Crafty Tuesday

Birdie #2 and I have discovered crafter’s Nirvana…they have opened a Hobby Lobby a mere 35 miles from our house. And it is worth every last mile. I had forgotten the allure of the Hobby Lobby (we had one in Naperville when we lived there.) – it is like a Michaels, a JoAnn Fabrics and a Home Goods all rolled into a store the size of Home Depot.

It. Is. Heaven.

Or at least as close as Two Birdies can get to Heaven here on Earth.

Needless to say our (way too brief!) stop there last year left me itchy with the crafting bug and a few new supplies, but not much to show for it this week.

I have however made a dent (albeit, a little tiny dent) into our House To-Do list. Tell me this isn’t intimidating?

But a dent was made – mainly in the lighting department. Now I am looking for an electrician to come transform our dreary, outdated chandeliers into light and loveliness. Before the aforementioned stop at the Hobby Lobby we traveled to the (this time OPEN) Lamps Plus Outlet. Luckily I found a traditional, simple chandelier with a modern twist for our dining room, which then led to finding foyer/entry way lighting and a top-of-the-stairs pendant, as well. Today with Nena and Grandma’s help I found kitchen lighting and now I’m just looking for something for the girls’ room. Sooo….close! I can’t wait til it is all up and I can show real progress. Right now since all of the boxes are stacked in the garage it still feels a little like “pretend” progress.

I have a few other projects in the works but they’ve been put on hold since we have visitors out here this week. In the meantime I’m looking for good Valentine projects to do that don’t take a lot of time/work/energy but are still pretty. So far we have this…

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I’ve only had to refill it once. ;-) Leave your craftiness for all of us to peruse! Happy Tuesday.

6 thoughts on “Crafty Tuesday

  1. I have a Hobby Lobby less than 2 miles from my house. Dangerous indeed!! That list is definitely intimidating, but at least you know what needs to be done.

  2. I have heard of Hobby Lobby, but don’t have one local. Sounds like a great store! You definitely have your work cut out for you with the home improvement projects. It is continuous. We need to replace our windows, driveway and a ceiling from a leaking skylight. House ownership is a money pit, isn’t it?? ;)

  3. I still just love that chalk board wall.
    I finally published a crafty (if that’s what you call it) post today.

    Soon I’ll have some additional sewing machine based craftiness – I promise!

  4. BTW – where is the Hobby Lobby, I went to that store when I was in Kansas City YEARS ago. Oh Em Gee! Loved it!

  5. Hobby Lobby is one of my great loves… And NEVER pay full price for anything there…I think they must have things on sale at least every two weeks or so!

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