{ Friday Foto Friends #31 }

I came across this little plaque at Family Dollar and you know why it caught my attention, dontcha?!?!

If you've hung around me much at all,
you know I ♥ the word HOPE.

 You probably know how much I adore cardinals, too, right?  

Well, I snatched this little cutie up for $1.....

yes, ONE DOLLAR!

I knew it needed a little makeover so it would be more at home at our house, so I dug through my stash of acrylic paints and went to work. The hardest part was painting the wing on the bird  because it was actually a picture of a bird's wing under a piece of plastic.

Here's what it looks like after a little sprucing up.....

It's so sweet now, at least to me!

And, that wing that was difficult to paint over.....

well, I like how it looks all feathery.

Nothing a little paint and Sharpie marker can't make look better!

Thanks so much for your prayers and concern and comments and e-mails this week.

Y'all are AWESOME-sauce!

I'd LOVE it if you'd join in our linky today.

HOPE everybody has a wonderful weekend!