Hi out there!  A whole lot has been going on around here.  Sunday we picked our exchange student up from

the airport and it has been a whirl wind ever since!  He is adorable and such a happy kid, we love him!  One

of his first observations was our "garden" (yard) was so different than what they have back home......

My husband is loving these elephant ears and banana plants, especially with the weather lately, these plants 

are even bigger!  Now he is talking about planting bamboo -I think no he wants to live on an island 

somewhere, not me.   It really is  pretty in person and you do get the vacation feel while drinking morning 

coffee!  

I am also posting on

 http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com

http://www.shabbynest.blogspot.com

Best Wishes for everyone for a fabulous Labor Day  weekend!  We are hosting a potluck dinner, I hope the weather is good!!

Until next time, 

Trisha

My bff Angela and I go out pretty much every week for "thrifty Friday.  Well, she's in Florida visiting her mom so I was forced to go without her.  Good thing I did..............or I wouldn't have found these!!!!!  I am so excited!  Tom is going to hang them over our kitchen island/bar...I'll show you in a future post.  Sorry Angela, I had a great day on West Chester Pike!  Sorry you couldn't be there!

Until next time!

Trisha

I give up!  I am no longer going to waste hours trying to get on to Wow us Wednesday -- Sorry all the people out there who are just dying to see my work!!!!!!!  Maybe it was just too big of a party for me to attend - I'll stick to the ones I can easily attend!!!!!!!  And just continue to enjoy reading Kim's blog @ Savvy Southern Style --

Now it is good evening!!  Thank God it is 5 o'clock somewhere so I can soothe the nerves with a glass of wine while I attempt to figure this out!!!!!!


Here is a tricycle that I picked up roadside (no dollar shopping!!), brought home and painted with Rustoleum's brightest red I could find.  We just recently had a yard sale and everyone wanted it, I had to put a tag on it "not for sale"!!  I am going to try to join Wow us Wednesday - this seems to be the hardest party for me to join - I'm hoping to one day figure it out in less than 5 hours!  I should be doing something more creative in that time!!!!!  If anyone has any tips - I'd sure appreciate them!

My favorite "lawn ornament!!"

We'll see if I was able to link up -- If I wasn't - you should still go to Savvy Southern Style to see all the creativity out there!!

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Until next nervous break down!!!!!!!

Trisha

Good Morning!  I have changed my blog name back to the original Happy Hands at Home DIY because that is truly me.  I thought it sounded corny and wanted to sound more sophisticated with the creative collaborative redo's - but the problem was, I'm not that way!!  I am who I am.   I am truly happy at home doing what I do best, creating!  This will be the last time I change it!  Besides, when someone would ask me the name of the blog I couldn't remember exactly!!!!!!  My sister-in-law's mother used to call herself happy hands at home and I thought that was both funny and appropriate so I asked her years ago if I ever started a business, could I use that name, she said yes!!  Thanks Kitty!!

It is a beautiful day here in the Philadelphia area, cool and 66 degrees!  I hope that you enjoy your day and until next time........thanks for listening/reading!

Trisha

MMS Luckett's Green Armoire

Good Morning All ( hopefully there is more than me reading this!!!!)   Today I am going to link to the http://www.somuchbetterwithage.com/2013/08/give-me-the-goods-party-no- 21/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.somuchbetterwithage.com%E2%80%9D party and hope you will check it out!  This armoire was a real deal, a local craft store was closing shop and I had been consigning there, she offered me this for a price I could not refuse - I had always wanted one, had no use for it (like all the other "junk" I have), but never the less, it came home.  It was dark brown - not my favorite.  Before chalk paint was in vogue, I painted this off white with the intention of doing some decorative painting on it - never happened.  Then a few weeks ago, before blogging, I had discovered MMS paint.  I tried the Luckett's Green and really liked it.  It did not chip, bubble, crinkle, peel, etc.  It just went on in a variety of tones of green, blue, ochre.  I don't know if the picture does it justice - After painting it I then sealed it with AS clear wax - I still might accent it with some decorative painting -

I lightly sanded these edges  to add some scruffiness to it

Maybe I'm doing something wrong when I mix - too thin?  But whenever I get to the bottom of the cup of paint, I always end up with all different shades of ochre, the beginning is always blue hues.  Does anyone have any ideas on why this always happens?

Best wishes for a wonderful week!  Thanks so much for dropping over, until next time.......

Trisha

24 hr pass

THANK GOD

For good friends who invite you to the shore !!!!