Skin spot
I had a strange looking spot come up on my outer right arm near the elbow it truly scared me because the right side received 33 treatments of radiation.
The dermatologist did a biopsy and it was NOT Cancer. I am so glad because I started stressing from the moment she said biopsy.
Everyone needs to pay attention to strange spots on their skin because you never know if it could be cancer or not.
Tray DIY
My sister Sheri found these room service trays and she gave me three of them. These were very heavy and quite large.
I have used my DIY skills and challenged myself to get creative. So far I have completed two of the trays. I want to do them all different.
The first one is done using tile, grout and mirror flakes used for vases and epoxy which by the way was quite a challenge for us. Once we figured out why it was not getting hard we sanded it and tried one more time and it worked. There is only one low spot in the whole tray. The first challenge we had was how to get the flakes in just the areas I wanted without moving. We poured a small amount of epoxy into the side areas then waited a little bit and sprinkled in the mirror flakes. We then waited until the epoxy dried before we poured anymore over it.
The second one I painted with a mix of brown and grey and I used Modge Podge and kept coating it letting it dry in between the coats. I think I did about 5 or 6 coats. My grandmother always told us when we were kids that the key to decoupage is light even coats until no edges can be felt. I found these postcards a few years ago on eBay and they worked out great for this.
The black one is my favorite I think its the sparkly mirror stones, the glitzy glamour look. and the epoxy shine. It goes with nothing in our house but I love it.
Stripey Stripe
Stripey and Harry are two kittens that adopted us about 5 years ago.
Stripey was the one who had the broken jaw that the vet had to do surgery on and rewire his jaw before he was a year old. At the same time this surgery happened I had him neutered but not declawed because they lived outdoors and he needed his claws for protection.
He and his brother were outside cats unless we had really cold weather then I brought them inside. They hunted mice and birds in the barns and pastures. Every morning they greeted me ready to eat and every evening it was the same thing. At night was when they went off and hunted.
Stripey has been missing for 7 days today and I am so upset as well as his brother Harry seems depressed without him around.
This after our oldest indoor cat Ishy passed away about 5 weeks ago she was 14 years old.
Harry nor Stripey liked strangers so I know no one got him. I just have no idea what could have happened. He was here the night before and was acting fine and eating. I knew when he wasn’t there for his morning feeding something was up.
DIY again
I love crafting stuff and especially doing DIY stuff.
I found some prints I fell in love with and my original plan was to mount them on canvas that was until I found this old headboard.
I have not seen anyone do this exact thing so I wanted it to look perfect.
My mind started working overtime. I knew I wanted grey chalk paint so I mixed up my own using plaster of Paris and a Valspar sample from Lowes. When using chalk paint no sanding is needed.
I put two coats of the grey paint on letting it dry for a few days in between then I sanded it lightly by hand and waxed it using Minwax finishing paste wax. I waited awhile and buffed it out using a clean soft cloth.
The prints could have been put directly on the headboard BUT I wanted to add dimension without using traditional matt techniques. I bought the whole piece of matt board for $9.00 at Hobby Lobby and my husband and I figured up the spacing between the prints vs the spacing around the prints. We cut out matt board to go behind the prints. Placing the prints directly on top of the matt board. The prints are 11″ x 14″.
Last year after the Christmas holidays I found this cotton streamer on clearance for like $3.00 I snatched it up knowing I would find a use for it. I love clearance.
Now I have a new wall hanging for our dining room wall and I love it. This might just be my all-time favorite DIY.
90 Years old
Today is my Mother in Law’s 90th. birthday.
Last weekend we had a big birthday party outdoors at her house there were over 100 people there.
She is very active and she says that it is to keep her mind strong.
My Mother in law is one of those people who does not bad mouth others. I respect this woman so so much for that.
She is one of the strongest Christians I know. She spends 5 days of 7 days at the church making rosaries, quilts for the bazaar and they do other odds and ends.
If that is not enough she makes quilts, lap quilts etc for all her family. She loves reading and reads a book on most days.
She has 4 siblings 3 brothers and 1 sister and with counting her 3 are in their 90’s and 2 are in their late 80’s. It is such a blessing to be able to celebrate her 90th birthday with all of them.
Happy Birthday to her today and we love her very much.
Weeds
For some reason this weed is growing everywhere & we have never seen it before. It seems to grow very fast, climbs and spreads very quickly.
Nobody ever said a weed could not be pretty to photograph.
New puppy on the farm
The twin girls wanted a puppy they could hold. Something small and cuddly.
After researching breeds our daughter Jeanelle and her husband David decided on a miniature long hair dapple dachshund.
She does not officially have a name yet but we have heard the names Lady, Little Lady and Pebbles from the kids.
The first picture she is in a child’s size fedora hat I figured this would show her size pretty good.
Monday was her first official photo session with me and needless to say she was quite easy to photograph.
October is breast cancer month
This is just a reminder that October is breast cancer month.
Take it from me a yearly mammogram might just save your life.
Schedule your mammogram today.
Sonya Lira Photography 