Today is a day of new technology, recipes and artistic endeavors! All thanks to my very own Lieutenant Dan! He is taking the child to the movies while I work out my artistic kinks! (In the best Forrest Gump voice I can manage) "Leewtenent Daaa-an!"
You may (or may not) find posts from the road here at the Homemaker's Mercantile... I have attempted to set up this new, fancy-dancy, she-she-la-la phone my hubby bought for me yesterday. Yes, after the weekend trip to the in-laws where I chose to jump in the pool with all my clothes on rather than have my bro-in-law throw me in! I was the belle of the ball... until a) I realized my cell was still in my pocket and b) I had plugged my nose, but forgotten I had my nose stud in and bloodied my own nose! After the bleeding stopped... I garnered many "that was awesome!" comments. :) Nothing like livening up the in-laws party (not that they need any help - they throw kickin' family shindigs)! Next time, with she-she-la-la phone safely away from the water, I may be able to post about the scrapping, pool diving, road tripping world I call my life... IN REAL TIME!
For now, for today, I will be making a kitchen treat for my scrapping ladies and, obviously, SCRAPPING! Let's see what all this technology does for my creative juices. Let's also hope that I don't somehow become addicted to all-access internet from this new she-she-la-la phone!
She-she-la-la, you ask? Yep, that's just how the Homemaker rolls.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Burning the midnight baby oil...
Welp, here I am at 1123p working with epoxy, various plates, saucers, shot glasses, cordials and yep, you guessed it... baby oil.
LABELS! The bane of all humanity! The axis of evil! Murder on the thumbnails (not sure that one will ever grow back straight)! Ugh. All the effort that is wasted by every person that has ever bought something in their lifetime... over a stupid little label! So, now, from the Scrapuccino Room all the way to the kitchen and back again you will most likely find a little trail of errant baby oil dribbles. That stuff, if left long enough, could probably coax the stuck of all stuck lids, pipes, wheels and labels! But OH THE AGONY of waiting!!!
So, here I sit. Designing business cards, taking pics in my oh-so-glam "storage area" (aka the garage on top of the freezer), chatting with you all (all 5 of you - and by the way, you ROCK - you know who you are), burning the midnight baby oil while I don't wait for paint to dry, but instead wait for that baby oil to work its magic.
By the by - if anyone has a lead on a basic open shelf rack I can drag into the Scrapuccino Room so I can let my hubby have his side of the oh-so-glam garage, he'd be most appreciative.
And that's just how The Homemaker rolls. Night all.
FRIDAY! My favorite day!
Sick kid. That can totally throw a wrench in the works of any FRIDAY! But IT IS FRIDAY NONETHELESS and I'm gonna stare down the devil that might try to ruin it for me! Grrr! :)
It is an inventory day at my place. I'm working on several projects... A candy book safe (more on this later today), a vintage-vibe "Eat~Pray~Love" sign, cake plates, cards and scrapbook pages are on the agenda (to be taken to a craft sale tomorrow and to stock the shelves at Homemaker's Mercantile). Let's just see what actually GETS DONE. Wish me luck! Better yet, say a prayer for me!
I know people who start a project and finish it. Then there are people like me who start a project with the best of intentions... then hear the ring of the incoming email, check it, wander over to facebook to see what's up and think "just ONE game of Bejeweled Blitz", then the phone rings and while you have left the computer you are now in the kitchen, on the phone with your friend and you simply are missing the natural extension of your spare hand - your coffee... but where did you put it? So off to wander the house in search of the coffee cup, but on the way to your bathroom where you were trying to get dressed in a rush ("shoot, I think I missed a hook on my bra strap"), you trip over the dog. OH! The dogs need to be fed and your girlfriend on the phone this entire time says she has to go now, which is a good thing because the cordless phone gets static-y in the garage and you have now fed the dogs! What? What is that noise? The washing machine is off balance, so you move all the soppy wet sudsy clothes around in the tub, close the lid, look up and find the furniture polish... you haven't polished the kitchen table in forever! Back into the kitchen you go, only to find the kitchen table is covered in piles of papers, bills, school books, coffee cups... "my coffee cup!" It goes into the mircrowave and you go back to the table to take a stack of bills into the craft room/office and TA-DA! You remember you are in the middle of a project! DING! The microwave just reminded you of your coffee in the kitchen so you run to get it and along the way, you find...
Yep. That's just how The Homemaker rolls.
p.s. the child was well enough to make it to school... :)
It is an inventory day at my place. I'm working on several projects... A candy book safe (more on this later today), a vintage-vibe "Eat~Pray~Love" sign, cake plates, cards and scrapbook pages are on the agenda (to be taken to a craft sale tomorrow and to stock the shelves at Homemaker's Mercantile). Let's just see what actually GETS DONE. Wish me luck! Better yet, say a prayer for me!
I know people who start a project and finish it. Then there are people like me who start a project with the best of intentions... then hear the ring of the incoming email, check it, wander over to facebook to see what's up and think "just ONE game of Bejeweled Blitz", then the phone rings and while you have left the computer you are now in the kitchen, on the phone with your friend and you simply are missing the natural extension of your spare hand - your coffee... but where did you put it? So off to wander the house in search of the coffee cup, but on the way to your bathroom where you were trying to get dressed in a rush ("shoot, I think I missed a hook on my bra strap"), you trip over the dog. OH! The dogs need to be fed and your girlfriend on the phone this entire time says she has to go now, which is a good thing because the cordless phone gets static-y in the garage and you have now fed the dogs! What? What is that noise? The washing machine is off balance, so you move all the soppy wet sudsy clothes around in the tub, close the lid, look up and find the furniture polish... you haven't polished the kitchen table in forever! Back into the kitchen you go, only to find the kitchen table is covered in piles of papers, bills, school books, coffee cups... "my coffee cup!" It goes into the mircrowave and you go back to the table to take a stack of bills into the craft room/office and TA-DA! You remember you are in the middle of a project! DING! The microwave just reminded you of your coffee in the kitchen so you run to get it and along the way, you find...
Yep. That's just how The Homemaker rolls.
p.s. the child was well enough to make it to school... :)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Today is the day...
Today is the day...
...it is one of my favorite songs and now it is the beginning of Homemaker's Mercantile's very own BLOG! Wow. I never thought I'd find this place, this spot, this little slice o' heaven where I can be the artist I always knew was in me but I was just too afraid to be. I've always said it... not only does God have a plan, He has a wicked sense of humor! I mean, really? I find my voice on the internet?!?! HA! That is just so totally cool!!!
So, I'll digress right outta the gates... Yesterday I delivered one of my latest creations... a polka dot covered duffel bag for my teacher friend that is leaving for 6th grade camp. I had sent her a text yesterday morning saying I'd have the bag to her today. She called and said, "Um, yeah, about that - I'm LEAVING FOR CAMP IN THE MORNING." Oh! Well, good that I actually got all the painting done already. Then the questions start in my head of why I thought she didn't need it until next week... Eh, whatever. It's done and that's cool.
She shows up and TA-DA! Here it is! All done! I explain how I stuck my finger in the wet paint of the one polka dot I had neglected to outline... hahahaha. Then I ask, "I thought you guys were going to camp in May...?" Um, right. Yep, the words had barely left my mouth when it dawns on me that yes, indeed, it is currently very much MAY...
And then - BAM! Another blistering thought... OH MY GORGONZOLA CHEESE! I forgot to spray the dots with sealant and it is RAINING OUTSIDE! I grab the bag and race for the garage... and hit the door jam square on with the bag lengthwise in front of me! I just about lost all air. I recover, fluff my spikey hair, try to make it look like all is well and continue racing out the door! I sprayed each spot and left it just at the open garage door. I walked back into the house, all calm and cool, and announced that the bag is waiting outside.
Yes, the family was witnessing all this coolness unfolding right before their very pained eyes.
Yep, never a dull moment. What will today hold?
~The Homemaker
...it is one of my favorite songs and now it is the beginning of Homemaker's Mercantile's very own BLOG! Wow. I never thought I'd find this place, this spot, this little slice o' heaven where I can be the artist I always knew was in me but I was just too afraid to be. I've always said it... not only does God have a plan, He has a wicked sense of humor! I mean, really? I find my voice on the internet?!?! HA! That is just so totally cool!!!
So, I'll digress right outta the gates... Yesterday I delivered one of my latest creations... a polka dot covered duffel bag for my teacher friend that is leaving for 6th grade camp. I had sent her a text yesterday morning saying I'd have the bag to her today. She called and said, "Um, yeah, about that - I'm LEAVING FOR CAMP IN THE MORNING." Oh! Well, good that I actually got all the painting done already. Then the questions start in my head of why I thought she didn't need it until next week... Eh, whatever. It's done and that's cool.
She shows up and TA-DA! Here it is! All done! I explain how I stuck my finger in the wet paint of the one polka dot I had neglected to outline... hahahaha. Then I ask, "I thought you guys were going to camp in May...?" Um, right. Yep, the words had barely left my mouth when it dawns on me that yes, indeed, it is currently very much MAY...
And then - BAM! Another blistering thought... OH MY GORGONZOLA CHEESE! I forgot to spray the dots with sealant and it is RAINING OUTSIDE! I grab the bag and race for the garage... and hit the door jam square on with the bag lengthwise in front of me! I just about lost all air. I recover, fluff my spikey hair, try to make it look like all is well and continue racing out the door! I sprayed each spot and left it just at the open garage door. I walked back into the house, all calm and cool, and announced that the bag is waiting outside.
Yes, the family was witnessing all this coolness unfolding right before their very pained eyes.
Yep, never a dull moment. What will today hold?
~The Homemaker
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