Really Really Free Market!!

 I think this is a very cool idea and it was fun for me and my boys. The whole market was free. The idea was to bring items you no longer need, to give to others, and take items you may need. I was reading about it in an article, and it was starting in 30 minutes!!! I got excited, packed some clothes, shoes, and home decor items, and headed out!

If you didn't already know, I am a freegan(except when it comes to food, not quite there yet).

NOTE: Do not get that confused with Vegan, because I enjoy chicken, fish, and the animal featured in, an occasional, BK Whopper.


After I snapped this shot, I dove into that book table!

It was good to see other kids enjoying the market....(of course they were not teenagers)

Here is where I found my two brand new copies of "The best Martha Stewart", she is not my favorite, but hey it was free!

Kid No. 2 found these New Nikes, I was not a fan, and they were too big(11.5), so I made them stay there!

So here is a worldwide link to Really really free markets, maybe you can attend or even start one?? Thoughts??

Paid Freelance Writing Position- HURRY!

Ok fellow bloggers, I know how you love to post your high tech pictures, display your handywork, and then take time to write about it all. Well here is your chance to GET PAID, while reaching millions of readers!! Alright, ok, I am not sure how many readers you will reach, but it is paying blog gig, so why not?

Yeah, yeah, I know you have all those clever google ads and they are all nice and compliment your subject(dont' you hate seeing a good ad, and remembering you "agreed" not to click on any of your own ads, so you dont?...UGH!), and as soon as, a million people click them you will get a $10 check in the mail (supposedly).Well maybe this will work out a bit better.

Re-Nest is looking  for part time writers for their site. They are the ecofriendly/D-I-Y/green version of all things wonderful. If you don't already know (shame on ya) re-nest is an affiliate of -- yup-- Apartment Therapy! Now, if I had to tell you that, then maybe you should not be writing for them..das right I said it.

I think it is a cool opportunity so check it out here . and good luck! Hurry the deadline for submissions is March 14th.

Are you gonna go for it? Let's discuss???

PS if you become a writer hook a sista up wit some featured items, k?

Advertising on a dollar- Literally!

Here is the coolest thing I got from this lil genius.  He said, "Mom I saw a YouTube video, where they advertised on a dollar. It was cool"!


Of course, I questioned writing on money and he told me that the rules are: you cannot write on any part that covers the denomination of the bill, or on the seal.

So, I remembered this handy lil item I bought at a yard sale for $.10 yes it says a dollar, but the sale was nearing it's end and they wanted to get rid of it, so it was $.10 (It was used by one family and was in great condition, I thought, DEAL!)

 The most time consuming part, of this whole process, was setting this thing up. Pinching those tiny rubber letters with tweezers( I felt like a friggin' surgeon), making sure I wasn't stamping backward (yeah it started that way, luckily hindsight wasn't being a bitch to me and clued me in after 5 letters), and that whatever I put on it wasn't too long, for the stamp. Here is what I came up with.

 

 After practice and reloading the stamp with ink, I was a stampin' fool. Next kid no.2 (I only call him that in public) told me I had to go to the gas station and exchange my 20's for ones and stamp them all ... I thought oh hell's no! but I said, "How's about, we go spend some duckets and we will take the stamp with us, and as I break 20's, we will stamp the dollar bills?" So we spent the day spreading the redesigndiva word all over Spring Lake, Mebane, Sanford, and Burlington, NC.

Here is another version. I figured if you dont have a stamp you can simply do this...

There it is folks, "advertising on a dollar". This is cool because it is a recycle project, as money is the only thing that goes away and comes back at a greater frequency rate than Jay Leno on Late night tv..(sorry had to get that in there).

Wadda ya think?

Kitchen makeover and video

So last year i did a Tuscan inspired, kitchen makeover that cost less than $250.... This is what I came up with for the dining table. I started with a roadside rescued table that was shaped like an octagon, and thought how cool would that be cut in half and mounted to a wall? Well i decided it would look good in the kitchen, cut in half, too!
I got a little help from some friends, always remember safety glasses, sawdust "ain't no joke"!

After we cut it in half i mounted to a base I also found roadside, the top to this base was too jacked up to bring home. So i rescued what i could. Next i painted the base, Martha Stewart Bulldog Black (I dry ragged it on). The table top was a bit YOUGLY..so I picked a gorgeous white and gold mosaic wallpaper to put over the top. It is a thick wipe able wallpaper(you will hear that a lot in the video), and to this day( one year later), it is still in immaculate shape (because we eat on the couch)...DUh!



In the interest of time and typing I made a video...oddly I made the video while I was working on the kitchen so just thought i would share. Go easy on me, it was a year ago, and I do not read scripts, I just say it as I see it.




Here are pictures of the wallpaper being tacked down underneath (which I mentioned in the video, but I was under the table with no light, and the video of that was too dark so i erased it)

National Volunteer Day...oops week!

National Volunteer Week is April 18-24. Wouldn't it be so cool, for a celeb or designer to host a volunteer design event? *ahem, ahem* any takers?

Anywho, here is a non-redesign, but good for the environment, post. If nothing else for good laughs, I say that because I was grinning like the Cheshire Cat and looking like a goober. In this particular photo, I was volunteering for the "North Carolina Senior Games" .

I went to a Health and Wellness fair with a friend, and he called me over to a booth by saying, "Hey look, here is your picture on the cover of this newsletter", I thought, huh? I walked over and sure enough it was me... I was shocked because, I didn't remember a camera crew snapping photos.



The booth representative said, "Oh it's on the front page of our website too". I went to the website and sure enough my picture was on the front page! I called events office and said hey, I don't remember a camera crew being there, and the young lady said, "Oh they weren't, the gentleman in the picture sent the photo in himself (he had his son taking pictures). The editors liked it decided to put it in a publication"... how cool!

The story: I was one of the three young ladies, giving out the medals in aquatics, and after every race he came out (we were in the lobby)to get his medal, he would only allow ME to give it to him. He said I inspired him to win....I am thinking back on it now, Could it be because i kissed him on the cheek vs, a hug? (he was always soaking wet when he came out)...as you can see he won 6 races! Yowza, that was a lot of my suga' to be giving away...he he he he

For the picture, he came out and insisted I display the medals, he was fun.

Here are some more photos from that newsletter.




Again, this volunteer gig, was a result of seeing some TV commercial and me being a sucka' willing person.

Just in case you are interested and would like to know where to start...Here is a site you can visit to find volunteer opportunities near you. Simply enter your zip code and choose one. And here is a site in which, Disney will give you a free ticket to volunteer...not that it is a motivator or anything...GO Disney!

You know where I will be going for summer vaca!.

I understand that volunteering is not for everyone, but if you find yourself with some free time, give it a try! Do you volunteer?