tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71664557456141274572011-07-08T08:42:50.878-07:00Miz Smoochie Lipsthe authornoreply@blogger.comBlogger811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166455745614127457.post-57479270173845625822009-09-20T20:12:00.000-07:002009-09-20T20:15:12.736-07:00

I just knew I couldn't stay away from Blog Land for too long...Here's my new home: Domestic UndergroundI've missed all of your familiar faces!

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...and I nearly forgot my password!Hello! How are you?I'm doing pretty well. The family is gearing up for another long deployment, and on that note I believe I'm going to shut down shop here. My "creativity" has up and left me this year. Not really a surprise, I suppose, since I've been doing absolutely ZILCH to foster it. However, I have been squeezing in tons and tons of Family Time -

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Oi!  It's been a while since I've dusted off these ol' blog keys!  How are you doing?Life has been steady-hectic and I haven't done a dog-gone creative thing in months, but as I was perusing through my pics, I came across these gift tags that I made around Xmas time for some sweet peeps!The idea was to use bits and leftover scraps of lace sewn onto scraps of music.  I eventually added little

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No silly, not the ones under my eyes.... nor the ones saddling the area that was once my perky hind-end... (like 10 years ago)This is a much sexier type of bag.At Christmas I "sniped" the idea from one of the houses I toured and I fiiiiiiiiiinally found the box of sheet music that finally got un-packed. (Did I mention unpacking boxes stinks)Because I didn't want to wreck the integrity of the

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Boo!Thought I'd show you what's keeping me away from my coveted computer time.Boxesand Movingto this fabulous "little" house in the trees!So far I can show you the entryThe view from the entry to the great roomwhich hosts the living roomThe kitchenThe diningAnd my fabulous upper deck at tree top level!Back to the grind of painting and cleaning the other ol' house... Miss yall! Be back soon (

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Well gosh dang... it's been like... since Last Year since I've been here! This picture suits my frame of mind today... which direction am I suppose to be going in?!?!?!Let me start with Christmas... We headed up North...Through Seattle (where I got bored with the slow drive with snow coming down and decided to shoot pics in a moving car through a dirty windshield for your viewing pleasure, heh!

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After a day of sitting on our bums watching one Christmas movie after another, we thought it would be a great time to take a walk through our 'hood at around 10:30 pm last night...which eventually led to us building a snowman, err... snow LADY shortly before midnight.Isn't she kind of freaky looking? From the road, no one will be able to tell that she has no eyeballs. WhiteBoy was horrified

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Baby, it's COLD out side! So what better time than now to doll up some stockings with lace ?I found these plain cream colored stockings at Dollar Tree...And the lace is from my collection (which is dwindling!) of antique lace.I love it. Totally. It's smashing!I also threw together these wonderful peppermint-bark thingies for our new Soldiers, thanks to the ingenious idea from Saucy!

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It's a white day in the North West! No school, and if I can help it, I refuse to leave the house :)I think it's going to be a good day to play with lace... and move the dress forms around the house until I find a spot I want them to stay.Although I was not going to set up a tree this year, when I found the Upside down tree on CraigsList, of course I had to see what it looked like assembled!First

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This is what I saw next door to the studio where we blew our glass ornaments! I didn't have my camera handy, so I looked them up online and they had a picture of it! I wonder if this is what they do at Christmas for a little extra smile!Here is my RockStar, Trin's, ballPrincess Tav's ornamentAnd mineA photo of all of us who went together, and our amazing glass artisans who helped us create our

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I've been so enamored with the vintage slip-dress remakes as seen on Etsy for a couple of years now and have always wanted one, but could never decide which one I wanted.I sat myself down with a needle and thread, lots of lace, a vintage slip, good tunes, and some coffee early yesterday evening and went to town. Hand sewing everything is so fun. Fun fun fun fun fun.I added lace to the sweet

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Main Entry: res·o·lu·tionPronunciation: \ˌre-zə-ˈlü-shən\Function: noun The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. A resolving to do something. A course of action determined or decided on.Sometimes my resolutions need practice before the curtains go up.Kind of like a pre-New Year trial run.These past few months I've learned how to say "No" and "Thank you but we're going to

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I must have missed the memo that we're all suppose to hang wreaths on our windows here.Had I been able to casually walk out the door with this upside-down tree, I so would have! I have been absolutely DYING to own one of these puppies for about 6 years now.Hers was adorned with all crystals. *swoon*I thought this was kind of funny. Cute though.I wonder who soldered all these ornaments! Maybe

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You know it. It's the Holidays. People are crazy. And mean. And did I mention they're crazy? Me included.So after a long day of completing the Xmas shopping and errands, I check my mailbox.Me: Oh yay!! My silver glass glitter from eBay arrived!Me: What the heck?! Why does the package feel empty?Me: Whaaaaaaat!! There's nothing in the package! WTH!? Why is one end slit open and

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The girls and I just returned from creating our own glass blown ornaments and we're totally excited to see how they've turned out next week when we receive them back! I've booked another glass blowing appointment for WhiteBoy when he returns because it was THAT cool!You pick out the colors, shape, and design you want, and they do all the dirty work for you - but you do have to blow the glass

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Continuing with the tour... I really though this was so unique! Do you love it!?Alot of the homes had these round tables. A round table in the foyer always reminds me of the South for some reason!Again, this home uses garland as crown moulding in her sitting room / sun roomI've always loved a white flocked tree! I really wanted to squish the flocking between my fingers, but I behaved and

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Yesterday a couple of my wives and I hit the Tour of historical Homes on our Post, and I thought I'd share a few hundred pictures with you :)Each house has the main living areas on the main floor, along with a sitting room off of the living room, and tiny maids quarters in the rear of the house. Each master-suite also has a sitting room! Nice. And nothing at all like us lowly "lower enlisted

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Just a quicky this morning as I'm suppose to be getting dressed right now, heh heh.Yesterday on the way to grocery shop for the children who insist on eating every single day I made a quick, and I do mean quick, pit stop by GW-boutique (otherwise known as GoodWill) in search of a fabulous find so I could make it through the treacherous aisles of Walmart. You know what I'm talking about.What did

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So who hasn't seen Twighlight yet? My daughters have gone to watch it multiple times already and have been steady reading the books! I think it's going to be a TwighLight Christmas, and so I believe we're headed this direction for Xmas...Actually, it was a very great movie... even WhiteBoy was impressed with the "girly" movie!But this direction looks super beautiful as well... My very

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Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday! WhiteBoy arrived from Australia just in time for Turkey-Day and we squeezed in lots of "Family Time" before he headed out of state once again!Here's my thumbs up for this Product Review Monday =]Our Daily Red organic & sulfite free wine (yum)Italian Sweet Creme from coffee mate (yum)Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash (yum)And I thought I would share this delicious

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Wishing everyone lots of turkey and stuffin!Photo from Inspyretash @ DeviantARTSee you after the celebration of Thankfulness!

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For real. I have tons of these "green grocery bags" but I never remember to leave them in the car. So I usually end up purchasing more.I really dislike that they're all so generic. I mean, being part of this "gated community" is generic enough. Everyone dresses the same (heh heh), lives in the same style of house per street, has the same crappy lawn service, and usually haunts the same

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Ack, I almost didn't get this done in time.Pretty Paper Hearts Theme this week: Christmas ColorsI pretty much stick with an all white snowflake theme in my living room, so this was kind of hard because I don't really care for gold, red, green etc. But I do like the blue of a cold sky,the paper bag brown of rustic gift wrapthe metals of sleigh bellsWhites of sparkling lights and freshly fallen

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Dans ma maison theme: In the GardenClicking on the picture will make it largerThe Garden of Tears

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My friend Knitty blogged a "question" and I'm following her lead. How about you?What brought you to the world of blogging? How did you decide on your look? Did you set out to write mainly about one subject and if so, have you been successful?I first started blogging after I found the world of blogs and got lost in the awesome ideas each blogger seemed to share. This was about 3 years ago? I

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Or, silver and pearls, my "deer!"Another box the same size as the previous one. These boxes also have glass windows, which I removed for picture purps =] I'm lovin' them...

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So just something random that intrigues me. Screen shots from various days of my super sleuthy visitor(s)...Clicking on the pictures will make them "appear" larger =] Weird, no?Happy Friday, y'all. I need to get some housework accomplished so I can run with scissors later! Afterall, the United States has taken up blog-surfing, so I must create something spectacular for them to look at. heh

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Something turned out just like I wanted it to! I want to believe it's because I tried to incorporate the "reason" for the season into it. But maybe it's just the Nyquil.I really wanted to throw some old lace on here, but the daughter told me no. So instead I used some tattered lace as a hanger... incase I decide to hang it. Or maybe just because I wanted lace on it regardless what the daughter

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Or Tales from the Nyquil Bottle....Do you think my neighbors would think I'm mad if I asked them for their oatmeal containers? I'd supply them with a fresh ziplock bag.What. Jeez. I'm just asking.No really. I'm fresh out of modge-podge and I'm fresh out of anything remotely top-hat-shaped. I've already scrounged under the kitchen sink, scrounged in the cupboards, and dumped the rest of my

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How clever is that sweet little Lori with her clever sweet little Snowman Hat tut! I think these would make great little inexpensive centerpieces for your mandatory casual company Christmas party. You know the ones.Since I could not wait to empty my oatmeal container, I decided to dump the rest of that sucker in a ziplock instead. I mean really - the things we do to create, heh heh!I used...

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I need your address, or your neighbor's address, or your work address, or wherever you want your kitschy-stocking-kit sent if you were among the fabulous people who wanted one, heheh!email me: unabashedrepetition (at) gmail (dot) comI'd like to get these in the mail Friday.***********Here's a couple ideas for y'all if you're like me and trying to be all "santa-gangsta"Pattern links are

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I've been keeping one eyeball on the Mixed Media Monday's challenge and decided this week's challenge would be good for me. And, it's something I can do. Some of the challenges intimidate me.In keeping with my whole Stocking, frayed lace, and sheet music obsession, here's what I made.I adore this one. Really, I do. Love the tiny bit of german glass glitter dusting the edge, love the colors

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Theme: Blue

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This is a really weird year for me. I'm not in the holiday mood. Not for Halloween, not for Thanksgiving, and especially not for Christmas. But oddly enough, I can still envision myself wrapping up a little Valentine and Easter spirit. Strange. I'm sure that too will pass once those Hallmark-infested-holidays start creeping up on the calendar.Normally by this time, I'd be itching to drag out

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It's Monday - and here's a short list of things I like again.Love love love Golden heavy matte gel medium as a thick paste for everything (from papers to lace, to metal baubles etc) when I don't want runny glue. And then if I do want it runnier, just add a bit of water to a dab of some and voilaAlthough I'm not a beer girl, I do like this - which is technically a beer. But a froo-froo beer! It

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Come on a little trip with me... It will either freak you out or amaze you. I... was... amazed.Our first stop is Flickr, where we will come across an amazing artist. Fishstikks!Her britches dudes remind me alot of some paintings I have in my house. We're going to make a quick pitstop past her Etsy real fast.Now we land on her blog.And at her blog we find a link that looks intriguing.When we

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Pretty Paper Hearts theme "I danced with fairies last night"Theme Thursday "birds"

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Ahhh, here we go again. Seems like I never have time to blog while WhiteBoy is away, but... I was productive while waiting up till the butt crack of dawn for him to call letting me know he'd arrived at his destination safely.so... at about midnight, I bleached these bottle brush trees... (the darkest one is the original color)and still no phone call. hmmm...So I pulled out the glitter and

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Thought I'd slip in a last minute Creative Wednesday challenge before they change the weekly theme... "make a house" was the current one. Seems like houses are in a lot of themes!It was kind of fun with a side of frustrating to write wonky like that. Anywho, check out who's at the front door... why, yes... it's the United States! lol (guess it's one of those jokes you have to be there to

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Or a grown up version of one. For those times when I need to vent. And who says Venting can't be beautiful.So, lightbulb moment.... I dug this out of my stash of junk I just HAD to bring home from one of my thrifty adventures. It's been laying around for probably 2 years now. And today I decided to play with it.Isn't it beautiful? And I see alot of these at places like Goodwill.Inside was

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Because of You, Unknown Soldier By Courtney Tanabe Because of you, I am here Because of you, I am able to live freely Yet I do not know you And I have not done anything for you But there you stand, ready to fight

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The best chips evaaaaah!  But so so hard to find.  Sometimes our Costco carries them.  The other flavors just aren't as great as Salsa Fresca, imo.If you like peppermint, you'll like this creamer!  I do.  I've purchased it twice this past week.And the best coffee ever.I suppose this is "ok" for French Vanilla, but not my favorite.  I doubt I'll buy it again.A fairly decent $9 bottle of Merlot (

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So I made something for my first attempt at the  Dans ma maison il y a Challenge, decided I didn't like it so much, deleted that post,  and made another.

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Counting your Blessings shared this amazing YouTube and I've watched it now 4 times... and teared up every time.First of all, it's my all time favorite hymn... second... it's set in the absolutely gorgeous outdoors... and third, those who have music in their souls know how amazing it would feel to be somewhere out there... just playing... with their eyes closed... soaking up all the emotion of

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Good Friday Morning and a hearty TGIFI found this website to draw my names today... AnnaBet.comVery cool! You enter the names, and it shuffles and shuffles and shuffles until it leaves you with the predetermined number of names you want left!Cami and Darla, your names were the rose winners! Drop me an address to mail these to when you get a chance.Your roses will be in the mail next week

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Theme Thursday is a new-to-me Challenge Blog and this week's theme is Happy/Happiness.That little 5 letter word has become one of my major personal challenges lately as the source of my unhappiness is beyond my control, yet effects every single movement of my living. Today couldn't have been a better day to stumble upon this challenge.Since playing with lace makes me "happy" this week, and

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This weeks PPH challenge is the Party Girl theme (fun fun!)It's also going to be my next piece of Found(left behind)Art.The backside is the index page of a cookbook. Can you believe no glue was used on this project!? Shocking (for me) I tell ya.P.S. I'm going to draw a winner for the Frayed Flower(s) on Friday, so there's still time to add your name to the "pot"

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Ahhh, this is seriously soooo good. Can't remember where I found this recipe, but it was somewhere on this big ol' net world.You can click on the recipe to make it bigger!I like mine warm with milk and berriesWhiteBoy likes his with yogurt, a spot of jam, and berriesAnd the girls like to nibble on it strait from the pan, cookie style.And HP has a really cool recipe card generator to play with!

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Again, the Bunnie's Bungalow's brainchild... Monday's Product Review.Mine is, again, all good things I like! And a short list because I've just returned from the store and I'm starving.These veggie cakes are delicious! It's rice, flavor, and vegetables (duh) in a cake, and everything cake shaped is yummy. But it's not one of those "pretend to be a hamburger" vegetarian thingies, so it is what

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Spread the word and send your bloggy friends over to my sweet friend's blog to name this THINGand enter in the chance to win these gorgeous sterling silver earrings that she's handmade!

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It "was" Saturday Night!So what exactly does an Explosive Ordnance Soldier do when he's not diffusing live bombs?Well of course... he gets to travel to exotic places, and or fabulous locations around the country (or world) to enable the safety of a location for those political figure-head-folk.I call them "Working Vacations" - ha.Such as... this Halloween weekend... John McCain. As seen on t.v.

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So here we go again with an oldie but goodie Tut from my old (deleted) blog! In the spirit of Thankfulness, Giving, Bountifulness, Sharing, and Harvest... I present... A frayed, shabby, tattered Rose.I must first stress that this is my knock off version of a tattered rose that an Artist/Designer sells, so please please please do not cut her throat by trying to make your own profit from these.I

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No sooner had I closed the laptop, when I saw this ADORABLE Oreo commercial on tv and it tickled me. Maybe it's the "moment" the two little girls shared. It's cute. And it made me smile =] Seen any good commercials lately?

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...And I can whine if I wanna...It's raining here. Surprise, surprise.(picture courtesy of AnytimeCostume.com)While we celebrate the spirit world, the "normal" world ticked me off by sending WhiteBoy off again on the first "holiday weekend" he'd be on US soil for. RockStar was seething when we found out last night that he'd be hitting the early flight this a.m. She's totally a daddy's girl, but

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I thought last week's Pretty Paper Hearts prompt of "Favorite Authors" was hard, but jeeeesh, it got even harder this week! Since I skipped last weeks, I couldn't justify skipping this weeks.What a hard prompt for this week... an "abstract" background!I know nothing about abstract, but I do know how to melt crayons (ha) so that became my "abstract" background, along with a piece of

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Sometimes I forget my camera when I'm out, so excuse the really bad quality of a few of my phone pics. The North West is really a beautiful place to live. Sometimes I need to remember that with all the rain here, which I hate, it creates the lush green, which I love.A Sunday bike ride...One of the many Mountain views we get to enjoy living hereThe colors of FallGorgeous FallsCan you spy the

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Maybe you remember my frayed roses tutorial from way back when... or maybe you don't. So maybe I should get off my hind end and do another tutorial on this blog soon.So I pulled out some flowers last night, and my bucket of lace... and went to town on a rose.And then I thought it needed something... like tea!And now I have more bits of lace and roses dying and drying in tea. I love the way a

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The Bunnies' Bungalow asked us to post our favorite products - or "never to buy again" products!Here's 5 of mine...Deluxe rabbit corkscrew - Works so well I don't even need to cut the foil on the bottle first, and soooo easy!Fruit sorbets in fruit shells (found at Costco) - so nummy! And they're in a fruit shell - so cute!Glade Press and SealTortilla Land uncooked flour tortillas (Found at

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Yesterday we stopped somewhere for a quick bite at lunch and again at dinner (the whole jam experience caused a whole Kitchen-Strike, ha) so I left some art behind... One in a menu, and one in the Margarita flyer.Enjoy your weekend! We're off to visit the Pumpkin Farm...

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My sweet girlfriend at Inspiration Creation is giving away a fabulous paper pack in celebration of her 300th post! She'd love for you to enter your name! Check out some of her quilting also, she is so very multi-talented.I forgot to upload these pictures... Princess chose a blue-grey color for her room and I finally got around to taking a picture. Although it looks more blue in the light...

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Take one of my sisters, for example. She's always got a wholesome and home-cooked meal on the stove, edible food in her fridge (something other than just condiments, haha) fruit that she's frozen from summer in her freezer, and loaves of goodness (like pumpkin bread) in there too! And her house is always clean.And then there's me. Not so domestic! But ya know, it's kind of hard to be all

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Random Number choices chose... *drumroll*...#4 i am very mary said...I'd love to join! I found your blog through Gina (jerseytjej) and decided to pop over! Thanks for a fun giveaway!and #9 dana said...I painted my work room in the basement (aka "the craft cave") in yellow. It's a happy and warm (cuz it's cold in the basement) color! Loved your projects and your giveaway. Enjoy your computer

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And... Yellow is the color of sunshine! Which we have none of, so I created my own =] And I love these little thingies so much I want to give them away to TWO lucky peeps!First I made some cute little folders, inspired by the ones Karla made for her vintage wallpaper packs! They're covered in vintage images shared Here and Here, and other vintage paper goodies that I love to find on my

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Not sure what's up with me, or my mood this week. One of my "wives" pointed out that I seem a bit off. That's pretty natural for me to be "off" but usually in a goofy-happy kind of way. This week though, my "off" is... like a muddy sludge. Kind of. I'm going through a phase of "When I stop loving or believing in the things I do, do I still continue to do them half-hearted or is that just a

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This morning I found something posted at Dream, Create, Inspire that I loved... it's from Simply Me."....believing in the power of your passion to create is the gift we all have to share"Join the campaign!I've begun to notice that I get kind of cranky if I can't find the time to cover myself in glue, or wrap my hands around a pair of scissors. Or hit the shops for no reason at all. Isn't that

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Pretty Paper Hearts is a weekly challenge blog that I ran across last week and decided to try this week. I love that she gave us the link of the image to use so I didn't have to think too hard!The cover of a sheet music book worked well as the heart shape... My wonderful friend sent me a box of very fragile wall paper last year and that is what the tree background part is.I continued with the

the authornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7166455745614127457.post-75714599795758967842008-10-09T01:28:00.001-07:002008-10-09T01:28:03.901-07:00

Delights of the Sober Afterthought Originally uploaded by mizsmoochielipsIt feels like we skipped right over Fall and entered Winter today. It's COLD, y'all!So I challenged myself to create something with bits and scraps of papers and what-not that I normally would just throw away.But I couldn't throw away this piece (or corner, rather) of an old photo album that was torn.To add a little humor,

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Y'all remember these things? They were meant to hold coffee mugs at one point in kitchen-fashion-history. Well, really? Can ya get any uglier?This was simple - unscrew the bottom, throw a layer of (spray) paint on it and cover the areas you want in paper. What a shock, I chose sheet music. (Yes, it's real sheet music, not a scanned copy)And don't forget the top!So the rain never stopped,

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Ug, the weather is killin' me here. The older I get, the less I like the rain!Another reason I'm disliking the rain is because I found this poor little table yesterday and I'm dying to start redoing it, but... it's raining. And it's windy. And I have no garage, so the great outdoors is my painting station.Pretty cute table for 3 hot dolla's don'tcha think?And oh p.s. I am addicted to these

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BeforeI think it's finished, but.Although I love the painted window frame (even though it's a bit naked and needs something)And I adore the little knob to no-whereI'm not so crazy about the whole "antiqued mirror" effect.Once it was in the frame, it just looked like a messy paint job - although I promise it's really not.So if anyone has any tricks to antiquing the silver leaf behind the glass to

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I could not pass this bottle of wine up today when I spotted it at the Airforce "liquor" store (aka Class Six)Note the PINK labelSo what if it has a twist top? I've been known to buy bottles for their labels and not their quality (Gasp!)To be fair, I was actually on a search for some of the other bottles pictured with it. Delicious sparkling white from France - if you're wanting a nice light

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Please close your eyes if you have issues with the female anatomy, sarcasm, high blood pressure, or profanity.Fair warning.A little notebook being sent to one of the SASSIEST female Explosive Ordnance soldiers I've ever known."Don't let the fact that I have a vagina mislead you to believe that I'm incapable of sticking my boot up your ass, partner!"And another - because she has lots of reasons

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Everyone's got their own way of fancying up their notebooks & journals!Gotta love the Dollar Tree & Michaels "$1.00" bin of journals and notebooks! Just throw some junk on it, and you have a super fast gift.

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I'm kicking myself for not purchasing the magazine that featured directions for this project by a lovely artist of whom I also can't remember the name (old age stinks) but I believe it was in one of these publisher's mags.Maybe someone knows if the artist has a blog so I can give her credit for the marvelous idea!Anywho, with one of our Major's wives birthday celebration coming up, I thought this

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The world's greatest series, EVERRRR! Right now you can catch up on Season 2 of the show if you've missed any of it! Now of course, it's T.V. so there are "made for tv moments" to this show, but the friendship, struggles, and topics are pretty much reality. I think anyone of us can relate to a bit of each character.But yes I do have my wives also :) No bigamy involved. Many of you might

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You might remember these from my old blog? They're still fabulous this year to adorn your Spooky little gifts of creative things like "the Boos and Eeks" that you give your friends :)You'll need:1 sheet of sheet music Paper cutter Stapler Orange or Black crepe streamer Button Hot glue gunSlice your music into 1" long strips:It's optional to age the strips with distress ink if you like:Connect

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I will be making some of these goodies :)The Bunnies' BungalowShared how to make some Wire Cloches! Check it out fo' sho' - they're too sweet!and Danny Seo shared an idea of using leftover Scarves to make a coverlet/blanket. OH yes. Now I can drag last year's scarves out of the hall closet and make room for this years winter apparel.Have a fab day. I'm elbow deep in cookies.

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So.While the girls were at school(which is when I usually get ANYTHING done) I decided the tiny little entry way would be the place for "halloween spirit"... and thus it went.

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So here I am... checking out home-decor blogs and I stumble across this CUTE idea posted at the beautiful place called Joys of HomeOh my gaw, Decorating + Crafty fun. I had to go to the Dollar Tree and find some of those too!Cuz really, at Xmas, you can spell "JOY" 0r Valentines you can spell "XOX" (or LUV) - I mean, how fun are those 3 little openings for paper?So here's my deal - I decided to

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MizSmoochieLips.Where have I been? Where did my other blog go? Am I still alive? Am I still married? Was I pregnant? Did I run off with a trillion dollars and start a new life?I don't know. It's gone. Yes I am. Yes indeed! No. And I wish!The WhiteBoy was deployed and just recently returned safely. Needless to say, I lost my creative mojo and focused on other things, like staying sane,

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