Deere Me...

This is what I played with for Mother's Day (stories and photos to follow as soon as I find my way off the farm (or... get kicked off the tractor!!!))

What did YOU do for Mother's Day?  Special things or... did you just get spoiled rotten? OR!  Did you play with tractors?  *snicker*

Comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide...hee-hee

ruffled in a flash!

* This is a guest post that I had done over at Gail's blog - My repurposed life! Enjoy!!!*

Hi. My name is robelyn - and I'm Gail's blog stalker.

*and the crowd goes wild*

nah - I only stalk Gail with her consent... so imagine how giddy I was when I found out I got to come over here and terrorize (and duct tape) Gail AND all of you!!!  I thank you Gail for the opportunity to sneak out of my single-wide and make my way in to your land of GENIUS!!!

Besides being Gail's blog stalker... I'm also the girl who runs around stealing aluminum flashing.  I have an ongoing love affair with that stuff.  Seriously - think... kitchen valance.  12' shelf running across my living room... chair decoration... and so on.  It's fun!  Today I'm going to show you how to make this:

my version of a valance.  Now - let me say right up front - mine is different than what I'm going to show you how to create because my "ah ha" moment happened at 3am and by 3:30am I was sitting in the middle of my living room - drill in hand - making my window treatments.

Ingredients needed for your masterpiece:

Board measured and cut to the length you need
Duct tape.  Oh - no - you don't really need that...
Work gloves ('cause flashing hurts worse than a paper cut. Trust me on this.)
Screws (I'm using half inch 'cause that's what I had in my magic box of tools.)
Washers ('cause they're pretty.)
Drill OR metal punch
Scissors or - if you're smarter than I - metal shears.
Measuring tape
And some Flashing!!!  The roll I have is 10".

Lay out your flashing and drill a hole right close to the top end.  Bend the flashing around the side corner of your board and screw it in - that gets you started!  Then - do that again right in the top left corner on the front of your board.

Mark your flashing every 10".  Drill (or punch) a hole - repeat as many times as you feel the need to.  It's your valance - make it super ruffley - or kinda ruffley - or be very random like me!  This is where it gets tricky.  Take the aluminum  - bend it slightly back towards the previous screw - and create your ruffle.  When you get it where you want it - secure with a screw!

Oh... guess that wasn't that tricky!  Keep going the length of your board - finish the way you started - and voila - you're ruffled in a flash!  Once complete just install some metal "L" brackets over your window(s) - set your board on top - secure from the top side and you. are. done!  Embellish away...

I punched holes in the bottom (very randomly) and change the danglies out as the mood strikes - I'm spicing up my kitchen wardrobe this spring with some salt & pepper shakers - but the possibilities are ENDless!

Now - go forth and conquer the flashing! And always remember: if it's flat - it needs to be ruffled.

Comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide (that I parked in Gail's back yard... thank you Gail for your hospitality!  I dub you an honorary red.neck!!!)...hee-hee
;-D  robelyn

Mother's Day

See this guy?

I'm his mama.  He thinks he's celebrating me on Sunday but in reality I'm celebrating HIM! Don't tell him that though 'cause then he'll expect me to wash HIS car instead of him washing MY car...

While we try to teach our children all about life,

Our children teach us what life is all about. ~Angela Schwindt

Comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I'm wishing YOU a lovely Mother's Day!!!


P.S. Don't forget: Insanity REALLY IS hereditary - you get it from your kids.

shagadelic

I know this girl that lives in a single-wide.  She's crazy - you should meet her.



In her dining room she HAD an area rug that she was "SOOOOO over".

After scouring the earth for the perfect cherry red shag rug (we're talking countless hours of searching.... and more searching... and even more searching...) along comes Fred. With his bath mat section. His extremely affordable bath mat section. I like Fred.

There is now a field of red stretching through the dining area of the girl's single-wide.  I talked to her - and as soon as she cleans all of the surrounding area (carefully cropped out of the above photos) so that you don't know think she could be a hoarder - she will take you on a tour of her dining room.

In the meantime - all bath events will still be held in the designated area... this is the dining room for pete's sake!  Geesh...

Comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I'm thinkin' the Pottery Barn area rug department has nuttin' on us red.necks... *snicker*

what a red.neck wears...

After I rob a bank  win the lottery start playing the lottery in the hopes that I could win...

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I would own these boots. Heck. I'd proll'y even sleep in these boots.  Heck... I'd proll'y even keep the duct tape off these boots.

And - since I robbed the bank won the lottery after I started playing it I would wear this skirt with those boots (and a saddle tramp shirt ofcourse!).

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This spring I keep catching myself stepping over the flip flops *shock/gasp/whaaaaaat!!!!!!* and stepping in to my cowgirly boots to wear with my skirts.

What. is. happening. to. me.?!!?.

Comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I have to stop looking at those boots or you might be coming to get me out of jail... and though we all know how much I enjoyed jail - I'm not sure if now's the time to head back there. (If I did go and you had to come get me out - I'd share my loot with you - pinky swear.)

Light up my life...

I am absolutely head-over-boot-heels in complete adoration with the Arco lamp.

I want one for my dining room. Or two...

my living room would look GREAT with one... I could proll'y find room for three.

I've looked around for a "DIY" and I haven't found anything - have you made one?

I'm thinking - long tube - duct tape it to my floor.  Oh wait... guess that wouldn't work... I know - a cinder block for the base!  Oh OH!  How about a truck wheel?  Tractor wheel? hmmmm.... the suggestion box is now open!

Comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I'm thinking I might just keep looking for the real deal... or not...