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10 Most Popular Posts for 2013

For one reason or another these posts had the most page views this year.  I know much of the traffic can be traced to those posts that were shared on link parties.  For those who host these parties, I thank you.  I check link parties to find blogs I might like to follow and I'm sure others do the same. So it is a great service that the host bloggers provide.     10th Place   http://zoomin24-7.blogspot.com/2013/08/old-dog-new-tricks.html   This post was about me learning to tuckpoint prior to painting the brick wall inside my back porch. 9th Place      http://zoomin24-7.blogspot.com/2013/12/oh-one-more-thing.html This was a follow up post on a dresser I painted.  In this post I talk about adding another set of feet to the existing bun feet.   8th Place      http://zoomin24-7.blogspot.com/2013/09/wicked.html This caught my idea at a resale shop.  This post shows how I used it.  7th Place      http://zoomin24-7.blogspot.com/2013/02/handle-backed-chairs

Joyful Christmas

(traditionalhome.com)   Wishing everyone a delightful and joyous Christmas.  May that joy and delight remain with you every day of the New Year.

Christmas Displays

I happened upon a television program highlighting extreme lighting displays and decorations for Christmas at three different homes in the USA.  It was wild, to say the least, with lights covering every square foot of the yards and houses.  These lights were color coordinated and blinking to a tune blaring on the sound system.  There were reindeer, snowmen, angels, Christmas trees, and anything Christmas related that comes to mind.  It is not that I don't appreciate what it took to create these displays.  I would be in the loony bin if that was up to me.  But it isn't, because displays like that are not in everyone's budget or engineering ability.  This morning I drove up and down the 14 blocks in my neighborhood looking for displays I thought were interesting, creative, and unique.  (Probably no need to mention, any blowup displays were excluded.) This homeowner on my block took advantage of the lovely green porch and decorated with colorful ornaments.  A nicely balanc

Taking Stock

I'm sure all readers of this blog know about the "thrill of the hunt."  I love poking around estate sales, glancing up and down alleys, and making frequent stops at the resale shops.  Coming home with a bargain that I'll be able to turn into something is a thirst that is never quenched.  However, we all know that can lead to a pile of stuff we never get to because, we are out there getting our thrills as we chase down that next great deal.  Staying close to home these past few weeks got me poking around in my own stuff.   And this is what came of that. I had sample piece of this Osborn & Little fabric.  After turning it into a pillow this is all that remained.   I bought a strata lounger about a year ago at TFA. This week I decided it could use a pillow.   The trim is something I have had for at least 10 years.  The colors in the trim are a deep purple and a dark green.  It worked beautifully with the fabric and....I had j-u-s-t enough to

Twig Trees

This darn chest cold still has a grip on me so I'm making the most of it by having a guilt free pinterest marathon. I spotted this little twig tree on one of my daughter's boards and thought it might be a diversion I could handle.  I gathered up a few twigs. I then started tying on ribbon without looking at the original  sample again.   Turns out I was a little skimpy with the number of ribbon branches I added.   So my trees have that Charlie Brown effect.   I made a few little tags to hang from the bottom of the tree.  My idea is to use these as hand delivered Christmas cards for a few friends in the neighborhood.   I attached these to the tree with a thin wire wrapped in brown paper.     I love this stuff.  I use it for attaching prices to garage sale items where sticky tags won't hold.  And it seems to come in handy on almost every craft project I attempt.     The twine at the top of the tree is wrapped around the twig