Upcycle a christmas tree? Yep!

So I have been wanting a new skinny tree for Christmas....however, paying for a skinny Christmas tree was not what I wanted...especially since the thing costs 500 bucks...how about...no...so I got this idea, do a little research, did a little thrift show hunting, picked out a color.....did the work...now I have a skinny, lime green, super awesome tree!

So I found this white, 3.5 ft wide tree( at the bottom) at goodwill....had a 10.25 tag on it...got it to the register... It was half off!!!!! Yep, a whopping $5.12!!!

Got it home, it was really yellowed.

I took it outside, sorted,fluffed,stripped all the remnants of last Christmas off of it....set up the main part of it, and started painting a layer at a time till I was done.

It is now outside, drying and airing out.

Once it is decorated with all my vintage stuff, I will post another picture. Oh yeah, and all the lights....I can't wait for the lights....
Here are some pictures along the way.

Hope you like it...or maybe not the color...but the idea of it...it vamps up your old tree into a new

Yet another recycled fashion

I love pinterest....you probably already know that.... Ha!

I found so awesome outfits on there. They are so cute, cute, cute....the best part is the outfit brings back the pencil skirt....which I LOVE so much....

So here is my inspiration....


The middle one is the outfit is the one I could round up....


Here is the one I rounded up....



I had the skirt....which I purchased at Goodwill this past summer ....and I had the super strappy shoes too...oh goodness...I have had those since I graduated college...I don't even remember where I got them...but I love them. I purchased the pink top today for 1.99...what a deal, I know! I think it's pretty close...for a fraction of the cost.....don't ya just love where inspiration can take ya sometimes?


4 weeks and 5 days till my beach vacay!!!!!! I can't wait!

More on that later.

Until next time.

A new recipe to try

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Here's the link for the recipe. It's a tangerine green tea.....


This is how I am going to make it:

I am going to make a pitcher of green tea, slice up two tangerines and put them in the pitcher. Add a few sprigs of mint and let it sit overnight in the fridge....

It says it will increase your metabolism by 12 % with just one cup.WHO KNEW? Well, I didn't, but now I do!!

I will let you know how it goes....

Recycled fashion

So....I got this idea....nothing too novel or earth shattering...nonetheless,I still think it's a pretty good idea.
I have been frequenting the website Pinterest, of late....I sooooo love LOVE love it...you could safely say that I am probably addicted to it, if you want. If you were ever on there, you probably know what I am saying....
So...I really love women's apparel...I wear it, I like shopping...somewhat...I really love clothes and figuring out different things to wear....
Have you seen the prices of clothes....???I was shocked...I guess I have been shopping at target, walmart, and goodwill too long....so I decided to challenge myself...try to find a pretty outfit on Pinterest and find something close at a thrift shop or on clearance obviously cheaper....
So here's what I started with....and here's what I got from the goodwill...check it out...the whole outfit less than 15 bucks....exciting huh?

I got the black pants for 2.50, the cream belt for 1.00, the white shirt for 2.00, the herringbone blazer for 3.50 and the black shoes for 4.00...it took me a few days to assemble the get-up, but I think it works... I already had the necklace in my jewelry box,it wasn't exact...but it was close.

The outfit online was around 400.00 all together...so I think that's pretty substantial.

Let me know what you think....it's amazing what you can do with a little inspiration....who doesn't love inspiration, right?

Now to find my next cute outfit...maybe just dig through my closet this time...

Until next time friends....

The pinterest inspiration is the center picture...the other 2 pictures( top and bottom pictures) are me

New stuff and ideas!!!!

Oh yeah! I have been working feverishly on several different projects, of late. I just sent a huge order to Ellwoods today....I am feeling sort of accomplished. Now to keep ahead of the game so I will have some inventory.....
One of the things I made last night was a oh-so-cute cork board....heart shaped, no less....and it is a real REAL corkboard....made from real recycled corks....
Here it is....I painted the ends of the corks and glued them to a balsa wood heart that has been sitting on a shelf for I don't know how long. To finish it off I used some vintage corsage pins to use as memo tacks to add to the valentine-ish flair.
I think it is cute....what do you think???? Let me know.

Okay....so let us try this....

I know....I know....I am such a slacker...it's true. Perhaps my new iPad will solve some of my slackerness...eh.who am I kidding??? I have been making things like a mad woman....Christmas is upon us...coupled with the fact that I am broke, I am making a whole slew of things to give away and help with the cash flow....here's one thing I am particularly happy with....it's a cute purse I made out of a little girl dress size 12 months....love it!!
Let me know what you think and if this works, I will be posting a lot more .... Promise....pinky swear.... Xoxoxo~Jen

Something positive...

In my previous posts, I have written about what I want to do, what I should and shouldn't do, and basically what I want to be when I grow up. I am evolving, and let's face it...do we ever really grow up? Well, I certainly hope not....I concider myself a lifelong learner, always learning something, trying something...but I really hadn't concidered what is that I am doing right, in the little game that we call life...right?





I had said that I had gotten myself into a rut of sorts...I am guessing that that feeling usually comes along when you are middle aged...children get older...I don't know, I see myself getting older and I really didn't like it...I didnt like the path I was taking and I wanted to be able to enjoy my time after I have an empty nest...mind you i still have a 10 year old, so it's still pretty far off...anyhow, I think that's why I was feeling the way I was...





yesterday it hit me, I hadn't really taken into concideration, the things I had been doing right over the years...for instance, I never pass up the chance to laugh...those of you that know me, I laugh at everything that strikes me as funny, no matter how many times I have seen it...I laugh a really stupid things too, like the shark scene on strange wilderness...





I hope that works...but I laugh every single time, I cant help it...it just never gets old to me..

I absolutely love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...prolly more than I did when I was a kid....and milk, I drink a lot more milk than I used to....

Theres something about sharks...no, TALKING sharks that just make me laugh...I love the snickers squared commercial too...





it's hilarious...
so I laugh a lot, you all get that now, right? it's the best, and prolly my favorite...

I really try to make something everyday...even if it is just somethng small and simple...it makes me feel good....

I am really trying to "Go with the flow" take it as it comes and not go crazy in the process...I will let you know how THAT goes....

One other thing, I am really trying is not to take things so personally....crap happens all the time and I am really trying to give other people the benefit of the doubt(when appropriate) and hopefully that notion will come back to me...

I know, my list isnt as long as my "want to" list...and there is prolly a lot I have left out...but I thought I would share this little bit with ya...

so until next time,
Go with the flow...oh yeah, and laugh a little, will ya?
xoxoxo!
Jen