More Goodies From Mom & A Thrift Store Buy

I forgot to post pictures of some of my goodies that I received from my Mom when I went to visit her for Mother's Day. She decided to clean out some of her totes that were in the basement and I was thrilled as to what she was willing to give me. Who wouldn't love some stitcheries - right? My favorite one is the Mud Pie Recipe. If you noticed it says Clara Mae on the bottom of it and that was my Grandma's name. I am definitely going to display that one proudly here in my home. It would be cute in Cameron's room - don't you think? I also thought that it would look cute by our back door too, but we will have to wait and see. I just love the way the picture frames look as well. So prim - don't you think? My Mom also gave me the Primitives sign which I am sure I will be able to find a home for. They all fit my decor perfectly!!

I truly enjoyed my day yesterday. I had nothing to do and my husband was umpiring some softball games which is does frequently so I took advantage of Cameron being down for a nap and worked on some of my projects that I had to do. I needed to work on the gift that I was making for Kris. She was the lucky one to win my giveaway. I was also working on something else that totally became one HUGE mess!! I decided to work on a game board that was going to be red over black. Well, it turned out wonderfully. I sanded it and stained it and then you could barely see my checkerboard. Oh, it was a mess SO I ended up sanding that off and re-doing my game board. Gotta love it when you learn lessons (lol). I also stopped by the Goodwill store tonight and luckily the butting board that I passed up a couple days ago was still there. I put it down before because it was so filthy and dirty that I was afraid to even pick it up, but it was screaming my name to take it home and give it a makeover so for 50 cents..... I picked it up ever so gently and carried it to the counter. I scrubbed it down with an SOS pad, let it dry and sanded the heck out of it. OH - this thing was so gross and I can't believe that I bought it, but after I am done with it........ it will look worth more then just 50 cents. Here is a picture of the gross cutting board. I already took the metal cheese sign off of and it had rubber legs on the bottom of it and I took those off as well. Stay Tuned for a much improved make-over on this bad boy. It definitely needed it and it is on it's way to a new and improved prim life (lol).
I will also be sharing pictures of a new sign and game board that I have been working on. My Mom requested the sign and I am sure that if any of you are Yellow Ware collectors then you will probably LOVE the sign. I know that I was pretty thrilled with the way that it turned out and hopefully you all will be impressed too!