Whew!
I spent a week or so helping my parents as my momma recovered from hip surgery. Since I arrived home, I hit the ground running with the holidays, etc. My oldest baby girl is dancing 'en pointe' in the Nutcracker Ballet at the INB Performing Arts Center this weekend. I am so thrilled to see her up on the big stage. She works so hard. While at my parents, I made A LOT of fun freezer meals for them -- like French Onion Soup and Creamy Alfredo Spaghetti Pie.
Speaking of Spaghetti, (nice segue, huh?) I had the most fun transforming this 1960s era spun Lucite spherical spaghetti pendant fixture into this glistening, crystal snow-ball centerpiece.
I found this Lucite shade at an outdoor sale at one of my favorite thrift shops here in Spokane. It had been outside exposed to the elements and was coated in road-grime -- you know that gray-brown city dirt. I thought I'd clean it up and sell it at my etsy storefront, magiebelle, or use it as a garden gazing ball, but inspiration struck and after a long time of gentle scrubbing with my favorite Mrs. Meyers cleaning products, my funky fixture became a sparkling spectrum of crystalline, and orb that makes me think of the Winter Warlock ("just Winter, if you will") who's cold heart was warmed by the the gentle love of Kris Kringle. Ahhh, Holiday Warm Fuzzy Moment!
Magical. Beautiful. Vintage. MagieBelle. What transformational decorating can you create with a little transformational vision?
* Here are the full lyrics to Winter's famous song -- just for fun
And soon you'll be walkin' 'cross the flo-o-or
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walkin' out the door.
You never will get where you're goin'
If you never get up on your feet
Come on! There's a good tail wind blowin'
A fast walkin' man is hard to beat!
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walkin 'cross the flo-o-or
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walkin' out the door.
If you want to change your direction
If you're time of life is at hand
Well don't be the rule -- be the exception
A good way to start is to stand.
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walkin 'cross the flo-o-or
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walkin' out the door.
If I want to change the reflection
I see in the mirror each morn
Oh, you do?!
You mean that it's just my election
Just that!
To vote for a chance to be reborn.
You put one foot in front of the other
And soon you are walkin' 'cross the flo-o-or
You put one foot in front of the other
And soon you are walkin' out the door.
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you are walkin 'cross the flo-o-or
Put one foot in front of the other
And soon you'll be walkin' out the door!
(from misfittoys.net)
