tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62837484629551756702024-03-18T14:57:48.873-05:00Bliss RanchA DIY, Furniture Re-do, Home Improvement and Decor blog, with Silliness and Blissfulness of course!Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.comBlogger637125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-82594306202234744942022-01-29T12:23:00.001-06:002022-01-29T12:23:20.014-06:00Valentine Salt Dough Heart Garland<p><br>
I'm not one of those bloggers who changes my decor all that often. I basically like to get something in a spot and leave it there to be dusted around. <br></p><p>Every once in a while the mood strikes me to make something to suit the upcoming occasion, which in this case is Valentines Day unless you want me to do a little Ground Hogs Day decor? </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPSarRAdJ8-tmqW_g8IGeiIs9MFGSNjhiMHfDzIYmt-ViofXAZBmCB2Z7hexDdBNVE1RLQ4uc0z_R1UpbR1kAx-VgW8S6QOjDDuMre7TqFSgfhC3EkqsKSzIOL5es_Va6ANLhWJD4JsWijaxswpj9TUmZqOx1KviZU4i00RkGzCPPPPwOLhGDXBdtp=s593" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Salt Dough Valentine Heart Garland Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPSarRAdJ8-tmqW_g8IGeiIs9MFGSNjhiMHfDzIYmt-ViofXAZBmCB2Z7hexDdBNVE1RLQ4uc0z_R1UpbR1kAx-VgW8S6QOjDDuMre7TqFSgfhC3EkqsKSzIOL5es_Va6ANLhWJD4JsWijaxswpj9TUmZqOx1KviZU4i00RkGzCPPPPwOLhGDXBdtp=w520-h640" title="Salt Dough Valentine Heart Garland Bliss-Ranch.com" width="520"></a> </p>Ummmm, no, I don't think so. <span></span><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2022/01/valentine-salt-dough-heart-garland.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. Just click to read the whole post. Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-6843307370458038172022-01-22T14:44:00.003-06:002022-01-22T14:44:43.291-06:00Bye Bye Birdy Coasters<p>These coasters were for the birds.</p><p></p><p>I've had them for close to 20 years, a gift from a cousin. There was nothing wrong with them, and we used them in our cedar porch for most of their almost 20 years, it's just that birds on coasters is not really my deal. So I retired them to a bin of stuff to paint someday.</p><p>Some day apparently arrived last week along with a tube of Fusion Mineral Paint in Champlain.<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi87RaKQaLKXLwmQV9UKLvBgVPtHNujgWGVkWEPL43IRhff5hHJDJGZTN53N3KPgwL4AK1T4OXg8p6j2q7F3flpQAD4Z-DPIQwJ5LpJXoF5kzdxJFXUD4TguvDnRuVqD0G9epeFu-y4hxweyuC4L7Sm-2J4vJbbjIaR7qPkkahn4uVmwXqP2azVp-D3=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Recycled coasters stenciled with Old Sign Stencils" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi87RaKQaLKXLwmQV9UKLvBgVPtHNujgWGVkWEPL43IRhff5hHJDJGZTN53N3KPgwL4AK1T4OXg8p6j2q7F3flpQAD4Z-DPIQwJ5LpJXoF5kzdxJFXUD4TguvDnRuVqD0G9epeFu-y4hxweyuC4L7Sm-2J4vJbbjIaR7qPkkahn4uVmwXqP2azVp-D3=w482-h640" title="Recycled coasters stenciled with Old Sign Stencils" width="482"></a></div><p></p><p><span></span></p><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2022/01/bye-bye-birdy-coasters.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. Just click to read the whole post. Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-57486670633737750342021-02-12T10:18:00.001-06:002021-02-12T10:18:09.271-06:00Custom DIY Recipe Box Dividers<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Lets see now.... for my last
project I gave a makeover to a pine box made in school by a child named “ME”, up-cycling it into a useful recipe box. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
It was a <i>sweet</i> redo using a <i>sweet</i> sugar stencil from the Old Sign Stencil
collection. You can see the <b><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2021/01/pine-box-makeover-sweet-recipe-holder.html" target="_blank">recipe box details here</a></b>, and the <b><a href="https://www.funkyjunksoldsignstencils.com/collections/grain-sack-designs-all/products/sugar?aff=9" target="_blank">sugar stencil here</a></b>. <br>
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But a recipe box needs dividers so a gal doesn't get confused and concoct something like strawberry meatball poke cake sauce, and when I couldn't find the right
sized dividers, with labels that said exactly what I wanted, I made my own. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Because I have a pretty swell new recipe box, and recipe storage issues.<br></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46ijTOtJHE_rIFTJTXVDS4MVocK9vV-EFpOxkV5g-ENpQT8KYQH1zJWlHEmVQDm6PQcI4fY2QdktMzMIRRCM_D3kheEd5KGvjyWCcgeKFWGj7kJFhaJFixu7GXXp8P7pLEmOlrJDdfRA/s800/recipe+dividers+9756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Recipe Box DIY Dividers Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46ijTOtJHE_rIFTJTXVDS4MVocK9vV-EFpOxkV5g-ENpQT8KYQH1zJWlHEmVQDm6PQcI4fY2QdktMzMIRRCM_D3kheEd5KGvjyWCcgeKFWGj7kJFhaJFixu7GXXp8P7pLEmOlrJDdfRA/w640-h426/recipe+dividers+9756.jpg" title="Recipe Box DIY Dividers Bliss-Ranch.com" width="640"></a></span></span></div><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2021/02/custom-diy-recipe-box-dividers.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. 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Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-82051329124342091992021-01-28T06:00:00.023-06:002021-01-28T06:00:00.243-06:00Pine Box Makeover, A Sweet Recipe Holder<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many of my projects are special.</span></span></pre><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At least to <i>me</i> anyway. </span></span></pre><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzltSMp0bOFqvmI5adeB7U_aiTwkvkLJ0DTJXEdw5EM-rMAPYD79qOXLGahrWUrCelREel7Z50aAuhyphenhyphenxoxDKUiDrbGG8VCLHy9CACAIPp5lN-5gpXUAExf36b78QyxqcNwinAxk4fO0gc/s677/recipe+box+9697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Recipe Box Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="677" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzltSMp0bOFqvmI5adeB7U_aiTwkvkLJ0DTJXEdw5EM-rMAPYD79qOXLGahrWUrCelREel7Z50aAuhyphenhyphenxoxDKUiDrbGG8VCLHy9CACAIPp5lN-5gpXUAExf36b78QyxqcNwinAxk4fO0gc/w640-h434/recipe+box+9697.jpg" title="Recipe Box Bliss-Ranch.com" width="640"></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div></pre><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2021/01/pine-box-makeover-sweet-recipe-holder.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. Just click to read the whole post. Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-60919205888923678892021-01-12T06:00:00.012-06:002021-02-03T14:10:37.799-06:00Vintage Dirty Laundry Basket<p>Do you ever pick something up that you don't need, but feel like you could find a purpose for it just because it's a good price and you kind of like it?</p><p>Of course not, I'm the only one.</p><p>You can't fool me, I know you do it too, maybe at Home Goods or Target, something ends up in your cart because you can't pass it by?</p><p>Well that's what happened to me a few years ago leaving a flea market with some friends. I saw a vintage basket and stand combo marked twenty bucks, and I briefly thought on it and said sure why not, and it came home with me.<br></p><p>First it sat in the garage for a year collecting saw dust. </p><p>Then it went to the shed o'schidt for a couple more years compacting the dirt on it's facade.</p><p>And then last week my washing machine broke. <br></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf5AAPRonYDYbZnkApRnUjq9qBddnqWwzBWD6hKgarN-wu48XIHmRb-ZBikfMUhHkJi85im0DyzQiMW-aaBwpM9xQ6po_JQ72QA14VvZXzlPQUZxFVvAJYKe68pJrz2EFl6R1onmE8m4/s889/dirty+laundry+basket+9653.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vintage Laundry Basket On Stand, stenciled makeover, Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf5AAPRonYDYbZnkApRnUjq9qBddnqWwzBWD6hKgarN-wu48XIHmRb-ZBikfMUhHkJi85im0DyzQiMW-aaBwpM9xQ6po_JQ72QA14VvZXzlPQUZxFVvAJYKe68pJrz2EFl6R1onmE8m4/w576-h640/dirty+laundry+basket+9653.jpg" title="Vintage Laundry Basket Stand stenciled makeover, Bliss-Ranch.com" width="576"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr></tbody></table><span></span><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2021/01/vintage-dirty-laundry-basket.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. 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Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-11909206992091193732020-12-18T08:23:00.001-06:002020-12-18T08:24:52.843-06:00Old Time Wood Christmas Stockings<p>For many years I've had my eye on antique sock stretchers but I never looked at them as a Christmas decoration. <br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBGkVKyJSiyCOecapdbhcp6xmi6rTUBgPMNamIyyiUv_0jZxJCaL8ppbsqQ1y5BvhgzHrZRkbBWgwANeULCuVYD583XIu3mMPuuDgf4Zl3b-x4sEyrIfha7nUv8wrG8N73XDVTNYqXxU/s981/wood+stockings+9575.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Stenciled Wood Christmas Stockings Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBGkVKyJSiyCOecapdbhcp6xmi6rTUBgPMNamIyyiUv_0jZxJCaL8ppbsqQ1y5BvhgzHrZRkbBWgwANeULCuVYD583XIu3mMPuuDgf4Zl3b-x4sEyrIfha7nUv8wrG8N73XDVTNYqXxU/w522-h640/wood+stockings+9575.jpg" title="Stenciled Wood Christmas Stockings Bliss-Ranch.com" width="522"></a></div><p>If you don't believe "sock stretchers" are a thing, Google it. </p><p>They're from the early 1900's when most socks were made out of wool. Wool socks took a long time to dry and like anything made of wool, when washed they could shrink. So the wool socks were put on wood forms to stretch and keep their shape while they dried, hence sock stretchers.<span></span></p><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2020/12/old-time-wood-christmas-stockings.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. Just click to read the whole post. Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-5411401514817418732020-12-08T06:00:00.003-06:002020-12-08T06:00:05.971-06:00Skiing Into Christmas<div><p>I don't have to type it but I will, 2020 can move on out after Christmas, but wait... I can't keep the new rules straight... is Christmas cancelled? </p><p>It doesn't really matter the "official" rule on this, Christmas is not cancelled in my house or heart, and not at my craft table either.</p><p><span>As if everyone's lives weren't a mess in at least one aspect, be it maneuvering through child care and home schooling, working from home, or not working, or just trying to stay healthy among a million other little worries, inside my walls is an actual mess. </span></p><p><span>We started a remodel in February with removing walls, and all the mess that goes with it, and here we are 9 months later and I haven't birthed a new kitchen yet. And you know what? While that mess has gotten old along with me, there are more important things, because in the big picture of where the world is at I don't really care about my kitchen. Well I guess that's a lie - I do care because I have to live among the disarray - but not like it matters much to me since the important things haven't stopped. I'm still able to put meals out, stand around the counter, albeit plywood ones, and I've got a broom and know how to use it to keep remodel rubble at bay.</span></p><p><span>And skis. I've got skis.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOYFHb_k2IaXbYX9SMId3dcMR1YXbtUKbqqH3EKw0UmuHYHd9CcG3xRgWrXzYOjKRFU2pzrwESMiq8ZW71o9LrLFED9NQ6e4nzry4OKz46lEofIomxmvGEY_EYtR35R9ovdszmVkOFUc/s800/painted+skis+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Painted Stenciled Ski Winter Decoration Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="800" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOYFHb_k2IaXbYX9SMId3dcMR1YXbtUKbqqH3EKw0UmuHYHd9CcG3xRgWrXzYOjKRFU2pzrwESMiq8ZW71o9LrLFED9NQ6e4nzry4OKz46lEofIomxmvGEY_EYtR35R9ovdszmVkOFUc/w640-h386/painted+skis+4.jpg" title="Painted Stenciled Ski Winter Decoration Bliss-Ranch.com" width="640"></a></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div><span><span></span></span></div><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2020/12/skiing-into-christmas.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. 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auction was an antique sleigh bed, because there is one to work on in the garage, and to get that bed frame I had to take the
other "junk" too. </p><p>Upon arriving home when the bundled stuff is inspected, occasionally the real jewel isn't what you thought you wanted and instead you discover a diamond in the rough.</p><p>Such is the case with this unwanted thickly painted black table that came home with auction items I did want.</p><p>While the table was in the garage, it was used for many things. It became a saw horse, and a narrow work table, then when my kids camped by the lake this summer it was hauled down the driveway as a camping food prep table.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6nLrhXlhdcZ645wRqbJi15XKIqPsr0NkX_Qke87cmlfBNfaooOnEU7Fku47YbQ3PGTsGKCWMrPHQYPFxzC_-0R0a_o8sSMQ7maXglTqagFA9ATLCnWam96nXns2MezGLtZSs-244sSg/s749/Kids+farmhouse+table9327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Farmhouse Kid size Table Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="749" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6nLrhXlhdcZ645wRqbJi15XKIqPsr0NkX_Qke87cmlfBNfaooOnEU7Fku47YbQ3PGTsGKCWMrPHQYPFxzC_-0R0a_o8sSMQ7maXglTqagFA9ATLCnWam96nXns2MezGLtZSs-244sSg/w640-h452/Kids+farmhouse+table9327.jpg" title="Farmhouse Kid size Table Bliss-Ranch.com" width="640"></a></div><p><span></span></p><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2020/09/farmhouse-table-for-kids.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. Just click to read the whole post. Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-44095700406948783852020-09-21T06:00:00.067-05:002020-09-22T17:49:46.239-05:00Farmers Market Crate<p><br>Mums the word, but I don't intend to keep quiet about it. <br></p><div style="text-align: left;">The world is entering another season of 2020 and the Fall picture doesn't look much different than when we were anticipating the arrival of Spring back in March.</div><p>A quick drive around the neighborhood tells me on the outside life looks the same as always, green grass, welcome flags, and blooming flowers. <br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4kqFnIYu6dAH1U1dWLO3c_cOnH9YvHG2bAcaE7NNSaHZ2u4tFJ2RnPkLDpktPtmHBAmbx0RuorzgG9PbrG7uikfy7MrF8BDFNc2qWz1qdwwtvADy_CP_qVDrxqHvoOZAs0xLj0QWFwU/s800/farmers+market+box+9313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Farmers Market Crate Trash To Treasure Bliss-Ranch.com" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4kqFnIYu6dAH1U1dWLO3c_cOnH9YvHG2bAcaE7NNSaHZ2u4tFJ2RnPkLDpktPtmHBAmbx0RuorzgG9PbrG7uikfy7MrF8BDFNc2qWz1qdwwtvADy_CP_qVDrxqHvoOZAs0xLj0QWFwU/w640-h426/farmers+market+box+9313.jpg" title="Farmers Market Crate Trash To Treasure Bliss-Ranch.com" width="640"></a></div><p>But for the love of God don't think of making a quick stop without your mask at the ready! <span></span></p><a href="https://www.bliss-ranch.com/2020/09/farmers-market-crate.html#more">Click here to read the rest »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Truncating blog posts these days so thieves don't translate my words into gibberish and pirate my pictures. Just click to read the whole post. Thanks. </div>Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477357780866991562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283748462955175670.post-33767524903739910682020-08-31T06:00:00.021-05:002020-08-31T09:36:50.255-05:00Tin Sifter Flour Sign<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b><span style="color: #660000;">Welcome to the Bloggers Fall Tour Of Ideas.</span></b></i> </div><p>
<span style="color: #b45f06;"> I'm <span style="color: #cc0000;">glad</span> you're here, and so are the other <span style="color: #666666;">20 blogs</span> with at least <span style="color: #45818e;">20 more ideas</span> and projects that are waiting for you in the <span style="color: #0c343d;">links below, hosted by Angie at Postcards From The Ridge.</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="color: black;">The ideas tour might be arriving as we head into Fall, but my project won't be fall-ish looking. Instead you'll have to use your imagination, because mine will be fall-ish smelling.<br></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="color: black;">In Minnesota we like to make our summer last as long as possible, and when the leaves actually change that's my cue that fall has arrived, the apples are ready for pie baking, and the days might be cool enough to turn the oven on.</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><span style="color: black;">I don't have to remind everyone what an unusual year 2020 has been, we all live every day with the ever changing new rules and information. For me this changing landscape of life has left me a little creatively .... <i>dry</i> ... I guess would be a good word. I haven't exactly been tearing through the days creating much, the ideas are just not flowing.</span></span><br>
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But her text was timely, and I did have a use for them. <br>
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When I was a kid tv trays were made of metal, and in my mind I can still hear my mom's set clanking as they would hit each other on the stand. These days the trays are wood and I don't think they are called trays, the youngsters call them tables, but to me they will always be tv trays.<br>
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So a few days after the original text the six tv trays and their stands
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Like a pot to piss in.<br>
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Sorry if that's blunt, but back in the day before the advent of indoor plumbing and bathrooms, lots of folks weren't about to take a walk in the snow in below zero temps, just to make a little water in the middle of the night.<br>
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And the saying "didn't have a pot to piss in" meant you were pretty broke if you didn't even have a pot to do your business in. <br>
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When I went through the box of auction items I hauled home last spring, I pulled out this cute little antique red and white enamelware pot, but really all I saw was a planter. It wasn't until after it sat on the steps holding a plant last summer that I realized what it really was.<br>
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The little red enamelware pot was actually an antique pot to piss in. Gross!<br>
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Is it March? April? Soon to be June?<br>
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The previous months probably seemed long for most folks, and looking back I guess I squandered much of that winter time. And now that those months are gone, it is still as if they have disappeared in the wink of an eye, but because of that squandered time my to-do list has been left mostly untouched even with all the "stay at home" time.<br>
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In December I promised a 'how to' post on cute little eye fooling
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About that elephant in the room.<br>
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It's in my room, your room, big brothers room, all the way to the room of a remote isolated indigenous tribe in the rain forest, so I thought I'd just address that prior to sharing a project. <br>
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Bliss Ranch has very loyal, engaged, and sweet readers, and I thank you all. And based on the amount of email I get, (which I finally checked) when you don't hear from me for an extended time via blog posts or on social media, you worry and ask if I'm alright. I am. <b><i>But are you?</i></b><br>
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Those instant messages and emails have prompted me to acknowlege the elephant in the room; that ever big, ever present, sort of hazy gray cloud hanging over us all in everything we do right now. <br>
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1) Something was checked off the to-do list<br>
2) Something looks pretty darn awesome with a mural from <a href="https://www.photowall.com/blossom-1-wallpaper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>PhotoWall</b></i></a> (but who wouldn't want to remove a 26 year old teal paisley couch from a room?)<br>
3) The man of the house can quit using the dining room table for paperwork<br>
4) There is a discount code at the end of this post for any readers that would like to order their own mural from PhotoWall. <br>
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Back when this house was built it was popular to have a more formal living room area if there was the space, I guess to entertain guests. You know - one room without a TV and toys. <br>
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Fact: with six kids there was never a room that was without toys, and the people we entertained usually brought more kids and more toys.<br>
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It's time for the February Thrifty Style Team lead by Julie from <a href="https://redheadcandecorate.com/" target="_blank">Redhead Can Decorate</a>, and for my thrifty post I got out from behind the computer and thrifted my little<span style="color: red;"> ♡</span><span id="goog_1661055141"></span><span id="goog_1661055151"></span><span id="goog_1661055156"></span><span id="goog_1661055157"></span><span id="goog_1661055152"></span><span id="goog_1661055142"></span> out.<br>
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I'm sorry Mr. Bezos, there will be no deliveries for me this week. I no longer need a basket for my mail, which was my thrifting goal. <br>
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Thrifting didn't just happen on Saturday, I actually went out twice, once on Saturday and then again on Sunday. No that's not how I usually roll, but I went to half of the local shops on a date with Daughter #2, and then again to the other half of the shops the next day with a new date.<br>
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And I know since today is Valentines <span style="color: #e06666;">♥</span> Day, that there is a burning question in your <span style="color: red;">heart</span><span style="color: red;">♥</span>.... you want to know did I purchase on both days?<br>
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Yes I did. I <span style="color: red;"><span id="goog_1661055135"></span><span id="goog_1661055158"></span>♥</span> myself.<br>
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I'll be showing you the items I plunked down some dollars for, as well as the <span style="color: #e06666;">lovely</span> stuff I left behind, and make sure to click the links at the end to visit the <span style="color: #cc0000;">sweet</span> members of the Thrifty Style Team. Both they and I would <span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: red;"><b>love</b></span></span> it if you do. It's Valentines Day but there is no particular theme to our posts this month, I just felt like including all this <span style="color: red;">l</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">o</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">v</span><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span> <span style="color: red;">♥</span>. <br>
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I have written before about the occasional sales in a small town a few miles from me, although I'm not necessarily the kind of shopper the owners want as clientele.<br>
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I wander around the 15+ shops to get ideas, then come home and figure out how to recreate the look myself, of course for less.<br>
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The shops are all open for four days starting the 1st Thursday of the month, and some are open full time. I don't go each month, and many times I don't come home with a single thing. What I really like is going along with someone and watching them spend their money.<br>
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New Year new stuff going down around Bliss Ranch.<br>
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And when I say things are going down around here you can take it literally..... five walls to be precise are the things that are now gone. I'm up to my eyeballs cleaning messes and finding temporary locations for items that came out of cabinets that no longer exist.<br>
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What we have got going on is the snow ball effect. One project leading to another to another to another, and before you know it there is an open concept floor plan where a person can see all the way across this 70' long ranch house.<br>
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But all that mess are posts for another day, because today it's all about the Thrifty Style Team Giveaway, and when you visit each of the participating blogs you'll have a chance to win something from their thrifty stash. <br>
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Another one come and gone. Year that is - another year is over.<br>
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As I get slower the years go faster. Wasn't it just a couple years ago we were worried about some terrible computer thing when the clock struck midnight and the date changed to 2000? Whattttt that was 20 years ago? Hmmmm.<br>
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Whatever. I don't alter my life over predictions and I have pretty much quit making New Years resolutions - both for the same reason; neither usually happens.<br>
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But before I move into 2020 I did some reminiscing of the projects past here at the ranch and picked the top 5 fan favorites.<br>
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As I looked back on the Bliss Ranch happenings I realized I spent more time outside sprucing stuff up in 2019 by working on little outdoor projects. I also enjoyed the completed things I spruced and the quiet time painting outside in the sun was nice. <br>
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Last year I created three Christmas countdown calendars that took way too much time for what was basically a single use item.<br>
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So this year I wanted to create countdowns that could be reused each year.<br>
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The original version of the song didn't mention a metal door wreath, but socks are overdone right?<br>
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It's Thrifty Style Team December Edition and I've got a feeling when you and I visit the other blogs at the bottom of this post, we're gonna see some holiday thrift'n going on.<br>
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<b>The generous sponsor of the giveaway, Old Sign Stencils, decided to pick three names, to receive a stencil of their choice. <span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="_4yxo">This giveaway is now over. </span></span></b><br>
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<b><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="_4yxo">Winners are: Sandy at Primitive Skate, Marie at Interior Frugalista, and Linda at Itsy Bitsy Pieces. You'll be contacted shortly to claim your wins!<br><br>Many thanks to everyone who entered and visited these wonderful projects!</span></span></b><br>
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Have you ever tried your hand at stenciling? Well don't think you can't do it, <i>you can</i>, and you can make some fun stuff by mixing the stencils up.<br>
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There'll be table-scapes for hosting, porches and decks for boasting, with two gift wrap ideas to be had.<br>
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Christmas mantels are glowing, and I will be showing three homemade woodsy gifts out in the snow.<br>
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All the links at the bottom, so you can click on 'em, more ideas than your brain can now stow. It's the most wonderful time of the year.......<br>
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Since I'm not native to Minnesota, and even after 30+ years living here, there is still a lot of uncharted territory and places to visit right in my own backyard, and within an hour driving distance.<br>
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We don't paint and build every waking hour around here, we do take time to play,
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One of the places that is <i>not</i> uncharted territory is the Mall Of America. When it first opened its approximately 600 doors, we went there often to shop. My daughters went for the clothes, my sons everything else. <br>
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Sure my tastes may change or I see something at the store or on Pinterest that I think would be a nice addition to what I have, but I certainly don't want to go out and buy new decorations every year. Our memories are caught up in the familiarity of the season, and the decorations I have always used set the scene for that.<br>
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To change up the look it can be as simple as using what I have in different areas or give something a new look without adding cost to my wallet. <br>
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November's Thrifty Style Team has a holiday theme, and I'm offering up 7 decorating tips to frugally turn your home into a place that says Christmas is coming. From easy instant atmosphere and reusing what you have, to making it yourself for simple DIY.<br>
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It doesn't have to be expensive to change up your holiday home, but it might take an investment. What do I mean by investment? Well for example seasonal pillows.......<br>
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I've had a bunch of Ikea galvanized tubs for 15+ years that I bought for toys, and those are still keeping the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head parts corralled. <br>
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When we had large dogs -as in Great Dane and Rhodesian Ridgeback size- we kept a full size trash can in the garage filled with their kibble. The local chipmunks appreciated that and their offspring are probably still eating from the stash of dog food that their ancestors hoarded.<br>
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The previous spoiled puggle had a wooden half barrel bin that he knew how to open, and it wasn't quite big enough for a 20+ pound bag of dry dog food. So when the girlfriend of #3 son wanted to go to Ikea it was perfect timing to pick up a new dog food bin for Honest Abe the 8 month old ranch dog.<br>
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