FIRE!

My fave lil' man, Sean, is getting got a new fire themed canvas for Christmas.

His mom asked if I would paint one for him, and I was more than happy to oblige.  

I found a picture similar to this on the internet as my inspiration, and rolled with it. 

I think it turned out so cute! 

The little bitty firemen and little bitty people in the windows make me giggle.

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Speaking of Sean and Christmas, on Christmas Eve, he was a bell ringer for the Salvation Army.

He had a short shift at the Hobby Lobby store in Broken Arrow.

I HAD to go see him in action.

Seriously, cutest bell ringer ever!

Sean and his Momma, Kris.

After bell ringing, Sean and Kris were off to deliver Chex Mix treats to all the fire stations in Broken Arrow. 

He is definitely a boy on the go and full of Christmas cheer!

"Pin" - O - Rama!

I was reading my blog list today and read on of Maegan's posts. 

It's about Pinterest and the newest "pin" inspired website called Pinspire. 

Another Pinterest you ask?!  

It pretty much looks like the same thing to me. 

Only difference I can see is you can just sign up. 

On Pinterest, you have to receive an invite.   

And according to this post, there are several other "pin" type websites. 

Have I been under a rock or something??  How have I missed these other sites??

I've never heard of Craftgawker, but I have heard of We Heart It. 

I simply found it interesting that there are several more "pin" websites now that Pinterest is a worldwide phenomenon aka addiction!

So, there are a few more links for you to surf randomly and waste even more time on the internet!  :)

You're welcome.

Follow me on Pinterest! 

Whatever Wednesday....Christmas Canvas

So, I got all excited and did a Christmas canvas for my house. 

Where am I going to hang it? 

I.have.no.idea.

But here is the finished product, and I love it!  :)

My tree is black and white with some peace signs (love) and of course, snowmen!

I heart snowmen.

Only a few days left til Santa comes!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

The Concert Dream

You know when you have a dream, no matter how crazy it is, you seriously feel like it happened?!?

Well I had one of those last night!

Holy crap, it was a crazy dream.  You can't make this stuff up, people.

It started off as me and my brother, Justin, going to a Toby Keith concert at the BOK Center.

The opening acts were Sara Bareilles (who I love), Matchbox 20, and Beyonce.  Random much??

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Sara came on stage, played the piano and sang and it was an amazing show.

Matchbox 20 was next.  I think I went to drink a beer during their performance because I don't remember if they were or weren't good, ha!

Then it was time for Beyonce and I was beyond pumped, stoked, excited. 

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Beyonce comes out to perform and there's all these amazing dancers, in awesome costumes, all kinds of stage props, smoke and lighting, and it's not even BEYONCE!  It's some stupid impersonator person singing and doing her dances to her songs.  RUDE!

How in the world Beyonce's impersonator and Toby Keith got on the same concert ticket is beyond me. 

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Next it was time for the main man, headliner, Toby Keith. 

It's weird that I dream about him.  He is an Okie and an avid Sooner fan, which I love.  

But I have heard from reliable sources, that have been closely involved with stadium shows, during his sound checks and such, that he is a bit of a diva. 

Not cool Toby, chill out.

Anyway, he comes on stage, but the stage is not a stage.  It is a boat dock and a lake, LOL!  

He sings one song from the boat dock and the crowd goes bananas.  

He then launches off into the water, goes under water and shoots back out, landing in his boat. 

(Seriously, I'm cracking myself up right now typing this) 

Toby proceeds to do a few things on his boat, grab his guitar, and keeps singing.  For REAL.

It only gets better from here.  

The place where we were sitting had up close and personal access to Toby's boat.  How, I don't know.

But my brother and I proceed to get called on to the stage (boat) for some special something. 

 Those details are fuzzy.

Justin and I end up in some little fun skit with Toby that's going to be on YouTube.

Our prizes for being in this skit are some beer and a fancy pants t-shirt from some athletic store. 

(Thanks Toby.  You have more money than God and all I get is a t-shirt?)

That's all I remember about Toby and his show.

Now, it is still interesting.  

The show must be over and it's time to leave.  

Apparently our seats were pretty high up in the stadium (but close to the boat, ha!), because we had to walk, and walk, and walk, to get out of the arena.

While walking, I lose my brother, I guess he left and went home. 

And my friend, Dee, from the gym, shows up and walks with me.  

Somehow, Dee and I, end up walking in the VIP/Box Seat area of the BOK Center.

If you've ever been there, it's pretty nazi to get into this area, so it's funny we just "end up" there.

While roaming the VIP area trying to find the exit, we are beyond lost.

We find some nice man to help direct us to the exit.  He gives us directions, gets on the walkie talkie and tells his co-worker that Dee and I are on our way to him and he is to show us the way out.

Cool, thanks dude. 

Dee and I proceed to the the co-worker's location. 

But to get to said location is a TOTAL adventure. 

We proceed around the corner and end up in this amazing, green, beautiful, Mother Nature's playground, "area".  Greenery, beautiful palm trees, birds chirping, and calm waters were all around. 

I don't even know how to describe this area, as it was beyond beautiful.  

I felt like I should have been in Hawaii or some exotic location. 

The air got humid and foggy, but the scenery around me was breathtaking. 

We end up in this shallow water, there are tiny fish that nip at your feet and peacocks in all of the trees.  

Yes, peacocks in trees!  Big peacocks, baby peacocks, just tons and tons of peacocks, everywhere!  

I am in heaven and snapping away with my camera!!! 

I want to take a baby peacock home for my pet at this point.  

Finally, remember the co-worker that was expecting us? 

He spots us walking through the shallow water. 

We are soaked to the bone at this point and he instructs us to come to the dry area where he is. 

We make it to "dry land" and we end up showering off in this big open area. 

I guess this happens all the time to concert goers. ;) 

Finally, after our shower, we visit with the BOK employees.  They are super nice and friendly. 

By this time, it's like 3am and we are exhausted. 

We finally make our way to the main doors of the arena and leave to head home. 

That's all I remember.  :) 

Whatever Wednesday...Turn Tulsa Pink!

Let's travel back in time a few months, shall we?

The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. 

An initiative here in Tulsa turned this place PINK for the entire month! 

There pink themed events throughout the month.  

Concerts, fashion shows, car/motorcycle shows, and even roller derby, ha!

You can view the Turn Tulsa Pink website here. 

They are doing many great things to raise breast cancer awareness in northeast Oklahoma! 

My absolute favorite pink thing around town was the Golden Driller's boots. 

He got in on the pink-ness and sported some pink boots.

Golden Driller is totally secure in his manhood. ;) 

Love it!!

Blog-birth-iversary!

The White House Blog is a year old today! 

I whipped out the very first post a year ago, and can't believe I'm still a blogger!  :)

Thank you to all of my loyal followers and readers! 

The White House Blog is looking forward to another great year!

Whatever Wednesday...Dear Martha Stewart...

......I am loving your new line of craft paint at Michael's. 

You have provided a vast selection of GLITTER, METALLIC, SATIN, and HIGH GLOSS colors. 

More than any other brand of paint I have found in any of the craft stores. 

However, you seem to be very proud of your new line of paint.

I know the economy is not the greatest at the moment..... 

But you seem to have increased your GLITTER paint cost significantly. 

For holiday painting and creating, glitter is essential. 

You obviously know this, therefore you have increased the glitter paint price.

I have only purchased a few of the two ounce tubes at $2.99 (regular price). 

Now, $2.99 doesn't sound like a lot but, when you want to purchase the whole stinkin' rack of paint,

it can get a tad bit expensive. 

I'll just learn to pace myself on buying the ever so awesome glitter paint.

Don't worry Mar-Mar, I will continue to support you as you are a very talented an ex-convict. 

Signed,
Angie, Thrifty Crafter :)

What else I've been up to...

Thanks go good ol' Pinterest (again), I got this clever idea. 

Of course, I heart leopard and just had to paint these. 

I changed it up a little from the Pinterest picture and added the "swirly" pattern. 

The paint technique that I used is the same that I used on my pumpkins. 

Ta-Da!

The finished product :)

Giveaway-o-rama!

Christmas is upon us and the blogger's are in giveaway mode! 

I'm not usually a giveaway person, and don't blog about them regularly. 

But since it is the holiday season, I thought why not!?!

TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY!

Megan at In This Wonderful Life is hosting this giveaway. 

The prize is this Christmas platter from Rosie Posie Designs.

This is the prize in the giveaway.  It is very cute!!! 

There's also a phenomenal giveaway going on at According to Nina.

Nina is hosting an Oprah-esque, My Favorite Things giveaway. 

Here is the link to the Favorite Things giveaway. 

 Hop on over to their blogs and enter to win! 

Twin Canvases!

My dear, sweet friend asked me to do some custom canvases for her twin grand babies.

Kinsley and Kullyn were born in May. 

Their nursery is primary colors with dalmatians. 

I thought they turned out super cute. 

It was SO fun to paint the dalmatians! 

These are going to be their parent's Christmas gift, so if you know their mommy & daddy, SHHHH!  :) 

Next up, Sean's momma has asked me to do a canvas for him for Christmas.

It's almost done, I am hoping he is going to love it!

I can't wait to share it.....I'll post it when it's finished! 

"There is no Arizona"

Don't worry, Arizona is still where it has always been.

That's just a song that I really like.  And it was appropriate, hehe.

I went to Tucson for work in late October and again in early November. 

Both of these trips were really quick, so not a lot of time was spent on sight seeing.

The one thing I did learn about Arizona, is that it is brown.

Very brown. 

But along with the very brown-ness comes some beautiful scenery and mountains. 

This was the view from my hotel room on the first trip.

This is a typical "yard" in Arizona.  Rocks.  Not grass, just rocks.

And more mountains. 

I didn't get a chance to take many pics as I was there for such a short time, and I was working,

....but you get the idea. 

Don't let the desert fool you though, it got cold there!

The second time I was there, it was 34 degrees in the morning. 

Granted it warmed up and was sunny, but I thought it was balmy, sunny and gorgeous all the time.  

Conclusion:

Arizona is brown, but beautiful. 

Cool, but not cold. 

In-N-Out Burger is readily available in Arizona.

Amen :)