Changes

Changes are a comin!

I hope to have my blog all changed over to 

2340 West Newton by friday May 1st.

It's been a hard decision to make to do this and though I hope not

to lose some followers I feel this is the best way to commingle

my blog, instagram and etsy shop.

"which means to blend throughly into a harmonious whole"

Back in 2008 when I started this blog I chose 

"Thoughts that Stick" name for fun.

Since opening my Etsy shop in late 2017 I decided

a good name for my shop would be the home address

I grew up at.  I really wanted to honor my parents and 

the memories we shared in that home until I was in my teens.

So, it is time, time to bridge the accounts together.

It will be still the same little ole' me on here sharing the many ways to create beauty for you and your home.

I hope you will continue to follow along 

and be inspired and encouraged along the way.

I love having you here with me!

Raised Garden bed

This weekend was a fun time to get a start on our extended garden.

You have seen from my previous posts my vegetable garden, well

I wanted to add herbs and sometimes herbs can take over a garden

so I went searching for a solution and found this adorable raised garden bed at Home Depot.

I decided on two of them so I could put them side by side.

The best thing is they can be ordered online and delivered or you

can pick them up with trunk delivery by staying in your car

making your purchase a safe one during the times we are in.

Here they are side by side.

Very sturdy, great for your herbs, veggies or flowers.

Made of a heavy resin, the color is a dark walnut.

Here it is up close, it has a cute little green tray for you

to do your starters and a very deep trough for the dirt.

Inside the trough in the bottom is the screen for water drainage

but look to the left at the skinny spout sticking up.....

It houses a cute little sprout inside of the 

gauge that tells you when you need to water!

The little sprout pops up when the trough is dry!

How stinkin cute is that!

Here is the link to the garden bed at Home Depot

you won't be disappointed!

Home Depot    HERE

Happy Gardening!

Garden update

Happy sunday friends!

Last week I shared with you the diy garden markers

that I threw together for my garden.

Since then,  I found out a way to remake them so I could write on them but not have the weather ruin them.

Also happy to share that everything I planted is up! 

I am so excited to see the garden start to flourish!

So here we go......!

Above are the original ones, 

I used the lid of a ball jar and a sharpie permanent

maker to write the names on the tag.

You will still start with the ball jar lids, 

but this time punch out a 2" circle and hand write

the veggie on the circle.

Next step is to use some modge podge on a sponge

brush, lightly apply it to the back of the circle and attach

it to the ball lid.

Now go ahead and add one layer of the modge podge,

let it dry a few minutes and add another coat.

I also figured out a way to add the jar lids to the popsicle

stick by using E6000 glue to make them stick.

You don't want to use a hot glue gun on this project

as depending where you live once the sun

is out you won't want the sun to melt the 

glue gun adhesive which it will in the direct sunlight.

Now they are ready to put them into the ground!

Here they are,

 all done!

Flourish Virtual Conference

Tomorrow morning is our first FREE Flourish virtual Conference!

This is the women's conference I attend and have been involved with for 4 years now.

It starts at 10am pst and we would love for you to join us!

Marjie Schaefer our conference lead was seeking a way to stay connected  not only with our Flourish community but also with a larger community to reach.  We typically hold this event locally, and are learning how important it is right now to utilize what we have through the internet to reach women during this time of isolation.

How can you join us?

We have two ways you can tune in!

Head to Facebook  to Flourish through the Word 

If you don't have Facebook head over to the

Flourish through the Word website - click HERE

It's a different from anything we have never done before!

It will be two hours of live music, practical information shared,

giveaways and even humor! (which we all need right now!)

There are giveaways along the way with a marketplace where you can shop online too.

You may even see me crop up in a video showing you a

diy for you to try!  (spoiler alert!)

So tune in, listen or sit and watch tomorrow morning, 

but some encouragement and inspiration into your day!

Now that you've stopped by and read this far,

be sure to leave your name in the comment below to

be put into the drawing for this Flourish giveaway!

My diy spoiler......

You will have to watch to see what I share!

Kit are here!

Good Morning!

You asked and they are here!

Two kits to choose from to keep you creative and also

have something useful that you can send family and friends

during our quarantine.

Kit include:

8 cards total, 2 of each design 

all ready to assemble, you just need scissors and glue

$20 each plus shipping 

(most states $4.50)

Some up close of the cards

To order your kit just email me at 

juliepitta@rocketmail.com 

and specify which kit you would like and how many

Spring Showers Kit

Country Home Kit 

I will send you off an invoice for payment 

Let's get creative !!!

April 2020 Paper Pumpkin: My Wonderful Family

                   

Take a look at this month's Paper Pumpkin.  I always make sure
and post the video for you too see how easy it is to put your kit together.   Now more than ever people are looking for things to keep busy and Paper Pumpkin is a great kit to receive monthly filled with cards or projects ready to go only requiring you to have scissors!
The kits are $22 a month, you can pick a month or 6 or a 1 year, you choose!

                 Here is one of the cards from this month's card;

I always like to make alternative ideas 

for the kits.

Sometimes I really enjoy what's in the kit

but other times I like to use my creativity

to come up with other ideas for you.

Right now during this quarantine is a great time to set up

to receive this box monthly.  You can set it up for a month

and stop or restart it at any time. 

If you would like to sign up 

click   HERE

to sign up! 

Diy Garden Markers

Hello friends and happy saturday!

All the days are starting to blend in aren't they?

Are you antsy to get your garden started?

In our region of the PNW we still have to be careful when we plant our veggie gardens.  We can only do the hearty type variety right now.  Typically after Memorial day weekend is the best time around here for planting the rest of the veggies in the garden.

I spent the earlier part of the week getting this area ready for planting.  At the top of the picture is where I will be planting over

20 Dahlia tubers in the coming month. 

My neighbor has a wonderfully massive collection of over 1000 dahlia bulbs in her yard so I am looking forward to purchasing some tubers from her.

After I planted my spinach, kale, snow peas, sugar peas, strawberries, I was trying to find a way to mark the veggies.

Since we are in quarantine mode I took a look at what I had

around the house and decided to use the lid of a ball jar.

This is what I made.....

super easy and used what I had.

If you don't have them, we can still go to the grocery stores and they are on the canning aisle.

To make them I used some craft wire I had on hand and a black permanent sharpie oil pen

For the veggies that don't require a trellis I just tucked

the lid in the ground for now,  I am trying to come up

with an idea to attach the lid to something to stick into the ground.

Here are the items you need to make these;

top of the page is what's called a crop-a-dile,

it is basically a hole punch for heavier duty material and also

sets brads but if you don't have one you can use a regular hole punch or a piercing tool.

So......

a hole punch

wire or twine

ball jar lid

scissors

sharpie permanent marker

Start by punch a hole in the lid

feed your wire or twine through the hole once and then back 

through again to look like below....

After you feed it through twice twist it together

at the base so the top is still open so that you can 

attach it to the trellis.

Now using your sharpie permanent marker

write your veggies on the front and start attaching 

to your garden!

How easy and cute was that!

There you go,  weekend diy for you!

Who needs some enCOURAGEment?

Hi friends!

I've been sending out words of enCOURAGEment

to those I know need a lift with my tea towels.

Pray.wait.trust and Keep Calm the Lord will fight for you

are just a few of the most calming ones to surprise someone with.

We all have something we can share and do during this

outbreak, what can you do?

I challenged my team to find one thing they can do this week

to lift someone's spirits.

It's so important to stay connected right now, there are so many ways we can be doing this.

Put your minds to use by seeing how you can reach out to others to lift their spirits which will only in turn lift yours!

How can you do this?

It can be emails, zoom calls, texts, facetiming, dropping off at something off at someone's door step, writing snail mail, sending food to someone's home, dropping off groceries to someone.

This list goes on. 

I challenge you to bless someone this week!

Now,  here's one towel I did NOT send out this week!

So sad that we cannot gather at this time.

I am missing people!

If you would like to pick up a towel for someone you can visit

my shop 

HERE

2340 West Newton

Floating acrylic frames

Live from Seattle!

No really, I grew up in Seattle and now live 45 minutes nw of the city.  What I was looking for was line art of the city that I could frame in my guest bedroom.

I showed a few posts back how to find and print out these pieces of art just by goggling what images you are looking for.

This is a new one I most recently framed.

I love this print and how it showcases the Space Needle

To make these frames I ordered the acrylic frames and the screw back both from Amazon.  You can either order the frames with the holes in them already (cost is more)  or you can drill your own 

holes which is what I chose to do.  When drilling on your own make sure you just measure the size of the screw back to the size of your drill bit.  When drilling acrylic add a piece of masking tape to the area you are going to drill first so that you don't crack the frame.  I measured in 1" on each side and drilled at that mark.

These are floating frames, 

so the screws have two pieces to them which you can see in the picture below.  You screw the base piece into the wall first then 

when you are ready to mount the framed the second piece goes through the hole of the frame and screws together to hold the frame

to the wall.

This is a really fun project for your to try.

And you can order everything online you need with us all being in quarantine.  Give it a try!

Here are the products I used;

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

The tomb is empty!

This is the entrance to Antelope Canyon that we

adventured last April,  it made me think of the tomb

where Jesus was laid when we were entering.

This is as we exited....  

My hope is that you are surrounded by the ones you love

today and find peace amidst the chaos we are all experiencing.

John 11: 25-26

Jesus said to her,  " I am the resurrection and the life. 

The one who believes in me will live, even though

they die, and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.

Happy Easter friends.

Some card inspo for you....

and yes, it's the ever returning same stamp set!

I promise this is the last one for a loooong time!

I stamped a little mud around the boots

and add some mud to the fronts of the boots.

I hope you are liking this set!