catching up!

It was a whirlwind of a morning yesterday.  The painters were here for to finish the last coat on the baseboards, the flooring guy was here (again) to iron out some flooring bubbles, and the vanity builder was here removing little chips from the arborite.  We have closets but no shelving.  Shelving is the next stage.  The boxes will start their downward migration soon.

I've finished my seasonal magnets.  The Hallowe'en magnets were so popular here that I made rusty metal Christmas and winter magnets too using Crafty Secrets vintage supplies.  I had wanted to sponge paint some acrylic paint on the Christmas trees but it got lost in the rusty metal colours.  Here are the winter magnets (which will grace our fridge until snow-melt):

Here are the Christmas magnets which will be promptly put away for next Christmas!

With our Christmas decorations away, K and N were anxious to decorate for Valentine's Day.  Here's the beginning of the Valentine's Day tree!  I managed to persuade them that only pink/white/red heart baubles should decorate the tree as they were putting anything heart-shaped on it!  (You'll see N's Klutz heart-shaped purse is on the tree!  There's only so much persuading I can do!)  I'll post a Valentine's tree update if they make ornaments for the tree!  My dh groans each time we decorate seasonally.  I'm delighted that we cause him such anguish!  He knew we were up to something the minute he came within proximity of our house and saw K's heart-shaped creation gracing our front door where the Christmas wreath had been hanging!