Hanging out with Unsavory Characters

Ok, so the unsavory
characters are my mutts
dogs…..

They are hanging out with me because I can’t
sleep (surprise!!) and the rest of the house slumbers on. Ok, maybe they aren’t soooo unsavory but they do kinda smell bad. Their bather (the husband) is obviously falling down
on his job…. What kind of work ethic is that, I ask you!?!?!?! hahaha Just
joking babe, love you much!! *now go bathe those dogs*

Today I tried out a painting and ended up so pleased with it
I added it to my ETSY shop in TWO different sizes!!

Teacher Fleur De Lis!!!!
I love how well it came out and there are SO many ways you
can customize it to fit each order….. OH THE POSSIBILITIES!!!! I am working on
one more that I’m not sure how I am going to like the finished product yet…..
pictures to come (maybe!!)

*You can see my Etsy listings by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog! I'm adding things every few days. *

I also made this today:

I LOVE IT!! Reminds me of my younger years and one of the movies
that defined our generation. Come on, you KNOW if you are remotely near my age that you practiced the dive/catch scene when you went swimming and you knew
EVERY LINE but most especially parts like THIS: “SYLVIA…. YES MICKEY…. How do you call your lover boy? Come ‘ere lover boy!!” *you crawled across the floor,
Jennifer Grey style, too didn’t ya? hmmmm……? NOT THAT I DID THAT EVAH!* Ok, I still know the entire movie by heart!

All the more reason I had to have this “definition”
framed in my living room! It makes me smile.

First I typed it out in fonts Broadway and Andalus in Microsoft Word.

(font choice is totally up to you) I then printed it on regular white printer paper….. card stock is an option. TO GRUNGE: I heated a tea bag in hot water, squeezed some of the excess
water out and then gently sponged the teabag onto the paper.

TIP!! DO NOT RUB.
Gently pressing works great, making sure that it saturates all the way through the paper. (you may want to layer a few paper towels underneath to avoid a
mess) Next I put the paper in the oven, directly on the rack, with temp set at
200* or warm. It doesn’t take long at all to dry a

and leaving the paper stained and making it look “vintage” or old.

TAH-DAH, GRUNGY!!

I never could get it to look like that!!! Then again, I can't remember who was catching hoisting me but I'm sure it wasn't Patrick either.....

My oldest child has taken to announcing, “ARE YOU GOING TO BLOG ABOUT IT???” with MUCHO excitement every time they make me laugh…. Which makes me laugh all the more!! It is becoming a contest in our house to see who can guess what will next make the blog. And this story, in itself, was one of their guess…. So GOOD JOB my kiddos!! TWO POINTS!!



Oh and Rest in Peace, Patrick Swayze. I was SO going to marry
you! (when I was 12 anyway)

And now I will have "Love is Strange" stuck in my head for the
next UMPTEEN days. YAY!!