Something Different

Sometimes I get tired of doing things the same old way.  I want to do something different.  I get tired of living inside "The Box".  Don't you?  So I thought I'd step out of "The Box" and into "The Front Yard" while doing a bit of organizing at the same time.

("The Front Yard" looks a lot like my bathroom countertop.)

I took all my make-up out of my grungy (and I mean GRUNGY) make-up case and gave them classy new 'digs' in silverplate containers I've been collecting the past 30 years. 

All my make-up brushes, liners, shadows and mysterious potions are right at my fingertips in their pretty containers.  What took me so long to do this?  

  Quirky and convenient earring organization.  No more jumbles of earrings in my jewelry box and my Rapid--Patent Apprved. vintage grater gets a new life.  I love giving things new life.  A new life is something we all need. 

While we're on the subject of new uses for vintage kitchen utensils, check out my new towel holder. The rolling pin was a gift from my daughter, Laura, and her husband, Matt.  I love old things.

Rocks.  I love rocks, too. I always have. You can never have too many rocks. 

These rocks were gathered by the ocean and they have small holes in them.

If you mix rocks with small holes in them with beads and suspend them from....ears?  curtains?  tablecloths?  Christmas trees? you  can enjoy your rocks all the time. I love my dangly rock things. 

They even make good shadow puppets.