Latest Blog Posts for Self Confessed Lamp Tramp

• Here's to a great New Year!
  on Dec 30, 2012
  I must admit I'm glad 2012 is coming to an end. I'm looking forward to a happy healthy 2013 with a little more blogging and home projects. I'll be sharing the few things that I did get done this past year. My favorite DIY is this skirted buffet style...
• Why I missed blogging
  on Mar 2, 2012
  I have missed blogging as it a personal diary that I can read back. Sometimes my blog makes me smile, sometimes it makes me sad, and sometimes my blog makes me cry.   I started my blog at the advice of a counselor when I sought help after K...
• It’s been awhile… or how Miller saved Tucker’s life
  on Mar 1, 2012
  Not really sure why I dropped off the radar, had so many trips back in 2011 and  one really big change in my life. Remember my grand dog Miller?   I babysat him for 2 weeks last May while Liz and Dave went on a trip. Found out about...
• 82 Queen
  on Apr 22, 2011
    I’m in Charleston, SC celebrating a birthday and our 34th wedding anniversary. It’s so lovely and reminds me so much of New Orleans, The architecture is so similar in the historic downtown.   Here is 82 Queen where we celebrated my...
• Chalk painted buffet
  on Apr 14, 2011 in chalk paint painting furniture
  I’m so glad I decided to paint this buffet using Annie Sloan chalk paint from Southern Institute of Faux Finishing. It has made such a difference in the hall.I left the design on the top for a little contrast. It seems to make the dark mirror not s...
• Dear Miss Mustard Seed…
  on Apr 13, 2011 in chalk paint painting furniture
  Thank you so much for introducing us to Annie Sloane’s Chalk paint. It is truly amazing. I bought mine from the Southern Institute of Faux Finishing, here in Mississippi. Remember how you debated over painting your lovely dining room corner cabine...
• In LARABAR Heaven!
  on Mar 27, 2011 in raw food
  Yes, I just died and went to LARABAR heaven. I can’t believe that I doubted these bars for so long. All my RAW, VEGAN, and Gluten Free friends have espoused the deliciousness, the benefits, and the ease of Larabars. I did not believe them, I though...
• Back from wonderful Okaloosa Island Beach vacation
  on Mar 22, 2011
  Just spent the most wonderful week on Okaloosa Island, Florida. It was a family reunion of sorts. As ya’ll know Liz and Dave live there in Ft Walton Beach now, and we have been planning for our Chicago family to visit. Chicago family has not seen L...
• More Oyster Shell Mirrors
  on Feb 16, 2011 in oyster shell mirror oyster shells
  I sure hope you are not tired of my posts about oyster shell mirrors, it is all I seem to be doing lately. I do love making them and it is such a soothing hobby. Below is daughters that we delivered and hung last weekend in their home in Ft Walton B...
• Bath progress
  on Jan 11, 2011 in Makeovers Katrina redoes
  Back before Christmas I posted about our Master bath redo from Katrina screw-ups. It’s still a work in progress with 3 steps forward a couple backwards.Shower seat in the old tile, grout all cracking and full of holes caused leaking. Before:Old ti...

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