Angel's Attic Recap

Angel's Attic has come and gone and it was such a beautiful show. So many great things to look at - we did more shopping than selling that day! But it was still a fun time for us amici. In preparing for this show and the SCC Garden Expo (coming up May 8), we have made lots of new, cute signs! Some of them are pictured here, the rest will be up on facebook for sure!

Didn't the wonderful display at Angel's Attic make our signs look good?!?!

It was a cold and windy day, so we were lucky that most of the display was indoors. As for the picture of only TWO amici, we did the show in shifts and Lorrie didn't make it before my camera died......

(the truth is Anne Marie and I did ALL the work and therefore get mid-year bonuses while Lorrie.....well, she does NOT.)

I hope everyone notices how cute the aprons (made by Lorrie) look on us!

Trying new things....

One thing about Tre Amici is that we love a good challenge. We all get so excited to explore our creativity on all levels, and our latest project is no exception.

Given our inherent love for gently used, vintage treasures, we could not resist two very unique steamer trunks. When we saw them advertised on Craigslist, all three amici quickly jumped in their company van (a.k.a. Lorrie's "Big White") and started on our road trip. This time, Tre Amici dragged the tre kiddos along for the ride. Needless to say, the trip was incredibly loud and full of potty breaks.

Upon safely reaching our destination (despite Lorrie's turret's-like musical outbursts) we were greeted by a very kind older gentleman who gave us a screamin' deal on the two trunks. Naturally, we swooped them up into our "company vehicle" and went straight to work.

They were in pretty good shape to begin with. We gave one a good cleanup, sanded down the surface and primed it.

We have big plans for this piece. We're going to take our eyes for creativity and our (very steady) hands for painting to create a masterpiece beyond your wildest imagination.

Stay tuned for more photos along the way!

.........And you thought we only painted signs........

The perfect sign for tough times

Do you ever have those moments where you think to yourself, "I just CAN'T do this."

For me that happens about every 20 minutes or so. One kid is crying or screaming at the precise moment that another kid's entirely full bowl of cereal just landed on the floor. Then when you think it couldn't get any worse - you're slipping in milk as you attempt to catch the call on the phone that just happens to be ringing at the same time! This is no exaggeraton, my friends - I've been there and it isn't pretty.

Yes, woe is me. Oh, if only in times like these I could remember these words.....

Is anything more true? Yes, the chaos that is my home can be pretty trying at times, but the truth is there's always someone out there who has real problems they're dealing with - and oftentimes much better than we deal with our insignificant ones.

A sign like this is the perfect way to send that message of reassurance to them. What powerful words.

I should really have this somewhere that I can it read every morning.

Then maybe I would clean up the soggy cheerios with a smile :)

...........hmm.......not likely.......