The Southern Sabbath: Garage Sale Edition...

(My vivacious hair gets credit from the Holy Spirit. This is what happens when you open your windows after Mass and BLARE some good Praise & Worship Music and drive home..Seriously...try it.)

Some of my earliest memories with my Grandma are the times we would go garage-sailing. Now let me say this, if there could ever be a professional garage saler, it's my Grandma. Although she is 4'7", this tiny little Mexican woman drives a hard bargain and has taught my sisters and I at a young age to scope the goods in a matter of seconds, bargain for a great deal and never be afraid to walk-away empty handed.

Enter in now my Momma (Grandma's daughter, of course). She's great and has a creative genius beyond no end. Seriously. Her creative juices are always flowing from the stories she tells to the food she makes, the styles she wears to the color she paints her walls, the music she creates or listens to through the vision she sees when she finds a 'good' piece that she restores back to beauty, Momma knows what's up, and I'm thankful for the creativity I grew up with that strikes at my inmost being (sounds heavy? keep reading).

So needless to say, when you put these two together, magic happens folks! For the past month or so, I've been in a funk. And for those of you who know when I'm in a funk...it's just not fun. Last weekend I was blessed to retreat back in the Midwest spiritually guided by a dear friend of mine. Corn fields, wide open spaces, delicious food, beauty, thought provoking conversation and silence. And follow that up by a visit with family and KABOOM...I became human again. Seriously. I think before then I was a glob of sorts, but from my little Midwest revival, I remembered something about me...something that was stirring in my heart from all the beauty I experienced that brought my senses and being back into life...I NEED TO CREATE. It's in my blood. The beauty of creating brings me to life, like DYNOOOMIIIIIITE (please note I am shaking my hips and snappin' my fingers like JJ on Good Times).

So this weekend I decided to venture and scope out some sales in the area and let's say I found some serious loot at a bargain which allowed my creative juices to flow freely...

 <--- 2 mirrors ($5 for both) , 1 top of a black cast iron latern with hideous orange plastic inserts (I should have taken a picture of itself-FREE), 1 ceiling lantern ($3), 1 coffee table ($2), 1 sofa table ($5)

Finished Products.

I still need to paint the frame of the mirror.I also have a feeling the blue on the iron lantern won't last too long, but I just wanted to try and see what it would look like...

 I spray painted the frame on this a flat white and did the glass with chalkboard paint. Now I just need to to get chalk and have fun!

 I cut all the wires and light fixtures out of this, removed the bottom and put a candle underneath it. I'm not done with this, It needs painting, but the creative opportunities for this piece are endless!













So that was my weekend. Well almost...
 I did make this today...

but you'll have to wait until tomorrow for the recipe.

So for today, I pray you had a blessed weekend and pray your upcoming week is filled with an abundance of blessings and joy.  Let's say a prayer I can wake up early so I can get back to working-out. Amen. AMEN!!