I've got plans...

I have many, many things I've picked up at Goodwill (my Goodwill Goodies), thrift stores, antique malls or "junk" given to me by friends. These "goodies" are just sitting around waiting for me to pick them up and get busy. I'm blaming my lack of doing anything on the weather. It's snowing (see last picture)... again! It never snows in Texas. This is the second time in a week and it's supposed to snow again Friday!!

I'm not complaining because it's beautiful. Anyway, it's too cold to work in my storage building. It's a mess in there and until I have time to clean it up all my little "projects", "junk", "goodies" ... things "I've got plans" for are sitting around cluttering up the house.

My newest goodwill finds...

I bought this bottle at Goodwill for $1.50. It's not antique, but it's pretty and "I've got plans" to alter it.

How about this cute metal container? Goodwill... $2.00. As soon as I walked in I grabbed it. "I've got plans" to paint it white, maybe red, and paint a rectangle of chalk paint. I love it! I can see some fresh flowers in it and the word FLOWERS written in chalk... cute, cute, cute.

Remember I said it was snowing... well, here's Abigail on the back porch

in the BEAUTIFUL snow.

{Not much snow on the ground. It had just started. Now, a couple of hours later, the ground is covered.}

It Snowed in Texas!

It snowed!

In Texas!

10-12 inches!!

A record since 1965 (a year after I was born)

From my kitchen window

.... into the woods

Isn't it gorgeous?

Our creek... it's seasonal so most of the time it doesn't even have water.

Bench and firepit in the woods

Hmmmm..... cactus and snow!?

"I can't move"

.... The animals

I wish it would snow like this every winter!

{Most of the pictures were taken by my daughter... I was sickly... she's quite the photographer!}

*Jewels*

I've been sick for a week and haven't felt much like being on the computer~ to look at blogs or write on mine... so....

Here are a few jewels to look at....

The best way to keep love is to give it wings~

{heart with wings drawn by my daughter last summer on the front porch}

Vintage Love Bottle~

{In honor of Valentine's Day I will be posting "love" pictures until Feb. 14}

This is an old bottle that I altered.... i *heart* it

All you need is LOVE

*Garden Charms*

I've been creating these "things" and wasn't sure what to call them. When I talked about them to my husband I called them "hangy thingys" (not a great name) .... He came up with a few ideas for names that were completely ridiculous (he meant to be ridiculous) so yesterday I was thinking about what to call them and I came up with *garden charms*. I'm still not completely satisfied with that, but it's the best I can do. (If anyone has suggestions please leave a comment!!) I had to call them something because I plan to make some more and take them to a couple of nurseries around town to see if they can sell them for me. I think they'll sell. At least my friend, Julie, said she thought they would... but she's my friend so maybe she's a little biased.

Anyway.... I think they would be cute hanging from a tree, from a porch, in a window, maybe even as a fan pull.... the possibilities are endless! Okay, maybe not endless.

I just love them and enjoy making them. I want to keep about half of them for myself, but I'm not :O)

{Getting a good picture of the charms hanging was not going well. Some things are just difficult to photograph. I decided to take a close up shot too for more detail}

{The backdrop for the "hanging" pictures is my front door... it's shabby chic}

{hey.. wait a minute... let me see if I can find a picture of my front door... I know I have one somewhere in my files...}

..............found it!