Bird Pictures and a Kitty

Remember these 2 pictures I printed from online from GraphicsFairy and then I painted these thrifted wood frames to match?

Well I finally found a spot to put them tonight.  Well I finally CHANGED my mind and decided not to put them in my bedroom.

Now they go quite nicely with a picture I have over my sofa..

Abby watched me on the sofa while I hammered and rearranged and took pictures...with her....

and a few more...

and more...good night!

Have a great weekend.... Judi xoxo

Thrifted and Repainted Frames for the Birds.....

This summer while thrifting I picked up 2 unpainted frames from the thrift shop.

I painted them white after I brought them home.  This weekend I went through pics I had from GraphicsFairy and my scrapbooking paper.

After cutting and pasting I came up with these 2 framed pictures. 

 For one of the pictures I used some of my scrapbooking paper to place around it.

There are some inspirational sayings on the paper.   But I needed to pull the 2 pictures closer so I added some of the scrapbooking paper to the outter edges of the birds in the 2nd frame as well. 

 Now they looked like this....

But....I didn't like the frames so white.  In real life the background of the birds and nest are not white but more creamy beige and the frame was just too stark white.

So I pulled out my folk art paints and repainted the frames with black, brown and green.  I kept the birds in the frame so I could get a feel and match up some of the green in it.

I like them better now and in a couple of days I'll give them a nonglossy varnish and I'm sure I'll like them even more.

I was happy with my new pictures.  I'm not quite sure where I will put them........Judi xoxo

Going Home....by Abby

Hi there...its me Abby and today I'm going home... :o( This has been my first summer with my momma and usually she leaves me at home when she comes here on the weekend. Its a 3 hour drive. This time she took me here on her vacation.

I was so good in the carrier and I kept my momma company by talking to her the whole way to the cottage. I didn't even close my eyes to sleep...not one wink! I just meowed at her.

When I got here I had so much xplorin' to do. I checked out everything. There are so many windows here I took over and kept watch.

....I got up right close to watch the hummingbirds but I sure did hollared at when I sat on the placemat on the diningroom table. I was only allowed on the chairs.

I looked out the front door and watched the little chicadees jumping sround on the ground and chirping at me.



I found a great spot on the back of the sofa to watch the world go by. I saw chipmunks and squirrels out this window. I got very excited watching them....

There are cozy lazyboy or lazykitty chairs to get comfy on.....

and high spots to curl up on Marc's hat collection.....

I watched the whole exciting cottage world going past me from the inside....

sometimes I was just so tired I plopped down in the middle of wherever....for a snooze...

sometimes I pretended I was in a real warm place someplace else when we happened to have a sunny day.....

and I even enjoyed my Princess life on the bed....

My momma says if I'm real good on the drive back I might be able to come back again.

Don't you hate it when its the end of a vacation? Meow!! Abby xoxo

BLUE Monday

Everyday is a special day...and today's special day is BLUE Monday hosted by Sally from SmilingSally. Be sure to check out her blog and visit all the other BLUE participants. Everyone loves comments so be sure to leave one. That makes the day more special.

Today I'm sharing with you 2 bird pictures I recently purchased. I've had to take a picture of them from the side because of the glare from the camera. They are a fair size and you can see all the BLUE in them. I don't know what kind of birds they are but I'm really getting "into" birds AND blue!! Some of you know I've had a problem with bringing BLUE into my home but that continues to diminish. I really love these birdies. I got them for a great price too!

I hope your day is full of all goodness....Judi xoxo