Deployment

I know I said I was gonna take a break, but I just wanted to share these pics with you all really quick since it is Scenic Sunday. This is our deployment countdown chain in April: 

 And this is our chain today:

Shorter, but still a long way to go....

Break Time

Hey there friends. So, I've been absent from the blog for awhile. Honestly I'm debating on whether or not I want to keep this up. It's not that I don't have time, it's that I'm not making the time and I really don't have the motivation to make it. I am still crafting and creating, but in different forms. I'm learning to sew, organizing my home, purging and packing... And just trying to keep my head above water with all my responsibilities. Add the blog to my list, and it just adds to my feelings of being overwhelmed. I didn't come on here to complain, but I just want to let you all know that I am still around. I'm just going to be MIA until further notice. I hope to get back to a place where I feel like life is in order before I can commit to blogging consistently again. I hope you all understand. Until that time comes, I'm still on Facebook! LOL!

I Made it!-Sacchetto del Vino

Happy Monday Friends! So, I'm learning to sew. I'm learning VERY slowly to sew. I have gone to a sewing club meeting and made this:

It's a wine pouch. It's not the most complicated thing to sew, but I did it! I was so happy that it actually worked out! Here it is again:

 I discovered that day that the presser foot on my sewing machine is missing. It must have gotten lost while I was carrying the machine around to get it to sewing club. So, needless to say, I haven't sewn anything on the machine since. :( I really want to get back to sewing on the machine so I can do more projects! I don't know when that is going to be possible but I do have a couple little things in the works that I am sewing by hand... but you'll have to wait until next week to see those!

Scenic Sunday-Primavera in Italia

Buona Pascua!

That means Happy Easter!

I love Primavera (Spring) in Italia. Here are some pictures of the flora around my house:

OH! I had to throw that picture of Angel Baby in there, just cuz she's so stinkin' cute! Primavera Felice, Amici and have a Buona Pascua as well!

Family Friday-Dentist

Quick Family Friday Post; We went to the dentist in February and Angel had her very first REAL checkup! Here she is in the purple room with the purple NY Monkey:

 She sure was stylin' with those glasses!

Angel Baby did incredibly well at her checkup. I have no worries that the next checkup will be just as easy. You all have a wonderful Friday!

Thrifty Thursday-Stars

Have I mentioned that I love finding treasures at the Thrift Store? Well, I DO! Here are 2 things I've discovered at work!

 

The big star is not a light fixture, but I put it on the light instead of the regular light cover and it looks FANTASTIC. Here is a close up of the candle holder:

That green glass is so pretty when there is a candle lit behind it. Here is a picture of the whole display:

 To the left of the big star are 2 shadow boxes with keys in them. I love keys. Below that is where I hang my purse and a couple of decorative keys. One of the keys is and antique one that I got in Croatia. Below the big star is a faux wine barrel. My husband got that for me on our 10th wedding anniversary. I can put a 5 Liter box of wine in it to serve my wine in vintage-y style! To the right of that is a blue demijohn. I got that from the same winery the barrel came from. it has several wine corks in it with a cupcake-topped wine cork in the opening. Oh, and there is a cool Sugar Skull bracelet around the neck. I'll have to show you a close-up of those next Thursday. Thanks for stopping by again! 

Tidy Tuesday

Warning. This post is FULL of pictures! Because of the amount of pictures, I'll try to minimize the amount of words. So, after deciding to purge, sort, and store my medicines in a place besides my bathroom (see THIS post if you don't know what I'm talking about) I realized that I needed to purge, sort and restore EVERYTHING in my bathroom. And I did!

I have VERY little storage space in my bathroom, so this is an essential thing to do and maintain on a regular basis. Here is my storage shelf before:

 Above the bathroom mirror vanity before:

 EVERYTHING was taken off the shelves and out of the mirror vanity. Here is all is on my dining room table:

 After I saw all the CRAP that I had, I went through everything and threw away expired stuff and purged useless stuff. This is after the sort:

 Everything was sorted into "like items". Here is my basket of electronics:

 My hair stuff:

 My hair products (yes, I have doubles of things, but they go out of stock so often here that I buy multiples when I can):

 Lotions and body sprays (note: I did NOT buy ANY of these, they were ALL given to me! I haven't purchased a lotion in YEARS, lol!):

 Makeup and nail supplies:

 My "paper" products: 

 Other toiletries:

 Pedicure/Manicure stuff (again, ALL of this was given to me):

 And here is my bathroom storage shelf after!

 And my Vanity Mirror after. The white basket holds my hair products and the other one holds my pedicure stuff. The red thing on the right of the mirror is a heart shaped ramekin that I re-purposed to hold q-tips. I used an empty pesto jar to hold our brushes and combs. (BTW, That white basket is driving me nuts! It's too wide to be up there but I haven't found another basket to replace it):

 Sink After. I didn't get a before pic, but trust me, it wasn't this nice looking. I keep my lotion RIGHT THERE so I have no excuse to not use it. Also, I re-purposed that green mason-like jar for our toothbrushes. I love that it matches my mouthwash! lol!

 Top rack of the storage shelf; NAIL STUFF! And since this pic, I've added at least 4 more nail colors... I may have a problem, lol.

 The second rack has my makeup box and the third rack holds my electronics and hair accessories. They are in that white makeup bag right up front:

 Fourth rack are my "paper" products and some "other" stuff including hair dye, extra toothbrushes, etc.

On the bottom shelf is just extra toilet paper rolls and baby wipes. Yes, Angel Baby is potty trained, but she INSISTS on using wipes instead of toilet paper. She's SUCH a princess! 

That's it for this week's Tidy Tuesday. If you've made it all the way through the post, THANK YOU! Now I need to do some more tidying up for next week! See you on Thursday!