Category Archives: Grab Bag

Who knows what you’ll find!

Jewel Kade Has Arrived At Fabulous Finishes!

Paint finishes? Meet Jewel Kade!

It all started with my painter friend, who would stop by my store blinged out in various JK pieces…   It never failed,  whenever she showed up,  I’d eye her jewels and want them for my own.

She gifted me with a necklace and charm…  I combo’d it with other jewelry… it got me part way there…. but I wanted more

Any time I wore her piece people would comment.  Now visualize – I am in junky painted up painter pants, and a simple T…. but I do like to wear a blingy belt

and now, the Jewel Kade

Their jewelry is so lovely -  custom crafted, artsy, pretty, unique…. and – you can customize charms – with photos of your kids, or family…

If you’re interested in purchasing JK jewelry, head to my order site

and choose your favorites -

Or, if you are in the Detroit area,  join us at Fabulous Finishes, Monday, April 23rd,  7pm, for a Jewel Kade Party!

I guarantee you will love their stuff!

Real Meaning Of Christmas, In Simple Terms…

I LOVE BELTS!!!!!!!!!

If you know me personally, you probably guessed this already.  Yes, I love belts.    I love big buckles. Sparkles.   The more colors the better…

Fortunately I have a sister that’s been in Shanghai for several years – she brought me home many sparkly belts at bargain basement prices.

This one was a little  brighter red than I’d have wished for, but its still fun to wear

Plain old white, except for the big buckle and bling…

Wild and crazy

This is one of my favorites – I swear it weighs five pounds, it is so well made.  That’s the thing,  most of these belts aren’t good quality belts, they’re just fun. But these next belts are the real thing,  not cheap but WELL worth the money

So beautiful!!!!

LOVE IT!!!!    I could care less about shoes or purses, but I’d work extra jobs for some of these belts!!!!

If I knew I could find others interested in belts, I’d have these hanging from my store ceiling, sprinkled amongst the painted furniture and cabinet samples!

This one’s on my Christmas list…  a “Here honey, wrap this for me…”  gift :)

this one I got for Julia for Christmas – her favorite color is once again pink

If you’re interested in purchasing belts like these, I’ve not found them in local shops.  In fact, they aren’t that easy to find online either.  You’ll find the most selection on Ebay, and there are only a few sellers that carry the blingiest of them all.   Be careful, though,  it’s addicting!!!!!!

Oh My Gosh I’m Exhausted!!! Pulled Off A Garage Sale…

I’m beat -   just finished 2 days of a garage/moving sale.

Thank God for mothers :)   Mine helped me beyond measure – came last week for a couple days to help me gut the attic, and get the sale organized and priced.

I hate posting without photos…. it seems so colorless and dull… but grabbing my Nikon amidst the last 2 days was the last thing on my mind….

I can share a few photos of stuff I sold, cuz I took photos of that to also list on Craigslist…    Patio sets are popular -

No need for three, so sold two -

Gone…. will miss these big stools that carried any butt size…

 They should make a T-shirt that says, ” Painters give the best garage sales!” …. you can’t  beat the scaffold racks for selling items….

Memories…  Once used in our kitchen, then demoted to the basement…  but it’s going to a great home and the new young wife has visions of Caromal re-finishing of the table top -

Guy’s here right now taking it down – my sis was going to take it, but they  aren’t due home from living abroad for a few years, and they worried maybe it would be liability to have in their yard unattended….   the present buyers wanted it ‘with’ the house -  PUH-leeze…..  can I say this without sounding unChristian -

You just got a bargain  ‘present-day-value-price’ on our home that was worth hundreds more when WE were new, excited home-buyers,  just like you.   We lived within our means, and waited several years until we had the cash to purchase the extras, like this Rainbow set, window treatments, furniture…     A house losing value in present day is one thing,  but don’t expect to take the homeowners ‘extras’ as a throw in.   Save up and purchase your own goodies -

Wow, I just looked out the window -

Our life is ever changing….     B R E A T H E…

God doesn’t give us more than we can handle.    It is, after all, the ending that makes the beginning possible…