Stress Relief Needed

Some days are simply better than others.  Today is one of those antsy, anxious, and nervous type of days...why?  Just because I feel as if I have so much to do with so little time.  As I am currently working full time it has become a challenge to finish everything on our house, the yard needs attention, my daughter is expecting my second granddaughter, there are personal projects I want to complete, family concerns regarding aging parents, and the list goes on and on.  You know, the typical working wife, mother, grandmother, caregiver, daughter, woman, etc. kinds of chores.  Just a lot on our plates, right?

So this morning...while checking email and paying bills, I browsed through some of our pics (nope...don't have time for browsing 😢) but picked a few to keep the images in my head today as I go about my busy day.  Today is the last day of my "weekend" as I have to work Friday and Saturday.  So the rush is on to get my to do list checked off TODAY.  

Anyway...thought I would share some stress relief pictures to help all those with 'To Do' lists.  Think of these as you go about your busy day.

Until next time...

Enjoy!

Happy Mother's Day!

A while back, I shared that my mother gave me several doilies she made for me.  If you look back on the blog, I took one of the doilies and glued it to a wine bottle I kept. I have a few more, so since I had a few minutes of time to myself today, I decided to take another one of the doilies and transform it to something I will most likely use.

I have been wanting a small tray to place atop of my dresser.  Something to toss my daily jewelry onto when I am too lazy to open the top drawer and place the jewelry where it belongs...I know you have those kind of days😉.

See, I need a small collection tray on top

I found this old picture at a thrift store, for a buck.  I got it for the frame.  First I took it apart.

I then placed the doily directly over the print, the colors worked for me so I just left the print under the doily.  That and the fact it was a lazy kind of day for me.

I added a bit of left over lace and ribbon.

  

No glue or tape needed.  Next, just place the glass over top and it was placed back inside the frame. 

I decided to paint the frame after I got the doily done.  I should have painted the frame first, but oh well....

Once dried, I added some pretty paper on the back to give it a finished look, and then added wooden knobs to lift the tray up from the surface of my dresser.

And after I added the knobs, I decided I did not like them so, I took them off.

I added these instead.

And this is how it turned out.

with the knobs

without the knobs

Now I have a functional small tray for my dresser, and every time I place something into the tray, I see my mom's pretty doily inside.  It makes me smile.

I like it. 

Until next time...

Enjoy and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of the wonderful moms out there!