a find

The other day (last week) Liz and i hit Fairmont for a little "shopping". Our shopping spree consisted of the scrapbook store and the Salvation Army. It was pretty fun! Of course we found some good stuff at the scrapbook store over there...and we actually found some really good deals at the Thrift store! i found a couple white glass "holders" (i will have to share a photo later) for my bedroom for my jewelry...and a cute little apron! i'm very into aprons right now! i had plans of sewing a couple...but my sewing machine is down and frankly i don't have the time right now! This half apron is so adorable...peach! and to think it was only $1.50!


It must be handmade...the little rick-rack and stitching looked to be homemade! Perfect...looks like something i could have found on etsy!

bird man

well, it's official...brandon is crazy! i think i always knew this, but it has just become more evident to me this week! he's been hearing all this "bird talk" up at the coffee shoppe and especially from his dad...so he decided it was time to hang up his bird feeder he got for Christmas from my folks. Up that went, and pretty soon he came home with an oriole feeder too!!
Friday night, Brandon dropped me off at a purse party on main street and i caught a ride home from Liz. Well, when i got home...Brandon was gone. i called him to see where he was (mainly because i didn't have any keys with me to let me into the house!!). He was down to his dad's shop building another bird feeder!! He came home with all smiles holding up his new feeder!! It is actually really neat! He had two holes drilled into it to be able to put two little cups and fill them up with jelly for orioles. Soon the search for the perfect size container started! He looked all over the kitchen and the tool area to find something...and came up with nothing. For some reason, he decided to look in the cupboards above the refrigerator...and found two little wine glasses that fit perfectly!! So now our birds are eating with style!

house finch

oriole

oriole, cardinal and house finch

house finch checking out the jelly in Brandon's home-made feeder!

indigo bunting

all the little things...

i thought i would share a couple photos from yesterdays open house...

lemon-raspberry mini cupcakes i made the evening before to serve...
(made from scratch...not a box!!)

yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting...made with applesauce!
(found this recipe on the daily green)

Our "staged" ribbon cutting!! Rob, our mayor, thought we should do a ribbon cutting for the new business...so we did!! Barb and Brandon held the ribbon and i pretended to cut it!
Silly bunch!

a cute little gift from Liz. a box of sticky notes! Liz used to help Barb with the frame shoppe, and Liz thought using post-its (and then loosing them) is a criteria for the frame shoppe!!
(and boy do i use sticky-notes!! i always have little notes stuck to my computer!!)
thanks Liz!!

eighth street framing

"eighth street framing" is now in business!! we had our open house today...from9-4...and it was well attended by lots of town's people! i noticed i haven't posted any photos of the frame shoppe since we have moved it into it's new location...so here they are!

This is the work table...where we'll be putting all the finishing touches on the frame jobs.

i would have to have a wide-angle lens to capture all the moulding samples...so i shot my favourites!

the half-wall that was built...don't mind the mess behind the wall!!

the design table and the colour of the wall...very bold! and notice the very nice looking suspended track lighting brandon hung...(great job, hun!)

yellow & white

What is yellow and white and fits on the shoulder perfectly?? My new purse!! When i saw this cute bag at Charlotte Russe...i had to buy it!! Luckily, for Brandon, it was only $5 bucks!! You can't beat that price...

Today i wore a simple white shirt with a black cardigan...but i wanted to use this yellow bag. So i added cute yellow earings i found at a garage sale for a quarter and tied everything together!!

Inside my yellow bag, you'll find a bright turquoise lining...and my adorable pink "posh" girly checkbook and big sunglasses!! Brandon lets me carry the checkbook since i put it in such a "girl" checkbook cover!! Silly boy!

randomness

i have a lot to share...so i will start out slowly! i love it when it rains...it was raining a few days ago. at one point the rain was coming down very hard! here are a few photos of the rain drops that collected on the living room windows...

lots of rain in the front yard...our grass is now turning a beautiful shade of green! summer is almost here...

my hubby...i think i took this after we had been working out in the yard. last Sunday we decided that since nothing else was going on for the remainder of the day (which is rare) we would start in on the yard work! raking the leftover leaves from fall, pruning the bushes in the back, doing a little landscaping around the shed...having a little fire! it was tiring work, but well worth it...the back yard looks *great*.

Last Saturday was NSD...so at the store we did this make-n-take...and Nichole came over from Sioux Falls with Tastefully Simple. (so *yum*) It was a fun day...lots of chatting with friends!

Life is finally slowing down a bit now that this week is coming to a close! At the beginning of the week, i had lots of projects to complete for customers!

And this coming Saturday is the Open House for the Frame Shoppe!! i'm so excited...i will post a few photos of the frame shoppe later today (if i get time!). Everything looks great! And i am already getting jobs!! a few smaller projects and a few larger ones...so i'm totally excited!!

Happy Friday to all....