Riverside Casino Craft Show

SO I popped over to Riverside Iowa for the annual craft show. It's a;ways good to see what's going on in the crafty world!

 Those ceramic Christmas trees never seem to go out of style. This lady has been making them since the 70's. E&R Creations have a web page too Here

 I always like the looks and the sayings on these re purposed windows.I also saw some with chicken wire in the frames and they used them for memos and photos and cards.

 Look at this canvas Christmas tree....and asking $40!! YIKES!

 I think these are the nicest things I saw. Re purposed old wood with snowmen, and sayings painted on them. Some were also wood burned on.....

 Like these cute wooden ornaments. I do like them a lot!

 The Iron Garden had a lot of things, they always have such creative iron things.

And this one was a favorite of mine too. Wild Angels Expressions had a large display of books with the pages folded to make words. They are beautiful! I wouldn't necessarily want to own one, but I bet it's fun to fold the pages and make the designs. 

And last look at this wooden ironing board with a great paint job! This booth had small furniture pieces and they all had hand painted designs on them. Not all were as colorful as this ironing board but it was lovely art work!

Big Time Gambling

So when my birthday rolls around I try to go and gamble for some free money.  I don't think you'll be calling me Maverick anytime soon.


1st stop- I rounded up Uber Son and we hit the Meskwaki Casino, over near Tama , Iowa. On your birthday, you get $20 of bingo credit! Yay! So I could play bingo for pretty darn cheap. Son had never been to Meskwaki Bingo before, it was an eye opener.


You notice there's only white hairs and blue hairs in the background there.....
After getting settled in guess who was our big winner of the night? Yup Uber son WINS!!!

He sure needs the money since he's....... "currently between positions". It was a pretty eventful night at Bingo-there was a scandal! One lady called Bingo after the caller had moved on to the next number and the lady who had the next number got cheated! She went to management I guess and later ended up showing them all, by winning the $900 fishbowl pot!!
So I continue my losing streak. But there's one more chance. Hubs and I head over to The Riverside Casino. For your birthday there, you get $9 in free slot play and a free dinner buffet.
Alas! Still a loser. But I at least got to have supper with Hubs and DD. DD was baby sitting little mason. Look how cute Mason is......
He hitched a ride with Hubs, and Mason was also the accomplice, hubs was boosting a big ol' hunk of fried chicken out of the buffet right under the boy!!!  Oh well I may be a loser at gambling, but I am always entertained!