Kitchen Rooster Art

  Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

Okay, so you may have been wondering what have I been doing with all my time off.......

I have to admit that it is strange not working......

In the 5 weeks that I have been off, this is what I accomplished......

I have managed to take down and pack away Valentine's decorations in the Living Room and the Dining Room, Winter decorations in the Powder Room and in the front of the house with huge assistance from Joe .....

I have also taken down and packed away Christmas decorations that were still up in the Den, upstairs hallway, master bedroom and bathroom......

I still have the Sitting Room and Craft Room to do but I am really not that far behind as it usually does take me until the middle of March to take down Christmas in the upstairs..........

I admit that it has not been easy doing this and there have been times when I have questioned myself, wondering why the heck do I decorate the way I do for Christmas and every Holiday.....

 I have to take frequent breaks and put my leg up on an ottoman with some ice on my knee.....

I have learned to take a little folding stool around with me to sit on while working in a particular area so I am not standing too long which causes horrific pain in my knee after awhile.....

 I have also gone through and reorganized almost every drawer and cabinet in the house!!

I am used to moving at a much faster pace and having to get things done within the time constraints of being off from work so this has been aggravating to me but I am learning to SLOW down.....

I am not the type of  person who can "just sit around and do nothing".....

Now, I have been "dabbling" a bit in the Kitchen and changing a few things around.....

I also have been doing a bit of crafting......

But first, I want to Thank Karren, over at Oh My Heartsie Girl, for featuring my post, Vintage Suitcases and Transferware, from last week's Friday Feature Linky Party!!!

Thanks so much, Karren!!!

I also want to Thank Liberty, over at B4 and Afters, for featuring my post, Joe's Whimpies, from last week's The Best of the Weekend Party!!!

 Thanks so much, Liberty!!

Each time Joe's Whimpie recipe post get featured, his head gets a bit bigger!!!  LOL!!!

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A few years ago, I bought a few Valentine grab bags at Michael's and 4 of these were in those bags.....

 Did you know that Michael's makes up grab bags after seasonal merchandise has been marked down to 90% off for a few days.......

To sell the merchandise, they throw a few things together in bags and sell them for $2 or $3!!!

 I did use 2 of them to make 2 of these plaques for my Kitchen right after I bought them.....

Last year, I found a set of these pot holders in Dollar Tree......

 They also had matching place mats which are what I used to upcycle these old Home Interior pictures in the Kitchen.....

Changing them to look like this......

 Click HERE if you missed that post......

This year, I discovered that Dollar Tree has a whole new line of Rooster Kitchen items!!!

Recently, I bought these items at Dollar Tree!!!

These pot holders come in a set so I bought 2 sets.....

 Place mats, dish towels and dish clothes......

Now I have said it before, I am not a fan of the Farmhouse Style trend but I do admire it in other people's homes.........

I am a color girl and have always had Hens and Roosters in my Kitchen because number 1, they went well with my red and yellow Kitchen and number 2 because I have always been partial to French Country Design in the Kitchen.....

Roosters, copper, yellow and red, etc.......French Country!!

I decided to use these 2 pot holders for my project......

 I started off by removing (ripping off) the existing fabric panel ....

I cut the pot holder to size and hot glued it on to the plaque.....

I then hot glued some gold gimp trim around the edges......

I then glued a red rose trim around and added red ribbon roses to the corners and center of the gimp trim.....

I also added a slightly larger red rose ribbon flower to the corners.....

 As a Victorian soul, I had to throw those roses in to the mix!!

I did the same thing to the other pot holder......

Here are all 4 of the plaques together.....

And here is where I hung them........

 For over 30 years, I had old Home Interiors sconces hanging on each side of the cabinets above the sink.......

These are the sconces this past Christmas......

 I know even though copper has always been in my Kitchen and now it is back with a vengeance but I wanted something different......

So I decided it was time to pass them on so I donated them to Salvation Army.....

On the left side......

And the right side........

I hope you enjoyed seeing this simple little project of mine.....

 I do miss decorating for Easter but I just physically can not do it right now so I am trying to change up the "Normal" decor in my house......

I have a bit more changes that I have been making to the Kitchen to share before I show you how the whole Kitchen looks with just a bit of "Dabbling"..........

Keeping Things Real......

We had a burst of Spring weather this weekend and actually had temps in the high 60's on Saturday before we plummeted into the 30's and 40's on Sunday.....

 I seized the day or "Carpe Diem" and enjoyed sitting out on the front porch watching Joe clean up the front yard after the Winter!!!

I was "supervising" the job because I am the one who usually does it!!

A friend and former co worker of mine, who I missed getting to say Good Bye to when my unit at work closed in November because I was off from work for a few days, was selling Girl Scout Cookies with her daughter's Troop at the local Mall right by my house.....

She posted that they would be there on face book so Joe and I went down to buy some cookies and to see her and her family!!

I have no idea why Joe looks like he just crawled out of bed!!!!

He was working on our taxes before we left the house....maybe that is why he looks like this since we have to pay....AGAIN!!!!

It was great to catch up with my old friend, Nancy, even though I needed to sit for the rest of the day with my knee up on an ottoman because I had to walk half of the mall to get to where she was but it was worth it!!!

 I hope you will stop by to visit again soon!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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