serenity NOW!!!

hello all, hope you're off to a great start to your weekend! so sorry i've been away for about a week now. i have not been able to get much done lately on my project list, my hubby and i have been helping my mil get her house ready to sell. hubby painted inside and out and i've been painting the cabs. so i haven't had any new pics or projects to share. so i thought i'd share a sign i made for my brother-in-laws b-day a couple of weeks ago. my sister came up w/ the idea to use this line from Seinfeld, you know the one george's dad screams thru out the show. "serenity NOW!!!" It's too funny! she also had a bbq apron made that has the line embroidered on it. the sign will go over his bbq grilling area. this line is fitting for me as well, as we are about 1/2 way thru summer break and the kids are fighting more and are increasingly bored. i need "serenity NOW!!!" i'll be back soon w/ some new pics and projects i just started 2nite! thanks for coming! check my sidebar under "friday" linky parties to see other bloggers great work! EDITED TO ADD: I JUST LINKED UP TO AMANDA'S PARTY@ SERENITY NOW (i couldn't resist once i saw her blog name!)

signage

i kinda forgot about my blog in the midst of life and doing things until a friend of mine said, "why haven't you posted anything on your blog lately". so i thought i'd give her and my one other follower(thank-you!, so neat to have my first non-related/non "i see you all the time, why do i have to read ur blog person" on here) something to read/see!
So my sister asked me if i could duplicate this really cute sign she saw in idaho on vacay last summer at a cutsie-shmootsie expensive store. and i said, sure. so like almost a year later here it is! da-da-da-dahhh!!! my sis bribed me w/ a jute rug(not that she had to, i would have done it for free, that was just her way of getting me to hurry-up already!) that she was getting rid of, i put it on my back patio. in return i painted her this "botanique" sign and this plaque that she got at a thrift store for $1.50. she had this little poem she liked so i painted it on and added some fleurs. that's frenchie for FLOWERS, like you didn't know that already...;) i just like to call 'em that- not w/ the frenchie accent tho. so it's more like "flerrs" say it w/ me people! okay, i digress- you'll find i do that a lot! i also painted a "botanique" sign for my mommy( yes, i really still and always will call my mom "mommy", even tho i turn 36 next mo.!) for mother's day. now everyone wants one! but i want one too, so i guess i'll get around to painting mine in like a year?????so what do you do for fun? i paint and paint and paint! sometimes people even pay me for it (which is really fun!) but i would do it no matter what, even if i had no one to paint for but me! that's when you know it's your passion, not just a hobby. i'd love to know what your passions are and see pics. thanks for reading!
~decorating diva
p.s. bear w/ me as i am unschooled in the way of bloggy thingy's i can't figure out how to get the photos where i want them to be...i'll figure it out eventually!!!!!!

UPDATE: I AM LINKING UP TO CINDY'S SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY @ romantichome.blogspot.com/
please go check out her blog and all the amazing blogs that are linked up for "show and tell friday" ~thanks! decorating diva