Wordless Wednesday - Moving, Part Two

Delayed Gratification

My middle name is not Patience. Nor is it Self-Control, or Forbearance. Imagine my chagrin when this came right in the middle of our moving saga:

You wanna know what's in that box?

 It's the Holy Grail for some crafters...

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The Silhouette Cameo, a die-cutting machine that cuts designs from paper, vinyl, and fabric. Here are some examples of what it can do, all from the Silhouette site. It does fabric, glass etching, scrapbook pages, temporary tattoos, and vinyl decals. Can you hear the angels singing?

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Yep, I won this in a giveaway from Amy of The Idea Room! Thanks Amy - winning was quite a surprise.

I won it back in November, but it came while I was in Florida, basking in the warm sunshine of the Sunshine State. This is so exciting...especially since I only entered that one giveaway and figured I would never win it. I even bought one on Black Friday (since winning one was a long shot anyway). The ordered one was on backorder and came about two weeks ago...

...so now there are two in the house. And we're in the middle of moving. And my office is packed up and looks like this:

Yes, this is getting painted before putting it on the market; not everyone likes Gator colors :)

I'm going to sell one of these for what I paid for it - $230 plus shipping. If you'd like it, just send me an email and we'll work it out.

As for my own Cameo, it'll stay in the box and will have to wait to be played with until we land somewhere...can you imagine anything more agonizing??

The Process of Moving, Part 1

We're moving. It's really happening. I'm surrounded by boxes filled with the 'stuff' of living and am still coming to grips that Michigan, my home since six years old...home for 42 years...a Michigander for over 4 decades...will no longer be my home. *big sigh*

Since we got the news, I've been busy, busy, busy with packing and making arrangements. Of course, there was a side trip last week to Florida, but it's back to reality now :)

Ever face a move and realize there's going to be a lot of boxes in the immediate future? Take a look at this:

After three full days of packing, it now looks a little more like this:

There's still some work to do in there, but I'm running out of room for boxes. The storage unit is to be delivered tomorrow morning, which will help with the overcrowding going on.

Here are the 'befores' of my living room:

dirty dishes and all - June Cleaver I'm not

Yes, it's a strange arrangement but this arrangement works for us. The room is basically just a tiny rectangle with a walkway through it. All my neighbors with this same floorplan have issues with where to orient furniture and tv. That's where staging will come in handy. I've got some plans to fix the layout, but right now it looks like this:

there's a story behind one of these boxes...but that's for another day

It's like an episode of Hoarders! *bigger sigh* More to come on the other rooms and on the staging...

Things They Are A-Changing

Well, you might have wondered where I've been lately...or not...maybe you didn't notice at all...I've been known to disappear before :)

Here's my excuse reason for the lapse in posting: I'm lazy We're moving! After many many years in Michigan, my husband has accepted a position in the Washington D.C. area!

This is such an exciting, sad, wonderful, scary time and the purgatory limbo I've been in, waiting to hear about whether or now we'll have to pull up stakes and move has been the real reason for the lack of crafting, furniture redos, and general artistic expression.

And guess what? No, not 'chicken-butt' as Ms. Gwen of The Bold Abode pulled on me once. I'm going to be super busy for the next few weeks.

You'll see 'before' pics of the changes that need to be wrought on the house that needs to be sold. The home staging journey will be documented, so if that interests you, please stick around. You'll see what needs to be done before a house (hopefully) sells quickly in this housing market.

My moving/packing list is a mile long, and the staging list is even longer so wish me luck and if anyone's in the DC area - I am taking suggestions for places to live - please share!

A Lazy Start to the New Year

No, I haven't fallen off a cliff or anything, but something similarly horrible has happened to me...my butt seems to have been super-glued to my chair ;)

While I'm not doing anything new to speak of...but a few interesting things in the works...I came across a fun party that allows me to show off my favorites of last year:





Now, I could've done a retrospect of my fav projects and posts of 2011, and lots of you have done that as filler until you get your crafty mojo back after a busy holiday season (you know who you are), but doing that doesn't get me a chance to win stuff! Two birds, one stone and all :)

Honestly, all of my projects are my babies so go ahead and browse my archives and let me know which are your favorites...that's more interesting...to me anyway :)

 I hope all of you had the best holiday season, and are enjoying the second day of the new year!