Tallulah, Annie Sloan, and Me...

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Lately, whenever I come to the computer to do anything at all...

this is the face I see.

"I will help you, Mom...really I will!"

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This afternoon we went to check out A Fanciful Twist
to see if Miss Vanessa had posted anything new...

She had! A video of an adorable group of puppies' first swim...

Tallulah was really interested...

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Really interested....

Leaning in closer...


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I have to touch it, Mom...awwww...can we get one, please, can we can we can we??


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Lulah was being so cute...I sent it to Vanessa, and she thought so, too...you can see it here (and check out the cute puppies while you're at it!) Thank you, Vanessa!

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Now, for Annie (Sloan).

I have been really bad ~ my projects have been sitting on the island (yes, with food prep going on all around...) for almost a WEEK. I sometimes get so excited about seeing what something is going to look like, that I just have to go ahead with it...then after I've "seen", I tend to put it "on hold" for a while...

Sometimes for a long while...

It isn't a good trait.

But, I've always done it.

Tonight, though, I got going on my items again...



Here is what I've learned about the Annie Sloan Chalk paint so far...

It really is low-odor; practically none, just a very faint earthy plaster odor, which I actually like.

Clean-up is very easy, just warm water..

Now, since I normally use artist's acrylics for these types of projects, it does take some getting used to. There is no chemical "dryer"

so the drying time is a lot longer than with acrylic or latex. (Especially with our humidity.)

Also, it doesn't "self-level" like some paint, so brushwork is a little tricky...

Still, I am liking it.

It says on the can that one coat is usually enough, but I went for two...

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(I want "perfection" before I start the imperfection/distressing process, you know? ;^)

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I've turned the cherub planter and the urn over to do the bottoms first...

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I actually did get one coat on the antique chair
rung the other day, and immediately started seeing the stain coming through, so I looked online and found this, on the Annie Sloan site...

I found the spray shellac she recommended at Lowe's.

Seems to be doing the job!

I'll finish coating these pieces with the chalk paint, then will continue tomorrow with the distressing process...

I promise! :^)

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I have to share one more thing, though...

We were late planting the green beans this year, and thought they weren't going to produce anything...

Now, all of a sudden, we have BEANS!

Jonathan has been picking and picking the past couple of days when he gets home from school...

I love them raw...right there in the garden ~ they're as sweet as candy, almost. My Grandmas, both of them, fixed wonderful green beans from their gardens with new potatoes...but I don't think I ever ate a raw one until now!

Mr. B. has a big pot on as I write, with potatoes and onions in a roux...

Smells so good!

(So glad someone besides me cooks in this house...I have to really want to make something, to enjoy it...)


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Oh, still "one more thing"!


Look at this huge okra pod!

A friend left a big sack on our porch...I think they are called "Longhorn"...

What an O'Kringle it will make, hmm?



Okay, that's all...Good Night, all!

TGIF! (Almost)