Miss Flibbertigibbet

Good Morning! I have been having SUCH fun looking through everyone's recipes!  What variety out there! I'll be choosing some favorites when the party ends tomorrow so you'll have to come back and see what I like best! Today continues the Home For The Holidays Linky Party with Tablescapes I know some of you are really all over this one so come on … [Read more...]

I shared this recipe for the Home For The Holidays Link Party recently and I'm glad I get to share it again with you for Karianne at Thistlewood Farm!Honest, Karianne....you can make this...This has to be one of the easiest main dishes I've ever made. This is elegant enough for company and will cook while you're at work or out shopping for the day! … [Read more...]

I tend to be a renegade...... I know, you find that hard to believe.... I can be terribly resistant to things that go against my grain.... One is this incessant RUSHING of holidays!!  Driven by retail competition (Please know that I am not anti-retail nor am I ranting against Wal-Mart et al so don't write me) I must now buy my swimsuit in … [Read more...]

I wanted to show off one of my customer's projects using MMS Milk Paint!Paula took this old bench.... and applied MMS Milk Paint in Kitchen Scale... She covered the seat with new fabric and it looks fantastic! Yay for Paula! She has more plans for this color she says....you can visit her on FB and give her a "thumbs up"Thanks Paula for sharing the … [Read more...]

Some blogger friends and I have gotten together to try and organize a small relief effort for those in shelters due to Sandy,The gal spearheading this found out that clean socks were something that everyone craved!Seems a small thing to do so let's get going!!!Here's a link to check it … [Read more...]

Luckily, I had a home sale recently so I have a few things to show you! Today I'll share how I made this burlap topped table.... I started with a standard mahogany finished side table.It had a shaped top with a routered edge.  Covering something like that with burlap is more difficult because the edge is not sharp...so off came the top! Then my … [Read more...]

Memories are interesting things.Stirred by scents, sounds, pictures or just a name or phrase.The last few days have been full of so many memories for me.Asbury Park......where my Mom was born and where my brothers and sisters and I spent such a great part of our life. We walked to the boardwalk to watch fireworks on the beach on the 4th of July. We … [Read more...]

Just sharing some of the recent furniture makeovers I did for the Home Sale I had on Hurricane Sandy weekend..... Yup....You heard me.... My timing is just a teeny tiny bit AWFUL.....Anyway....not much traffic and NO FURNITURE SOLD.....Luckily, I had planned to also use my garage and had a tent in the driveway so when it started to rain....we moved … [Read more...]