelled to do something to try to lift the spirit of the American people. UNITY RIBBON GIVE-AWAY THIS WEEKEND To show support for our country and honor the victims and their families, Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. will be giving away red-white-and-blue ribbons at all of our Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts and Jo-Ann etc stores across the nation this Saturday and Sunday. The free ribbons will be available at all 990 stores and will come with instructions for crafting either a unity ribbon lapel pin or bracelet. In addition, joann.com will include the free ribbons and project sheets in all boxes packed this Saturday and Sunday. The free ribbons are available while supplies last. Click for Unity Ribbon project instructions. Our hope is that, in some small way, this can help people express the way they feel in their hearts. WAYS TO HELP THE CAUSE joann.com's membership is over 500,000 strong! If even a small percentage of us join in, we can make a big difference. Members of our team have decided to give blood to our local blood bank, make donations and volunteer our time to the Red Cross. We will be doing all of these things together in the coming weeks. Here are some options and resources for you: 1) Give blood. Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to locate the blood bank nearest you. Please note the Red Cross is inundated with calls and blood donations, so consider donating in the next few weeks. 2) Make donations to the American Red Cross. Financial contributions can be made at 1-800-HELP-NOW or online. If you cannot get through to the American Red Cross website, you can make your check out to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and mail it to the following address: American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. 3) Volunteer. Professional healthcare workers who wish to volunteer their services can call 1-800-628-0193 to find out how to help. If you want to volunteer with the Red Cross, please contact your local Chapter. Finally, we'd encourage you to share your ideas on how to help. We're dedicating one of our online bulletin boards to a discussion of how we all might lend a helping hand. You are a creative group -- please click here if you'd like to share thoughts on how you, other individuals, or all of us as a group might contribute. Please forward this note to friends, family, or anyone else you wish to share it with. Our hearts and prayers go out to you and everyone touched by Tuesday's tragic events. Sincerely, Your friends at Jo-Ann Stores and joann.com
We just had 3 minutes of silence in our whole country, because of the victims of the tragedy. Our flags are half. Just letting you know. Bye, Helene The Netherlands
There is no excuse or reason for gas stations to gouge people and increase prices, the countries with oil are pumping extra to avoid shortages.There was/is no danger of shortages. Prices should stay the same or even go lower, if you see a station overcharging call 1-800-541-1625 and report it. The Gov. is ASKING us to please report ANY overcharging. I was disgusted to hear that it was going for $4 and 5 a gal in some places, but glad to see that here in AZ there was no gouging whatsoever.
If you ever been to one of his shows lately, seen him on Larry King Live or heard him on Art Bell's radio show you know that George Carlin LOVES disasters. The more killed, the better. The more suffering the better. I am not JOKING, he really feels this way and has said so himself. The terrorist bombings are "exciting", he figures we can do without the 5,000 people or so, he even posted so on his own website www.georgecarlin.com look on the bbs. I wonder if he can do without us buying his CD's and his new book. Forward this anyone you know who cares about all those people killed and by all means BOYCOTT GEORGE CARLIN, don't go to his shows or buy his material. He doesn't deserve your patronage. Do it the memory of those service men killed protecting him at the Pentagon and the innocent people in the WTC
I did check this out and as I suspected, the Nostradamus prediction flying across the internet is a BIG FAT HOAX! It is not true, don't forward it. It is a sick joke some weirdo decided to put out, there is nothing even close to this in his so called predictions, which are not true anyway. People don't need more fear brought on by this thing circulating, so when you get it, delete! Missy
First of all, my heart goes out to all of those struck by this tragedy. My DH works for Morgan Stanley which was the largest tenant in those buildings. We didn't have anyone from his office there, but he knew so many people that he is heartbroken. They have been told that most of their employees have been accounted for. They were in Tower 2 so they had some time to evacuate before it was hit. Luckily (if you can call it that) alot of them were at the 1993 bombing and they knew what to do. They hit the floor and crawled to the stairwells and got out. I still can't imagine what it must have been like. I personally had to get out my NY pictures that I took in 1996. I have pictures standing on the courtyard looking up at the 2 towers, I have pictures taken from the Staten Island Ferry looking at them at dusk all lit up and I have a picture of them taken from the Empire State Building looking down towards Manhattan. I plan on scanning them and opening up a new album in tribute to New York on my web photos albums. Hopefully I will get to it tonight. If I get it done, it will be under the nickname of tfallin. Everyone will be welcome to look. DH went to NY in 1993 for training and he bought a street artist drawing of the towers. I never really appreciated that drawing until now. I was sitting at my computer last night working and I looked up and noticed that drawing for the first time in a long time. Tears came to my eyes as I realized those towers aren't there anymore. I don't know about the rest of you, but I just can't seem to get over this. I am angry, hurt, and so very confused. Why would anyone hurt so many innocent people? Why are there other people in the world celebrating this tragedy? I am never happy to see war and bombings and killings on TV, why are there people that are happy to see us suffer and die? How can we answer these questions to our children when we can't even answer them to ourselves? I have promised myself that I will get over this by next week and I will talk about something else for a change. Are there others out there who are like me, transfixed by all this. I can't seem to concentrate on anything right now except how sad I am. Terri
Has anyone heard whether there is long lineups at the borders to get INTO Canada? Especially the Windsor/Detroit border? Just wondering how long it will take Mike to get home tomorrow..... :-( I miss him...... Brenda
There is breaking news in Ft. Smith Arkansas. A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with Tuesday's terrorist attacks. There are FBI and INS agents swarming downtown Ft. Smith even as I write this. None of the reporters have ever seen a motorcade as fast or as big as this one. That's all we know. Nobody will talk to the reporters at all, they just say that it's amatter of national security. Denise
God blessed my family with the safe return of my nephew-in law, Mark Fitzgibbon, who survived the first terrorist attack of the WTC and through His Grace survived yesterday. Mark worked in WTC One and evacuated, reached safety seconds before the collapse of the building. Tom Wesley....I shall read tomorrow in all of my high school classes, "I am the flag of the United States of America". My father was a career military man, who retired after 35 years of service.The majority of my childhood and teenage years were spent in Europe. My 1st husband was also a pilot in the Air Force and retire after 23 years of active service, so I am very patriotic. I will give a copy of the prose to the yearbook advisor for inclusion in the years book. Both DH and gave blood yesterday and have had our eyes glued to the TV... Thank all of you for your prayers. Dita
I just received this from my brother, no idea where he got it. TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, is worth sharing. America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Re