New Bathroom Art

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I am changing the main bathroom again. The tub, etc will stay the same until I can figure out how to twitch my nose like Elizabeth Montgomery on Bewitched and change those too.

The new colors are sepia and deep wine. I have white walls so changing the theme is easy peesy.

I gathered some cabinet card photos and some thrifty rose painted plates and pitchers I already have to put on the shelf.

For Christmas I was given some new towels of the wine color with a matching rug by my dear friend. ( she knows every girl needs a pretend wedding shower after being married almost 17 years when the original wedding gift towels have seen much better days). I have been saving them for the right moment. Today felt like the right moment to allow the towels to actually start being used.

The finishing touch to the bathroom is my altered art. This is the first one. The lace trim around the edge was sent to me by Betty at She's Sew Pretty. Thanks Betty!!! I will make more to hang in the NEW bathroom.

I'll make sure you are the first to hear when I have conquered the

"Bewitched Twitch"!

You Just Never Know...

I have to tell you a story about my travels home this morning from running errands.

I took a different way home through the neighborhood that has the humongous houses.
The kind where both adults work 60 hours a week; they pay the mortgage on their credit card and they buy their kids every new techno gadget the minute it's gone retail. The people that never spend the important thing....TIME with their kids. Time with each other as a family - building a puzzle or having a picnic on a blanket somewhere quiet with food prepared from home. Time with no cell phone or blackberry or blue tooth or any number of those other communication devices that impair the old fashion one to one human interaction.

No-- I'm not jealous that these are the same people that start cozy little fires in the fireplace for their cocktail party with 50 dollar bills and wipe their bottoms with 20 dollar bills. I have some sophisticated tastes but I do it on a thrifty, junkin' kind of budget. My way of life takes more brains and daring than money.

Phew! That turned into a rant when all I was planning was telling you my funny story...so- back to it.

It was recycling day at the curb in the neighborhood of surmised utopia. I spied a BIG bundle of magazines very neatly tied with white twine. I stopped, backed the car up and tossed my (heavy) find into the back seat. They are all Oprah and Rachael Ray mags!!
When I got home I stopped counting at 30 because I had to get to the computer to tell you about it. Now mind you, these 2 would not be my first choices from the entire magazine rack...but a good freebie can make your day!

Recycle indeed. I plan to recycle them right through my brain as I turn the pages and then proceed to cut out articles and pictures.