bucket 003

Originally uploaded by jendera

First, I’ve gotten a lot of emails asked where I got the photo I used for my header image here on my blog. I took it a few years back (I think Ethan was 2) and the Botanical Gardens in Indiana. It is a photo of a Water Lotus in full bloom in one of their water gardens there. Pretty isn’t it? I just cropped it down some more to fit my needs.

I finished up this french bucket today. It was easy, honest. Michelle is going to gripe at me later thought. I showed her the idea and told her they would make great teacher gifts. So she decided to make three. LOL Mind you that I made the suggestion before I had actually completed one. This is the second time I did this very same bucket. The first one, well, uhh, let’s just say I had some issues. Thankfully my Dad was able to sandblast off the paint I had on it so that I could start over. So now I have a list for Michelle to help her avoid some of the same mistakes. Gee, you’re welcome Michelle.

Anyway, I think I’m going to fill it with some foam and then put in some paper flowers I’m going to make later this week. I still have to print some little photos to put on the mini layouts hanging around the top edge too. All in due time!

The supplies I used are as follows:

1.) Metal french bucket which I primed and then painted. (Don’t underestimate the importance of priming the bucket first… I’ll leave it at that.)

2.) Bazzill chipboard with the paper saying on top.

3.) Some ribbon for around the bucket and handle. There is a think ribbon stripe around the bucket itself that is hard to see here. I attached it with photo tape. (Gotta love that photo tape!)

4.) S-Hooks to hang the mini layouts from the edge via some Velcro.

5.) Heidi Swapp fuzzy rubons.

6.) Scraps of paper.

Really that is about it. I adapted this from a Pink Martini Kit I picked up.

I have a ton of stuff to do around here today. On that list is mowing the lawn. Oh yay. I actually offered to do it for Denny. The poor guy spent most of his day yesterday in our crawl space fixing a broken pipe. Some of the pipes in our house are still the originals and here and there we have some that rust through. Thats what he fixed yesterday. I really was an all day project and frankly you couldn’t pay me to spend more that 60 seconds down there! Ewww. Cheers to Denny for fixing it. Anyway, so I felt bad, and thus the lawn mowing. I’ll have to hunt around here for something to put over my nose. Allergies are AWFUL so far this year, and the grass isn’t going to help.

I’m uploading photos to Winkflash.com right now. I did eventually get my photos Foto.com but as I said in my earlier post, the customer service isn’t all that great. I want to make sure I get them here in a timely manner so I can get my stuff together for the retreat I’ll be going on in June. Winkflash has a good deal right now. Use coupon code JC53YR73 to get 6 cent prints. I don’t think there was a limit and the shipping there is a flat 99 cents. They have a lot of different sized prints too! I’ve always been happy with the prints there so give them a try if you need something printed.

That’s all that is exciting around here. See, I do lead a dull life huh? I’m off to finish the next item on my to do list - dishes and dinner prep.

I’m off…

~j