a new camera!

My birthday gift came early his year.  I have been wanting a nice camera with loads of ZOOM!
The hubby did lots of research and purchased a Kodak Z5120;  it had great reviews.  I took it out today to break it in. I am thrilled with the results!  One of the reviews I read about the camera was how well Kodak does color.  These photos have been altered minimally (mostly cropping), and all the color is natural! (double click on photos to enlarge).

Yay!

A trip to St. Marys

We had a lovely family trip to St. Marys the other day. It was cute.
The historical area was very small, a couple of shops and restaurants.

the boys went here, I went shopping

looking at Amelia Island

Birthday Boy

Ivan turned 10 this weekend.  His list of wishes included...
Legos,  Halo Mega Blocks, an airsoft gun, and video games.
Some wishes have changed, but many have stayed the same through the years.

Lego building has been happening for the past 7 years, but now the boy is much more involved.
In years past there have been loads of kidos at his parties(boy and girls), now it is strictly boys, and boy fun!

A Birthday wish this year was a trip to Barbaritos....
which is basically a burrito joint set up like a subway.
Bob hates it; I can tolerate it. Ivan thinks it's the best restaurant ever.

A trip to the local state park for an air soft war, then off to the community pool for cooling off.
Lastly, they returned home for some ice cream cake.

They are a fierce bunch!  A good time was had by all!

a cabinet redo

Well, our LG microwave popped it's last bag of popcorn; 

and my husband happily(he is not a fan of LG) dropped kicked it to the curb this morning.

Which left me with the loveliness pictured below...

a lovely vent hole which shone the light of day.

I had nothing in the cabinets, so it was pretty much a waste of space.

Bob patched the gaping open hole, in which bugs could have entered.

We removed the doors, and I wallpapered the back
 with some fabulous grasscloth wall-covering that I scored at a yard sale for $2.00.

It looks fabulous...even in this blurry photo!
Lots of room now for a new microwave and other stuff!

Yay, some new stuff!

Out came my collection of metal capped mason jars....
My few, but special cook books.

My pyrex, and Blue Heaven bowls!!!!

Changed my mind and put out the pyrex refrigerator set instead.

Oh my! I love it.
 I even had room for a basket of cooking necessities.

Unfortunately, there is no room for the new microwave.
It's a price I must pay for some fabulous looking shelves,  full of vintage goods.

I found these beauties today at a little antique shop about a half hour from the house.
I love the vintage can($6.00), the patina is perfect.
The hand chopper($15.00) is great, I love the color of the handle.

This is my favorite...a little mixer ($25.00)from the 40's.
I would never have spent that much but it is in perfect condition.

vintage canister($3.00)

I also found this great bird planter($6.00),
it looks great on my kitchen window sill.

... and goes great with my asian toothpick man.

and my duck planter......I love them all together.

 Overall,  a great Thursday!

Wednesday's at the shop...

scenes from my space

new hair clips

summer inspired

frames, chalk board, and scrabble tile art

a little blue

not your daddy's tool chest

tool chest interior

I have had an amazing month in my little shop space. I have exceeded my best month by $450.00. Yay!

May 27th....

is Bob's Birthday, and this year it is our 10-th anniversary.
Bob got breakfast in bed with the boy, along with matching Coca Cola t-shirts.

the shirts were Ivan's idea.

I got Bob a very nice pool float. He likes it!

Bob also got a tropical "event" for his special day.  It wasn't so bad......
We did lose part of our roof shingles, our power for 18 hours, and our clean pool.

a bit breezy I'd say.

 No electricity gives you plenty of creative time. I made these for my little shop...

 and another sign from found beach lumber

the garage sales have been pretty good....
found these candle holders for $3.00, they are now in my little shop.

More shop photos tomorrow on Wednesdays at the shop! TTFN.