One of my gym gals lives in my neighborhood. I often drive by her house on my trash troll every Wednesday morning. Just a couple of weeks ago I hit jack pot with her next door neighbor. As I drove around I had found nothing that morning. I get a little down when its a dry morning with no new treasures. I went up and down the streets around my home and then I rounded the corner to Linda’s street. She lives in a dead-end street so I always just do a loop around and then back out. As I made the turn they’re sitting all alone was this tiny little table.
I jumped out and grabbed it up and in my truck it went. I was so excited because that was the last street before I head home. When I got home I looked at it a bit closer and there was damage. Nothing I couldn’t fix with paint, sand paper, clear finish and a little bit of art. Plan was to paint the entire piece with Chalk Country Paint. The top of the table had all kids of mess on it so I decided to sand it first to remove the dirty mess. Underneath all that mess was a beautiful piece of wood with inlaid design. There were a couple of spots that couldn’t be repaired so I used stencils to cover them. There was this wood design in the middle that was in a diamond shape. I used the words together, family, moments and faith to cover the damage and add that something special. The color makes the piece bright and full of life. It’s called Polished Turquoise.
I love the way this one came out. Just think it was headed to the city dump without a second thought. I’m sure if I wouldn’t have picked it up one of the many Junkers that comb our neighborhood would have gotten it. I’m just so glad I got to it first. Some day’s I find lots of things to pick up, other days just one maybe two things and today I found nothing. To me that is how life is some days you are over flowing with blessings, other days you only get a glimpse at one or two blessings but, there are those days you don’t really feel like you see any blessings at all. Those are the days that I have to trust in my faith and believe that blessings are there we just don’t see them right at first. It’s so easy to look back on my life and see when and where I was blessed but couldn’t see it until it had already passed. Trust and sometimes blind trust has to be one of the hardest parts of my faith but, it has never failed me.
This table and many new items are in my booth at Doc Holliday’s Emporium. Also don’t forget that I’m teaching new classes each month up stairs at Doc’s in the studio space. Sidewalk sale is coming up October 14!!
