A QUICK PROJECT

I am not really a do it yourselfer sort of person, all of you must know that by now.  My blog is  about everything and nothing.  But this has been the most boring, most loneliest week of my life with Abby in Florida.  And yes, she had some sunny days and looks like a lobster from the photos she has been texting me.  So I decided to have an encounter with my creative side, I am, after all, left handed.  I've had this paint for some time, I picked it up from Home Depot and thought I might come across something fun to paint. 

It is textured in a way, as if it has some sort of granules in it.  You can use a brush or putty knife.

I found some old picture frames that I brought home from my Dad's house after he passed away.  Very old and dusty.  I cleaned them off and got to work.  Martha's paint was fun to work with, I used two coats to cover the littlest frame but if I had laid it on thicker, I wouldn't have had to do that.  I used a brush because I wanted to get some of the detail in the frames.

While the paint dried, Layla and I snuggled on my bed!

So, I did 3 frames.  The small one in the Martha Stewart textured paint, the largest in just one coat of a paint I had on hand called Driftwood Gray, and the middle one in the MS paint and once over with the gray paint. 

Can you see the nice texture?

I distressed them a little, too, with some sand paper.

Today I was at Walgreen's and saw this ugly little tray for $5.00 and my wheels started turning.  This IS addictive!  So...I have my next victim!

Our week here started with rain and cold and then yesterday the temps climbed to 85 degrees.  It was sweltering in my house.  Then we had a major thunderstorm and today was back in the 60's which I love.  With no one here to talk to {except the dogs...I am teaching them French}, I have been a cleaning fanatic!  I got to sorting my summer clothes and got most of them in the wash and to the cleaners and then I went through a stack of new clothes that I have been accumulating for our trip, hence the pretty PJ's...

some unmentionables...

and lots of flip flops.  My Go To comfort, free as a bird shoes.  You can't beat Old Navy at $3.87 a pair. 

And I know I will be doing a lot of walking!  I am getting so excited.  The Husband will spend one day doing his fly fishing, but I have promised that I will go up into the mountains to do some regular fishing.  I am quite a good fisherwoman!  Surprised?  You can't live on a lake and not fish!  Speaking of the lake, we are going bright and early tomorrow morning.  FINALLY!  I know I shouldn't be too excited because I have a lot of cleaning to do, but the sooner it is done, the better...then we can relax for the summer.  I'm excited!!

So, I am going to run now and start packing up my duffel bag and I hope to see you here next week! :-)