snitched: verb

pilfer something: to steal something in a sneaky way, especially something of little value

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Shirley and I went to Smiley's Flea Market and Antique Malls, ( they have 3 locations: North Carolina, Florida and Georgia ) last week end. I love the Internet and found an interesting bit of trivia about out local establishment. The owner's name is Ben Camden, Sr. and he established Smiley's in 1984. The reason he named it Smiley's; is he wanted a name that would reflect the business in a good light and on those who operated it. Contrary to popular belief, his last name is not Smiley's but he will answer to it every time you see him. ( cute huh? ) Smiley's is 100,000 square feet with 700 outside selling booths, and an Antique mall that is longer than a football field! -------------------------                So I learned a few things, but unfortunately as a sign of the times it has gone down hill in quality. There wasn't a lot that Shirley and I enjoyed seeing but I did enjoy my fruit cup :) and we both bought huge ferns for $6.00 each. Bad thing was, she drove her teeny tiny Miata and we had no room! We had to make a run to her house to drop off the plants so that we could continue on our day!

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Our color challenge for Week 4 Summer of Color  over at Twinkle Twinkle this week is:

 Strawberry Lemonade Punch

sounds good enough to eat, huh? yum!

So, making another jar for the series. :) After it was washed, dried and the label removed, it was spray painted pink, but too dark so I dabbed a layer of white on top and then a layer of pale yellow, using a scrunched up piece of Saran Wrap. Then I took my Prima Script stamp and stamped that in a mauve rose ink..then took a damp towel, patted it gently around the script image to softened it up some. Next, I took a flower stamp and used my pink acrylic paint to stamp flower images. I did go back over the stamped images with my paint and added the half flowers and the dots. Then using my 'scrapper', I etched around the shapes so that the light would shine through it.

I used my Scor-Pal Tape to go around the edge of the jar, then adhered my yellow ribbon and added the bow with my glue gun. I took twine and hot glued the flowers which have brad centers and let them dangle down the front of the jar.

Really Reasonable Ribbon - July Ribbon Club Assortment

Bakers Twine Assortment

Score Pal Tape

And since I am baby sitting my friend's garden while she is out of town and she has allllllllll these beautiful flowers; I snitched me some and put them in my jar this time instead of a tea light :)

purty, huh? :)

Here are the 3 from last week:

Sherbet, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Baseball Nut

and mint chocolate chip also with flowers, ( and some are even from my balcony! lol )

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

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Project Pinterest will post on July 9th