I didn't mean to tease you with "the big reveal will be on Friday!" and not deliver! So sorry about the delay... Goodness, gracious, preparing Scrapland for a photo shoot required a LOT more tinkering than I expected! Well, all I can say is, "thank you for you patience!"
And with out further delay..... Somebody please yell: "DRIVER move that BUS!"
New S-C-R-A-P-L-A-N-D!
(This view is right as you enter through the main door...)
(This view is right as you enter through the main door...)
That's some SERIOUS curio...-ing!
{For the curious..}
{For the curious..}
And just a little bit closer, now...
{Aay- aay- oh- OH!}
{Aay- aay- oh- OH!}
I'm really proud of this counter-top thingy! It's two, painted, pine shelves, screwed together and then topped with a strip of a sewing top cutting pad that {yes, I've had for 9 years!} I've looked after for FAR too long! Hee Hee I had huge plans to top that sucker onto a table top for giving classes.... but I never got the table or taught the CLASSES... so, uh... I had an epiphany ~ CUT IT to a more useful size! So, I dragged it down to the local {small!} hardware store and had them cut it on their table saw, thereby saving myself the gas that I would have spent, taking it to the plastics store... AND the aggravation of waiting for hubby to do it... Anwhoo, I was even able to use the other side, on the little counter space as you walk in, on your right..
AND, this one's kind of redundant, but I'm leaving it in for show... Oh, wait, this angle works to show these funky shelving units ~ I acquired them for OLD Scrapland from my DEAR friend {Hi, LORETTA!}... they were extremely affordable and I gave them a bath made from two colors of paint and glazing medium... Just kind of nice to quite down the oak look and make them seem more scrappy and less "entertainment wall..." They work wonderfully AND they are STRONG enough to park an elephant on top.... {you'll see..... hee heeee!}
Oooow, wait, instead of going south, I backtracked to me "main corner" or "home" position, where I'll be doing most of my work... {Oh, yeah! The stuff with paper... and ink and glitter and STUFF! Hmmmm... a place for my stuff? Do I have any STUFF? Do WE have and love our stuff? Ohhhh, YEAH!}
Okay, sorry ~ it's late ! That's why it's dark outside my cool French doors, but I just had to give you guys the JUICE! Anywhoo, now we're BACK to the "southern" side of town... Here's my big card holder thingy and horsie picture, in context to the other fun goodies! Hey! That black and white photo is a picture of MY grandmother in Ireland, when she was 14 years old! Talk about your vintage treasure.... Hmm.. At further review, that frame may require some crackle, too... HEE HEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I found the perfect GALVI socket cover for under my chicken wire, card viewing contraption! You migh-a-noticed... I have a little thing for galvanized steel STUFF! Also, ya see that cover on my lil' couch... That was my color inspiration for OLD Scrapland, but I'm still trying to make it work.... {Sorry, Andi, not a stitch of distressed leather in the place!} I've always planned to sew the comforter into an actual slip-cover {have you SEEN the price of slip-covers!?! *gasp!* I DON'T THINK SO!}
Now, visitors, we've turned our camera towards the NORTHERN side of SCRAPLAND...
Still looking north, but slightly east... towards my main door that I'll someday paint, too... But not until down the road... AFTER I've taught myself how to make CARDS again... {Sometimes it's so hard to shift the old gears!}
Now, I'm shooting from a seated position, on my little couch, you can see the roof a bit more and get SOME idea what I meant when I mentioned those cabinets are STRONG!
REALLY strong!
Can you see my AUTOGRAPHED picture of WYNONNA!?! {Love her!} She might need a crackly frame one of these days...
Another shot towards the "back" of Scrapland from me STANDING on top of my tables, which is what I've always done, to access my stamps! Yep, their up there pretty high! I can reach most of them just by standing, but I try to put real oldies and goodies at the tippy top, since I probably don't use them... EVERYDAY... ahem.. YOU COULD DANCE on my tables... talk about STRONG! Speaking of strong... that horsey portrait is "Tess!" She's a CHAMPION quarter horse that I have been painting for a dear friend for WAY too long... Perhaps, by sharing my sin with y'all.... I'll have the discipline to finish {the background is what gets me!} and free my soul! My goodness, has that girl been patient with me! Anywhoo, I have to confess that "Tess" looks pretty good in New Scrapland... (*cough-cough!*)
Husband wants me to mention the "shear wall" {don't even know if I'm spelling it right} construction of New Scrapland... "tell your blog friends..." , he tells ME! "That they should think about this in THEIR rooms..... BECAUSE it's so safe to drill into and hang shelves from......" Quite proud of himself, he is.... And I'm just going to be very quite right now... {hee Hee}
But, seriously, friends... It was unexpected, yet a very practical decision to leave Old Scrapland and give it back to "Nona..." Hard to believe I've been at this for a little over a month! I don't know if that time seems long or short... But either way, it's coming together. I really want to thank you SO much for your encouragement, love and support! Sharing all of this with you is such a gift! {If it weren't for BLOGLAND, I'd have to have you all over!} As you can see, I have accommodations for one, maybe two guests at a time, so we'd be doing A LOT of visiting! Hee Hee {Not to say that I wouldn't mind HEARING from you, if you ever do come though town... Y'all c'mon by RANCHO DURENBERGER and SCRAPLAND, now!} Yet, until then, I'm just so appreciative of you allowing me to share this journey with all o you, sweet ones...
{I hope I've made some sense and not too many typos... its been a LONG one and I'm about to drop... Night-night, or g'morning.... either way, I can't wait to hear from you! Thanks again!
Bye bye, now... {somebody pull the plug!}
Yawn!
I love ya, maaaaaan!