what would martha say...

back when martha still had her mail order catalog, she offered up this fancy wooden multi-tiered doo dad. she showed it all dolled up with little villages populated with those cute lil glittery cardboard houses and trees - all smothered in faux snow. it was so chamin' that i just had to oder one up to be fed-ex'd to put on the entry table here at the moland mansion.

while i saw it as havin' a multitude of holiday displayin' possibilities, no one else in my family thought much of my newly obtained 'thing'. i didn't let this squash my plans for usin' it though. when chistmas rolled around that year, jo and i were delighted to unveil our own vision o' martha's charmin' village - three tiers jammed packed with a twinklin' tinsel filled trailer park town. i am sure if i could find the shots we took from all sides, includin' from above, you'd agree it put martha's effort to shame - especially since ours included miniature versions o' the special park people we knew and loved durin' our youth and teeny plastic pink flamingos in pullin' santa's sled.

for some reason when christmas was packed away that year, martha's multi-tiered wooden doo dad got lost and i plum forgot all about it. but this year it reappeared and i discovered a more practical way to use it year round. maybe one o' you readers is also a disorganized messy artist lookin' for a way to work while keepin' lots o' itty bitty supplies to pick and choose from close at hand and can rig up somethin' similar.

i pondered for a long time how to make it work like a real lazy susan - you know - where it would twirl around so i could choose doo dads from all sides...but i'm not very mechanical and didn't have a clue how to do that...so instead, i put wheels on the round table it sits upon and now with just a slight push, i have access to all sides without much effort!

i'm sure martha would not be pleased if she saw' her fancy multi-tiered 'thing' bein' used in such a way...although i am certain she would have been impressed when it debuted as a trailer park.

thanks so much for stoppin' by...if you have a better idea for this doo dad decoratin dilemma please share it! i am sure i'm not the only person who is constantly tryin' to invent solutions for the semi-hopeless.

xoxoxoxoxoxmo

...i haven't been able to access my yahoo mailbox for most of the past week so please forgive me if you wrote to me there and i have not responded....i'm headin' there now and have my fingers crossed it's up and runnin' again.

mailin' momades

i worked like a demon doo dad'n designer to finish up a big batch o' momades for inspired amy. when i finally finished i asked for a shippin' box and plopped down on the shabby couch for a small rest while i waited for the cardboard bin to arrive in the doo dad den....at which time i would pack up all the momades and send them on their way. but i was so tired i fell fast asleep and woke up long after the day's shippin' deadline.....nary a thing left moland for inspired amy's waiting hands.

i felt so guilty for not gettin' the goods on their way that i used up the time i had til the next shippin' opportunity to dress each of my makin's up in their own lil outfit. i think all but one or two of 'em ended up in cute but sort'a rustic lil 'dresses' tied with the twine jo bought for mini to tie her tamales up with (mini's latest cookin' feat is to make a batch of every variation of tamale known to mankind with a different kind o' chocolate cake baked between each batch to cleanse our palette for a proper tamale taste test).

i finally got the brown carton out the door and to inspired amy but was further annoyed with myself to find all the lady chapeaus and additional fancy pin cushion eggs had somehow 'rolled' outasite and didn't make the trip this time 'round! i pondered, as i often do while deliverin' doo dads via download...it's a good thing i don't support my family off my attempts at bein' a worldwidewebmerchant cause if i did mini, her daddy, jo and the many pets would starve to death.

thankfully i'm much better at actually makin' the goods than i am at ever gettin' 'em to leave the doo dad den. so for those o' you who have written me to complain about the few eggs disappearin' so fast....if you still desire one to arrive possibly after the big egg day, let amy know and i'll send the runaway batch in the next box. after all, they do make the most delightful pincushions all year round.

xoxoxoxoxoslomo