Felt Quiet Book 1

I've been working on a quiet book off and on for about a month now, and it's finally DONE! Well, except for the title on the front page... details. Anywho, I put the finishing touches on it this morning before church, and took it to try out on some of the kids we would sit by. TOTAL HIT! The kids loved it, and so did the parents. My hubby kept trying to take it during sacrament meeting to play with himself. I told him we'd better just hurry and have a kid so he can have a good excuse to mess around during Sacrament Meeting. (hint, hint). I found the patterns in different places--aka blogs, a friend, my mom, my head, etc.

End result:

Project 7: Fall Wreath

The wreath was about $6.00. Total probably close to $12. The plants were all half-off when I bought them, and I already had the big scarecrow from last year.

Project 6: Large Wall Clock

I found this clock at a thrift shop called "Shabby to Sheek." It had been there for months, and every time I walked by I liked it, but thought it was probably a lost cause. Then, one day while I was there, I decided to get it! I was able to talk them down to $1.00, so figured why not?



What did I do to it? Absolutely NOTHING! I wiped off the webs, then hung it on the wall. Just needed new batteries! I like the broken pieces. I think thy add character. What do you think?

Project 5: Another Table

I was given this table from a lady cleaning up her garage sale. She just wanted it gone, so it was free. I didn't have to do much. Just washed it down, and it happens to fit our hermit crab tank PERFECTLY!



I'm thinking of making a skirt for the table so we can put our animal stuff under it without being seen.

Project 4: Two-leaf Table

I found this table at an "indoor garage sale" in Wamego, KS. It was in the back room piled on some other stuff he hadn't marked for selling yet. I asked what he wanted for it, and he said "That thing? You want that table? It needs a LOT of work!" That was EXACTLY why I wanted it!



At first, the table looked like an antique, but the stand for one of the leaves was broken. I wanted to fix the stand and strip and polish the table for my front room. After the stripper didn't work, I looked more closely, and there's no way it's an antique! I decided to toss the leaves (they were warped anyway), and paint the base the same color as my wrought iron table and chairs. It's now on the deck to set my pots on. What do you think?