Roses and Rust

This last Saturday I went to a shabby chic event at the local fairgrounds here in Shasta County. I went with my father in law Bob, he and I are very similar in our hobbies and ideas of fun. So we hit I5 and drove south a half hour to Anderson CA in hopes of finding a treasure that called our names.
When we arrived t the fairgrounds there was absolutely no parking. I have no idea how they decided that the amount of parking was suitable for a fair ground but it was not. We drove around a few minutes until I decided to follow people leaving the event and catch their parking spot as the left. I pointed to one lady who was leaving, she saw me and motioned us to follow her! I am glad she could read my mind, and soon after we were parked and ready to shop.
After handing over a five and one dollar bill I got my rose hand stamp and was ready to find that treasure. There were many vendors, all with a myriad of teacups, old windows, frames, yard art, industrial art, jewelry, handmade soaps and more. We ended up not finding a treasure that screamed our name, but we saw many projects that we could do and decided to try to recreate them later with our own flare.

(I wanted this teapot. . . .now that I think about it, it was screaming my name) 

Awesome bird feeders

(Jack stand lighting, I am going to have to get my husband to help me make one.)

So I may not have bought anything, and now that I dream about that teapot I probably should have forked over the 15 dollars and taken it home. How did I pass up on a 15 dollar bedazzled teapot?! Oh well. Once we finished shopping the vendors we went outside and looked at vintage trailer campers. I need one, I love to go camping but if I had a vintage air stream or just a tiny camper I would be in heaven. I just love the idea of decorating a tiny space and making it a home away from home. 

I mean look at that stove!! How can you not want to bake scones in the forest with that stove? It even had a matching mini fridge of the same blue. How ever, this camper was so tiny there was no closet of a shower, just a closet of a sink and toilet. But I could live with out a shower if my future camper had a stove like that.

Hey look, it's my father in law Bob. Hi Bob! So I dont like the tacky pink zebra pillows, and I would probably pick a different shade of pink on the cupboards, but its still a pretty darn cute camper.

Thank you Rust and Roses for a lovely Saturday, some great ideas and visions of me cooking on that adorable stove. 

2014, A new year and a new outlook.

So it is January 1st 2014. Every one is going to be making resolutions to become more healthy, loose weight, have a more positive outlook, and so on. I never liked making resolutions, partly because I am only 22 and never really understood that you could pick one that wasn't about working out. Now that I am married, a military wife and living in another state than most of my family, I like the idea of a new year to "start over." The last few months haven't exactly been smooth sailing with my husbands job and very soon things are going to happen that will test both of our strength. So 2014 is going to be my year, my year to be strong and believe in myself. I will make the best out of everyday, I will take time to do the things I love like scrapbook, I will be confidant in myself, I will be the best me I can. 2014, I will rock you! :) 
I feel like I started out my new year pretty well. Today I worked about 3 hours on a craft for a friend who just had a baby. I do not do much painting and I decided to take on a new craft where I paint on a canvas. It looked easy, pinterest made it look easy. . .(pinterest lies) But I am happy with the way it is turning out! I still need to do another coat of paint, and possibly add some sort of filler shape on the bottom on either side of the weights. The blank space on the top is saved for a foot print from the baby.

While I worked on my craft, my husband worked on a new model car that he bought yesterday! He loves model cars but with his job lately he hasn't had much spare time to tinker with them. He is currently working on a 1/12th scale model of a Mustang. He seems to be enjoying putting it together and painting it as realistic as possible, he is all about the details. 

He finished step one, building the engine, today of twelve steps, he spent about 3 hours on one step. I am not sure I could have that type of patience.

Our first dinner of the new year was beef broccoli and fried rice. It is one of our new favs. I found the beef broccoli recipe on pinterest and tweeked it a bit since it was originally intended for the slow cooker but I like to make it in a woke. The fried rice is actually a recipe my husband came up with and is very good. Hmm I just realized everything in the picture is pampered chef accept the silver spoon and whisk :) Helps to have a mother in law that used to sell P.C. 

Well that is an overview of my first day of this new year. I hope, no I will keep this positive attitude and I will make the best out of each day. :) Cheers, and Happy New Year!