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TWO YEARS and 100 POSTS

Can you believe I have been blogging for two years?  Me either! It's gone by so quickly! I thought I would recap a few things I've created this past year with some photos. Please let me know your thoughts, likes and dislikes. I want to make this blog amazing! Thank you! Thank you! This is my 100th post as well!! Pretty cool!!!  I hope you have enjoyed reading my blogs as much as I enjoy making, creating, and sewing!! Thank you so much to my family, friends, and followers  for all your support and encouragement! See you next time!

Palette shelf DIY

          So, I found these palettes, and I wanted to get crafty with em'. And when I say found... I mean scavenged, and offered extra credit  to any of my students who could get one and bring it to me. I recieved 2! Awesome!! I cut off the bottom part of the gray-ish  palette.  A couple of my students helped me during study hall.  Better than physics homework I guess? :)   That made a sort-of-shelf with no bottom,  so I took off another plank from the side and crudely nailed it to what is now the bottom. Ta Da! I borrowed my friend Mandi's electric sander  (She's the physics teacher... shhhh.),  and smoothed out those rough spots. The bottom plank is really crudely nailed in,  but it is secure, and safe!   I liked the rough and rustic-ness of it. Thank you for your electric sander Mandi! Then, I sealed it with a low odor clear coat varnish. I loved the ...