tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29257360365681517652024-02-20T09:56:11.861-08:00Thinkin BelleCruzThinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-46239656719801052422010-11-08T14:43:00.000-08:002010-11-08T14:47:26.022-08:00Go Fingerless!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_L-7zG-hERhtfvi4PEdRtqCqET2AYbUiJ8M-Xn00G3B4qZMFhWmbhE2SdALHVT72aOO-eNlFL-MKVnIHlIlUtY8F7F5SVYw4NL8n7LQbI0OcVU47BmCSYjJY4BFhRJfgZWPsRTL_5dIP/s1600/stack+of+cuffs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537313860746010338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_L-7zG-hERhtfvi4PEdRtqCqET2AYbUiJ8M-Xn00G3B4qZMFhWmbhE2SdALHVT72aOO-eNlFL-MKVnIHlIlUtY8F7F5SVYw4NL8n7LQbI0OcVU47BmCSYjJY4BFhRJfgZWPsRTL_5dIP/s320/stack+of+cuffs.JPG" border="0" /></a>So I love these new fingerless mittens!! So cute and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">surprisingly</span> super warm! Check them out on my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Etsy</span> store . .. .<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thinkinbellecruz">http://www.etsy.com/shop/thinkinbellecruz</a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537313851234030274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIHXd9aT38ZpuBabd6P-CeJkpptc_lT0anacUTvXyDwMf1KMbORl8VKdShBGbprsBOVGRmN-srPdSv20kPUPROEENmkJJ-RZyVmHcQQQbqzE8ZHsXExSjqYiREcNMhyphenhyphenteufLIqdloivXc/s320/cornflower+cuff.JPG" border="0" />Great for multi-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">taskers</span> who text or type all day long!!! <br /><br /><div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-27928207868949055332010-10-26T09:02:00.000-07:002010-10-26T09:30:33.668-07:00Mittens Mittens Mittens!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLW7XO_cBhblMXb-F_fv5fa4PrSKFfvtDjun5jGfG42_OodO_nkkTpzpRhRV99vbKfidkZT09TI7HUxu4vnCIAJrzb94dW0f43dL1WwkDuc0EsB-m3kywB-_78Aer6p-dRvUxVgKrHiH2u/s1600/mustard+mittens+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532386348777437698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLW7XO_cBhblMXb-F_fv5fa4PrSKFfvtDjun5jGfG42_OodO_nkkTpzpRhRV99vbKfidkZT09TI7HUxu4vnCIAJrzb94dW0f43dL1WwkDuc0EsB-m3kywB-_78Aer6p-dRvUxVgKrHiH2u/s320/mustard+mittens+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g93z_DSllggrvb2qRoCZhHtgnJdUCq1k2eAHwNV7gMWiSEZKVlPtLAuIdlzj7EUO3WLqOQ3sPSvzABATvydRj9iuto_sjyYEbCs-nqUGbw0HzL_BlAW3JEK6ZE2J_qIeU4K6yrPwAwRK/s1600/Oatmeal+&+Olive+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532386337364426226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g93z_DSllggrvb2qRoCZhHtgnJdUCq1k2eAHwNV7gMWiSEZKVlPtLAuIdlzj7EUO3WLqOQ3sPSvzABATvydRj9iuto_sjyYEbCs-nqUGbw0HzL_BlAW3JEK6ZE2J_qIeU4K6yrPwAwRK/s320/Oatmeal+%26+Olive+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg_z6eS0A-ZeoRK7gHdbVZYXukjXZPLtaVAR7kBRo1CcASlsXqzWiPhA5ph4fBRZ_CuiXi-i6JdrGudaDahdl-OFb4eDM5fd-95_uoHX9bJFYhEy4CsDAaK1Fr3_zfUFg6eOVVkznnxPO/s1600/Orange.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532386333858191986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg_z6eS0A-ZeoRK7gHdbVZYXukjXZPLtaVAR7kBRo1CcASlsXqzWiPhA5ph4fBRZ_CuiXi-i6JdrGudaDahdl-OFb4eDM5fd-95_uoHX9bJFYhEy4CsDAaK1Fr3_zfUFg6eOVVkznnxPO/s320/Orange.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4f6tzsdxz_6XQ-HMEFXM5k4WzS-Zko-Tyh29XR_QW6PZzYimXvlw041jF0W7NztzPm6GCLzP-3sV-qYVWEpN2UChDy02juxwSjdCagmGa2F3puemvX9SV3CFFFlzBvlflfsm2i-Fcw1nK/s1600/Red.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532386329685849154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4f6tzsdxz_6XQ-HMEFXM5k4WzS-Zko-Tyh29XR_QW6PZzYimXvlw041jF0W7NztzPm6GCLzP-3sV-qYVWEpN2UChDy02juxwSjdCagmGa2F3puemvX9SV3CFFFlzBvlflfsm2i-Fcw1nK/s320/Red.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Its that time of year again!! I am washing, cutting and sewing up a storm!!! Come check it out over on my Etsy store . . . . <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thinkinbellecruz">http://www.etsy.com/shop/thinkinbellecruz</a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-36805220726835854552010-06-07T13:04:00.000-07:002010-06-07T13:36:36.787-07:00Quick Apron anyone? AND ITS REVERSIBLE!!!Missy and I went out to Hanna's Fabric Store again this weekend! I just LOVE how bright and fun all her fabrics are. I really went out there to make something else and found this really cute and simple pattern for a reversible "old school" apron! How fun!!! I had to try it! Look at how cute the fabrics were for this thing . .. . thanks again Janet, as always!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7GDF9kQqVqLVFS_tByQ24jGlaWjlnoLKTxEVrYK9GL07f27ZSg5FSBgvB-N-SSysrqD7rfXCK6oTZyXQOyKWb1LGPW9VemPcTv3ZM_PAIL9sXHOxdfkVnXywXRxGM-xKFdMa-ZHF_7-w/s1600/apron+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480126229995456962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7GDF9kQqVqLVFS_tByQ24jGlaWjlnoLKTxEVrYK9GL07f27ZSg5FSBgvB-N-SSysrqD7rfXCK6oTZyXQOyKWb1LGPW9VemPcTv3ZM_PAIL9sXHOxdfkVnXywXRxGM-xKFdMa-ZHF_7-w/s320/apron+7.JPG" border="0" /></a> After you cut out your pieces, you just need to start sewing. This is another "first" project for me so if I can do it . . . anyone can!!! Look . . . I even gathered!!!! :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2coUaOA11Pz2g1P1c5xEi1I9PdYK40sTbYOPmTtmsX-HHTfi88oq7pYGqcLnJIYoReN6aEpe0smPaJBYBrxkHfc79nNP0jh-QjSY7YmyY_QUFA75z1PxXnNBWdz8qVBcno0B5SRuaxh1/s1600/apron+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480126222478850290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2coUaOA11Pz2g1P1c5xEi1I9PdYK40sTbYOPmTtmsX-HHTfi88oq7pYGqcLnJIYoReN6aEpe0smPaJBYBrxkHfc79nNP0jh-QjSY7YmyY_QUFA75z1PxXnNBWdz8qVBcno0B5SRuaxh1/s320/apron+6.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sew top and bottom bodice pieces . .. for both sides . . . .<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDTJ0u3G_EzNNddRYEteZ0HcGihDltK2JXR4kjkzyJh4BYOvJohcnmQ6QcPu7Xy0vxkxZhRxFsm9QLD3tVD4bE419YEb46v6gZkf5nCzD5NoPgs_QuzpHHesdGzuGDM-m1W8QnShwn34a/s1600/apron+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125844820195826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDTJ0u3G_EzNNddRYEteZ0HcGihDltK2JXR4kjkzyJh4BYOvJohcnmQ6QcPu7Xy0vxkxZhRxFsm9QLD3tVD4bE419YEb46v6gZkf5nCzD5NoPgs_QuzpHHesdGzuGDM-m1W8QnShwn34a/s320/apron+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hey . . . I can "pin tuck" too!!! :) Who knew!!! Look at all the fun stuff I am learning now! I'm turning into a regular domestic goddess!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LOL</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwi3ujaEEzA5PfNx0yC5NKOdYmtgaMxAKqVTHJFarxkGrEnXgNLQ6okFTtihNCMEvt4qiF8s1NtjWdaVV6Uu00cFxUP_g5CkLp8sc8sSGyA7FG-SfIkhei2QtASSkI4OYkuN0CZrtEnEe/s1600/Apron+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125830259477426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwi3ujaEEzA5PfNx0yC5NKOdYmtgaMxAKqVTHJFarxkGrEnXgNLQ6okFTtihNCMEvt4qiF8s1NtjWdaVV6Uu00cFxUP_g5CkLp8sc8sSGyA7FG-SfIkhei2QtASSkI4OYkuN0CZrtEnEe/s320/Apron+4.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then you just sew on the straps and start sewing the bodice pieces together . ..<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7snLg2NmStnY1_2_q_vy4z6cJ9pZ-vEoXXjMLGA_4SyTrJieyuC9NqHAa2650JDu3_HbzvaSa7dDtzMFqPXrRx5idh8_no7MiV3YJg7aWYG1-yFUSrVjQyM2_Mzs_y7QE4YvzydcKNc-r/s1600/Apron+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125821176984914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7snLg2NmStnY1_2_q_vy4z6cJ9pZ-vEoXXjMLGA_4SyTrJieyuC9NqHAa2650JDu3_HbzvaSa7dDtzMFqPXrRx5idh8_no7MiV3YJg7aWYG1-yFUSrVjQyM2_Mzs_y7QE4YvzydcKNc-r/s320/Apron+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Remembering to do this inside out so that you can just invert them for a nice clean edge all the way around. You just need to press it down and it looks awesome!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJi9GjN6QJ71cdwpLYFV7g1bfuACyxnwWt5J7gFI3JIonXFXa0TX0poOvc58myA8VWksLBHsjYTr8eku34Acy2ZyKcldJucD7U4DMbVkrXklmfLrJ-y4iiciLtaDhaMQcBWzBg5KwjT-e/s1600/Apron+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125818792932402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJi9GjN6QJ71cdwpLYFV7g1bfuACyxnwWt5J7gFI3JIonXFXa0TX0poOvc58myA8VWksLBHsjYTr8eku34Acy2ZyKcldJucD7U4DMbVkrXklmfLrJ-y4iiciLtaDhaMQcBWzBg5KwjT-e/s320/Apron+2.JPG" border="0" /></a>I should have taken a picture wearing it so you can see just how cute it really is, but I love it! I may have to make some as gifts!!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bWEbUKfdYWxCWm2K2kmhyphenhyphenD8as1BZEzDVa34ztMaPerIWumj2-sbFPmPZQHlgGC727cMYism-zwB1dzebmigsSwg-hCKOCnEEEI39VS-iUuZkiGkabcuq643SOV6sHRafLjX3rwwMR8BX/s1600/Apron.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480125807362775330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bWEbUKfdYWxCWm2K2kmhyphenhyphenD8as1BZEzDVa34ztMaPerIWumj2-sbFPmPZQHlgGC727cMYism-zwB1dzebmigsSwg-hCKOCnEEEI39VS-iUuZkiGkabcuq643SOV6sHRafLjX3rwwMR8BX/s320/Apron.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-69726195298855089612010-06-02T12:27:00.000-07:002010-06-02T12:39:10.268-07:00Gone Fishin ....<div><div><div>What a blast we had over Memorial Day weekend!!! We went fishing, rebuilt Carter's playground . . . spent ALL weekend outside pretty much!! Carter caught this "whopper" sunny on Fish Lake on Saturday (you may have to squint your eyes a bit but I assure you . . . it IS there!! ha ha)</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478261502679138242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqEutxrsDuYdYzqtTFB_qrIJuoptVtltlmu5-okLQp9O2x5UYm2zCSBjIxKv5gVK4DIHZ0Awleh4IgPnqsCDrYaC4VabZtpOz2RnAhrHeeIsyuwzZfxlORdBh5Z_SC6XcSN9LiZgM5fj7/s320/Carter+Fishin+3.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>I couldn't believe how good he was in the boat! Casting away like a pro and never getting bored. Completely content to just motor around the lake . . . . hmmm, like someone else I know! A regular chip off the old paternal block!!! :)</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478261497031792610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd883Jpvw76N8E2kgY_Nkojr4hKjdQILfoRiJ3wh5dXJXCjEOXY-XTO-StnN1j54Ii4mdvD-r-NVgonYZm6jXihyphenhyphen-4rAt72dGw50f6DKXazGgaZVD3lSsFKC4PMHUGTFSvpEuuClgirjTy/s320/Carter+Fishin.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>I can't wait for our next fishing trip . . . hopefully this weekend!!! <br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478261490017093154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYRme9jaWbNH-GZ1FVvKBzdjZCBWc5KHNLuPr1l5XPNdv6uxqGhQ2r-yihGJ9L7sIvVhdtY9DiwdMGk_KoIjLjJREvEA83JYZcCirpiKPtvDDkfcQS9i8SZPm_sWsqWLchdQQY2HHitqiv/s320/Carter+Fishin+2.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-45198870149950420462010-05-03T11:19:00.000-07:002010-05-03T14:32:07.442-07:00Little Sweet Feet!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIepQPya5j9aOoaeXw4CmJ1Rb7OvoI0etjPSSceIKTs2ef1p0GdC-i-YiY8pNbuTHtRxkhNGwwVuBFDQkbcupBpR4ott9YnTo9753jKTxtTkpI5LAjeMykqXO11GE2N_r2hjR5014F-PBD/s1600/cookies+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467119826614200930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIepQPya5j9aOoaeXw4CmJ1Rb7OvoI0etjPSSceIKTs2ef1p0GdC-i-YiY8pNbuTHtRxkhNGwwVuBFDQkbcupBpR4ott9YnTo9753jKTxtTkpI5LAjeMykqXO11GE2N_r2hjR5014F-PBD/s320/cookies+8.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ok . . . I REALLY wasn't sure if I could pull these babies off! My co-worker asked me to make them for her for a baby shower she was going to and gave me a Martha Stewart quality picture to go off of. Intimidating!<br /><br />But little man was more than excited to help :) and I thought "well if I wreck them, we'd have to eat them all and he would be in heaven!" He cut out most of the feet cookies and even made a few extra little stars for himself! He kept saying "like THIS mamma?" :) so cute! (sorry, I know this picture is sideways . . . . )<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUEC4Sgg5q-rbOqCx8OtjYDfvTAifPAYggsYT5Layk4mC_qCJlQ1IQadmq34JaE4tFfVqXSaHTrgmdPrF5Ydm7Es7VkvU-mJ9Nas5-CSp61LGMtmzwvwBrvnaGAYNB6Ip7MOQOsmBpIqn/s1600/cookies+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467119813060716738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUEC4Sgg5q-rbOqCx8OtjYDfvTAifPAYggsYT5Layk4mC_qCJlQ1IQadmq34JaE4tFfVqXSaHTrgmdPrF5Ydm7Es7VkvU-mJ9Nas5-CSp61LGMtmzwvwBrvnaGAYNB6Ip7MOQOsmBpIqn/s320/cookies+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqW0VagUy-UToldeW-OZ1OVvdKCGIZvVfNobezZkSdxLI9gW3CO2yN8YocDRY0Cf4VIAHRcbr0eYEbwfqVRkuP0yRSYO3OXeX5jfNK2ZA_71SGwpXafjEnxDhvc8jUG-oEwhPH7CBWUz5/s1600/cookies+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467118417223584354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqW0VagUy-UToldeW-OZ1OVvdKCGIZvVfNobezZkSdxLI9gW3CO2yN8YocDRY0Cf4VIAHRcbr0eYEbwfqVRkuP0yRSYO3OXeX5jfNK2ZA_71SGwpXafjEnxDhvc8jUG-oEwhPH7CBWUz5/s320/cookies+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I made a simple butter-sugar recipe with a white almond icing ... YUM! You have the let the dough firm up over night so this was more than a one day project!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoggMTnBbpPKRm3gwoZu2msEOvq6Rp9IMUsYmK3gMtJw79zu13l3Ztj0iyq0Wj76yIFHeWkINPayGYozTibbSHF3GD532I2BBmjNLUvh5PgkS6txe_McN0qs1I2TKi1rDQVBOfKMfpDQMH/s1600/cookies+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467118416666569218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoggMTnBbpPKRm3gwoZu2msEOvq6Rp9IMUsYmK3gMtJw79zu13l3Ztj0iyq0Wj76yIFHeWkINPayGYozTibbSHF3GD532I2BBmjNLUvh5PgkS6txe_McN0qs1I2TKi1rDQVBOfKMfpDQMH/s320/cookies+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAnux9lGMhPJeoAWhykNzXOeGLaBbM8E9zlmmosm6MWYP_6I7BrGZLGXSX_-g5egmawrE8ZJgLKr-GzlcCLWNGk7o6B3SCI1j9jh2vQD6ZTKJk6Q_U1hasqCCUZ1kctZbHPXHEL4jbhMt/s1600/cookies+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467118406195584242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAnux9lGMhPJeoAWhykNzXOeGLaBbM8E9zlmmosm6MWYP_6I7BrGZLGXSX_-g5egmawrE8ZJgLKr-GzlcCLWNGk7o6B3SCI1j9jh2vQD6ZTKJk6Q_U1hasqCCUZ1kctZbHPXHEL4jbhMt/s320/cookies+6.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />I waited until the almond icing hardened before decorating. The blue was fun, and the sugar made everything sparkle! Yes, boys toes can sparkle too!!! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitw30Uwcuy73Cb4IdfDMyGMKGMavlmbvx3CHMWELbCecdJc82eUGm7xhHstpQmkr7iEavo26TlRerH2cVWmpZe7Q_XrBrUHfcoc_zhj3k3Ygz5YblZvQtK1LzJ24t1FzxnIStYjCTiW249/s1600/cookies+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467118397658078322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitw30Uwcuy73Cb4IdfDMyGMKGMavlmbvx3CHMWELbCecdJc82eUGm7xhHstpQmkr7iEavo26TlRerH2cVWmpZe7Q_XrBrUHfcoc_zhj3k3Ygz5YblZvQtK1LzJ24t1FzxnIStYjCTiW249/s320/cookies+7.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_UZ1sekVY9Yu2l3tQFL3MuxeV9PFYy0DDgnAc3VUDu8wawhGlTkUwibfTORPmxmhQH5S8FXZeY16PrSnEXuM1ayqx7ovOH2KcsXuSFpycxlZT2cQw1GjGgJs7g9fC-mUDOzXtmrVkr_H/s1600/cookies+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467118384049641042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_UZ1sekVY9Yu2l3tQFL3MuxeV9PFYy0DDgnAc3VUDu8wawhGlTkUwibfTORPmxmhQH5S8FXZeY16PrSnEXuM1ayqx7ovOH2KcsXuSFpycxlZT2cQw1GjGgJs7g9fC-mUDOzXtmrVkr_H/s320/cookies+8.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div>I just had to throw a cute little umbrella in there . .. . it was for a shower after all!! Cute little sweet feet! Well worth the work! :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-17798547838842822512010-04-10T09:35:00.000-07:002010-04-10T11:03:38.325-07:00Did I Ever Tell You How Much I Love KNOCK-OFF WOOD?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASX8zCxgw3zbLvq8GM47MHtVwKZ-vn_dR3fUlY7jQTJpHnrmy-znNPqRrfcek_bxN_uuFkanmeZHdThPLqrCZVgVoD4kbsuBrjNQekDIsvNIlHb0Bk5cf4-741tiFSF18NqXpq6Uf9lfs/s1600/bench+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458551204482044482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASX8zCxgw3zbLvq8GM47MHtVwKZ-vn_dR3fUlY7jQTJpHnrmy-znNPqRrfcek_bxN_uuFkanmeZHdThPLqrCZVgVoD4kbsuBrjNQekDIsvNIlHb0Bk5cf4-741tiFSF18NqXpq6Uf9lfs/s320/bench+6.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I was so inspired by this blog that when I saw this Simple Spa Bench I said to myself . . . "Hey, I can do that!" And voila, this perfect little bench made by ... ME ... and in only a few hours! ALL of the credit must go to Ana @ Knock-Off Wood and her amazing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DIY</span> furniture plans <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">inspired</span> by some very trendy vendors! (wink)</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">I started last night with my little pile of wood. I went to Home Depot and told them what I needed so they cut everything down to size for me, very helpful!! </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qxBCeykYXVvpb42tzOdDXsFSQoij4LIOuKyoKgBXW804qxFTE1OHv-PNeoxDM-vmd5fz9Yw73yT5Y4O-jU_uIZeRWIj-LrHXFEOVP8pakKAsKJKY7Y77vhJunr3btPms-bvK0nWa37mK/s1600/bench+1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458551199876652322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qxBCeykYXVvpb42tzOdDXsFSQoij4LIOuKyoKgBXW804qxFTE1OHv-PNeoxDM-vmd5fz9Yw73yT5Y4O-jU_uIZeRWIj-LrHXFEOVP8pakKAsKJKY7Y77vhJunr3btPms-bvK0nWa37mK/s320/bench+1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNQDHviuJjl622ED5D17_L8mlCQB3fkLNGDU96RS__NuerSn8wJ1_uN3G1qXw5GhWlrEgMhkocpKCJd3YEk1z2JnrnxA99Sxw_5Or-57HcgvSayQM6tlcZBsuLrx-vWm3MtwlFTaH4Ab0/s1600/bench+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458550746581264722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNQDHviuJjl622ED5D17_L8mlCQB3fkLNGDU96RS__NuerSn8wJ1_uN3G1qXw5GhWlrEgMhkocpKCJd3YEk1z2JnrnxA99Sxw_5Or-57HcgvSayQM6tlcZBsuLrx-vWm3MtwlFTaH4Ab0/s320/bench+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Ana's instructions are so easy to follow that framing this bench in really took no time at all. Carter was a big help too! :)</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgJlPgr34ws3sLxYQCMOf6hQ-nNkRCK3t-4HJvW8_GEqqNfdA0Y6X1HCSVU3l24soCCQFDQDAERkQmPq7ftMjZHghDTwmYj6ZjE8ctV4zmGg8l-bhNzAHRAQiy-J9L8KhozGkvoNMognE/s1600/bench+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458550741624280546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgJlPgr34ws3sLxYQCMOf6hQ-nNkRCK3t-4HJvW8_GEqqNfdA0Y6X1HCSVU3l24soCCQFDQDAERkQmPq7ftMjZHghDTwmYj6ZjE8ctV4zmGg8l-bhNzAHRAQiy-J9L8KhozGkvoNMognE/s320/bench+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQvxF1ieic6Bw-ThLuHeW4cM01aoctal7pW8odhtX0tReIL2MGARsb9fpzU0AxsgqSarBSUfHkbisF9vXTud8d6XslraSpVqI6ZMZXAZZdJ-CznQO5I6AkfNkMVnOfWBsjO4zVT3bi8Zu/s1600/bench+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458550735515484450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQvxF1ieic6Bw-ThLuHeW4cM01aoctal7pW8odhtX0tReIL2MGARsb9fpzU0AxsgqSarBSUfHkbisF9vXTud8d6XslraSpVqI6ZMZXAZZdJ-CznQO5I6AkfNkMVnOfWBsjO4zVT3bi8Zu/s320/bench+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I stained it a really cool JACOBEAN color that just made it look super old! awesome! Sprayed on some Matte finish to seal everything up and let everything dry overnight!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRC8f-FAA3RV7VuUS7geZ3pdR0rr1JPcPIgoMlIe9avgcr1IGoPYLvk_XzEXxQ9Zub7PyfHU-heL5QqZck-bOgJXUsDWydBX6pyjrSuKH_R23cJoD1B_-89-f5AhxqMtvJyhLHa_Clqfd/s1600/bench+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458550732834605906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRC8f-FAA3RV7VuUS7geZ3pdR0rr1JPcPIgoMlIe9avgcr1IGoPYLvk_XzEXxQ9Zub7PyfHU-heL5QqZck-bOgJXUsDWydBX6pyjrSuKH_R23cJoD1B_-89-f5AhxqMtvJyhLHa_Clqfd/s320/bench+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ93nJLRTYwzFqbgiGUR7fiDQJT3HbeAzM1Wo4rBwLkohc5CrF-f7x3nyWY11Wn_00se8Hh1g0C9YcJUcmTs-vfcFYutSkDQGNz8fVqm5VxwyvI_ozfUx0nAqnDfgPo74oq6VxDX0fRtP/s1600/bench+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458550730492129682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ93nJLRTYwzFqbgiGUR7fiDQJT3HbeAzM1Wo4rBwLkohc5CrF-f7x3nyWY11Wn_00se8Hh1g0C9YcJUcmTs-vfcFYutSkDQGNz8fVqm5VxwyvI_ozfUx0nAqnDfgPo74oq6VxDX0fRtP/s320/bench+7.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Not sure yet if this is its permanent home since it goes in practically EVERY room of my house its so dang cute! Thanks again ANA @ <a href="http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/">Knock-Off Wood</a>!!! I'll be visiting you VERY soon!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-72428007759984357182010-03-30T15:52:00.000-07:002010-03-31T07:48:34.929-07:00Rag Blanket Project!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0J4zkFyGcAlxmSjg8XgC_erSB2rbAFU5sbuOe9rPw42jnE50XFoJrsiPoQtCImpp0D1B91m7lugJ4j3vKwfbo6J-pFXERMDNuL-osLtV9XNk4l2pdRt_uJGY77m1Q4u8T6pd_5Q-mqG4/s1600/blanket+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454566616561499842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0J4zkFyGcAlxmSjg8XgC_erSB2rbAFU5sbuOe9rPw42jnE50XFoJrsiPoQtCImpp0D1B91m7lugJ4j3vKwfbo6J-pFXERMDNuL-osLtV9XNk4l2pdRt_uJGY77m1Q4u8T6pd_5Q-mqG4/s320/blanket+8.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">I am not really sure what got into me last weekend but after making some flannel receiving blankets for my sister in law, I was looking at some blogs and websites to get some other ideas and came across some really cute and simple quilting projects, rag blankets!!! OK, I have NEVER quilted or anything even close before but I thought, "hey, if I can make mittens, I should be able to sew this thing together!!!" The patterns I saw also used flannel but I wanted to use a soft cotton so that it wouldn't pill up the way flannel tends to do after several washings. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The best part of this project . . . . picking out the fabric!!!!!! Missy introduced me to a super cute little store, <a href="http://www.hannahjohnsonfabrics.com/">Hannah Johnson Fabrics</a>, that carries all sorts of shabby chic patterns!! (best to keep the checkbook in the car! And <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">shhhh</span> . ... </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I do plan to visit there again VERY soon!) </span><span style="font-family:arial;">You wouldn't believe how incredibly soft and satiny these cotton fabrics are, and so, so cute!!! THANK YOU JANET !!!!<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv33pgouT8AL_F8ym0cz8QEHqVnMz5y_zz2TlIo8iKfzNO1cfxDutHEPFM5Ka5AJFe43WvNUmbMd5wYiWiSQ0AOCRXF3wMidj2zT8R6cEiosEeQQmUiyKZS9hU4dyvZevjK4OqSz8KRSth/s1600/blanket+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454566611805496130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv33pgouT8AL_F8ym0cz8QEHqVnMz5y_zz2TlIo8iKfzNO1cfxDutHEPFM5Ka5AJFe43WvNUmbMd5wYiWiSQ0AOCRXF3wMidj2zT8R6cEiosEeQQmUiyKZS9hU4dyvZevjK4OqSz8KRSth/s320/blanket+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">To make this blanket is pretty easy. It does take some time though, so make sure you have set aside a few nights for this one. After checking out a few patterns online, I cut 7" squares out of fabric and 5.5" squares out of thin batting.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Then I sewed an "x" through each square, pretty much just to keep the batting in place. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy5HNznovp9O0A6ILzp7wpXmQqXKjhVey2QyjlKhEBYdfQrGqLCPzX6-pjOksiM759URfbvOVi7v7Xg8Jun9FY0brkbtaBGaWDUIL4mqEo3xgkG4KbjukCveQH0e7w5ucsIwYnYu9ZPQl/s1600/blanket+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454565971122387890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy5HNznovp9O0A6ILzp7wpXmQqXKjhVey2QyjlKhEBYdfQrGqLCPzX6-pjOksiM759URfbvOVi7v7Xg8Jun9FY0brkbtaBGaWDUIL4mqEo3xgkG4KbjukCveQH0e7w5ucsIwYnYu9ZPQl/s320/blanket+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISkZd6yE7xRz5NfccLOiFvcaFVYw4U03pZ44hUq24S-S9qBSXBPB_O_5Sby7C6lCxzWRMKsa4hMN3F86XOH_IS9TiTYPsF0BrwVU4j4mmPkZEYd2eYLv52vtMg8wdHOi2N7mncPTrS6It/s1600/blanket+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454565961690738258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISkZd6yE7xRz5NfccLOiFvcaFVYw4U03pZ44hUq24S-S9qBSXBPB_O_5Sby7C6lCxzWRMKsa4hMN3F86XOH_IS9TiTYPsF0BrwVU4j4mmPkZEYd2eYLv52vtMg8wdHOi2N7mncPTrS6It/s320/blanket+6.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Once you figure out how many squares you need, just decide if you want a pattern or would just rather make a "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hodge</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">podge</span>" design of random squares. I referenced two different blankets online to make this pattern. It helped me to lay it all out and make a chart of which fabrics went in each space, that way, the next step was super easy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">You have to sew the squares together in strips first.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3qCGWNECqTd4DzIS5ATMH7MRxLOEeFO2K7thKBVOl31VHhGxm3H2xnKaZ5IZjowP6X54Q1-LPLl0sdTtfmMObYTIKuijM83EyHdaeSZtsQWjMKhvDP6VH58hoj-b0gJlkCDDA3dW0A1E/s1600/blanket+7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454565951486815762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3qCGWNECqTd4DzIS5ATMH7MRxLOEeFO2K7thKBVOl31VHhGxm3H2xnKaZ5IZjowP6X54Q1-LPLl0sdTtfmMObYTIKuijM83EyHdaeSZtsQWjMKhvDP6VH58hoj-b0gJlkCDDA3dW0A1E/s320/blanket+7.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl79Qzkou80n2YQ5ct6Ijq44jluZYarwhTNBeJKkHvlIQ2OPHMW35AHOb3xQVNBBK58T3JRLkPT17Z3VhagWVqhFwr_bZEhst0I6805H69Vz0r0sFV6YDeE-kVFIMqME06_Wp8HePfltQz/s1600/blanket+9.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454565949966887138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl79Qzkou80n2YQ5ct6Ijq44jluZYarwhTNBeJKkHvlIQ2OPHMW35AHOb3xQVNBBK58T3JRLkPT17Z3VhagWVqhFwr_bZEhst0I6805H69Vz0r0sFV6YDeE-kVFIMqME06_Wp8HePfltQz/s320/blanket+9.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Then start sewing the strips together line by line to make your blanket, keeping all the seam allowances on one side of the blanket.<br /><br /><br /><br />Almost done, but this is the worst part. Once all the squares are sewn together, and you run around the outside of the blanket to make a 1/2" seam, you need to make cuts in all the seams, about 1/4" apart, making sure NOT to cut into the stitching. I wouldn't recommend trying to do this all in a single night if you are making a bigger blanket, or your fingers may fall off!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SwGYHPQxbdsjSjH7fXt6SnZBePAqrjRN2iEoSdSaWhWoEBcWxJcMSWLA2FCRzaEk1LAjS0MyqSr0EbfgXdeegKGMjEW8jmzARxFp4R1CeHDHZEHBA7CcnmKiMeZsQIdePPaCgZq_V70e/s1600/blanket+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454565940855289714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SwGYHPQxbdsjSjH7fXt6SnZBePAqrjRN2iEoSdSaWhWoEBcWxJcMSWLA2FCRzaEk1LAjS0MyqSr0EbfgXdeegKGMjEW8jmzARxFp4R1CeHDHZEHBA7CcnmKiMeZsQIdePPaCgZq_V70e/s320/blanket+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Last step! When the snipping is done, you get to wash the blanket which frays and softens the edges of the cut seams. Make sure you check the dryer often during this step to remove all the extra material that may clog up the lint trap. One of the online tutorials I read even said to use a industrial machine at a laundromat if necessary. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But now its done!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">WhooHOO</span>!! And I read that the more it gets washed, the softer it will get!! I love it!!! It goes so well in my living room, accompanied in this picture by my favorite pillow . .. a purchase from one of the best little re-purpose shops - </span><a href="http://www.snowmanhill.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Snowman Hill</span></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-91239316797638508222009-12-01T20:37:00.001-08:002009-12-01T21:00:48.445-08:00Its the Most Wonderful Time . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn57s23qdkD7yi-bC0W1GDwpJDnSkGRIQJnz3jAr7u83BA_SekNVrubL4OD9nvcwMfPvXuFPToi4bZnnqxoS1YjyXBuREAp83-Lrny8NtCnZvjUt__nRk5k9U1Zwmvwl6SW4MjTer5vzN/s1600-h/Sled+&+Pulley.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410495410964166002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn57s23qdkD7yi-bC0W1GDwpJDnSkGRIQJnz3jAr7u83BA_SekNVrubL4OD9nvcwMfPvXuFPToi4bZnnqxoS1YjyXBuREAp83-Lrny8NtCnZvjUt__nRk5k9U1Zwmvwl6SW4MjTer5vzN/s320/Sled+%26+Pulley.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFTC12E7TFO_XQmfNiVmq44te8NfMK9ukH6WDYyyY9VKJi-bZYZLzhZuvTW7iwXMn0ydv8E-UmWschthN7rzRdPVo5OqqAINWPTSDthBp2HeCbSVqKvZAGQLVR8VlCO-K59jzkGes6hx7/s1600-h/Skis.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410495409088836274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFTC12E7TFO_XQmfNiVmq44te8NfMK9ukH6WDYyyY9VKJi-bZYZLzhZuvTW7iwXMn0ydv8E-UmWschthN7rzRdPVo5OqqAINWPTSDthBp2HeCbSVqKvZAGQLVR8VlCO-K59jzkGes6hx7/s320/Skis.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I absolutely love holiday decorating although I never seem to make enough time to do it. I love how these old outdoor things turned out after my putzing with them for a bit this last weekend. </div><div> </div><div>I found a pair of Carter's infant mittens to put on these old skis and think the rusty old pulley on the sled is wicked cute with the little star cut out!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdCWLYKBMY8OO6ZFGIn77NfsoS02qV0uXda5Pch9PjXObY4S8cwrKbDSaZlnAqKq90S8-bwLGN82YNcHhLKcOGw6dMQyYUNkmIl9iy12gD__XOxut0BmubxTJg-CC1dJDFVhC6Og4WWe3/s1600-h/Ski+Poles.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410495402445013282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdCWLYKBMY8OO6ZFGIn77NfsoS02qV0uXda5Pch9PjXObY4S8cwrKbDSaZlnAqKq90S8-bwLGN82YNcHhLKcOGw6dMQyYUNkmIl9iy12gD__XOxut0BmubxTJg-CC1dJDFVhC6Og4WWe3/s320/Ski+Poles.JPG" border="0" /></a> I think this was a steal at $2 from some backwoods antique vendor!!! I still need to do something cute with the snowshoes . . . any ideas????</div><div><br /><br /><br />This big star was a junked-and-left-by-the-side-of-the-road find that my SIL Jess came across!!! I still need to antique it a bit more with some stain!! <br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGttRNmc7rg2iiSW8mZ54Af5d9vuM4WvTlpGP5ozglkosFKdJoo5MdXMSCJGzPxnqZuhIhnqUgEhT95gUir3KKXWGsf5mugq1vp6-uLGX5w6hhm3lVc_WFNYcljiXKoixWujgsE5EPVFgy/s1600-h/Stars.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410494729063635522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGttRNmc7rg2iiSW8mZ54Af5d9vuM4WvTlpGP5ozglkosFKdJoo5MdXMSCJGzPxnqZuhIhnqUgEhT95gUir3KKXWGsf5mugq1vp6-uLGX5w6hhm3lVc_WFNYcljiXKoixWujgsE5EPVFgy/s320/Stars.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF11AGYf5ud6YQATR4Bi_fCikrgbx3KkyoOU7AHRt4HvSWw36_FLx_T4UJSjrA6KqKLeeiq-cgz0AW7XIxrvVGjgPsDWT52bUMnr6Bdf3lm2KBe9nDoCecjzbbEcLieqVUgbH6Nt3YtIm/s1600-h/Carter+&+tree.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410494726491957602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF11AGYf5ud6YQATR4Bi_fCikrgbx3KkyoOU7AHRt4HvSWw36_FLx_T4UJSjrA6KqKLeeiq-cgz0AW7XIxrvVGjgPsDWT52bUMnr6Bdf3lm2KBe9nDoCecjzbbEcLieqVUgbH6Nt3YtIm/s320/Carter+%26+tree.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Carter helped me all day and even started dancing to the Christmas music I was playing!! He very carefully put all the ornaments on the tree, but wouldn't let me help him, the little stubborn stinker! <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxTJsrBeBvBvSQx689QWmA-_wjDWLTsp2tRJ4W-8l7bYC7iWx7to19hLz1tt811NhgpvtJdHdA_dx9jQUxzr_xPWHHbf0CGR7mowA3y3Da3YhJ9wM5XNgYUE-G4i63nxhMYEZbHD350_9/s1600-h/25th+Blocks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410494711594597554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxTJsrBeBvBvSQx689QWmA-_wjDWLTsp2tRJ4W-8l7bYC7iWx7to19hLz1tt811NhgpvtJdHdA_dx9jQUxzr_xPWHHbf0CGR7mowA3y3Da3YhJ9wM5XNgYUE-G4i63nxhMYEZbHD350_9/s320/25th+Blocks.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I LOVE these old blocks too!!! I found them this year at the Cranberry Festival!!<br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div>I can't wait to do MORE decorating this next weekend!!!!!</div></div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-48602539059129216702009-11-19T19:38:00.000-08:002009-11-19T19:53:42.138-08:00Vintage Checker Magnets!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcLSwIXU2IDzKLA5TRjgrEr_N2Y8peyyZEtjKXghYIqTE94nf6OKWQ43LRJGBxnIn9L8l-cSDAI9Nx2xyy4I9255VgMkwvkKLVuBcpFh7DwdK0z4ovAiM5jdUFWBWfmKDYRDJz44GRvAl/s1600/checkers+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406026380237415042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcLSwIXU2IDzKLA5TRjgrEr_N2Y8peyyZEtjKXghYIqTE94nf6OKWQ43LRJGBxnIn9L8l-cSDAI9Nx2xyy4I9255VgMkwvkKLVuBcpFh7DwdK0z4ovAiM5jdUFWBWfmKDYRDJz44GRvAl/s320/checkers+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbLy7SgqQXW-1nXetFmkOd5ZLK1llYFU2_J8IWNpKVotD8Fqu09X1WLh66YKjmhT3JRSWcZBxJlCESCkquiLsLeOt2wecsd1EV3RgGmGHSgjqF28JkWvbC97BxW5RshscnVCHth9U-Msk/s1600/checkers+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406026370812009698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbLy7SgqQXW-1nXetFmkOd5ZLK1llYFU2_J8IWNpKVotD8Fqu09X1WLh66YKjmhT3JRSWcZBxJlCESCkquiLsLeOt2wecsd1EV3RgGmGHSgjqF28JkWvbC97BxW5RshscnVCHth9U-Msk/s320/checkers+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajB_b0ekKMS6zhohd6yH-vYW8mcnB4M9KGP1pkiGqbYwJZxNUS1yF94Pev-P3_FggHhULbx74BYUCB_uaZq1pazZPa1JV-39n0-dUa2SeFUoVsh7nK8AWkLaKwch8Fh8nfIx7NoSmNWVP/s1600/checkers+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406026360173010450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajB_b0ekKMS6zhohd6yH-vYW8mcnB4M9KGP1pkiGqbYwJZxNUS1yF94Pev-P3_FggHhULbx74BYUCB_uaZq1pazZPa1JV-39n0-dUa2SeFUoVsh7nK8AWkLaKwch8Fh8nfIx7NoSmNWVP/s320/checkers+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I am so in love with these! We found two small bags of vintage, old, and very well used, checkers at a huge antique store this last summer. I knew as soon as I saw them what I would do with them . . . a little hot glue and a round magnet and POOF . . . the cutest little fridge toys around! Perfect for holding up all of Carter's school work!!!!</span></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-14837800825726746442009-11-16T11:50:00.000-08:002009-11-16T12:24:56.490-08:00Recycled * Reused * Repurposed - Holiday Style!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5S_hKevJokNZon0Al_4s5BgQbx7YIg-x4fyrVMhbhyzUg4zOZO1ema3hkEHQSF8w3LRktenigAEpAvT9OQOClP598qYofWfnb68i2Q3stdhDc_ewqK3awfY1LxeloLBowGh4AOoJEhEdb/s1600/show+6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404792096807134642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5S_hKevJokNZon0Al_4s5BgQbx7YIg-x4fyrVMhbhyzUg4zOZO1ema3hkEHQSF8w3LRktenigAEpAvT9OQOClP598qYofWfnb68i2Q3stdhDc_ewqK3awfY1LxeloLBowGh4AOoJEhEdb/s320/show+6.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Holiday Gifts Galore is a show my we (me and my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SILs</span>) were in this past weekend! It was a total blast! Besides having only 3 hours of sleep the night before due to last minute finishing touches :). We had so many beautifully refurbished items that I can honestly say, we had the most attractive booth there!!! </span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-S-Ry0Ui4VB3-VaikfAkEqKuz9gi5bRD02N64c_TSenXzEmgc-aESXiveVrpUiT9l1rs7idmIDkzfhh82CRX7sr-nmRcOq7u5emHkEfP5MmbwOHeK4L7-Ex632lNYjzjMpz6HI9P8evI/s1600/show+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404792090233234626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-S-Ry0Ui4VB3-VaikfAkEqKuz9gi5bRD02N64c_TSenXzEmgc-aESXiveVrpUiT9l1rs7idmIDkzfhh82CRX7sr-nmRcOq7u5emHkEfP5MmbwOHeK4L7-Ex632lNYjzjMpz6HI9P8evI/s320/show+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHJnLhD1kKMiQQEQsPnHooJ6lGF8SxDNW1OK60AMF6ekAMPBAp8WzobPj-UHliwozfCnLkAqsADD7nLfI1-_A-BMGIQqj8lcuS6VG6up9IivKKamWKo-FhzqKotf03ObybXVImtCkn4bo/s1600/show+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404792088685936562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHJnLhD1kKMiQQEQsPnHooJ6lGF8SxDNW1OK60AMF6ekAMPBAp8WzobPj-UHliwozfCnLkAqsADD7nLfI1-_A-BMGIQqj8lcuS6VG6up9IivKKamWKo-FhzqKotf03ObybXVImtCkn4bo/s320/show+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We put several pair of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BelleCruz</span> Mittens scattered throughout the sale items to give a warm and cozy feel. The rest of them I displayed in old dresser drawers. I can't believe how well these RECYCLED sweater mittens have been selling!!! I was even sewing there at the show to try to keep up!! They are so beautiful and each pair are unique, lined fully in remnant polar fleece. Definitely a vintage but stylish must-have up here in the cold country! <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo7O3nR0Qq2YgAU16ZnY-u3_jLixbY7eUPMdGYRlc7oxjiTH2FfmVG9ny3Aw9sqpC3SXfKPsfSLrSRd8nVMyqlAeiPHqnBhFB_uTY_ewwdkVn4O9L26KkhEQHcZJxZ5mXrxw0cOnYUZBd/s1600/show+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404792081714226290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo7O3nR0Qq2YgAU16ZnY-u3_jLixbY7eUPMdGYRlc7oxjiTH2FfmVG9ny3Aw9sqpC3SXfKPsfSLrSRd8nVMyqlAeiPHqnBhFB_uTY_ewwdkVn4O9L26KkhEQHcZJxZ5mXrxw0cOnYUZBd/s320/show+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Missy brought so many different things, all of which were hand made! We had Mittens, Old Window Memo Boards, Wreathes, Monogram Blocks, Candles, Gift Tag Holders and Cards, Tote Bags and Pillows made from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">repurposed</span> coffee bean bags, misc vintage items stuffed with real pine boughs and decorated for the holidays!!! We are definitely doing this again next year!!!!</div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-35436670309019689442009-10-05T19:02:00.000-07:002009-10-05T19:33:41.378-07:00Carter's Cute Ocean Room!!!<span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFLu4QgahXIbhbWPYhi-8s51PMSFwnO2JHuNkY8wB0ERjg1AK95mj_nEktcFwEH0ZjFbr392HxDR7DU8ooDYFM5OA9oX95nliPlfITlWb1s_2wzoE-0jnRJr3bI9YZIgTGIuy6r7cp3Fo/s1600-h/Carter"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389302882168245282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFLu4QgahXIbhbWPYhi-8s51PMSFwnO2JHuNkY8wB0ERjg1AK95mj_nEktcFwEH0ZjFbr392HxDR7DU8ooDYFM5OA9oX95nliPlfITlWb1s_2wzoE-0jnRJr3bI9YZIgTGIuy6r7cp3Fo/s320/Carter's+room.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389302867330678706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSrEA4VhErj0ybVVzEWRjsywjHmJKxVdK-NJCMX1fP5ieMQ73BldBxkdW7-DgUXzR219CTgX2vUgtx5DBAzZTj2sf6Lmw_3XdkIbuLjQ0ywXJXds_Qb11Pm9SUBZ80uYMl5aDHsTsFtRd/s320/Carter's+room+8.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I found some really cute things to spruce up Carter's room at the Cranberry Festival last weekend! I got an old wood <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">waterski</span> that I turned into wall hooks for Carter to hang up his backpack or jacket on. I hung it low enough for him to reach it so he thinks it is "awesome!". ;) He makes me laugh! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">I got these metal turtles a few years ago at Pier One and thought they were absolutely adorable. They were the only things I really had decorating his ocean room except the bedspread, drapes and a fish tank <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">illusion</span> hanging on his wall. That is why I was so excited to find the other things you see in these pictures . . . life preserver, beach sign, Hang Ten vintage metal sign . . . </span><br /><br /></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389305584354172434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcixnVWSZvmwuTRICLEK4NxGLivNsO1v7gkyw28JKw_reeLRRmUfC9tb_M5BjQVsVTnku0ThlMcH-gC6g14u24QJiqDZArE2ZS0on62I3lgulqKgSyHH8ZcaMK5mqeKGtUNHbLtCg9-35/s320/Carter's+room+9.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389304205340209522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWsE0Ep00dk_RdxyvzilYrehK6rt4p68ADCcHhHuQbyzTAkp9OKQT-Gpq4XyLQrMLN15ajqs8XJR2cxpWWUYBw8yRg-DG3rU1f77PadQ9Mx9aiu796W9lcW00HVfLFKXxkqerqOlUouTo/s320/Carter's+room+2.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389304192122107010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF042A1mjHA7oykdff9nKHNRYcC1poy8XFEHx4O1LHzSeGcOWDJ6HLz4sn-jAnQIhUKNb4j4wll8atuXuhcLLWCwBeH72Zxpzgt8jsip3XcpQ0aHTSbsVTSUqrTypqDVzri_N9kz2EU2Kc/s320/Carter's+room+3.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div>Oh, and I cant forget the crab trap and old fishing poles. My <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">SIL</span> Jess gave me the poles for Carter's room which was really special since they belonged to her grandfather. I thought when I picked up the trap at the Cranberry Festival that it was just a crafty look-alike but I was actually stopped by someone who asked me about it since he said that he and his wife had just taken a trip to Apalachicola Bay and had seen similar ones!! So cool!!!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389308027076312978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtpVHoCX04X-pRznCpFbym_BYb5TNjam1BeQ5jzYXUyyjRveHJpHhmTBA9NgPUDTXEljrcgEVyBgQKW_uigTXAVvn5h2kAMEU9hF5kYP6ulkBFB7BYEfJUV3EV-5fABFQxEvsl8NCQps2/s320/Carter's+room+4.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389308013563990866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvCmlSodSeNa_nY_VdAANj2MciDDqVOAnfscGDtIyq6ANNAdlonQ1GcNXD-50v4pIyyzkQO4VyPVcdVXjZj_aNS246iIM5NvrQh62PxwdRFRH8_L6lAXYZXjKRlzAGN4APtkNmr9uhZOT/s320/Carter's+room+5.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389308005295213426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbmFbbdpcAdgrHZltS5G9LY9SH8a4JdlPL6aCls0NqrQZpHjFNqssKOu5elL-behhOwEzN9q7oacstKmJui7z4_raSuHCa_n84i4vKRPVAvAq4YP1bslbaaQ6vGjX9xiRWroJ4hSahD-a/s320/Carter's+room+7.JPG" border="0" />I just love how it turned out and Carter is so excited about his new room!!Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-69092784674873346192009-09-28T11:31:00.000-07:002009-09-28T11:44:22.085-07:00CRAN-FEST - WARRENS, WI<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKt0ighE8Sum7BVZiVmjNgh2GzcJZi4Pb1SdrFoSH1EZHTJbcZLJSKF4XS_MxAYzduZ1h4ugM0lrkvl0xNUYtfKf_9eoAf1RRtDtHNUgs9E-FFyqggpDr5Get0ka4Q31wsXHLTxxz4MCS/s1600-h/Cranberry+Crowd"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386590915888085202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKt0ighE8Sum7BVZiVmjNgh2GzcJZi4Pb1SdrFoSH1EZHTJbcZLJSKF4XS_MxAYzduZ1h4ugM0lrkvl0xNUYtfKf_9eoAf1RRtDtHNUgs9E-FFyqggpDr5Get0ka4Q31wsXHLTxxz4MCS/s320/Cranberry+Crowd" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DuCOOrMF7FQOmXDoTYXGSThpKQpw4x4mXbf2szN9ouYSxP1uae1IMd4pizypOKOFbWcUignBopVMnkHVSghHLEzN_wnmt4dwwEZjztrK3x3cAcH4GHfu2PQX7CIOJOkYzuawNQV0B3e0/s1600-h/Missy"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386590910555807730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DuCOOrMF7FQOmXDoTYXGSThpKQpw4x4mXbf2szN9ouYSxP1uae1IMd4pizypOKOFbWcUignBopVMnkHVSghHLEzN_wnmt4dwwEZjztrK3x3cAcH4GHfu2PQX7CIOJOkYzuawNQV0B3e0/s320/Missy's+Van.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Ok, to say we had fun at this festival this past weekend would be an understatement!! It was huge, the lines were long, the DAYS were long, the food was greasy, we got lost OVER and OVER again, but we loved EVERY minute of it!! Ok, well not every minute, some of the vendors were crabby and we got rained on a bit at the end of the morning on Sunday, but all-in-all, one of the most successful and fabulously fun junking excursions I have ever been on!!!<br /><br />Look at these pics!! The one of the crowd was taken mid-way down one of the MANY paths we could have chosen. I think this one was Main Street. One of the volunteers down there that helped us bring things back to our car told us that expected over 125K people to travel in from all over for this festival! The picture of my SIL's van is only the second night we were there!! We had another full day of shopping AFTER this was taken!!! Sorry, for the quality of the pic . . . I was laughing so hard that it looks kinda blurry. Suprisingly though, we really didn't spend that much money. Most of what was purchased was at flea markets or antique dealors. The big item in the center is a large buffett that I purchased for $20 and the cool black, wroght iron scolly thing off to the right of the picture is actually a set of 3 auditorium chairs, all wood and metal, that Missy STOLE for $15!!!! Can you believe it!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!</span><br /></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-76217715126078193442009-09-22T14:20:00.000-07:002009-09-22T15:06:15.267-07:00First Day of School!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tro_5GPIoDcy10LMmgWuZUUYOOL1Q4pw8GVmVQ_lJm-pu8-r0e7Geon4aYPch6zVQxOEngN1KEaFtkRaODeVcjBcXrWv0WaoeONp1u0m2pTH8KLHU_6aKxDSufJT2l6pHDOjPnZiiH6o/s1600-h/1st+day+of+school+9.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384407223478479938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tro_5GPIoDcy10LMmgWuZUUYOOL1Q4pw8GVmVQ_lJm-pu8-r0e7Geon4aYPch6zVQxOEngN1KEaFtkRaODeVcjBcXrWv0WaoeONp1u0m2pTH8KLHU_6aKxDSufJT2l6pHDOjPnZiiH6o/s320/1st+day+of+school+9.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPj66ApQ-wf6NQ00oj_cqtlriBuZOZt5hc2HJJpw11PWz1OwWVAHYo6vnK-u4xi7iY_DMGX5eBMdFJPQWlHSKRthPXhCEO1qcIUY4r_RiCukZHl6_Aqp_ym-ms4pjr9zTuO7cItjNKx19A/s1600-h/1st+day+of+school+8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384407215690690274" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rs4tAaZZ28GJS84zzbpoddVE7LAG9ygEf58VoA1pUZ_sy1zXjG8DKpgWRsza50LoTgmCkIekKyiENA4xuMxbRoPfJK4WgTEC9BJDSNc9A88pbhTDa95irEtR4VOfHDW0iHWijg60oU5x/s320/1st+day+of+school+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyKFPmWq65gOUEwVMBv7FodJsx1lV21RAQo9YVuTKRoPgS8lBrh0fj9C8AED1wCrj8_ODUqtLOAfro_9ZbOVzReJuLdJgylhE0wcsjviUF9x1NG-h2kgQ4SnMe5n54h97A8CEEprxve_I/s1600-h/1st+day+of+school.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384406414747677154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyKFPmWq65gOUEwVMBv7FodJsx1lV21RAQo9YVuTKRoPgS8lBrh0fj9C8AED1wCrj8_ODUqtLOAfro_9ZbOVzReJuLdJgylhE0wcsjviUF9x1NG-h2kgQ4SnMe5n54h97A8CEEprxve_I/s320/1st+day+of+school.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I can't even believe that Carter is old enough already to go to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pre</span>-School!! He had his first day and although he is typically pretty shy about new experiences, he was so excited!! He has been talking about going to school all summer and now it is finally here! </div><div></div><div>Look at the shoes! (in his excitement, he put on Daddy's sandals) ha ha And YES, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">mohawk</span> is natural!! Believe it or not, his temples are really <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">blonde</span> and that strip down the center is dark and thick!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">LOL</span> Studly!</div><div></div><div>He didn't even notice when we left him, but his teacher did say that as soon as he figured it out, he was a little apprehensive, but still pretty outgoing so that is a good sign! He even met a new friend right away and they built . . . of course . . . a racetrack!!! </div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-24059297125220995702009-09-09T11:16:00.001-07:002009-09-09T11:23:33.958-07:00Recycled Sweater Mittens!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunTIvvyAroYKsvS3ePrX6JSkPWUgM_YlDGXp1bPcR1nsO7fFcGNroLl9SUqE47gnb3mYpnkQ4hyO9sINLNFJDd3L62pxcc6PqsmNwdAaUr-mrLWdCMeTipt5fAHrUb0bZ2CZa9ln5TzBN/s1600-h/pink+mitten+2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunTIvvyAroYKsvS3ePrX6JSkPWUgM_YlDGXp1bPcR1nsO7fFcGNroLl9SUqE47gnb3mYpnkQ4hyO9sINLNFJDd3L62pxcc6PqsmNwdAaUr-mrLWdCMeTipt5fAHrUb0bZ2CZa9ln5TzBN/s320/pink+mitten+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379534784046749602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzqhRO5OE0O-bmtSi61xzZ_OfctbxMEqzBpmiD7a7QihCCZT1cPXxYaQvwdug7nMr7d3ONJm0CxAQFJCRBtakJNF_cj6IIeNSwmkA0cIv77WVTU8zsjCZZKZTAdxJIsqRAVAe4d_9HUsU/s1600-h/pink+mitten.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzqhRO5OE0O-bmtSi61xzZ_OfctbxMEqzBpmiD7a7QihCCZT1cPXxYaQvwdug7nMr7d3ONJm0CxAQFJCRBtakJNF_cj6IIeNSwmkA0cIv77WVTU8zsjCZZKZTAdxJIsqRAVAe4d_9HUsU/s320/pink+mitten.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379534773207942146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti8-RVGoljrE_VPsUU8OTg35Lcw5nGnDKIBY8f743Z5lPAIeQp-D1uhOpEaKLWzAdhYlhs0l4JgQHm_SvbRk_8O42Y1kgbyXvMawBZpg57PYlN3Rp9RGpbvuYvjWKzave_uThXyUHKmMo/s1600-h/green+mittens.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhti8-RVGoljrE_VPsUU8OTg35Lcw5nGnDKIBY8f743Z5lPAIeQp-D1uhOpEaKLWzAdhYlhs0l4JgQHm_SvbRk_8O42Y1kgbyXvMawBZpg57PYlN3Rp9RGpbvuYvjWKzave_uThXyUHKmMo/s320/green+mittens.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379534759577771234" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Talk about a fun project!!! I have been grabbing every old, discarded wool sweater that I can get my hands on! I am making these mittens with a fleece lining so that they don't itch are are extremely cozy!!!! I plan to have some of these for sale, since we do live up north and the cold weather will be here all too quickly, over at Snowman Hill's awesome fall sale Friday Sept 25th and Sat Sept 26th!! I love recycling!!!! Thank you Krista!!!!!!</span>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-66434228063185004212009-08-24T20:23:00.000-07:002009-08-24T20:42:54.991-07:00More Junk-Lifting!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkSXG_275q8epyiUaCYQbaKiOfbSSdtovdb89ihLu9v17bnEBIXtohaXmSMHd-WqOfysRLPLkgtbLG-cAxODG66w1TjNljhVOvVrtk5a37Nkpxnb7DX2GHcS9rlPfuSyid3l3nhshtKV2/s1600-h/stool.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373738223556258434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkSXG_275q8epyiUaCYQbaKiOfbSSdtovdb89ihLu9v17bnEBIXtohaXmSMHd-WqOfysRLPLkgtbLG-cAxODG66w1TjNljhVOvVrtk5a37Nkpxnb7DX2GHcS9rlPfuSyid3l3nhshtKV2/s320/stool.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnusNQ1gNW48Fmx8xNNDYrx97oqFG7EHbfqq_0_8XsT9-NhHn490dg54lHdVTpY99ZF_pHQzY46ZDF0zkez90kVcxAFQZzslPSF6kpEPO8Gc97I_mdarXZ-63Izeq_f2reqlqmSR-W99S2/s1600-h/green+stool.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373738217021192914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnusNQ1gNW48Fmx8xNNDYrx97oqFG7EHbfqq_0_8XsT9-NhHn490dg54lHdVTpY99ZF_pHQzY46ZDF0zkez90kVcxAFQZzslPSF6kpEPO8Gc97I_mdarXZ-63Izeq_f2reqlqmSR-W99S2/s320/green+stool.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">More ideas from my sister-in-law! It was no <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">surprise</span> that I totally loved a little red stool she re-did for her kitchen so when my other sister-in-law said she had one for me .... I jumped all over that!!! I painted it a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">metallic</span> celery color - I love it up against the dark gray walls of my kitchen!!! See how cute it turned out! Thanks to both my sisters!</span></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-70435309159428582082009-08-18T19:47:00.000-07:002009-08-18T19:55:53.497-07:00Lights Please . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT55dtSaJgCR3jLs8BQ_R_E-a_sUPrkCPFSxVT7IuVaxXd002UiSPQbO-SX3S_LHBdWJbCSNu3Qy3sVecWDOsShwLn5MjOr8CHwkq2UzCWw_K5E9iJV7469F_u-Slpvh5elYCcMlfL4pye/s1600-h/lights.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371501822096310754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT55dtSaJgCR3jLs8BQ_R_E-a_sUPrkCPFSxVT7IuVaxXd002UiSPQbO-SX3S_LHBdWJbCSNu3Qy3sVecWDOsShwLn5MjOr8CHwkq2UzCWw_K5E9iJV7469F_u-Slpvh5elYCcMlfL4pye/s320/lights.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_hv8l7GmoKMRDAI-ZfIhD9_9AWpzJF4_hLp0SLCAYthY-8DtlO5dOh_JpGGehz4lMu-3rZlgN3RQfzy6v_LXnH0dyc_4IKF96FKMvL4FckubDvD02N67M2WIF311KCtbal1AOa4xwSUs/s1600-h/lights+on+wall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371501834445137186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_hv8l7GmoKMRDAI-ZfIhD9_9AWpzJF4_hLp0SLCAYthY-8DtlO5dOh_JpGGehz4lMu-3rZlgN3RQfzy6v_LXnH0dyc_4IKF96FKMvL4FckubDvD02N67M2WIF311KCtbal1AOa4xwSUs/s320/lights+on+wall.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I bought these lights down at the park point garage sales. The pictures are bad because I took them with my phone late last night. They were originally supposed to be a set of 3 but I only ended up with two so I wasn't sure what I was going to do since I was now short one light. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Voila, new sconces!!! I mounted them on either side of my entry way mirror and although they don't actually work, I love the look they give the room!!!</span></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-46629999800807499222009-08-11T20:01:00.000-07:002009-08-11T20:15:24.648-07:00Panths or no panths . . . I'm goin sthwimmin!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjgMSGFbmMVcpapuz0gxqJSHx0YP5dBeFO679QrgqrxnYehsrOXFnBYFYo1k2icdpkUiO_z30Kehz8vuxDdwzPHitPdifJDDGY5bDP5c6U1hGnNfmiqGMX2KpcQ3MQ1qTYOav2v4MuneY/s1600-h/cabin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368909344367354946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjgMSGFbmMVcpapuz0gxqJSHx0YP5dBeFO679QrgqrxnYehsrOXFnBYFYo1k2icdpkUiO_z30Kehz8vuxDdwzPHitPdifJDDGY5bDP5c6U1hGnNfmiqGMX2KpcQ3MQ1qTYOav2v4MuneY/s320/cabin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pfPra6R8V0B8kF9Q-5YpODkmugb0Yrz3e0I7krzWA-SYlsnxt5ydozp2SYSqZuVFCmZUQtvo8iVwI0Hu2ECVPqJVoGy3Cqrkq5SbetpceYRBIbndWHN0KlUxKr7CrLN2AZq7j3qlOaAM/s1600-h/cabin+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368909338028498290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pfPra6R8V0B8kF9Q-5YpODkmugb0Yrz3e0I7krzWA-SYlsnxt5ydozp2SYSqZuVFCmZUQtvo8iVwI0Hu2ECVPqJVoGy3Cqrkq5SbetpceYRBIbndWHN0KlUxKr7CrLN2AZq7j3qlOaAM/s320/cabin+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5k4viZYbc-BDqq2UdPAy14U2zfe3fE219_t3IN0ZpbGSapR9gP9iBxTXolSMgzydLw7XXPbh0gBjaXZWWs8HytiaG-HAp8Zsxy4ECVYoQoR0wSwuylvP8pXNT92Ie664kOlYNfKR7Fzb/s1600-h/cabin+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368909329686653282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5k4viZYbc-BDqq2UdPAy14U2zfe3fE219_t3IN0ZpbGSapR9gP9iBxTXolSMgzydLw7XXPbh0gBjaXZWWs8HytiaG-HAp8Zsxy4ECVYoQoR0wSwuylvP8pXNT92Ie664kOlYNfKR7Fzb/s320/cabin+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Carter is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pantless</span> a lot these days . . . potty training is going well!!! These pictures from the cabin reminded me of one of my favorite knock knock jokes. Yes, it is a very stupid joke, but I laugh <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">everytime</span> I think of it. Knock knock. . . . whose there . . . . panther . . . . panther who . . . .<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">panths</span> or no panths, I'm going <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sthwimmin</span>!!!! ;)~ tee <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">hee</span> somewhere my dad is laughing too!!!!!</span></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-45437672340978994542009-07-21T14:37:00.000-07:002009-07-21T12:38:45.263-07:00Fourth of July come and gone . . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFHrSU3m4j2CGN_GeaJVauyPs36HTtc2aYIrvPmM2wSQLxX_IRN-zfCADSVlTYqGMyY7a1nJh9JPsRlrgzhJkdUILzTdUITvt4deWTlELZqjpejYPaCPDC8jRcBhmNaHJzmgwj_a7m3vf/s1600-h/fireworks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359177458340634770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFHrSU3m4j2CGN_GeaJVauyPs36HTtc2aYIrvPmM2wSQLxX_IRN-zfCADSVlTYqGMyY7a1nJh9JPsRlrgzhJkdUILzTdUITvt4deWTlELZqjpejYPaCPDC8jRcBhmNaHJzmgwj_a7m3vf/s320/fireworks.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div>This is a late post but I wanted to share how much fun we had on the Fourth this year!! We went up to "uncle Tom's cabin" for a few days between races and had an absolute blast. The weather was low 80's and sunny everyday which for up here is rare but made the weekend perfect!!! There was a huge firework show on Saturday night and tons of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">bbq</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ing</span>. Carter spent most of his time down by the lake and poor Mike spent his nursing a pretty bad sunburn he got while fishing the day before. I went Jet Skiing and Tubing, both of which I had never done before!!! AWESOME!!! Of course, all these fabulous pics are from Missy, the camera queen!! Thank you Missy!!!!!</div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-69431429876471630952009-07-21T12:20:00.000-07:002009-07-21T12:35:05.453-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObpD6yKinBBvvAXi55K_oCCeT-0Lg7VezSt0O5gq9R4hCG5Mkia4GPBjCHwSa2JxSsgflTawN5hzcpcGp4ng2trwl6oYiKNDGe9tqQh2tCwOuviKQkrXyPadhtY0b3iPzdElJHRYQXnRp/s1600-h/nicholas+and+jess.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360998883566277394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObpD6yKinBBvvAXi55K_oCCeT-0Lg7VezSt0O5gq9R4hCG5Mkia4GPBjCHwSa2JxSsgflTawN5hzcpcGp4ng2trwl6oYiKNDGe9tqQh2tCwOuviKQkrXyPadhtY0b3iPzdElJHRYQXnRp/s320/nicholas+and+jess.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1xBmHIK-QtNiMLT3E8KPKHorSqmp0XgmMgRUitV2_udhrqygK57T9GHX0P8apG-OcuqGpQhvruUd0zdVWCkYDPMiiJPr97vCFfVlR15DWoKZkQQppLzjKqYLMfIbfE9IOJM1UA1lYrPE/s1600-h/tubin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360996706509204578" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOhjTFrhjE6H9QCbi6PZvoWRvgFKIn4pP9i_zGePLB-hNsUSGgVE4sEHJu6agm-TpLk98cvtL1SSHScwtZ9MRBWA1JymoeA2_tF1hGikSDV83CU1dJFkhuLKUZk2LC2OruC_QNzbcrIdG/s320/jet+ski.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_e6gaTE-sJN1i3rwmHuCT58XHJeTAYOkPbEySvAw9QXzQza4w361p1iZcyqyUA98vAUaoSkSEn5A8gjjbsDW6Mz1y1rfkr7JnveObo3Z6ybOIUoIHD7TuzeERSW4mrPTC04QTqoW_QuW/s1600-h/carter+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360995862081513922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_e6gaTE-sJN1i3rwmHuCT58XHJeTAYOkPbEySvAw9QXzQza4w361p1iZcyqyUA98vAUaoSkSEn5A8gjjbsDW6Mz1y1rfkr7JnveObo3Z6ybOIUoIHD7TuzeERSW4mrPTC04QTqoW_QuW/s320/carter+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-68517560775159128592009-06-22T08:52:00.001-07:002009-06-22T09:33:03.629-07:00Hot Hibbing Races!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8KuTNCLKSX4-fKCta-7Q_FUoxc9_y6cAdC0okewzk-9kaWeSEMI_iUCVwaWJpRLLQqqAW2jaXyt3mA0-fOn5h8UqJpGYzLkcIOb-RC-Z3HmYbkuiwjYSlKNXRGFzu-3hGS8qp8SFtybk/s1600-h/Carter+at+Hibbing+(3)+6-20.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350190311963379842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8KuTNCLKSX4-fKCta-7Q_FUoxc9_y6cAdC0okewzk-9kaWeSEMI_iUCVwaWJpRLLQqqAW2jaXyt3mA0-fOn5h8UqJpGYzLkcIOb-RC-Z3HmYbkuiwjYSlKNXRGFzu-3hGS8qp8SFtybk/s320/Carter+at+Hibbing+(3)+6-20.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHbbM8x2sNTnpOloMDcalUrKqW8KwHEFV5MgwWLYZr8gj9I7ufvUYk9TcF4L2Hg4Hb94qtWa9oBQlWoXjnP7seMlhuHTiweWsJUiHn2NK5t8C_TpBEXtq-SdWXJ0yP1Zfz3729eei3YO0/s1600-h/Carter+at+Hibbing+6-20.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350190307957406994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHbbM8x2sNTnpOloMDcalUrKqW8KwHEFV5MgwWLYZr8gj9I7ufvUYk9TcF4L2Hg4Hb94qtWa9oBQlWoXjnP7seMlhuHTiweWsJUiHn2NK5t8C_TpBEXtq-SdWXJ0yP1Zfz3729eei3YO0/s320/Carter+at+Hibbing+6-20.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We went racing this weekend up at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hibbing</span> Raceway and man was it hot!! That <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">descriptive</span> only pertains to the weather though since Mike struggled with his car most of the weekend and ended up more frustrated with it than ever. Carter was a regular <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">racin</span> groupie and as usual just excited to be up in the stands <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">watchin</span> Daddy!! He was up late both nights and never got crabby although he did get pretty tuckered out during the Semi-Features on Saturday and fell asleep for an hour on my lap! He just loves being outside and especially loves the racetrack!</div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-14792981199521395642009-06-13T22:07:00.000-07:002009-06-13T22:45:22.823-07:00Stocking up at the Park Point Garage Sales<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AtsJsBU6w8YlKEMBKngJ6ZktnDAv0B6CzV1jln22Z2r7Ikr-716rGm98VOeEK_ORzXc4YVJR4A3_J5AwhQTMNxpY4s6oXSk2QRPteh2wvdAYOWr_p3Skvbr4V_JJOz-vXjqbqG3sgWBU/s1600-h/sled.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347046367838534306" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AtsJsBU6w8YlKEMBKngJ6ZktnDAv0B6CzV1jln22Z2r7Ikr-716rGm98VOeEK_ORzXc4YVJR4A3_J5AwhQTMNxpY4s6oXSk2QRPteh2wvdAYOWr_p3Skvbr4V_JJOz-vXjqbqG3sgWBU/s200/sled.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyitQ1g4WbjRNd1adF0hjFSIAt9_FHL8WkYe0gbShDGYKMUIT7AfukGS7JovuwcZQetOYgJ1NS34kkjvEjoD1co6w5ZeocL9uRgDe0zv6lskPS9mpXhyphenhyphenxB5FC4NHHRvuLbVyn8Vxlor7A/s1600-h/wood+box.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347046373520353842" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyitQ1g4WbjRNd1adF0hjFSIAt9_FHL8WkYe0gbShDGYKMUIT7AfukGS7JovuwcZQetOYgJ1NS34kkjvEjoD1co6w5ZeocL9uRgDe0zv6lskPS9mpXhyphenhyphenxB5FC4NHHRvuLbVyn8Vxlor7A/s200/wood+box.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDP7cDJ_e0JH_DhTHv7BXSY4lKq2UDXwuhaOfj6CGwdyhxUUG0OoekmXservg1OK-pxMa0Vu2oOf8a_arOX_squciRb-wD80D-_uhOL0ENVTf3TrIYOSCVeDjVQlZV7daajlsd0YBmdM02/s1600-h/old+windows.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347046369327609218" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDP7cDJ_e0JH_DhTHv7BXSY4lKq2UDXwuhaOfj6CGwdyhxUUG0OoekmXservg1OK-pxMa0Vu2oOf8a_arOX_squciRb-wD80D-_uhOL0ENVTf3TrIYOSCVeDjVQlZV7daajlsd0YBmdM02/s200/old+windows.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXyldbGow_E8uJ9ebz6A4djFFjumvYxxeWlo5Rt7Uh7F90lt-DDQyDQMyyjaymVR3vwPdlUNJ5GWoFQZKewUDuOmN9_WguayjiAIMmNVwPn7UVPwtxW5JaV14Xp_ZJvMxfKKw9YDR7wMM/s1600-h/fan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347046360815269442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXyldbGow_E8uJ9ebz6A4djFFjumvYxxeWlo5Rt7Uh7F90lt-DDQyDQMyyjaymVR3vwPdlUNJ5GWoFQZKewUDuOmN9_WguayjiAIMmNVwPn7UVPwtxW5JaV14Xp_ZJvMxfKKw9YDR7wMM/s200/fan.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaVATGQFisKxmk9goJdAqeUEWnVuGvHFrh7JTbDmdpda2Z9lmpXhvnMVezepLU7s6gEKLfvaVl4XmqK1h2N0QBkMYvQGw_4pS1HGu5LexenNK3mxD4yYXlh-Wj3rEjn_5fZqUY-BVwYUh/s1600-h/outside+lights.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347046362200096610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaVATGQFisKxmk9goJdAqeUEWnVuGvHFrh7JTbDmdpda2Z9lmpXhvnMVezepLU7s6gEKLfvaVl4XmqK1h2N0QBkMYvQGw_4pS1HGu5LexenNK3mxD4yYXlh-Wj3rEjn_5fZqUY-BVwYUh/s200/outside+lights.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br />I went to the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMkXuLVbKZbjfWw2AicuRwTvGTd4ON5dJHchTn5cCWiMcF4Wwhq-nDR7nLtJxRIxCZbLFdD4LQW3Z5gk-_eSEzbgwM_CInXAb1MXw-LHqCRSiRszpfKLDsiZCfLSe4yTZp6Ut8tPiC-Jw/s1600-h/little+brown+chest.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347047614459329698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMkXuLVbKZbjfWw2AicuRwTvGTd4ON5dJHchTn5cCWiMcF4Wwhq-nDR7nLtJxRIxCZbLFdD4LQW3Z5gk-_eSEzbgwM_CInXAb1MXw-LHqCRSiRszpfKLDsiZCfLSe4yTZp6Ut8tPiC-Jw/s200/little+brown+chest.JPG" border="0" /></a>Park Point Garage Sales this weekend with my sister-in-law, Jess. I had never been interested in going before, but now that I look at junk a bit differently, I was excited to try it. We got down there when most of the vendors opened at 8am and didn't leave until almost 2. We had so much fun and found such great deals!! I found this really old metal fan for $1 and the vintage wood sled for $3, (how fun will that be to decorate this winter)!!! I also found an old wooden level that I plan to use as a picture shelf and bought <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hostas</span> for my new shade garden so I'll post pictures of that too when its done. We walked nearly the entire lenght of the point, and found cute things at many of the vendors, but I'd have to say that my favorite find was the "little brown chest", an old metal cooler that the lady said was from the 30's or 40's, and was only $2!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-52105507595885470182009-06-08T14:22:00.000-07:002009-06-08T14:31:21.772-07:00What to do on a rainy weekend . . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddpg6tyJiqiwozP3ieSqUlq-NUwvs-k32IfmWjLHo85KJou4flHGQl_c4FtUXgyFalEnX4d2RdoXysZCmPNRe9TDCQMcHoEGs6hyphenhyphenpge-Siw1F-JfdXHRrjDk_bGbQ0V9GPC2h9dEBltpP/s1600-h/bench.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345071412926292642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddpg6tyJiqiwozP3ieSqUlq-NUwvs-k32IfmWjLHo85KJou4flHGQl_c4FtUXgyFalEnX4d2RdoXysZCmPNRe9TDCQMcHoEGs6hyphenhyphenpge-Siw1F-JfdXHRrjDk_bGbQ0V9GPC2h9dEBltpP/s320/bench.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilHY7nLMxa1bxuQ46XVQ_R02HxJDd6dMptysJINi7RUSbaymH5WO8foj_Seqc8HkQ6eu00eECozpSRMNTZObx4lggsobmzCMZKV15KZOfDzXAnlHiiC96rMeqVjWUGglnLf4pcWgiCuDN/s1600-h/chair+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345071410604139858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilHY7nLMxa1bxuQ46XVQ_R02HxJDd6dMptysJINi7RUSbaymH5WO8foj_Seqc8HkQ6eu00eECozpSRMNTZObx4lggsobmzCMZKV15KZOfDzXAnlHiiC96rMeqVjWUGglnLf4pcWgiCuDN/s320/chair+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZbyzSijQ9MPcK6eSxylzgsfLiWC8L2ACUW2mva-m6j2guJ9yH0uqNrDgZW03QpokGB-ttakB8d9d24MD8AlvQ8peuTPCFFwzK3g1dCSu9bl8zol28dTf5ZjyBiMIfOgupunVRfBJbyhe/s1600-h/chair+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345071403961154274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZbyzSijQ9MPcK6eSxylzgsfLiWC8L2ACUW2mva-m6j2guJ9yH0uqNrDgZW03QpokGB-ttakB8d9d24MD8AlvQ8peuTPCFFwzK3g1dCSu9bl8zol28dTf5ZjyBiMIfOgupunVRfBJbyhe/s320/chair+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Fun projects for a not so fun weekend! It was cold and rainy so what is a girl to do . . . JUNK!! I took this chair from my "free from the dump" stash and gave it some new life. I loved the fabric so much I made a cushion for the bench in my entry way too!! A little color goes a long way!</span></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-40972714792314912552009-05-26T07:55:00.000-07:002009-05-26T18:44:00.021-07:00Princeton sure was dusty!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJjl7rX0IVzn91WhyphenhyphencbvbbaIP8s8Z1NhffQxlo7ayGHJxI04yLPDacQUIt7Y4tCC-BBgIAcUo4C5HMjhlv-XMKrYchysYFHOsnWBXCUyynZda-P6hyphenhyphenskpJq_jho13M6ztlCZ2GJG3YxaO/s1600-h/Carter+at+Princeton.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340146830530000930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJjl7rX0IVzn91WhyphenhyphencbvbbaIP8s8Z1NhffQxlo7ayGHJxI04yLPDacQUIt7Y4tCC-BBgIAcUo4C5HMjhlv-XMKrYchysYFHOsnWBXCUyynZda-P6hyphenhyphenskpJq_jho13M6ztlCZ2GJG3YxaO/s320/Carter+at+Princeton.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We took Carter to Princeton this weekend. Both Mike and "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Unca</span> Joe" were racing their cars there so we made a family trip out of the deal. It got cool when the sun went down and the dust was pretty bad, so Carter came up with his own way of watching Daddy!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LOL This awesome race shot came from Missy!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340312768093652418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2qeuqNb__KBnp4SDRFdvlE17FrYbKOlRZHFXNjjS9Y8X97lS9gVS1zaWscMvtmzLLsz7tbczrojF36YpmRm46DeI4M1JpC8BukZdJOajquHoMnKCHhtUN0-JvODoh1-FWHZI2AUzrCNI/s320/racecar+1.JPG" border="0" /></span></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-70835588282562238272009-05-11T07:36:00.000-07:002009-05-11T08:01:45.365-07:00Weekend Projects!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0S_uNY69-p6VXsqtM35WfsmRCgJhucyDyrtlOGyEWpo2whhwPwpmTgfs3GeYyPqosbrEPy3c5T-AVeXuvuSgg4KbwJRGGtmcXuXkfBeKIjam4L8aY1PLGuUF-KQYYLBLQBwI2AMB9erP/s1600-h/door+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334578701320693538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0S_uNY69-p6VXsqtM35WfsmRCgJhucyDyrtlOGyEWpo2whhwPwpmTgfs3GeYyPqosbrEPy3c5T-AVeXuvuSgg4KbwJRGGtmcXuXkfBeKIjam4L8aY1PLGuUF-KQYYLBLQBwI2AMB9erP/s320/door+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgkWfzbAGHKZvgiHeMXBepMr7Vkr6ydzwQ3Lu12BMY6yKh5zqe5Bjag-VsJPoPrnuELdd_BFgkh9eVB2OTCLxWkLxAQox9X1p0Bs9fX_tSF5JJaHhzJNRL9N2oEZ0LZDzAzYQsPg-YKVh/s1600-h/door+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334578695841351762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgkWfzbAGHKZvgiHeMXBepMr7Vkr6ydzwQ3Lu12BMY6yKh5zqe5Bjag-VsJPoPrnuELdd_BFgkh9eVB2OTCLxWkLxAQox9X1p0Bs9fX_tSF5JJaHhzJNRL9N2oEZ0LZDzAzYQsPg-YKVh/s320/door+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYb9HHdzXbgLyUa69U5Lp_ePLtEgFdTqMvqVw9ZzQsER7m_1Rb6W7pguYmIRRZInJmt6FvgHFG5S8lwTwmlIGstHkCp0oTFNjv74cnomKH_YMeCzNGbuM2ZEjzuR-KMpoYngd_JpoVGb70/s1600-h/sewing+table+5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334578693862738306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYb9HHdzXbgLyUa69U5Lp_ePLtEgFdTqMvqVw9ZzQsER7m_1Rb6W7pguYmIRRZInJmt6FvgHFG5S8lwTwmlIGstHkCp0oTFNjv74cnomKH_YMeCzNGbuM2ZEjzuR-KMpoYngd_JpoVGb70/s320/sewing+table+5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMh9GNT-Wx5ftqJX2H26jDKwbzgc7_eTUMt2Q-u4C6xxDH9gh-K7EtousMIZwTY03bm0ClLpz5AJm7TReMfPVva0t7KJodZ9H-GcRi-rw7kwEW-lWNixxGtqP3I9lVqfH-HbNuBWu-G5J/s1600-h/sewing+table+4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334578686451200706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMh9GNT-Wx5ftqJX2H26jDKwbzgc7_eTUMt2Q-u4C6xxDH9gh-K7EtousMIZwTY03bm0ClLpz5AJm7TReMfPVva0t7KJodZ9H-GcRi-rw7kwEW-lWNixxGtqP3I9lVqfH-HbNuBWu-G5J/s320/sewing+table+4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGayUnm72T2SyBRpujabIvkTxibofXt-AaH0dbbO_uh59Sm95zQvBRb9OUUh51FYx320mZ4Ys05XpImjp1DAqfr_L8FCmI5ibSSCRGPg8OoXrR6r-kDdE1eKaIgZpicGb_QxXkgu3Kg8g/s1600-h/Sewing+table+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334578688864637698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGayUnm72T2SyBRpujabIvkTxibofXt-AaH0dbbO_uh59Sm95zQvBRb9OUUh51FYx320mZ4Ys05XpImjp1DAqfr_L8FCmI5ibSSCRGPg8OoXrR6r-kDdE1eKaIgZpicGb_QxXkgu3Kg8g/s320/Sewing+table+2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">junkin</span>!!! I spent much of the weekend on these two pieces. I found the door for free at an architectural salvage spot up the north shore and the old sewing table at the dump!!! Can you believe it!!! My sister in law has a table just like this one that I totally love, but mine even has the old sewing machine still inside!!! I am using the door as a shelf and found the vintage brackets down at Old Town Antiques. I don't have homes for these items yet, but think that both are WAY cute and wanted to share!</div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925736036568151765.post-64867913191643258832009-04-21T19:18:00.000-07:002009-04-21T19:58:22.208-07:00Big Day . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPcu41tLVhdNvU5FMnTjts2Iu7bPuV1vd_wvqkeuFDPapO2oXT6-lT2v3IZK9WCdd3vPKnTR8uK_li_237xYvBEwIe817xfBqN1bL8Ab70J-MFf1OTbRMy1t4UqKmp9KsJImlyhjrXxwB/s1600-h/smoosh.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327344381899879890" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPcu41tLVhdNvU5FMnTjts2Iu7bPuV1vd_wvqkeuFDPapO2oXT6-lT2v3IZK9WCdd3vPKnTR8uK_li_237xYvBEwIe817xfBqN1bL8Ab70J-MFf1OTbRMy1t4UqKmp9KsJImlyhjrXxwB/s320/smoosh.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZrdT0I6ptV3_XcmrwyKxQK8sobVbEsZo_L3j1kURYYHpBc1LiIBYxbwRo2H0jK2c_p_msGiL1-Ts_lRecIhi-k9B4QTq2hhu8kahL4KGJrNDq_cUX5Hd1aO6w-t53O9JFgqK8bdBIe6v/s1600-h/us.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327343472009984226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZrdT0I6ptV3_XcmrwyKxQK8sobVbEsZo_L3j1kURYYHpBc1LiIBYxbwRo2H0jK2c_p_msGiL1-Ts_lRecIhi-k9B4QTq2hhu8kahL4KGJrNDq_cUX5Hd1aO6w-t53O9JFgqK8bdBIe6v/s320/us.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyesiAxNlJxuLLIkTwUZD2ORW6UCSlqyqVWtWeDzksw0qd-TM2uUUS7n4Z6Vc9k555bWYtwnl7fFOZ8oZrFcNgEaae8T6umo7kNKX0r3j8bNdTDe9_dgZ0IAL_oxMXVVtQHszkq4cABWnr/s1600-h/Handsome.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327342728621739794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyesiAxNlJxuLLIkTwUZD2ORW6UCSlqyqVWtWeDzksw0qd-TM2uUUS7n4Z6Vc9k555bWYtwnl7fFOZ8oZrFcNgEaae8T6umo7kNKX0r3j8bNdTDe9_dgZ0IAL_oxMXVVtQHszkq4cABWnr/s320/Handsome.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiK6is3s01Mbs7kH8rDQFN4xGNXwCB_e1ve6O9cZ8YesGSMkn210iW_M-osXHl7fLvABMHRoYZJ7ahQGMfiXss9-2JLYodLfbQHVA8-6fIodsNyP145tiHqutJQEzkPxlcZ99n7XKSKowa/s1600-h/daddy.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341959283188594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiK6is3s01Mbs7kH8rDQFN4xGNXwCB_e1ve6O9cZ8YesGSMkn210iW_M-osXHl7fLvABMHRoYZJ7ahQGMfiXss9-2JLYodLfbQHVA8-6fIodsNyP145tiHqutJQEzkPxlcZ99n7XKSKowa/s320/daddy.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDChtk5IPzfTOgi9FIfPE5TKE_xLiVzdsr4pcjUWzgRv-FIG_ReN6bcFAXjk7C_TZnJRCvUh5Ie00EU8NUlV6J60c1AqnPe71Rd5pYT3ud-O-yv7qTltAuLGK2TSUZ8J7FoxUVm8CHfBC/s1600-h/ICE.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327341313062157314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDChtk5IPzfTOgi9FIfPE5TKE_xLiVzdsr4pcjUWzgRv-FIG_ReN6bcFAXjk7C_TZnJRCvUh5Ie00EU8NUlV6J60c1AqnPe71Rd5pYT3ud-O-yv7qTltAuLGK2TSUZ8J7FoxUVm8CHfBC/s320/ICE.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMezaJ4il_p5zsloibuZ6ujw21Bqu0k9iC6xGa815RGZjuQzYooRtp44VrjiJscQZkJ3empoYU1lW3UcQxEkKeucLmncVOYvAHLO95fHdnF_HWkO5j5eSRcgxm3sXDlE-iPxdeZ1hoYgC6/s1600-h/Bridge.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327340700869579762" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMezaJ4il_p5zsloibuZ6ujw21Bqu0k9iC6xGa815RGZjuQzYooRtp44VrjiJscQZkJ3empoYU1lW3UcQxEkKeucLmncVOYvAHLO95fHdnF_HWkO5j5eSRcgxm3sXDlE-iPxdeZ1hoYgC6/s320/Bridge.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>These pictures came from Sarah & Zack's wedding which was just a few weeks ago in March. It was about 30* outside that day, a relatively normal day for Duluth, but as you can see from the outdoor shots, the icy cold did not affect the happy couple one bit!!! </div></div></div></div></div></div>Thinkin BelleCruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11039729371611696752noreply@blogger.com0