Little Projects, Here and There!

Got up this morning and felt like tackling some "little" projects. 

First up, updating some globes with a nautical theme!

My sister, Melissa, gave me two of these globe/ candle holder things many moons ago for Christmas and they had been filled with a red seasonal potpourri.

I had discarded the potpourri a few months ago, but hadn't gotten around to doing anything further.

This morning, I cleaned all the glass parts and changed out the yellow votive candles for the white tea candles.

Next on the agenda was to change the batteries for the white sparkly lights.

Final step was to add a blue nautical scarf to the inside, intertwine the lights, and drape the edges over the sides.

These ended up on the very top of the bookcase in my living room.

(It was too dark when I attempted to take a pic!)

I like how it looks!!

Next project:

I traded out the Easter themed things that were in these little glass globes.

In went some white stones and sea shells that I got at Dollar Tree a few weeks ago.

For approximately $2, I have a new look in my one living room window:

Before I forget, let me show you another little project I did a few month ago for about $3:

Sea glass in whites, blues, and greens

in a lidded jar with a flickering battery-operated tea light

Another Dollar Tree project! 

This one is really pretty when the tea light is on!

Another project I did last weekend was to re-purpose an old Coke pop bottle crate for my sewing nook:

I cleaned it up (it had been in storage and was dusty and cobwebby) and it is now occupying the space behind my sewing machine.

Love having all my thread in one place!!!

I did work a little bit last weekend on the Grammy quilt, taking off some things that were falling apart. 

I'm discovering that there may be some revamping in the future as some of the materials in the middle are in worse shape than I thought.

I'm still thinking about how I want to adapt it if I have to take those parts out and put in new ones.

I did use my seam ripper a bit to remove the falling apart ones. 

Sad, but at least now I have an idea of what kind of material to look for to replace the things I have to let go.

This is not a quick project, but I'm OK with that.

And excited to see what comes next!

Last project of the day:

Turning this 

into 

this:

Strawberry ♥RHUBARB♥ Applesauce

I had about a cup of rhubarb left from a cake I made today and had some leftover strawberries from yesterday's fruit salad.

Combine those with 3 Gala apples and 3 Granny Smith apples that needed to be used up and what do you get?

At my house, homemade applesauce done in the crockpot!!

Turned out to be really good.

Not real sweet, either!!

I feel good about what I accomplished today and am truly feeling

BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE!

Until next time, 

with love and prayers,

Sue