January Miscellany

I cleaned up more insulators. I love seeing the shiny glass and pretty colors!

 

New Years Eve at the Perry family’s house!

 

Big haired boy! Wyatt is in dire need of a hair cut.

  

Camellias are blooming! I got my first bud last week!

 

Sami snagged up this awesome Georgia sign for me in the mountains.

Our tiny little town just got a new Walmart Neighborhood Market. It is like a mini grocery store. I think it’s mighty convenient (just a few miles from my house) but it’s aisles are pretty tight and it’s a little dark in there. I will probably just do most of my shopping at the local Piggly Wiggly but it’s nice to have options.

 

January is in full swing and I updated my five minute craft project from last month with Chicfetti’s latest calendar. Little happy almost-free projects are smile makers!

 

Justin and I scored this GORGEOUS screen door at a local salvage/junk seller’s house last weekend. It’s going to be a great addition to our chicken coop.

Insulator Lighting

My SIL Amanda and I have amassed a treasure trove of glass insulators that we’ve had stashed away for projects. Justin has used some before for lighting projects using a diamond tipped drill bit and wiring them up for lamps and pendants, but I wanted to use more of them around the house with no real commitment to major work or costs. 

I saw somewhere on Pinterest to place LED battery-operated tea lights under them and just set them around the house and that’s exactly what I did!

These turquoise insulators are really neat with color-changing LED tea lights below them. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the color patterns. When the tea lights are off, they just look like plain blue insulators and you can barely even see the tea lights in them.

  

I also used some plain steady white LED battery operated tea lights for my clear insulators. They look much more realistic on our mantel.

I snapped this pic of the insulators all lit up with my sugar mold candles and tea lights set out on our new table. I think we’re pretty set if the power goes out!

Marching on Along

March has been very busy around the Cook house. Here is just a taste of what’s been going on. One sunshiney Saturday, Amanda, Desiree, and I started cleaning up at Grannie and Papa’s house. Amanda made the best little picnic for the kids and used an ironing board for a table. The kids got a real kick out of it.

Someone found an umbrella hat up there too. It’s going to be added to Justin’s fire clown wardrobe if it manages to fit over his big orange wig.

 

I love these two! They were happy and relaxed after a big dinner one night.

I made a few Pinterest projects too. It was time to make another batch of my homemade powdered laundry detergent. I use this recipe.

My nephew Jake rescued this old window frame. I just screwed some cup hooks on it and it makes a great key/sunglasses rack. I originally planned to fill the frames with pictures, but my SIL suggested chicken wire and using small clothes pins to attach mail, papers for school, etc. I will post a final picture when I decide which option I like best.

Wyatt said he was “just resting” on the dogs’ bed one afternoon when we were out working in the yard.

Justin made this awesome light from galvanized pipes and old power insulators. He is the best! I didn’t even know he was working on it and he just showed up one afternoon with it painted. It goes PERFECTLY on the sewing table I got from Justin’s Grannie’s sewing shop right behind my sofa.

Justin stopped by a yard sale one day and found this cute little red rocking chair for Wyatt for a steal—$5! It is neat with our two beat up rockers on our front patio. I need to brush off the old paint on ours and give them a new coat.