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Which elizabeth is it?

Ok......we've had quite a few comments from people complaining that they want to know which elizabeth is posting what. So, we've devised an ingenious plan (or something like that) to let you know who is who. If there is poor grammar and any references to soda or pajamas I'm the elizabeth who is posting and from now on I'll sign all my posts with -z.If the instructions are clear and the ideas are super cute it is the other elizabeth who is posting and she will be signing her posts with an -e.Now ... View the Post

$5 Friday

$5 Friday…Dish Towel Apron

Here's a photo of one of my current favorite aprons....Take a dish towel (I bought mine at the Dollar Store of course.) and lay it vertically. Attach extra long apron strings (mine were 2 and a half inches wide and the entire width of the fabric). Finish off with some flowers made from scraps(same kind I used on my broach a couple of posts back). *I made the strings extra long so I could criss-cross them in the back and bring them around front to tie. It isn't necessary but I like it like ... View the Post

$5 Friday

A baby’s room…and some $5 projects

I have been putting together a baby's room and I thought that I would share some of my progress with you all. I am doing the room in turquoise and red (a new color obsession of mine lately) and since I was making the quilt and sheets (I'll show you those soon) I searched and searched for a turquoise bed skirt for the crib. No such luck. So, I got creative with my staple gun. I decided that I wanted a very simple flat skirt anyway, so I literally took out the wood piece, folded the corners to ... View the Post

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I am going through pictures

from our trip to the family cottage and found this picture that I had to post. I just love it when my kids are happy playing cooperatively together. Is it just at our house that this scene is sometimes a pretty rare event? ... View the Post

$5 Friday

$5 Monday

I was slowing recovering from a month of weeds and laundry on Friday so I am playing catch-up. I have a few yard sale purchases that I carted all the way back (2500 miles to be exact), that at the time I wasn't sure why, but now am very glad for the trouble. This is my $2 dollar chair.And here she is after a can of primer (I had the primer) and a $2.97 can of Krylon cherry red spray paint.Lovely. ... View the Post