brick wall is taking shape

after taking a day off in favor of naps while recuperating yesterday, i'm making brick magic with earth and clay tones, a few at a time..very labor intensive...as most of you know that have tried "break-away brick technique" know..but very rewarding..hubby says no one will see the wall since it will be one of the bookshelf walls, but I will know its there, and parts of it will indeed show~ can't wait to get

project done soon, shelves to be stained soon by hubby partner, the stain we chose turned out darker than i expected, but after the trim goes on i think it will look ok..you can see that i decided to add a bit more bricking on top left to complete the look, also added a bit of plaster around the old maps, what do you think? the bricks look pretty new, next stage is to age them a bit, more tomorrow!

glad its over

injections are no fun, especially spinal facet injections..glad its all over for this time, the cortizone will hopefully hold me over for another year, thanks to modern medicine and all its fluroscopic glories~~

almost finished for now

the actual wall is done, you can see the unfinished edges, i need a taller ladder to actual finish by the ceiling trim, i used a double roller and am not quite sure about the way it turned out..probably won't matter too much since it will house the back of the shelving, just a bit more on the overhang and i am calling it quits for today, see all those books??? just begging for shelves!!

i enabled the new editor!

hey i just read one my favorite blogs..'Counting your Blessings" , found out that the new editor option works so much better, i just converted and also think this is going to be great! can't wait to upload pics showing you my latest project, faux painting the downstairs wall in a leather finish with my WallMagic double roller to be the intended background for my "private library"~~i have tons of books that need to be shown off, not to mention organize, etc...if i get the wall done today i might actually be able to get bookshelves tomorrow~~~we'll see, the posted picture is the wall going downstairs..that one has the "old world plaster look with 'exposed brick' with shutters strategically placed so as to resemble a garret or some other private place..

late christmas trimmings

better late than never! now that that the 12 days of Christmas have passed, i still want to show you some of the holiday vingettes i created..hanging vintage transom window, rustic chandelier..lots of outdoors brought indoors...i added real pine and cedar boughs from the yard to the chandelier hanging in the front window, tiny lights and mercury balls...i have since taken the greens down and replaced with vines..and replaced mercury balls with vintage lamp crystal prisms...still magic! i love the country french look and finally found the right place for my oak (heavy!) corbels, they are now very heavy creamy white, can't decide if i should rub a bit off and antique...i also created shelf above, using ordinary lumber and adding some ornate trim...makes great place for Dickens Village to light up the night...except now of course a couple lites have gone out and i will again have to fetch the ladder~~

late greetings

our only grandson loves to spend time at our house and we enjoy having him ~~ he request to "cut out" cookies was granted and we had fun making up shapes for the season..seems his mom had borrowed most of the gingerbread cutters, so we were being creative with different kitchen tools...anyway we shared frosting then eating them ~ ! this season has been different for me, not having my son home this year was disappointing, but he does plan to return home for the birth of his new niece(we hope) or nephew this spring. Also had to cut back on some of the Christmas activities and creative gift making, due to both knees acting up again, so thankful for cortizone..wish it had lasted longer this time..plan to take some pics of the holiday decorations and vingettes i did manage to create..

the long and the short of it all

nothing not quite like growing your hair from short to almost shoulder-length in a year, then having to cut it back to about an inch all over! long sad story of a chemical reaction from perm.. yikes, crispy fritters all over! will try to post pics later so you can see..in the end, a master stylist and her excellent advice made this story end on a good note~~
played easter bunny with mom saturday, visited one of her old friends in nursing home..i had made up a huge basket with goodies that i thought she would enjoy..mom later said she was blessed as well as the recipient..that was an answer to prayer!