i finished something!

yeah me!  it's been awhile since i've had the time to finish a project.  i was cracking out some major cleaning around the house though.  i took 2 van loads of stuff to sal's army, purging crap feels good. 

so yesterday i got to thinking that my lamps in the living room were sagging a bit. i had some old paper lanterns hanging in the corner, and i loved them, but they were full of dust, and really droopy.  you can't clean those things, it's impossible.  so being frugal, i decided to recycle an old lampshade i had in the basement.  it was a beautiful 50's lampshade, but most of the vellum had come off or torn, so i just tossed it aside.  i bought this cute paper at Hollanders by Stephen Mackey, little girls on skateboards, and at the beach.  

i love how it turned out.  i left some of the old paper because it was still in good shape, no use wasting it.  now i'm inspired to do some more recycling projects.  

i also went "home" as in back to where i grew up for a week to hang out with my parents.  while there i went to something called the "spoon river drive", the best i can describe it is miles and miles of yard sales, flea markets, and crap along this stretch of road through all these small towns.  

that sale was insane! 

a plate for every state

i love green bikes

i bought 5 paint by numbers (all finished and framed) for 25 cents each! 2 little elves ($1), some salt and pepper shakers $5, and scraps of fabric 50 cents.  

this is the house i grew up in, now my folks live there again.  i felt like i was in HS again sleeping in my old room.

this is the downtown, a block from our house.  you blink, you miss it.  it's so tiny.  

i love that my parents moved back.  it's such a sweet town, not much to do there at all, but i could really relax.  

Comments

[Julie Abuelsamid]

I LOooove that lamp. Nice work! I can just see you sitting on the porch of your folks home. Nice.

[Geo]

Great pics of the hometown! The leaves really add to that "going down memory lane" feel.