I have finished the bookcase & shelving. The nightstands need another coat. The hubby stained my grandmother’s dresser & the top of his old nightstand after I sanded and stripped them. They look very nice. They need another coat of stain. So only one or two more days and then the nightstands & dresser will be completed. After all of that is completed, I move onto the armoir  & a chest of drawers. Hmm… So much to do. That is what I’ve been spending most of my time doing, if I’m not work.

Below is the bookcase I painted.  I didn’t do anything special to it. Just painted it black.  It previously was white.  I will end up placing wall paper or wrapping paper on the back of each shelf; however, I will have to wait until I move in a few weeks.

I am really going to be sick of painting by the time we move into our new house.  I have painted completed a large bookshelf & three shelves.  I have done two coats of paint on one nightstand (it needs minor touch ups) & one coat on the other nightstand.  Now, I just have to stain a dresser and the top of a nightstand, sand & paint an armoir & a large chest of drawers.  Almost half way completed & about three weeks to do it in.  Will it get done?  Probably not, but that’s okay.  It will get completed in time!

I’m back & doing crafty stuff.  Not a lot because I am still trying to get stuff done around the house from vacation and I’m still having to paint all the furniture.  Here is the little something I did this morning.

Below is my style, according to sproost.com:

My older sister’s birthday is in March and she has finally received her birthday gift.  Below is what I made for her.  I embroidered two tea towels, make her a set of leaf earrings, & some kitchen refrigerator magnets.  However, the magnets don’t hold anything, which I now know.  I probably should have tested them before I mailed them to her.  I did a green theme, since that is her favorite color. 

The other night I sat and watched tv while making earrings.  Nothing big.  I just did it to relax and enjoy my free time.  Here are the pictures below of my “creations.”  I don’t know what I am going to do with them yet, maybe sell them.  However, I don’t know if they are quite good enough to sell yet.  We will see.

My hubby & I came up with this idea a while back when we were working on Christmas presents.  It is for my mother in law.  She is always sewing and we are in the middle of trying to convince her to take over my husband’s old room and make it into her sewing room or clean up their extra bonus room & organize a craft area.  We thought this would be something she could add to the bland walls in either room.

I have noticed for some time the long dangly necklace with a few “charms” at the end of it.  I have grown to really like them; however, I could never find some that were in my price range that I liked.  Therefore, I made my own!