25 days of elf-magic

Magic Elf Fishing Party

A year ago while visiting my sister in Alabama. My kids and I discovered elf-magic elves. These little
elves come from Santa and stay with the children till Christmas. They bring a sack and magic snow with them. The kids put the snow on them at night so the elves come alive and do things at night, usually mischief. Sometimes the elves put presents in their bags. Oh and the kids need to leave crackers and water out because they love that. On Christmas Eve Santa will pick up his special elves to take back to the North Pole. Last year out youngest hid hers

Bragging rights

I just gotta brag on these little guys. My youngest and were making cookies and all the dogs came to see if they could catch a crumb. They are too cute.

DIY Crate for a Christmas tree

This year when we pulled out the Christmas tree my wonderful

husband said, "hey honey, I can make a crate for the tree to sit in".

I loved the idea.

So he went to work using some lumber that was left over from other

projects.  You could easily take a pallet apart and use that too.

After he built it.  I sanded it down. 

Then applied a cream colored semi gloss paint.  I applied 3 coats.

After it dried, I sanded it to give it the distress look.

I could of left it like that but the wood looked to new and fresh.

So, I took some dark stain and applied it using old rag.  I just wiped it 

on the distressed part.

Refinishing a shelf

So I decided to do 2 projects this weekend. We have had such beautiful weather this week I just has to start a project.
I enlisted the help if my 15 year old son. He loves to help. He loves having a task. He did a great job of sanding this shelf, that I am wanting to use in our bedroom.

Little farmers at work

Luke and adelynn decided to go rake up straw for our little goat. They worked so hard and as a team. Gotta love team work.

Decorating for a dollar!

I love Saturday mornings!
Just because it is Saturday, but also it is my day to go to yard sales. It is my shopping fix. I was able to decorate my kitchen window for a dollar. Yay!
You never know what you will find.....