Friday, August 9, 2013

The Finishing Line...

Hi folks...I'm in a bit of a hoop-de-doo mood this morning...the finishing line is finally in sight but before the last 2 doors get their glossy overcoat...I had to find a solution for a big problem...this is the only route to the kitchen and garden...sticky paint...the Furry Boy and the billions of hairs he sheds in the course of a day do not go well together...a great big logistical dilemma calling for desperate measures...a dog friendly NO THROUGH ROAD sign ...after all he's not too hot in the reading department...fingers crossed he gets the message that traffic is temporarily diverted out the front door and through the garage and doesn't try to crawl under it or heaven forbid if he's in daft Goldie mode try to hurdle my make shift obstacle...
Next dilemma...can't paint the walls until the doors are dry and watching paint dry is not one of my favourite pastimes...can you believe I'm now toying with the idea of giving this old pine bookcase a bit of an "Annie Sloan" make-over...yet another mad as a box of frogs idea that popped into my head...seems I've been well and truly bitten by the paint everything in sight bug.
Which begs the question...will I ever manage to prise the paintbrush from my hand and make it back to the cubbyhole to my proper day job...much more fun and not nearly as messy. I do hope so because the pile of craft worky stuff has grown to Everest proportions whilst I've been playing Grand Designs and if all goes to plan...I'm intending locking myself away for a week of frantic catch up crafting and maybe then I can have some "me having fun" playtime with the happy mail parcels that arrived whilst I've been otherwise engaged...including this delicious bundle of goodies that Penny Black and my lovely buddy Jill Avery Foster sent me to play with...
Thanks folks for your kind generosity...I'm itching to get out the ink pads and have some Penny Black fun...if that's not an incentive to crack on and nail the DIY deadline...I don't know what is.
The Friday girls came up trumps on our "bits and pieces" shopping trip yesterday and I'll be sharing once the room has been dressed...that's just Interior Design speak for hanging the curtains (another of my least favourite pastimes) and plumping the cushions.
See you all tomorrow
Hugs Kath xxx