This week I used the program.
Yes, that is a computer-it was my week to do media for the early service.

( couldn’t say Sunday Scribblings because that is already a pretty popular Blog prompt)

This morning during the contemporary service I was running the media (slides) and I don’t do well with paying attention if I am more than 20 ft. from the pastor.

Reason # 3  on why I sit in one of the front 3 rows.

I love these ads.  They are classic, just like the icons featured.

I noticed a little treat in this ad yesterday -can you have an Easter Egg in print? (Looks like you can!)

The books are references to Kate’s life!

Now I am looking forward to seeing other ads in the same campaign to see if they have any little secrets.

I did the tape page project, but didn’t really like the result much and because of that, I am not posting it.
My blog.
My choice.

The prompt for days 10-15 were to create “your house” and “your family”
It was SO much fun!

My house on the two page spread.

The left side of the two page spread, and I have to admit-my house is nothing like this, but there was no easy way to create a tri-level home with a pocket (for the dolls).

And this is my neighborhood, if I didn’t live in suburbia…but, I like it. Who wouldn’t want to live in a ‘hood with newsprint buildings?

My family.
Aren’t we cute.
Confession time, I have an issue with legs..the 14 yr old and spouselet have really short legs.
Oh and I forgot my hands-Art therapists can have a field day with this project!

I am the smallest one in the family, which actually IS now the case.  The 14 yr old is taller than me by almost 2 inches, so there isn’t an issue there

The family all tucked into the house for storage.

This was my favorite page to do so far, but NOW for day 16!

Sarah Whitmire has created this incredible site with tons of prompts for creating a Soul Journal.

Sarah Whitmire has created this incredible site with tons of prompts for creating a Soul Journal. 

Here is my project for days 5, 6 and 9.
Left side:

And the Right:

I have gotten busy with a house project-which is so ironic since my next Soul Journal prompt IS creating a house.
I hope to post those soon!

Sarah Whitmire has created this incredible site with tons of prompts for creating a Soul Journal.

There is even a yahoo group (that I just joined) for additional information, support and news on classes.

I have been trying to get my pictures sent to flickr, and my phone and computer has not cooperated with a thing I have done all day…

But FINALLY…

The pages on Armor…

I might add some more text as I go on.  The gel isn’t 100% dry and is messing with my pens.

This is in the kitchen.  Last week the spouselet and I went to IKEA and some other outlet place in Cincinnati and got that perfectly awesome black computer desk for ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS-serious, deep discounts!

I got the other table with the nifty Art Deco handle at a yard sale a few years back for FIVE BUCKS (I refinished it) and the black stripe works great with the new desk and the desk organization stuff from IKEA.

The three drawer thing is painted black and the middle drawers I covered in some wild scrapbook paper.  Painted the letter organizer with yellow and aren’t they cute!

BTW, the three drawer thing is a NIGHT MARE to assemble!

Since I had anything to say on the lil ole blog.

I guess my son being gone on vacation with out his mama (for the first time) got to me more than I was willing to admit.  The spouselet is really happy that the house is spotless.

It appears that I unconsiously stress clean AND judging the condition of the house BEFORE my son went on vacation with out his mama (for the first time), my life is pretty stress free! 

The 14 yr old got back last night and he took over 178 pictures (plus 24 on an underwater camera we still have to get developed)  Some of them are incredible-he doesn’t know it yet, but the camera we let them take will be his soon, I hope he can take more like this:

or this one:

Not bad for a 14 yr old, not bad at all.

Around here, when someone asks “Where you from?” (and that is how they say it in this area-even the metropolitan south).  They are really askin’ “You from around here?”  and that means has your family lived in this area for the past 70 years at least or are you from some where else, may as well be another planet if you didn’t grow up here.  I have  a feeling it is like that in most southern small towns.

It could be argued that Louisville and the surrounding areas are not “REALLY” the south, but we do have some of those quirky behaviors.

I will say we are getting better or maybe we were forced to change because we did such a good job with our local schools people who move in the area with their jobs aren’t from ’round here and if they had a choice wouldn’t have picked HERE, but they don’t and because our school system rocks, so here they are.  Some of them like it and stick around and I guess after about 15 years (instead of the standard 100) they are from ’round here.

But something that I have only discovered in Kentucky and is even listed on those “You know you are from {insert area here} when lists”-our “Where you from” goes one step further.  Where did you go to school and honey, we don’t mean college.  Not because most of us didn’t head off to university, we did, we just can glean more information off your high school.   And out here, I can tell not only about where you grew up but MAYBE even how old you may or may not be because until the early 90’s there was only one high school out here, now there are 3.

If this question gets favorable results or someone says, I didn’t grow up HERE, but my mom and dad met in college and moved back here, you get to say “Oh really, who’ is your daddy? or your mama?” and chances are that your daddy and their daddy played basketball or football together and you recognize the name like it were your own.  In some unfortunate cases you discover that their mama and your daddy dated and your mama isn’t a big fan of their mama, in which case, you really don’t run off and call your mama and daddy to tell them who you just met in the parking lot of Kroger.

Just keep that one to yourself.

I have discovered that I do this with my son’s friends, just like my daddy used to do it with mine, because you see, my daddy grew up here and my mama did not.  I would have friends come over and my dad would say “Claypot…well, I don’t know any claypots, where you from?” and they would reply well my dad isn’t from around here but my mama was….

“Awww, what’s your mama’s name?”
“Jones, sir”
“Sally Jones?”
“Yes sir.”
“Oh, I know your mama, she used to be a cheerleader and was the nicest thing, how’s she doin’?”
IF he knew them, but if he didn’t he would say…
“Sally Jones, aw yes, she used to come over to my house to eat chicken…’(and then he would say shit, under his breath) he would die laughing!  I can honestly tell you that I was in my mid-20’s before I understood that my dad was telling these kids that their parents ate chicken poo at his house.

I have promised my son that I will not use the eating chicken line, but I will and do ask the other questions everytime a new kid comes over.  Because some traditions are just worth preserving-child embarassment!

So, where you from?  where did you go to school?

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for an old chair.

This project was a lot easier than I thought it would be!

If you have an old ratty office chair laying around and a shirt that you don’t wear much anymore…you can have this chair!

You will also need:

• sewing machine
• needle and thread (I used a curved mattress needle)
• fabric marking pencil
• elastic (for the seat draw string)
• safety pin
• cording (I used 2 yards of braided hemp)

1. cut the sleeves and collar off the shirt
2. separate the front from the back, the front of the shirt will be the back cover of the chair and the back of the shirt is the seat cover
3. sew the front of the shirt shut so the buttons won’t come undone when they are attached to the chair
4. baste the front of the shirt to the chair back using your needle and thread, paying attention to centering the buttons.  I also moved the shirt up enough so the pocket would be removed, but if you have a larger seat back, it might be fun to use the pocket too!
5. trim the excess fabric and tuck the ends under the plastic rim of the seat back
6. place a thin bead of fabric glue along the edge of the plastic rim and fabric to attach your cording
7. let the top half dry before you glue the bottom of the cording-it is easier to finish gluing the bottom portion if the chair is laying flat on the floor or a table
8. while the glue is drying lay the back of the shirt on the seat and use the fabric pencil to mark the shape of the seat on the fabric-  I then cut about 4 inches outside that shape to insure I had enough fabric left to sew a channel for the elastic and it still fit all the way over the seat
9. sew a channel around the seat fabric for the elastic draw string
10. insert the drawstring using a safety pin (here is a great tutorial if your mom never showed you this old trick-that I never thought I would use in my life, thanks mom)
11. position the seat cover on the chair and pull the draw string tight and tie off with a double knot
12. cut the excess
13. finish gluing the cording around the chair back
14. enjoy your new seat

(there are pictures that explain some of the steps in the slide show above)

What is the coolest thing you made?