it's time to celebrate - part 9

I'm just going to let you use your imagination on where "SPLaT fine dinin'" came from 'cause it involves the sound of (YOU finish the sentence....)




"SPLaT Fine Dinin'" is made up of pretty much anything that I think of (or make) that involves a kitchen gadget. YOU KNOW I don't cook (personal safety reasons... and neighborhood burn ban) so kitchen gadgets are always useful... elsewhere.

For Example:
I've been known to desecrate fine china:

did you know that gold rimmed dishes make really cool sparklin' colors flash when put in the microwave?

Flat cheese graters are fun! You COULD use them for cheese gratin', or...

And so on. You see how my mind works, right? I have a few cheese grater pendant lights - I've made napkin or mail holders out of the rounded tater mashers - plant markers out of knives and other utensils - bundt cake pans are AWESOME wreaths... kitchen gadgets are fun (and in my case, safer) when used for something else!

And - just 'cause

I'm throwin' either a tater masher or a grater (which would you like?) in to the mega-celebration box of fun!  Are you entering to win every chance you get? You should be...

I will take all comments from each "celebrate-late-with-me"post and ALL comments will be entered to win - you are going to get SEW many chances because your name goes in for each comment you leave!!!

Tell your friends about the fun over here (then tell me) and you get TWO chances to win per post that you share!

New follower? Tell me and I'll welcome you as soon as I throw your name in the duct tape roll twice for the the post you taped yourself on to!

The box now holds:
a pocketbook, some SUDZ, some Glam, a piece of Retreauxgirl AWESOMEness, a Saddle Tramp shirt... and a partridge in a pear tree. Oops - I mean - some red.neck Lip Grease and a dishtowel from Thunderbird Linens... an Edison Bulb from "Lamp Lighter's Un.plugged" and a MYSTERY gift straight from Zapp Hall (after I "U-turned" for it...) and now? A recipe/memo/photo holder straight off the "SPLaT" fly swatter!

Hmmmm.... I think that's it! I make all sorts of other things - furniture usually meets it's match with me, there are odd 'n ends I think of that just "happen" when I'm supposed to be sewing (last night at about midnight some REALLY cool candle holders felt the wrath of my spray paint can - I can't wait to put 'em to work!), but none of that stuff has a name or division other than...

"the girl's off her cinder blocks".

I'm thinking: let's keep the celebrate-late-with-me-giveaway (there are at least 9 chances for you to enter!) open through next Monday, the 17th - then Tuesday I'll announce a winner! I hope it's you!

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where there is more Warrenton/Zapp Hall coming your way... I'm just trying to get untangled from the duct tape still!!!

it's time to celebrate - part 8

Warrenton/Zapp Hall...

You can find tricia here

First, I can't believe I left you in the middle of a celebration/give-away! *doh*

I stole this picture from Sweet T here

But - in my defense - I was out buying and selling junk treasures...

You can find the Trash Talkin' Diva here

'cause that's what I do.

tricia is one of my FAVORITES - SO fun!!!

I collect junk treasures. And... I figure you'll forgive me if I offer up some junk a treasure in this post.

darla was here from California!

I'm not the only one that enjoys the fun junk treasures as you can see from all of the awesome vendors I am taunting you with from Zapp Hall! I'll get to namin' 'em soon - I promise - you will be jealous! I got to hang out with alllll the cool kids!

stole this one from Sweet T too...

Mama Debinator here

in the kitten house...

jimmy comes from Georgia with the COOLEST junk treasures!

All of this leads me to: "U-Turn":

It's what happens when you pass a garage sale while exceeding the speed limit. You screech your brakes, make a u-turn in a totally illegal way while leaving skid marks and/or gravel rainbows and laughing hysterically while dodging the law going back to the garage sale. No week-end road trip is complete without at LEAST 10 u-turns for garage sales, junk shops, thrift stores...

stole this from Sweet T... I was so busy harassing her I forgot to take pictures so she bailed me out!

and whatever else catches your eye (sometimes it might even be a dumpster). Junk Happens (Cat Daddy and Mama Debinator have that bumper sticker on their travelin' 40' "FULL of awesome junk" trailer - courtesy of the Junk Gypsies!)

The "U-Turn" that comes along with red.neck Chic is where I find something really fun - wash it off - and put it out at a show or in the Taj Mahal at the antique mall for YOU to discover how awesome it is! That simple (after you ignore the fact that I proll'y got a few tickets for pulling illegal U-Turns).

In honor of YOU - your patience - and the fact that we are STILL celebratin' with a giveaway - I picked up an AWESOME piece of junk treasure with YOUR name on it while wreaking havoc in the fields of Zapp!!!  I think it will remain a mystery...

But you will want to be sure and throw your name in the duct tape roll! Here's how:

I'm taking all comments from each "celebrate-late-with-me" post and ALL comments will be entered to win - you are going to get SEW many chances because your name goes in for each comment you leave!!!

Tell your friends about the fun over here (then tell me) and you get TWO chances to win per post that you share!

New follower? Thank You! Tell me and I'll welcome you as soon as I throw your name in the duct tape roll twice for the the post you taped yourself on to!

So far the BIG giant box has... a pocketbook, some SUDZ, some Glam, a piece of Retreauxgirl AWESOMEness, a Saddle Tramp shirt... and a partridge in a pear tree. Oops - I mean - some red.neck Lip Grease and a dishtowel from Thunderbird Linens... an Edison Bulb from "Lamp Lighter's Un.plugged" and a MYSTERY gift straight from Zapp Hall (after I "U-turned" for it...)! There's STILL more to come (more Warrenton - more giveaway)... stay tuned!!!

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide that looks like a tornado hit it because I unloaded my car in to my living room then decided I'd rather be sewing something than doing laundry... I've been cleaning and sewing all week-end, what have you been up to? hee-hee

Howdy!

Here's the scoop:

I have 25 lbs. of dust in my hair. (That's more dust than hair... I'm just sayin'.)

A stupid amount of junk in my front yard that I unloaded from my trailer.
(Tell me WHY I felt that I needed to BUY more junk after I sold the junk I already had?!)

I can't find my overnight bag in my car due to an insane amount of... stuff.
(including, but not limited to: 5 pair of cowgirly boots, some sparkle shoes, a few lamp shade frames, 10 rolls of duct tape, a footstool, a chair frame, a REALLY cool Austin Powerish lamp that Kitty Cat Daddy threw in, a metal lamp I couldn't live in the single-wide without, the necklace that Leslie the Retreauxgirl is sending in the giveaway box (it's AWESOME - trust me on this!) some dirty clothes, a horse ribbon that my most awesome blog hacker (Kristi/Junkology 101, I believe you met her? (She's officially my newest sister 'cause I say so.)) brought me, some dust and........ a Christmas Tree topper.)

I'll be back with Warrenton/Zapp Hall stories and photos and more stories (wait 'til you hear what Mama Debinator and Sweet T were up to!!!) and more photos and more stories...

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where the fattest cat in the world is dogging my every footstep - but my child grinned and waved then was out the door again after I was MIA for a week ++. How do they grow up so fast? Oh... it could be he didn't want to help me unload the duct tape mobile. hee-hee

Breaking and entering

Shhh... don't tell ... I have hacked this blog while red.neck chic is out gallivanting around Zapp Hall field in Warrenton. Yep. This single-wide's not too shabby, if you know what I mean. Lots of little what-nots. Some half-empty cans of spray paint. Bling on that table. Traces of silver glitter all over the floor. She must've hauled tail in a hurry! I'm guessing she was loading that trailer up until THE very last minute, making sure all those wild Warrenton women would have loads of bags, jewelry, junk and everythingelseunderthesun to drool over.

Let me just say that I visited red.neck chic Friday. And maybe again Saturday. And probably Sunday and Monday, too. AND... I came home with a couple of friends I found right in the middle of the red.neck chic tent. The coolest art couple (male and female restroom symbols all silvery and sparkling with glitter and measuring almost four feet tall). And a necklace. And another necklace.

I know she'd love to see you. Why don't you go visit her tomorrow or Friday or even Saturday and tell her Kristi sent you. But don't let her know I hacked her. That might make her feel used. And dirty. And in need of a shower. And showers are hard to come by out in the fields!

I just know there's some junk at the red.neck chic tent with your name written all. over. it.

You'll stop by and pick it up, won't you?!

PS: That's us up there in that photo, having all kinds of fun.

it's time to celebrate - part 7

"Lamp Lighter's UN.PLUGGED"

This name came about because I have moments.
I can NEVER get my lamps to turn on when I want them to.

Mainly 'cause I forget to plug them in! A couple of weeks ago I invented new vocabulary words because my new computer monitor wouldn't work. *pffffft*

Plug it in? What? Never said I was the brightest bulb in the box...

I have so much fun turning junk fun things in to lamps! But... lamps and chandeliers are SO taste/decor specific! For example: I might be the only twisted person that has a bug zapper chandelier hanging over an 18-wheeler table lamp.

How about:

instead of a "Lamp Lighter's UN.PLUGGED" lamp I throw in an Edison Bulb as the celebration prize for you to put in your favorite lamp? After you plug it in of course...

I'm taking all comments from each "celebrate-late-with-me" post and ALL comments will be entered to win - you are going to get SEW many chances because your name goes in for each comment you leave!!!

Tell your friends about the fun over here (then tell me) and you get TWO chances to win per post that you share!

New follower? Thank You! Tell me and I'll welcome you as soon as I throw your name in the duct tape roll twice for the the post you taped yourself on to!

So far the BIG giant box has... a pocketbook, some SUDZ, some Glam, a piece of Retreauxgirl AWESOMEness,  a Saddle Tramp shirt... and a partridge in a pear tree. Oops - I mean - some red.neck Lip Grease and a dishtowel from Thunderbird Linens... now an Edison Bulb and there's STILL more to come...

but I'm leaving you! I'm all loaded, hooked up and Warrenton/Zapp Hall bound! I'll keep you updated while I'm gone - and when I get back I will have more to add to the super huge celebration box - and we will continue celebratin' as if I never left you...

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I'm thinking I'm going to miss you! Please tell me I'll see you in the cow pasture?! You'll know me by the duct tape - and all the lamps that may - or may not - be lit up in the 'hood...

p.s. So that you can sing along with me - here you go!!!

*big cheesy grin*

it's time to celebrate - part 6

"Thunderbird Linens".

Pretty much every state - every town - has a Thunderbird Motel that is a throw-back from another time... and most times you drive by it and you think - AUGH! It looks so "ick" and seedy... REALLY bad horror movieish!

Then - your mind wanders and you have visions of Norman Bates and the shower scene from Psycho...

And you want to stay there so that you can say you have spent the night in the seediest, cheesiest, B-Rated motel - survived Norman and his Mama - and got a T-shirt... knowing the whole time that the only way you will stay there is if you bring your own linens.

1 red.neck + a highly overactive imagination = "Thunderbird Linens".

"Thunderbird Linens" is... anything bed/bath/house linen related:

And... anything else I can get my hands on linen wise and add some "chic" to! Wanna win a dish towel?

I'm taking all comments from each "celebrate-late-with-me" post and ALL comments will be entered to win - you are going to get SEW many chances because your name goes in for each comment you leave!!!

Tell your friends about the fun over here (then tell me) and you get TWO chances to win per post that you share!

New follower? Thank You! Tell me and I'll welcome you as soon as I throw your name in the duct tape roll twice for the the post you taped yourself on to!

I've got one waiting for you!

But can be used in the same room as the kitchen sink!

So far the BIG giant box has... a pocketbook, some SUDZ, some Glam, a piece of Retreauxgirl AWESOMEness,  a Saddle Tramp shirt... and a partridge in a pear tree. Oops - I mean - some red.neck Lip Grease... and there's more to come... still. Big box.

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I'm starting to load up for Zapp Hall! I'll be right next to the Trash Talkin' Diva (Yay!!!) and her Cat Daddy (who's turning 21!)... you'll know me by my duct tape! I'm not finished with ANYTHING really... but I'm loading... and finishing...