I have several projects that I have wanted to do before Thanksgiving and Christmas. Guess what!?! I actually got one of them done. I'm so glad I put the thought and plan into action and did it. It would have been such an easy project to think about and never do.
This little table has been in my mother's shed for years. It used to belong to her mother and I had a spot in my house that it would be perfect for, but it needed some work.
I had to sweep it, vacuum it, wash it, then sand it, and fill in holes and gaps. Now it was ready for some change. I painted the legs black and stained the top with mahogany colored stain (I later found out the color I really wanted was cherry--the mahogany was darker than I had wanted, but it was too late and I didn't want to re-sand it).
Next came the first coat of polyurethane. I did this in the house because it was cold outside. Oh boy, it took a long time for the fumes to die down!
After sanding it with fine sand paper and putting on a 2nd coat of polyurethane, it was done -- yea!!!
I couldn't wait until after Thanksgiving to get out this fabric/stuffed manger scene. The table is short, so the grandkids can reach and play with this manger scene just like my daughters did when they were little.
I've been spending hours, days, weeks, months, on creating new patterns for my website, then suddenly when I'm almost finished with two new crochet patterns my website disappears. Honestly, it is like it just vanished from the face of the earth. I called my hosting provider and they could not figure out what happened (btw-this took three days of calling and going back and forth and being on hold, ugh!).
But alas! I now have my website back up, only because I had enough run around from my old provider (which I had for more than 7 years), and got a new one and I also had to get a new domain name. I'm excited about the new domain name, it is the same as my blog ---- momof5daughters.com This meant changing everything on my website from Ivy Stitching to Mom of 5 Daughters.
I'm so glad it's all done (whew!!!)
One of the funnest things me and my daughters and grandkids did, was a little video. It distantly (very distantly) follows the "Billy Goats Gruff" story and we are all wearing Aladdin like slippers that I made. (The pattern is on my old yet new website). It was a lot of fun, and I get a good laugh every time I see it. I'll try and put it on this post ----- pause, while I try and do this . . .
Yea!!! it worked! And it was easy. After all the mess with my old host company and those computer challenges, I'm so glad inserting this video was soooo easy (knock on wood).
Changing the subject, today (while doing some shopping) I'm in search for gold tin foil. If I find it, later on I will post the cool thing I'm going to do with it. 'Til then have a great day!
