Playing with Blocks

I'm

counting my Happies

today.

 Because the sun was shining

and the kitchen was flooded with it's bright, warm light.

Days like this are going to be hard to come by in the near future 

as winter slides in

and we have day after day of cold, cloudy weather.

So, I took a break today from painting furniture in the basement

to play

in my bright, sunlit kitchen

with some blocks.

This box of wooden blocks dated way back to when I was a child.

(Yeah...I know.  That was a lonnnnng time ago.)

After trying to sell them in various garage sales,
nobody wanted them.

So, they always ended up back in my basement.

(I guess kids don't play with blocks anymore...?

I still have the Tinkertoys and Lincoln Logs my brother and I used to build things with!)

When I was cleaning the basement moving things around the other day, 

the box tipped over and the blocks spilled out across the rug.

As I picked each one up to put back in the box,

memories of building houses, fences, bridges, and roads with these colorful little blocks

floated around in my head.

Then, the little creativity angel in my head gave me a nudge.

I knew what I wanted to do with them.

Of course there had to be Annie Sloan chalk paint involved, right?

They were lined up like little soldiers 

and coated with a couple layers of "Pure White".

I was actually tempted to start playing with them ~

but restrained myself.

After they were dry, I took them upstairs to the kitchen table

where the fun began.

I simply stamped different words on them.

Deciding what words I wanted was the most difficult part.

I just let my heart guide me.

After distressed with a sanding block, I used a coat of Clear wax to seal them.

Yup.

I'm counting my Happies.

And 

YOU'RE 

one of them!

These blocks will be for sale at the Allegan Antique Market in May!

{ Blessings }

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