Don't Send in the Clowns

Paint Party Friday

I must have hidden my dislike of clowns really well,
because those  closest to me never knew it!

  It was a shocking surprise when my ex after

  probably fifteen years together gifted me a

 clown brooch.  I wore it with reluctance.

The last pages from my friend little booklet!

 Always a bit of a goofball clowning around it
  was no wonder people assumed I liked them!

 One Christmas soon after my daughter was 
born my mother bought her a little clown doll....
Not knowing my particular disdain for clowns, 
 Cupcake also  had an aversion to clowns 
and never liked that doll!

 Years later someone else gifted me another

  clown brooch  feeling it matched my colourful
 self! It was gaudy and scary,   I never

  wore it! Although I did appreciate the kind

 gesture of love! 

Of course I too have given many a gift over
the years that may not have been fitting for 
the receiver. One year I bought the family
funny bird slippers that chirped when you
walked. I thought it would be funny but no 
one was impressed except Cupcake!! I still 
have a set in a Halloween box! Today it would
 be an instagram hit!! Maybe I was a little
ahead of my time!!

 When I was very young  I crocheted a large
blue pillow for my friends new apartment!
 In retrospect it was probably not exactly 
what she was expecting since she gave 
me a beautiful bottle of perfume! I still feel
 embarrassed about that! I always did 
things on a budget, but that time I had
regrets that have lasted thirty five years!!

As time went on I became a better gift giver!
Of course having more money to spend
really helped!! Now when in doubt it's 
booze, good chocolate or money!!

Lap desk in 2015 then it was smeared with paint so I redid it!

Lately there is that ugly clown making the rounds

all over the net. It's impossible to avoid seeing it

somewhere! I have no idea why I dislike them so 

much. Maybe it's because it's so easy to hide

something nefarious behind all the makeup!

Repainted it in Dec 2016, then vanished it!!

Is there something about you 

those closest to you never knew

until late in the relationship?

Full of paint splatters this is Sept 2017 lap desk make over!!

 

Have you ever given or received a 
a gift you really regretted?

Revamped Wreath

This is the an old wreath I revamped for eight dollars!

It looks better in person and even glistens in the sunlight.

 I bought the plastic sparkly, and plain balls in varied sizes at a dollar store! 

Two shades of blue off set  the silver!

Not normally a blue person, I am surprisingly attracted to it lately!

This  red one at pier 1 imports is shockingly $115.00!!! In person it doesn't

 look this full!

 

                                    
 This silver one, also at pier 1 imports is $80.00, no where near this full looking in person! My daughter  said ours looks way better. I had planned to add some ribbon to mine, but decided against it!

Got an old wreath laying around that looks kind of 80's or 90's ish a little limp and outdated? Give it a revamp! Fill your boots at the dollar store! Check out a few, they all have different decorations!  Get a little floral wire then go to town with anything that suits your fancy! Happy decorating!