{ seagrass & squirrels }

Happy Wednesday!, woo hoo, we're halfway to the weekend. I just wanted to share a few of my little finds with you today. I was out yesterday, and it was an amazing 71 degrees here, which makes me oh so happy. I went to the big W, because they have a garden center and craft department, I was actually in search of some inexpensive muslin fabric...much to my disappointment, they had no fabric whatsoever. Maybe they are doing away with that dept. not really sure, they seem to be under some construction at this point. Anywhoo, so I just started walking through the aisles just lookin', and I found these great seagrass placemats.

I LOVE SEAGRASS.

I snatched them right up, because the price was right at $3.00 a piece. Apparently I have a placemat addiction because my little wren asked me "mommy why do you always buy placemats?" {admittedly....I do}.

See it there in the background, isn't it just lovely. It's round, and it's seagrass, what more could I ask for? I'm also totally in love with my new "vintage" milkglass compote that I found at a local thrift shop, I just love how it brightens up my table, and green apples always make me happy.

The second thing on my agenda, was to do a little spray painting project.

This is my mail squirrel. I found this quirky little guy where else, but a thrift store.

I like how he holds my new mail neatly against my message board,

while it waits for Papa to read it.

{ I don't do mail }

Here he is again in my spray painting box, waiting for his spray tan.

First I gave him a coat of matte black paint, because I want him to look like cast iron.

Secondly, I gave him many coats of matte ivory.

Here he is in his finished glory under lamplight. I'm not super thrilled with the way he turned out,

I still need to go back and chip off more of the ivory paint, just to make him look a little more distressed,

{ as if holding all of our bills and junk mail isn't distressing enough }.

I'm not sure if I like him better before or after, I kinda miss his handpainted 70's vibe.

He looks a little stark against my colorful message board, but my keeping room desk is due for some updates....

maybe this is just the beginning, mwah ha ha ha

{ Papa will not be happy....}

I'll keep you posted.

* peace & love *

Carrie

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