Puzzle Piece

I love puzzles. 

I will show you all the puzzle 

pictures I've taken the last couple of years. 

My family has this thing about putting their 

hands on the puzzle and taking a picture. 

It's weird but we do remember who was there. 

Any way I bought a $1 puzzle at a thrift store, 

I didn't care if it had all its pieces. 

I painted the backside of the puzzle pieces 

yellow and used a piece of wood about 

11" by 14" and painted it bright orange. 

I just couldn't decide which shape I want 

the puzzle pieces to be in, 

but I finally decided after moving around the pieces

a bunch of times in a diagonal, that slowly got bigger

and looked almost like a speech bubble. 

Finished product:

I like it, it might end up in the non displayed pile, 

only because it does not match my bedroom. 

Best wishes 

By -J

Arrow String Art

So my first try in posting on a schedule

and I failed. 

So Saturday night and I'm posting. 

It's craft week!

I love arrows, its a new love. 

So I wanted to do a craft that involved arrows. 

And I also have a new love of string art. 

I couldn't find any templates, 

which posed a problem because

I am not good with straight lines 

and making thinks look even. 

But I got out my ruler and tried to make 

my own template. 

Which did not go well. 

But I love the colors, 

also its a learning experience. 

But a picture is worth a thousand words so here it is. 

The lines on the bottom are crooked 

and not the same length.

And the triangle on top is uneven. 

It will stay on the back of my self 

to remind me to find a template.

Best Wishes

By -J 

My New Goals

Where to start? 

Well, I have been thinking about this blog. 

I really love crafting and sharing easy how-to

but I also want to share other things like shopping, 

and inspiration. Things like that. 

When you see successful people you forget they 

started somewhere small, 

like a dorm room :) 

When we choose to venture into something new

we forget the uphill climb to any level of success. 

Anyway, I'm not a person to spend lots of money 

on clothing. The most expensive thing I own is probably 

a $30 dress. I buy clearance, sales, and use coupons. 

I buy second hand and where hand-me-downs. 

That is who I am. 

I don't care, I am who I am. 

I just bought a dress for $5 that has a tear in the 

side seam that I can easily fix, 

so a $30 dress for $5 and a 20min repair. 

That is a good deal!

I want to show young ladies how to shop, 

buy and wear affordable clothing. 

I think I finally found what this blog is for!

I am very excited to work on this in the coming posts. 

I will also get on a schedule of posting once a week. 

Probably Thursday or Friday. 

I am so excited to start this new journey. 

The gist of this post?

The new theme will be craft tutorials 

and clothing/fashion ideas and inspiration. 

Thank You!

By -J 

Camping Trip 2015

Through a series of events it came about that 

my brother and I were going camping in Fort De Soto area. 

I was excited not only because it was my first road trip 

where I would be driving but 

because it was the Gulf of Mexico and 

it was at a beach and I love the beach. 

And I've always wanted to see the sunset on the

West Coast of FL. 

(I saw it in CA and it was amazing!)
Anyway we planned on camping and just exploring

beaches and the city and relaxing. 

We made a reservation to do a ferry ride to an 

island with "white sandy beaches 

and clear water perfect for snorkeling"

I was pumped. 

The forecast showed rain, but this is 

Florida and rain comes and go 

so I was prepared. 

It poured 24/7

and the wind practically blew us away. 

It was a mess. 

Also the wonderful ferry to the island I was 

looking forward to was canceled and they took us 

to another island that was a mess and we stayed for 

3 hours and it was windy and cloudy. 

The water was warm which was good because 

I was going in no matter what. 

Here are some pictures of the interesting and 

full of adventure trip. 

Off we go!

On the island. 

The beach was less "sandy white beaches"

and more sea oats and bushes 

with sand spurs. 

The ocean was very rough and stormy

we were lucky to have a few hours with no rain. 

Me with the Gulf!

Fort De Soto. 

The top of the fort 

one second cloudy the next pouring rain. 

We were a little gloomy 

so we found Panera and Wifi :)

The sundial in downtown St.Pete

We found the Ln but not the Sunshine :) 

Lots of beautiful building downtown.

The fountain of youth 

(Supposedly)

Salvador Dali Museum

This building is so cool! 

Completely soaked but still walking. 

The record for the fastest

 10 mile run was set in St.Pete.

The bay all rainy.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge

which is very scary!

And I accidentally drove over it,

Siri gave us the wrong directions.

Egmont Key

The Pier in Fort De Soto 

This part of the fort was built a little to 

close to the water and it fell awhile ago. 

These are the ruins. 

It was rainy but it was fun over all.

By - J