Honey do list

How many of you have a honey do list for your hubby? Does your list keep getting bigger and bigger? My husband should be finished with his probably.. oooh never!! LOL I keep adding and adding to it. Shad is such a good man he just says "sure I'll be happy to make that." Perfect example is the picture above.

You see I have another love besides my prims. I LOVE my saltwater fish. I had a small 15 gallon tank that I had a pair of nemo fish, an antenna goby and some coral in it. I would sit for hours watching the life in this tank. ( I still do this LOL) My son surprised me last March for my birthday he purchased this 75 gallon tank for me to upgrade to. The only thing was we had to drive down to Dayton to pick this up. I certainly didn't complain. The family drove the hour and a half down to pick up the tank and then drove back. Of course this tank can not sit on a store bought stand, it would just stick out like a sore thumb with all my primitive furniture. Here is where the honey do list comes in....:P

I had been researching how to make your own tank stand the week prior to picking up this tank. I had print outs and ideas written out on paper. This was important so my Shad would see that it can be done and easily at that. That very night Shad started on the stand it was finished within three days and the new tank was set up!!! This of course meant that all the furniture in the front of the house had to be moved around and I had to re-decorate and get everything to look just perfect. In fact the Santa's you see on the shelf have been moved since this picture was taken. Oh and the shelf above the tank... that was another honey do project. Yes I know I have a great husband...

Crafting bug has hit me again

Well last weekend the crafting bug has hit me again. I'm thinking the cooler it gets the more I like to sit in my warm house and create things to sell or display in my home.

Well the stacking boxes are my newest creation. I just love the fabric. I purchased it at Hobby Lobby and it is the civil war prints. I have covered each box in a different fabric. I'm still debating on what technique to use to age these or if I should age them.

The sampler on the left is one that I have made. I LOVE that sampler. I believe it is a pattern from Carriage House. I have several of her patterns and I am working on a larger one now. I'll be sure to post about it when it is finished. Don't hold your breath waiting. I will work on it then work on something else, come back to it then move to something else. I'm always doing this. I think I have 5 projects that I am working on at any given time. LOL

Tavern signs

So here I am writing my first blog. How exciting!!!

Well how do I start? Let's see. I guess I'll start with my tavern/inn signs. As you see in the picture my husband and I have recreated an inn sign. This is our third sign we have painted. I'll have to get pictures of the other two and post them.

Our interest in the tavern signs began because hubby is a home brewer. For those of you who haven't heard of that before, my hubby brews his own beer. This is where his interests and my interests cross paths. I LOVE Early American and he LOVES brewing beer. So it would only seem natural that we both would LOVE the Early American tavern/inn signs. So with his woodworking skills and my painting we started making these signs for our home and to sell.

I have several more signs lined up to be painted. I'll be sure to post pictures of them as I paint them. Thank you for taking the time to come by my little piece of the blogging community. Hope to see you back again.

Tammy