Friday March 26th

 This is a combination of pictures from wednesday afternoon, (they were just about done), and Thursday when they finished. Looks pretty nice!

                   Lucy wants to be normal & play, play, play!

                 Drum roll please! Here are the finished cabinets. 

                                 

Lighting is crazy, we both took these at the same time and I think Als (right above) with his cell are better than mine with a camera. It is really really white!   

Whatever happened to my format! Good grief. This was an rewarding experience!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

           

         

                    

                        
                                                      

Wednesday

 Day three. This is our fancy camp out!

                            Lucy Lou says  'hi'. She is getting walks now.

                      Yup, all the necessities of life! Below is what it looked like Monday night when they left. Crazy!

                This was monday night. Thanks for looking!

                                         Mary

So this was our preparation for the new cabinetry. Everything, and every little thing removed from the counters and cabinets. Allen worked a couple days on the inside trim, where the old walnut might show through. Wow! he removed all the doors. We both packed up, and I tried to do some new shelf paper, so that when we get to put our kitchen back together I wouldn't have to do that. This was we will just clean the cabinets, and be good to go.

                 Next was Mondays preliminary sanding and prepping. 

                We got to remove the plastic from the couch, refrigerator and TV for the evening. No stove, no microwave! 

                        Thanks for looking & more to come!

                                        Mary

                                

March 22nd

 The next few days I will feature different posts. This is about re-doing or kitchen cabinets. The crew is here now, Mon. 8:00am and Allen, Lucy Lou & I are stuck in the computer room (well, in and out), for 3-4 days! The coffee pot and snacks are here, along with my computer and photoshop. Al will be bored, and we both will be totally deaf from listening to Lucy bark for 4 days!

      It looks like a pretty nice kitchen. However, the house was a flip and a bad flip at that. The cabinets in the bathrooms & hall are the same cabinets that are in the kitchen. Don't always notice at first, but that just says 'cheap' to me. We painted the one in the hall bathroom and it says 'still cheap'. Notice the floor tile 1997(?), maybe or just beige. Then a silvery grey backsplash. Go figure.

       Now I will show you what I mean by 'cheap', bad finishes. We have only been here 5 years. Al stained, painted and nothing worked. The stain was too glossy, or didn't dry. Just when you think something might work it rubbed off!! We just didn't have a choice

                                                Pretty bad job I would say. This is it for now.

                                          Thanks for looking!

                                                Mary

Saturday March 20th

 Good Morning. Supposed to be 73 degrees today... wow!  I did read that next week the temperatures will drop again. This is a quick post to share Neat & Tangled  Art Deco stamp set. I featured these a few years ago, and love it when I actually use them/it again! These fit well for a man, woman, birthday, congratulations. The bad news is that after 9 years they are going out of business. There might be a few things available. We will miss them.

 

That is all for today!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

 

 

Tuesday

 More of the interactive slider cards from Craft Stash and Sam Calcott. I think the carriage was from Tattered lace. And, I used the foliage die in white and pink on this one. There are nuvo drops and pearls for embellishment.

                                             

                            I am sure I will be making more!
                                  Thanks again for looking!
                                                                 Mary

Tuesday March 16th

 Good Morning, yes it is 5:20AM.. Get ready for another long 'share'. To get right to it.. I bought these dies from Craft Stash. They are called 'Made to Surprise' by Sam Calcott. She has slider, or interactive dies in different shapes. I just chose the basic circle slider and the 'add on'  package which has the foliage circle and extra foliage.

 

                The upper left shows the basic die & the bottom right is the circle foliage. So Pretty

The special friend and banner dies comes in the basic set. The sliders come in 3 sizes for easy layering.

                  Used different designer papers. Simple stories 'woodlands', G-45 Butterfly, Simple stories Blue skies...... Picked papers that I had stickers or ephemera to match.

                          Yes it comes with a easel die!

                   This is pretty long, so watch for the next post! In a minute, I promise. Don't you just love these?

                                      Thanks for looking!

                                                Mary