Valentine's Day at the Shop

Musical Bear, Red Hat Bear , Plush Bears, Kitty and Frog! Pretty Red Bulbs--looks real!

Getting Ready for Valentine's Day

Some Valentine's gifts from the shop. Been busy today with breavement gifts. Adding more new gifts for breavemeant. Have many items for Valentine Gift Baskets too!

Room Remodel!

New hardwood flooring and pretty faux paint as well as decorating! by Trena Corbin Building and Designs. Beautiful work at a reasonable price!

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Simple Pleasures

Tonight I am posting a tried and true easy Banana Cake that is great for Weight Watchers! Yes, I am a lifetime member now, so am always on the hunt for easy to make sweets!

Banana Cake

1 box yellow cake mix (any brand)
1 diet clear soda (Sprite, or store brand)
1 egg white
2 ripe banana's, mashed
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

In large bowl combine cake mix, diet soda, egg white. Beat on low speed for 2 minutes.
Add mashed banana's, and chopped nuts. Stir well. Place in a 13 X 5 baking pan and
bake at 350 degrees for about 38 minutes. Remember, oven temps vary!
Just leave in the pan and slice into regular squares, 2 points per square.

As you can see I like to do things very easy! This is really delicious and SIMPLE and CHEAP!
Everything rolled into one easy dessert that keeps well for several days.


My friend Pamela (Beehind Thymes) has committed to a simpler life style. Her latest blog has inspired me, well, Pamela always inspires me! Please check out her link on this site and I bet she will inspire you too!
Good common sense which we all need to use during these tough times.

I was a little down not to long ago and was talking to my Dad who is 78 years young and he told me this:

I would rather try something great and fail,
then to have tried nothing and succeed.

I do not know where he obtained this quote, but he has used it often in his life.
So, I will keep trying to obtain my goals and perhaps I will succeed! I have met alot of very nice people thru these last weeks since I have been blogging--have felt their support even though they do not know me very well. I feel their spirit and goodness and pray for each and everyone to have a great and simple life and that you succeed in whatever your goals are!
(Tried to add a picture but it won't let me, guess I goofed)
Blessings

Mural

We have been having a small remodel job in our great room: Kitchen/Living Room for the last week. It will be completed today! Thought I would share a mural that was painted by Trenea Corbin of Campbellsville, Ky. She painted this over my sink and it is a lakeside view next to our house of our lake and an old small house, that is no longer usable. This picture does not do it justice! Trena and her crew have been working on laying new oak floors to our great room as well as painting the entire room in a beautiful faux finish for a much needed update! Later I will post before and after pictures.

Trena Corbin Designs can draw up blueprints for room additions, remodel/design rooms. They can do everything in home design. Trena is an artist who has done many murals in the Campbellsville and Greensburg Area. Not only can she do home murals she has done complete buildings in Greensburg Ky. for which the City won an award for her beautification work. She also does oil paintings on canvas and has a huge sellection of design picture frames!

She can also do window treatments, slipcovers, pillows etc... the list goes on and on! Trena and her crew are perfectionist, who will make sure the job is done to your liking. She has reasonable prices to fit your pocketbook in this tight economy! If you purchase your paint, flooring etc... you will be paying for labor only charge. This is great because I had my oak flooring since May. It was stored in a cabin on our property. They laid, sanded, stained and polyed it and did a wonderful job at a very reasonable price. We decided to add the mural and new paint for the room and now have a total make over, just like the design team would do on HGTV! They will finish up today and I will post more soon. If you would like to contact Trena her email is:

dtcorbin@comcast.net. She has a blog page under http://trenacorbindesigns.blogspot.com

Hope everyone has a great week, hope to get out later in the week and look for some more thrift finds! Also, we are having a huge Antique Auction this Saturday in Lebanon, Ky. at Center Square (downtown Lebanon) this is a double estate auction of many fine Antiques and more! Guess I will be spending the day there! Anyone interested and need more info. please contact me and I will be happy to assist you. This one is going to be a great one!

Great Finds in Lexington

Thursday, while in Lexington I came across

these needful things at thrift markets!

Above is a collection of really cute decor'

A ole' metal and glass small greenhouse,

2 wooden books, a vintage metal hanging

rack for keys and envelopes that has been hand painted with purple flowers. A wooden Angel w/little girl, a Screen Door decorated key rack.

This is really cute, it has kitty's on the top and bottom of door, very detailed w/ wood tree on side, picket fence with birdhouse, little milk jugs by the door and a mailbox on which says "Ally Katz Whiskerville Ohio" the little box flag actually goes up and down! The white pillow behind is a nice sampler stitched in front, clean and beautifully done.

Also found some nice vintage pillows in excellent condition! One beautiful green and white toile' with loop edging--mint. These will all be added to our shop, or if intrested in items just email me, have not had time to set up a online purchasing blog, but we are hooked up with Paypal! We also barter.

Hope everyone had a nice, enjoyable weekend!

Blessing to all