Little Corbin Hill

Valentine’s ideas for the men in your life…

2012-02-10T19:12:00.000-05:00

I’m always grasping at ideas on what to get Mr. LCH for Valentine’s Day. I used to go WAAAAYYYY OUT and make him a huge basket of all sorts of candy, chocolate, and what not but that was before we were married so it wasn’t in my house on the bar waiting to be eaten by ME. So, with the help of Pinterest (isn’t she great?), I’ve found some interesting gift-giving ideas…

This fits my Mr. to a tee, lol

from momsofalltrades.blogspot.com via Alea from Pinterest

A bouquet of bacon. Be still his heart.

from fastcompany.com via Lindsey on Pinterest

This just made me chuckle. You could think of something cheeky yet cute on the card.

From make-it-do.com via Carey on Pinterest

Although he doesn’t need ANY more socks, I could reuse a pair, lol, just for the cute factor

From saltwater-kids.com via Art on Pinterest

Sunday morning pre-Valentine breakfast, anyone? Straight from the cinnamon roll can because that’s how this momma rolls…

From poppiesatplay.blogspot.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

Welp, I’m off to contemplate how I’ll make our Valentine’s Day simple yet sweet <3

New paint tool!

2012-02-09T18:42:00.000-05:00

While perusing Pinterest, I came across It’s Great To Be Home’s review about Sherwin-William’s new online paint helper, Chip It! I have seen other sites somewhat similar to this but not one that ever gave me exact colors of a brand. So, needless to say, this is something I’ve been needing. I have a Kitchen board on Pinterest and most of the kitchens have the same feel, same colors, etc., but it would be nice to find out what paint color they used. Okay, here goes…

I picked this pretty kitchen pic from my board. It’s from Grace Happens! You should check out their before and after. Very pretty =)

So I entered my url in the paint tool…

It then asks me to select an image…

And VOILA, I got this…

I clicked on “More Colors” and got some additional chips…

I don’t like ALL the colors represented here but the cooled blue, fashionable gray, and extra white make me happy =)

Isn’t this the coolest ever. I’m probably late in the game with my discovery but I like it!

Etsy-pa-looza

2012-01-19T19:21:00.001-05:00

I got a Kindle Fire form my wonderful hubs this Christmas. Could have knocked me over with a feather when I tore into my present a couple of days before Christmas (yes, I said a couple days before, lol. Mr. LCH was just too excited to wait). It hasn't been quite a month yet since I received it and I definitely know that I need to not only buy some screen protectors but I want a cute little case too =)
Enter the wonderful, talented people of Etsy =)
Source: SylSyltoo

Source: irisandlily

Source: AnnyAndMe

Source: AnnyAndMe

Source: TheSweetLifebyDesign

Source: dixieswindow
Now I just have some decisions to make =) Until next time.

My current project…ignore the mess...

2012-01-14T10:49:00.001-05:00

This is what I've been up to lately…
Let's just say that it's a working progress recovering a carseat…but the tutorial from Make It & Love It is awesome =) Now I really need to finish it, lol, so we can stop lugging carseats from car to car.

My goodies!

2012-01-14T10:44:00.002-05:00

I've unfortunately had these thrift store finds since the end of November but I have my plans for them. I have started to make some things a couple of times but now with a new house possibly looming in our future, I don't want to paint them my current color scheme.

Here are my goodies and my intentions for each.

I want to paint the base of this covered plate/cloche. I love it and can't wait to put little decorative holiday things in it.
I want to repaint this and maybe do something with vinyl and our last name.
A chalkboard! Woot woot!
Got these packages of collapsible boxes with the Oriental Trading tags still affixed for $1.00 a piece!
Whew, now if I can purchase some motivation ;)

Dreaming of kitchens

2012-01-12T14:51:00.002-05:00

Oh, man, at the thought of my little family possibly purchasing our first house, I have not been able to stop thinking about it. That means that in addition to a rowdy one year old, I am completely exhausted. My mind was already running a hundred miles per hour. Now, after Kenna goes to bed and I read my blogs, browse Pinterest, my mind's running overtime thinking of the possibilities. Because the house we're looking at has no windows in the kitchen, I'm thinking of painting the cabinets white to lighten things up some. So Pinterest has lent me some fabulous inspirations when it comes to cabinets, hardware, lighting, and paint for the walls. So today, I'm going to share some of my fave Pinterest kitchen cabinet finds. Bear with me, lol.

I love the white cabinets here and the softs touches of blue! It would be eye catching to bring in some bright teal blue with the kitchen chairs!

Source: nameisgrace.blogspot.com via Kristin on Pinterest

Once again, I love everything about this kitchen, especially the butcher block counter tops! And Ikea has some nice, affordable ones!

Source: beneathmyheart.net via Kristin on Pinterest

More pops of color. I like the green, a nice mustard yellow, or a pumpkin color, a variation of Pantone's color of the year =)

Source: lamaisondannag.blogspot.com via Kristin on Pinterest

This is soooo pretty. I'm somewhat nervous about the open shelf concept but I'd be comfortable with something like this or a pretty hutch. And I love the clear canisters on the counter =)

Source: fortheloveofahouse.blogspot.com via Kristin on Pinterest

Look at the warehouse lights! And the soft shade of the chairs. I'm hoping to find a thrifted table to refurb.

Source: 79ideas.org via Kristin on Pinterest

Until next time =)

Happy 2012!

2012-01-01T17:35:00.006-05:00

After crashing at 11:35 last night (we just couldn't go another 25 minutes, lol), I realized that this is the first time we've been home for a New Year's Eve holiday in awhile! We normally go down South to celebrate post-Christmas holidays with my granny and daddy. But sadly, not his year. My granny lives in the middle of the city and right down the road from the new LegoLand and you'll hear fireworks for hours before and after midnight. Last night, we heard absolutely nothing…but crickets. Well, and the donkeys in the pasture but they're more of a nuisance, lol. Just makes me realize how nice it is to live in the peaceful rural areas rather than the congestion of central Florida. Anywho, with the new year here, there is many things that I have on my to do list! My most exciting news is that we're trying to purchase our first home and although I'm trying not to get my hopes up, my Pinterest boards are reflecting otherwise. I have big plans for the kitchen =)

Source: thecreativechronicles1.blogspot.com via Kristin on Pinterest

Source: fortheloveofahouse.blogspot.com via Kristin on Pinterest

Source: decorpad.com via Kristin on Pinterest

Source: ikea.com via Kristin on Pinterest

I have plans for some Kenna crafts! Especially for this highchair! Kenna has a tall one that's been painted a soft sage green and this would be a great project for my sander my granny sent me!

Source: betterafter.blogspot.com via Kristin on Pinterest

I am in the progress of finishing a cover for Kenna's big girl carseat. And I have really been wanting to get it finished but man, it has taken me forever with all life's interruptions. Let me tell you, though, having two carseats for each car is the way to go. It is such a pain to have to switch out all the time from car to car.

Source: makeit-loveit.com via Kristin on Pinterest

Source: happytogethercreates.com via Kristin on Pinterest

I absolutely love these for Kenna! They'd be nifty if they were magnets for the refrigerator too!

Source: chezbeeperbebe.blogspot.com via Kristin on Pinterest

Welp, that's where my mind has been this weekend. A new home hopefully and my little munchkin, of course. I hope all had a wonderful, safe new year's eve and hope and likewise for a brand new year!

Etsy-pa-looza!

2011-12-29T18:55:00.000-05:00

There are so many things out there in Etsy land, that I get plum tickled when I see something that I truly love. More often than not, I see things that I like, or think about buying maybe possibly if I’m bored kinda thing, or a “Oh, I could make that!” So I just want to show you all (the handful that I entertain or possibly bore, lol) a few finds that I’m jonesin’ for at the moment =)

From the undoneclothing store are these awesome babies!

Aren’t they just simplistically awesome yet could fit someone to a tee =)

I like the look of these as well. The little gears in the middle are old watch gears. They would be just as cute without the gears as well.

Is this bracelet not the epitome of beautification

Welp, that concludes my post-Christmas wish list, lol. My perusing of Etsy is over as I get back to reality and go convince Kenna that the kitchen floor is not the happening place to be. I don’t know why she seems to think that it’s funner in their than in here where I can see her.

Until next time…

Christmas is coming!!!!!

2011-12-06T23:16:00.000-05:00

Oh man, I’m soooo excited for Christmas this year. Our lil runt is 15 months old now and I know she’s going to be excited but for now, we’re itching for the day and she doesn’t even know what’s coming, lol.

We haven’t put up a Christmas tree though, because where we normally put the tree is now Kenna’s play corner. I just hate to move her toys and then when she wants to ‘play’ with the Christmas tree, she gets in trouble. I can just see her baffled look, “Well, it’s my corner!” Soooo, we’re going to buy a small tree to put up on the bar and next year I think she’ll be old enough to understand why it’s not her toy corner for the month. Buuut on a side note, hopefully we can eliminate said toy corner. Travis and I were talking just this morning about building her a toy box!!!! This is a huge feat for him. He is NOT a carpenter but a mechanic. Two completely different spectrums, lol. I think it will be fun though. Anywho, I digress. Sunday night, Kenna crashed extremely early. I’m talking about a nap at 4ish, wake her up at 5ish, she goes back to sleep 6ish! She was not having us trying to keep her awake (so she wakes us up at 3:30 a.m. to ‘play’). So, I had a chance to hang some Christmas decorations. I got up our door hanger, the Christmas cross stitch and samplers, and a few knick knacks. No pictures of said decor sadly but it does have me in the mood to craft some and to get some projects going that I already have the supplies for!

freshpoppydesign.blogspot.com via Lauren Mistrot on Pinterest

I think this would be a great idea for the living room!

theinspiredroom.net via Danielle Grimes on Pinterest

I love the idea above because I was just telling Trav when we were out in the craft shed that I wanted to drag out the tiny ornament balls to put in my little cloche I bought from the thrift store last month. I just need to spray paint the base first.

From frenchflea.blogspot.com via Taylor on Pinterest

I love this tree. I love the holds. I love the shutters. Yeap, mad love =)

From bhg.com via Angela on Pinterest

Oh, man! Don’t you absolutely LOVE this fat tree in a bucket!!!

Printable from 1.bp.blogspot.com via Nicole on Pinterest

Simple and natural feeling. From bhg.com via Donna Funky Junk Interiors via Centsational Girl on Pinterest

This is so neat! Glued ornaments to disc, took out metal hanger, added blooms. So simple and still pleasing to the eye. From bhg.com.

Also from bhg.com, they took a stick, drilled tiny holes, inserted pipe cleaners. Very thrifty!

From craftcritters.blogspot.com via Kristin (me) via Amy on Pinterest

Man, I can’t wait! We actually have most of our Christmas shopping done, which is a first for us so now it’s a waiting game and it is making me that more anxious, lol.

Happy holidays!

Organization! I need it!

2011-11-14T19:21:00.000-05:00

I have been thinking of ways to organize our bedroom/bathroom more now that I’m in the process of re-doing the bedroom décor. I’ve seen things here and there on my blog reader and Pinterest that I’ve thought looked awesome but we don’t have a closet out of a mansion and space is limited.

I came across one idea that I can’t find now (grrrr) but the blogger had bought three laundry baskets, cut vinyl wording out (whites, darks, jeans) and slid them in her closet much like how these look from Life With Both Hands Full…

NOTE: I found the original pic I wanted to use and it was from Life With Both Hands Full to begin with! Yayy! I just didn’t go to her Part 2 post =)

They are tall laundry baskets so I might could fit two in the bottom of my closet comfortably =/ Maybe. This would be so nice though because the hampers would be hidden from view in the closet and right there in the room so one’s husband wouldn’t have any excuse whatsoever about piles of laundry in front of the dresser…ahem, anyways, I digress.

I love idea as well but I think it would be too tall for our closet. It would be NIFTY in our laundry room but I would need incentives to give to the hub to walk all the way across the house to put his clothes in the laundry room. See my dilemma, lol.

Side note: I showed these plans to my hubs last night and I pointed out that they said beginner label =) But Trav seemed confident that he could build them for me!

Our bathroom is the tiniest bathroom known to man, I’m sure, so there are loads of ideas I’ve seen that would be helpful. After finding this pic, I noticed that this item is from Collections, Etc. and very inexpensive and 50% off right now!!!

I love this as well since I already have an existing towel bar that holds decorative towels that never get used.

Source: myhomeideas.com via Susan on Pinterest

I love these jars below. I’ve been meaning to make some but you know how that goes, lol. However, I did find a new tutorial over at The Single Nester that didn’t use Vitrea but used glue, water, and blue food coloring and was very surprised at the outcome! They look about the same and I imagine you could seal the outside to avoid fading of color.

Source: cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com via Leslie on Pinterest

I have seen this before and thought GENIUS!

Source: familyhandyman.com via Melinda on Pinterest

But I was thinking about doing this so I can stuff my hair dryer in there as well.

Source: thesuels.blogspot.com via Kristin (Me) via Megan on Pinterest

Source: imbusyprocrastinating.com via Abby on Pinterest

Until next time…

Kenna’s Halloween Costume

2011-10-28T10:59:00.001-04:00

Well, I finally got on the ball and whipped Kenna up a costume since we have a hay ride tonight. I ran to the store yesterday afternoon and got a single long-sleeve white onesie that was only about $2.50 and two rolls of Wilton’s white tulle from the wedding section of WallyWorld. I might end up taking one roll back though because I didn’t even use it. I should have known better than to get two rolls. There’s 65 yards on one roll, lol. That’s a whole lotta tulle.

First I designed some googly eyes and a smile on Paint.net, changed it to a .svg file on Inkscape, then uploaded it to SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) to cut it out on my die cutting machine.

I cut out my eyes and smile with some cheap contact paper I bought from the Dollar General. Works like a charm. Added that to my onesie as a stencil. I also put a piece of cardboard in the onesie to keep the paint from coming through.

I dabbed the paint on with a small sponge brush. I was going to buy some spouncers yesterday but decided against it when I seen they were a tad pricier than I was wanting to spend when I had perfectly good sponge brushes at the hacienda. Yeap, my attempt at being thrifty =)

Then I sat down on the couch and pre-cut all my tulle pieces. I probably cut them at about 2 ft., folded the piece in half, then looped it onto my piece of elastic. No sewing involved really unless you count me sewing my piece of elastic together.

Finished product!

I had some inspirations for this project, of course. After seeing this pic on Etsy from sasybrna’s shop, I started perusing the Internet to see if anyone else had some cute tutu costumes, and found some more here and here.

Yaaayyyyy!

2011-10-28T05:30:00.000-04:00

My last package finally came in I had ordered for my birf-day!

Oh, how I love West Elm! Such pretty things…like my new duvet cover [insert swoon here].

Now, here’s a cheesy photo montage, well, just one photo, of myself and my cover =)

Washi Tape

2011-10-27T20:20:00.000-04:00

I have been seeing washi tape all over blog land and it has finally started to intrigue me! This Japanese decorative tape is pretty nifty. Check out these cool crafting ideas inspired by washi tape.

Source: papermash via Jenifer on Pinterest

Source: japanistic.com via Lynn on Pinterest

Source: blog.wantist.com via Kyley on Pinterest

Source: marthastewartweddings.com via Sara on Pinterest

Source: shelterness.com via Senara on Pinterest

Source: shelterness.com

Clothespin magnets from Night Owl Crafting

I love this washi covered composition book! I love the color combinations! The washi tape she used was from Lotta Jansdotter.

Source: ohhellofriendblog.com via Katie on Pinterest

So with that being said, well, written, I do think I’m going to partake in the washi tape madness! I’ll probably pick some up next time I’m at the craft store but there are quite a bit of DIY washi tape tutorials as well like this one from Aesthetic Nest or Just Something I Made or List Girl prints some out on Avery address labels!

See y’all soon!

Thanksgiving’s coming soon!

2011-10-26T19:00:00.000-04:00

I’ve already begun to think about Thanksgiving since Halloween’s nearly almost here and I still haven’t done much in way of home décor or crafting but like always there are some great, yet easy and quick, crafts I could whip up to bring a little bit of Thanksgiving into the house before the actual big turkey day =)

Source: craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com via Erin on Pinterest

Source: myheartsdesireblog.com via Erin on Pinterest

Source: adventuresofabettycrockerwannabe.blogspot.com via Leslie on Pinterest

Source: craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com via Ashley on Pinterest

On a more personal note, on our mini vacation a couple of weeks ago, we took Kenna to a local church’s pumpkin patch. She wasn’t too sure why we wanted her to pose with pumpkins.

Then, she warmed up a tad…

Nom-nom-nom!

Such a cutie, if I say so myself

Throw pillows!

2011-10-24T18:03:00.000-04:00

After ordering my duvet cover from West Elm last week (sqquuueeeal!), I’ve decided I really need to get into gear about dressing my “nekid” pillow forms I’ve had for 2+ years. I had originally bought the pillows to outfit and then put on my equally naked couch. Since then though, I bought some throw pillows from a garage sale that went with my living room décor perfectly! Sooo, now my plans are to use the pillows in our bedroom. Because the duvet cover is a tad more busier than I’m used to… see, look…awww, I’m in love.

I’ve decided to go somewhat simple with the throw pillows and plan on using some solid colored fabric. However, while I am using plain fabric, I want to have at least one fancy pillow, maybe like this…

From The Blue Robin Cottage

I like these as well…

From Better Homes and Gardens

A pretty teal pillow would compliment so well =)

Pic from a fabulous etsy store called Chloe & Olive

Definitely could make some covers inspired by Crate and Barrel

But I do have some cable knit sweaters that are too small that I might be willing to recycle! Or I could hit up a consignment shop. I love Brassy Apple’s tutorial.

OR! I could do one of these awesome monogram pillows!!!!

From décor pad

This is actually a custom monogrammed doorstop from etsy store nextdoortoheaven but it has pillow quality =)

Ohhh, how I love thee, PB!

Anywho, I have so many wonderful ideas. I just NEED to get on the ball. On the plus side, my wonderful Mr. LCH finally managed to put up a few shelves in my craft shed this weekend so maybe I can get out there and snap some pics of the “mess” =) Until next time…

Note: All pictures are linked to sources and I tried to mention each source in text as well.

Halloween is fast approaching…

2011-10-19T18:48:00.000-04:00

I can’t believe Halloween is almost upon us! I haven’t even begun to drag my fall décor out yet =/ I know, I’m bad, but by the time I get home from work, get Kenna ready for bed, I just want to crash. I definitely need a motivational fairy to help me out. Anywho, I digress. I have come across some cute, CUTE Halloween printables! So, if you’re like myself, you can can print these up in a jiffy to announce that fall has arrived in your neck of the woods.

From i {heart} naptime

From The Twinery Blog

From Blooming Homestead

From V and Co. I printed this out last year =)

From Your Life Events

From Poppies at Play

From Craftily Ever After

From Tricia-Rennea at Trillustrations

NOTE: Sources are also linked to pictures. So click away to head on over to the blog post!

Rainy days…

2011-10-10T17:45:00.000-04:00

Welp, didn’t get anything done this weekend! No frolicking in the yard, no cleaning up the shed, no decorating. Nothing, nada!

We managed to hit up a birthday party Saturday afternoon just before the weather picked up with chilly winds and a smattering of rain that turned into a rainy afternoon, night, rainy Sunday, rainy Monday morning =(

But I did get my lil turkey butt all gussied up for the birthday party!

We promptly reverted to laziness Sunday and lived in our jammies for the day =)

On a different note, I was in the store Saturday night walking around with a can of orange spray paint that I intended to buy, got home, and realized I didn’t have it! I must have set it down somewhere =/ So aggravated! I was wanting to spray paint a necklace I had to make it more fall-y (yeap, officially a word now). I also had some ideas running through my head, I wanted to try, like these:

Brown Paper Packages! Isn’t this the cutest! I have an idea brewing though! I don’t have any blocks of wood laying around but I do have something that might work instead =) Thank you, BPP for being my inspiration!

Although I just said I didn’t have any blocks of woods, I realized we do have lots of discarded pallets out in the field for THIS!

Brought to you by Tattered & Inked

Now, if I can convince Trav to help me with this craft by lending me his foot. We will see.

To be continued

Craft Room Roundup

2011-10-09T00:00:00.001-04:00

I have been trying to get my craft room finished for over a year now. Make that two years. I am trying to convince Mr. LCH that if he would just let me go hog wild at Harbor Freight, I could do all these little odd jobs myself and leave him alone. He’s not getting where I’m going with that exclamation, however.

Here is my craft room while we were rewiring, insulating, and what not.

Now, by no means is this what it looks like now. I have a table against one wall stacked full of craft miscellany I stuffed in there when I was scurrying to make our spare bedroom into a nursery =)

So I have a full table of junk, a full bureau of junk, side table with two drawers-- also full, a piano, and home decorations. My SISTER has two sets of mattresses, stacks of prom dresses and evening gowns, an empty stroller box full of decorations, and two Rubbermaid tubs full of decorations. So, I’m sad because my craft shed wasn’t supposed to be for storage. It was supposed to be for all my crafty endeavors. I still go out there and craft and play the piano but mostly I still drag stuff in and work on it in the kitchen. However, I am getting motivated to do some work in there because I am ready to be able to go out there and get things done! I’m tired of this project being on the back burner!

So here’s where my motivation comes from…

I really want a wrap-around counter so I’m going to keep an eye out for old discarded cabinetry to use as they’ve used in this picture!

My favorite blog ever, Young House Love, scored an awesome deal on 6 lovely cabinets for $1 a piece and made a workspace that I love. I just love their house in general though!

And I equally love how they just bought some wood and made a counter top! I just realized I’ve said ‘love’ or some part of ‘love’ seven times…

Because I have ~~junk~~ junque everywhere, organization is the key!

I absolutely am envious of this fabulous project! It is two dressers back to back to make an island/worktable! Is that not ingenuity at it’s finest?

And wouldn’t it be nice, once I clean everything out, to have room to have a hutch in there!

Wallpapered filing cabinet

Plastic cup and zip tie storage. Nifty idea especially since they sell those cups at the DG!

I just love the colors here.

And of course, I need to have some crafty décor in the crafting cave!

Love the MAKE letters on the wall.

Printables from 30 Days that I found via Tatertots&Jello

Well, that’s all, folks. Maybe I can get out there this weekend and craft away. Let’s keep our fingers crossed…

Everyone have a great weekend!

Note: Sources are linked to pictures. Click away to head over to the meet the mega minds behind the beauties.

Halloween Roundup 2

2011-10-08T15:36:00.000-04:00

MORE cute, cute ideas to gear us into the fall décor!

Above pic from Pinterest

I love the wreath! So colorful and whimsical.

I love this idea! It would be great minus the skeletons too for a year round piece.

Ohhhhh, spooky! This is actually a listing on Etsy! She has some awesome finds in her shop, Cat Tales!

Ohhh, I’d love to do something like this with my piano but I haven’t taken the plunge by painting it…yet. Have some inspirations here though =)

Love these and I actually saved some cans over the weekend that I was using for a green bean casserole!

Such a cute idea from House of Smiths! One of my fave blogs =)

And last but certainly not least, one for my lil booger bear! Availabe at sasybrna’s Etsy shop.

So cute. Even reminds me of Kenna <3

Halloween Roundup

2011-10-07T13:40:00.000-04:00

There have been so many cute ideas floating around on Pinterest that I want to try. I need to get in gear with my fall décor before it rushes by like it did last year. Although last year, I’d like to think I had a fairly good excuse with a new baby and all. Just sayin’ =)

30 free Halloween fonts! Click the picture below to head over to Tip Junkie!

LOVE!

This would be easy peasy since I already have the same fabric =)

Made from old paper back books!

This is sheer genius! Can you guess what it is? You’ve probably seen it floating around the internet like I did but it’s a…wait for it…

it’s DRYER VENT! And we have some =) Well, if I didn’t throw it away, we still have some! What a cute gift or home decoration you could whip up in a snap.

My craftiness has been piqued so I’m ready to actually do some crafting this year (although we’re at the end of it already…oops). Well, here’s to another 2 months and next year! Woot woot!

Note: Sources are linked to pictures. Just click away to be introduced to the creative geniuses behind these beautiful pictures!

Ikea [insert melodramatic swoon here]

2011-10-06T08:43:00.001-04:00

I absolutely have been begging for my hubs to take me to Ikea when we make our trip down south. I’ve never been and I’m like a moth attracted to the light. It’s a beacon in the sky. You get the picture, I’m sure =) I have browsed through their catalog multiple times dog-earing paged, highlighting what I definitely want while he looks on in a lackadaisical (don’t you just love that word. It’s a shame I don’t use it more) way. With regards to Mr. LCH, I ‘m going to share my Ikea Wants & Needs with the bloggie world who might appreciate it more.

First, I really want a duvet! I think it’s be awesome to switch out the cover at a whim and even make your own duvet cover like they did here and here.

Rug from the awesome Ikea place! And such an awesome price.

Are these not beautiful or what!?

We really really need one of these since ours broke =( But when we replace this, we want to go ahead and get a deeper sink. Those old ceramic sinks are so shallow.

AND NOW FOR THE BEST PART OF IKEA!

I love wooden kitchen play sets! I can’t wait to get Kenna one and get her all kinds of play fruit, food, pots and pans. In the catalog, Ikea says the stove top actually lights up (led lights) and the sink can hold water (we might not add water though, lol).

For my woMAN cave, I need some more accessories for sure. It will forever be a work in progress, I’m afraid.

Okay, that’s the end of my Ikea spiel for now. Hopefully, I’ll make it to the store next weekend. If not, I’ll be scouring the internet some more =)

Note: Picture are linked to sources. I was not paid to brag about Ikea. I love them just because =)

Windows Live Writer, how I love thee…

2011-10-05T09:54:00.002-04:00

It is extremely awesome that Centsational Girl had a post about Windows Live Writer! I had no idea that such a thing existed. However, I am sure there are lots of things on my computer that I have no idea what they are actually used for like ABBYY Sprint Reader! What is that? I see it all the time…oh well. Anyways, it’s awesome!

Windows Live Writer is designed for PC users but CG did mention that there’s an article about how it is available for Mac users so yaaayyyy for Amy!

After opening up WLW and going through the installation/setup process which was no trouble at all, the first thing I noticed was that it imported my blog’s theme! How cool is that? Uber cool, that's what it is!

Check out my first ever screenshot below! I’m getting very technological here =)

As you can see from the pic above, WLW reminds me a lot of the format of Windows Paint. Very user friendly for the ~~lazy blogger procrastinator~~ blogging newbie.

I honestly think I’m in love. Maybe I’ll actually become less of a blogging backslider and post more =)

Crafting with the Cricut

2011-09-30T16:19:00.004-04:00

Here lately, I've done a lot with my Cricut! I made Kenna's Happy Birthday banner, her invitations, and her small pennant banner for the cake table. I was definitely proud of myself!

Anywho, a few weeks prior when my mother-in-law and I were at Michaels, she picked up a cup with a lid and straw for my niece, Kelsea, and I offered to cut some vinyl to decorate the cup for her! Unbeknownst to her, I had never tried to cut vinyl before with my Cricut.

After scouring blogs and tutorials, I first cleaned my mat with just a small amount of mild soap and water. It had lost it's stickiness after cutting Kenna's birthday supplies. After it dried, it definitely looked cleaner and it was still sticky! I thought for sure the soap would take the sticky off but it worked. I had also read that using a spray adhesive or a glue stick also works. Maybe I'll try these before I break down and buy a new one. Gotta stay thrifty =)

Speaking of more thriftiness, I also sharpened my blade with aluminum foil because it was snagging when I was cutting just scrapbook paper so I was worried it wouldn't be sharp enough to cut vinyl but it worked like a charm!

and TA-DAH!

It turned out so well! I'm in love (and Kelsea is too) with it and want one for myself and already have one standing order from lil cousin Audi who decided she wanted one after seeing Kelsea's =) The first "kiss cut" I used didn't cut all the way through the vinyl so I increased my pressure by one and kept my blade depth on 6 and it cut through the vinyl but left the backing in tact so the second setting worked better on my Cricut than some of the suggestions I found on Google.

Master bedroom mood board!

2011-09-30T10:37:00.006-04:00

Made my first ever mood board a couple of weeks ago when I scored an awesome vintage shutter at an antique shop (picture to come). I made my mood board using Paint.net, an awesome free program! I've been wanting to decorate our master bedroom for awhile. I feel like I spend time and craftiness in every room of the house except our room soooo, I'm hoping to make the room prettier =)

LINKS:

Pretty duvet cover

Rug

Inspiration color palette pic

Teal shutter table pic

DIY vintage crates

Spray painted star pic -- made by me!

Gray wall art

Yellow wall art

From desk to tv stand

2011-08-24T09:41:00.009-04:00

My mother-in-law bought me this rather short desk from the auction for $3 a couple of weeks ago. I didn't get a complete before picture because it had a set of three drawers on one side that we removed. Because the desk was obviously meant for a very short person and the fact that it was extremely heavy, I decided I wanted to make a television stand out of it to house our television that my momma gave us =)

Before pics:
The desk is laying on it's backside...

During pics:

After pics:

I love the way the top turned out when I stained it darker =)

Home decor pics I found hidden on my camera...

2011-05-31T20:11:00.004-04:00

Bedroom decor I'm either going to change or try to find a comforter set that pulls everything together again. These frames used to be navy with our mongram. I kept our initials but after taking the pics, it's become a lil more obvious that my color choices are a tad light. My willow tree! Gifted to me by Gern, of course!
I love my piggy bank with just a few pennies rattling around in it. When I had him on the bar in the kitchen, I used to make Trav "feed" him everynight. He gets neglected now that he's in the corner of our bedroom =(
Oh, and his name's Herbie.

Boys Ranch Goodies Restored...

2011-05-31T19:50:00.006-04:00

Remember this thingie mabobber? After pics...
Group shot of additional items...
After shots....
Picture below I painted the oval with chalkboard paint. The only downfall is the location. Being over the stove makes the chalk fade. It says "Yum!" but you can barely see it. I want to try some of the dry erase chalkboard markers that HL has and see if they work better.

The dry erase board/magnet board I have hanging inside my pantry. I also painted the outside with chalkboard paint so I'd have plenty of note-taking room =)

Craft shed aka The Woman Cave!

2011-05-31T19:37:00.003-04:00

My beautiful shed! Bought purposefully for all my crafting needs. These pics were taken about a year ago, if not more, but I'm just getting around to posting. Yes, I'm a horrible blogger, lol. The shed is still a working progress. I got it shortly before I found out I was expecting and, let me tell you, pregnancy made me extremely tired and swollen. Needless to say, my crafting dream was put on hold. In the meantime, here are some pics. More to come of what it looks like presently...

Office revamped into pantry!

2011-05-31T19:13:00.006-04:00

Remember these pics from my proud cleaning spree? (Side note: this office area seemed to never stay clean).

Then before pic...

Then after pic...
Weeeelllllll, it was awhile later that I pondered whether to turn this into a pantry. I knew I needed more kitchen space and I was also contemplating turning my guest bedroom into an office/craft room.....that guest bedroom never happened because I got pregnant, lol. Nursery ideas then consumed my every internet search! Anywho, I finally have a pantry!

I got the doors from my Gern. They used to be in her old house that I pretty much grew up in so I love them more for the memories!

Hapari Swimwear Giveaway

2011-05-19T15:46:00.003-04:00

You all have to check out Baby Half Off's newest giveaway that ends Friday!

I wasn't in the best of shape before Baby K and I am definitely not in any shape at all 8 months afterwards, lol. Of course, it's all worth it =)

However, with summer coming, I am anxious to get in the water. Big body or not, I love the water =) So when I heard that Hapari have a "secret" bottom called the "Tummy Tuk" bottom, I was intrigued. They also have a tankini top called the S.O.S. Tankini that has an underwire! Woot woot! In addition, I love how the site has modest suits that don't look too oldish ;) I have a baby but that doesn't mean I'm old, lol.

So jump on over to Hapari to check it out! They also have plus size section and a section actually called modest tankinis!!!!

THe fLeA mArKeT!

2010-03-07T11:51:00.004-05:00

I got this small milk jug full of marbles. I just thought is was cute =)These jars with the little lid thingies! I wish I would have got the next largest one I had seen. Then I would have a set but oh well....I absolutely loved the cover of this book then I got a nice surprise when I seen the publishing date...Yeap, that would be 1889!

My finds from the Boys Ranch Thrift Store =)

2010-03-07T11:40:00.002-05:00

I hit the jackpot this day, lol. What was supposed to be a quick stop quickly became a shopping spree...all for $8. I have plans for the stand. I've painted and cleaned the marker/magnet board...and I've put up the cattails! Pics to come...

2010-03-07T11:22:00.002-05:00

Here's my tiered tray that I had to do after my friend Amy tried it over at CraftyADHD. The idea originally came from Shanty2Chic. Instead of using hat box lids, I used two stove top covers and the smallest lid is from a small, round cookie tin. I purchased all that from the Dollar Tree. The wood pieces I got from Hobby Lobby and from Amy =) My tray appears normal but let me tell ya, it's not, lol. I accidentally got latex based spray paint. Nope, did NOT work on metal. It just peeled off sooooo the bottom of the trays (which you can't see ;) are not completely painted but I was tired of messing with it, lol.

Recovering my Library Bag...

2010-03-07T11:01:00.005-05:00

I used two fat quarters and some additional polka dot fabric I had. Didn't sew a thing, I used the iron and that iron on sewing stuff, lol. I forgot what it's called! I tied rag bows on the straps and my flowers and the buttons, I hot glued on.

Fabric Balls

2010-01-18T13:13:00.007-05:00

My latest weekend craft involved ping pong balls given to me by Amy and fabric that I got from Gern. Let me tell yall! The finished project was very cute but that was only a whole bag of glue sticks and a couple of burnt fingers later, lol. I made some for a present that I am giving and I also made a few more! I'm so thankful for Amy! She always gives me good stuff and

she has the best ideas =)I have sitting in my kitchen. It was filled with Christmas ball ornaments that I forgot to put away, hehe. There's always one thing I forget to put away each year. Last year, it was all the Christmas magnet's on the refridgerator.

2010-01-18T12:55:00.002-05:00

I finally got around to cleaning yp another of the window panes that I got from Papaw's shed. I was going to put some kind of scrapbook paper behind the glass but I think I like the simplicity of no paper much better. I don;t want to overdue my living room considering I already have one window in my living room.The star was another $1.99 Stars and Stripes star I picked up at Bealls Outlet on clearance after July 4th. I loved how the paint started to smear after a couple of coats, showing the dark blue underneath. I think it makes it look more rustic!

Watch Giveaway

2010-01-07T14:39:00.003-05:00

Tatertots and Jello is giving away a watch with two interchangeable bands!!! It is soooo cute! There's an aqua band and a clear band that you can wear with anything! You have to check out the blog and enter! Just post a comment stating your one goal for this year

and/or blog about it.

Photos courtesy of Tatertots and Jello

Editing HTML....

2009-12-23T09:52:00.005-05:00

Oh wee! I have changed my blog around all night, literally. I never get a chance to play around with my blog, not only because of fear, lol, but because it is time consuming. So all night is a literal term I am using here =) I went from having a black, white, and sage green theme using Kevin and Amanda's tutorial (which is great, bty) to using SJH Blog Design instructions and a completely different blog background, which are more time consuming and technical, in my opinion, but becomes easier and lets you get the feel for html. OKAY, so enough with messing with this "junque." I am tired, lol. More to come when I go replace my defective spray paint for my tiered tray =)

Changed my blog template...

2009-12-23T02:53:00.002-05:00

This is big news, family!!! I have been scared to mess with my former blog template because it was such a process to make it. I used a different tutorial to do this one and there are still some things that I want to tweak. When I see it on my screen, I can't see the green on the sides until I maximize the window. My old blog tutorial showed me how to scale that automatically despite the window size...but like I said, that was a HUGE project that took ALL day at work, lol. I'd love to hear comments because I saved my old template just in case I feel like I miss it or start to dislike this newer, more simplistic one... Also, the template I used was from Kevin and Amanda.

Wooden Letter Initials... (Con't)

2009-12-22T23:26:00.004-05:00

Okay, I finished Kelsea and Kylee's initials for their bedroom. I'm glad they're done with although I think I'm going to make one for my brothers lil girl, Kayleigh (there's a lot of K names in the family, lol). In addition, I played around with the photo editor GIMP, which is a lot like a poor people Photoshop, that is just as nifty =) So I played around with GIMP

and color selecting...

Me and St. Nick Lambert at the church Christmas play...

4 days left till Christmas...

2009-12-21T20:51:00.002-05:00

Got this idea from my friend, Amy, over at Crafty ADHD, who also gave me

the scrabble tile holder =)

You're the best, Amy!

Works in Process

2009-12-21T20:41:00.003-05:00

Making some more wooden initial letter thingmabob for Christmas =) Sorry about the quality of the photos. I took them with my camera phone...

Wooden Letter Initials...

2009-12-21T02:21:00.004-05:00

This is one of my new creations and I LOVE how it turned out! I am planning on making a couple of more before Christmas as presents. I distinctly remembering someone making a letter G (with Grace spelled down it, I think) but, for the life of me, I cannot remember where I seen it. I hate when that happens. Sooo, if by that lil itty bitty chance that blogger sees this,

just let me know =)

Note: InspireMe Crafts was what inspired me for this project =)

(photo courtesy of InspireMe Crafts)

'Tis the Season (Con't)

2009-12-18T11:07:00.006-05:00

My Christmas decorations have been up since Thanksgiving Eve, lol, but I finally

got them up on Blogger!This is my homemade tree topper. The star was a cheap $1.99 Fourth of July star I got from Beall's Outlet. Pretty satisfied for my first tree topper =)My favorite thing about Christmas is all the ornaments I got from my granny. It feels like I'm hanging a memory for each ornament! I love you, Gern!I made this tree when I lived with Gern, about third grade, I believe. On the back, youo can see where I wrote "I love you mom" and then changed it to "I love you grandmom." You can see I was a gern girl ;) (Side note: I love you mom! =)

Kristin's Holiday Wish List

2009-12-04T12:38:00.005-05:00

Mama's Holiday Wish Meme

TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I'm sharing this meme with you.

1. What five items are on your holiday wish list this year?

That would be a Cricut Expression
An insulated storage shed that I can turn into a craft room
A wireless broadband router
A couple of gallons of paint and primer to tackle my living room walls
An embroidery machine

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

My little magnets that Amy made. There made from those little glass flat marble thingies, with scrapbook paper on the back, and a magnet, of course. They're proudly displayed on my fridge!

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?

A quilt! I've always tried to start one but never finished...

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

I was always excited to come up and visit my granny, papa, and my mom for Christmas. After my dad and us had our Christmas on Christmas day, my granny would come down and get us and we'd travel the four hours to visit for a week. It was the best gift and we looked forward to it each year.

5. What item are on your kid's wish list this year?

Well, no kids here, but my niece, Kelsea, fills that gap! She definitely wants the Tinkerbell movie that came out last year. I wanna get somebody one of those cool marshmallow shooters!

6. What is your favorite holiday food?

What is not my favorite, lol! I love my mom's homemade peanut butter (hold the nuts) cookie dough! No need to cook it =) I also love my Aunt Linda and Gern's peanut butter cookies (cooked) and homemade peanut butter fudge!!!! YUMMY! Can you see a pattern here, lol?

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

I have a couple projects I want to do. One involving a Mason jar. I also want to do a few wooden letter projects for Christmas presents. I also want to make a tiered cupcake/cookie tray out of stove top covers...

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?

I love all the movies that ABC Family and Hallmark run. One of my favorites is Santa Claus with Tim Allen. It's a cute one!

9. Favorite holiday song?

"All I Want For Christmas is You"

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

Putting up the Christmas tree and decorations around the house!

Chubby Baby GIVEAWAY!

2009-11-24T17:26:00.002-05:00

Check out this site and their giveaway! They have the cutest covers for carsuits and whatnot =)

http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2009/11/chubby-baby-car-seat-cover-guest.html

The Creative Crate Giveaway

2009-11-21T15:42:00.004-05:00

Stacie over at The CrEaTiVe CraTe has an awesome giveaway. I love the ideas that she comes up with! Is it possible to be envious of someones creativity, lol. Aren't they the cutest! You have until Tuesday, November 24, 2009 to try to win these outstanding blocks of delicious cuteness.

You can even enter up to four times! Either by commenting and leaving your email, putting her button on your blog, become a follower, and/or blog about it on your own blog!

I have to admit that this is the first time I have blogged about another's giveaway or so specifically about their blog, so I hope my few readers (uhhm, family and friends) check Stacie's blog out =)

One more Mason jar...

2009-11-19T15:46:00.003-05:00

My second Mason jar craft I made. Different color, different day...

Shutters!

2009-11-19T15:25:00.004-05:00

My coworker gave me these shutters and I LOVE them passionately ;) AND they were already painted! Robojunker also has some fantastic ideas for shutters.

It is a fabulous Trash to Treasure site!

Thank you soooo much, Eileen!

Window Project

2009-11-19T14:34:00.005-05:00

I got this beautimous window from my papa's shed when I was down South last. I have had lots of inspiration for this project. Check out The Creative Crate and she has more than one spectastic idea =) Also my friend Amy over at Crafty ADHD has a window that turned out wonderfully. I got the paper from Summertime Designs, the Falling For Fall kit. She has the BEST kits and I love 'em all! Instead of Mod-Podging the paper on the back like others have, I just taped it strategically in case I ever want to switch up my decor. Another idea I might run with is hanging it from my kitchen ceiling, adding hooks around the frame, and using it as a pot holder thingiemajig!!! I think I seen that idea on Robojunker. My window stayed propped up by the television forever, lol!!! But here it is...where it is supposed to be, finally! I put an old wreath over it that I already had but I think it still looks strange. I'm thinking about maybe lowering the wreath. It might look off because the wreath's not centered...Maybe??

Like always, I'm open to suggestions =)

Mason Jar Creation

2009-11-19T12:16:00.003-05:00

Look at all the FUN stuff I got!!! I got the candlesticks, Mason jars, and old milk jar from the thrift store and I picked up some of the paint, raffia, and E-6000 glue at ole WallieMart. This is my finished project =) I painted the candlestick, roughed it up a lil with sandpaper, glued it to the bottom, let it sit overnight, then added the finishing touches and...VOILA!

My Latest Endeavor

2009-10-28T17:56:00.004-04:00

Okay, this started out as a four pieces of railing (and a square piece of wood) that my papa had stored up in his little junk hut, I mean shed ;) So I had an inspiration! I painted it cream, then sanded some of it off for the rustic look...

I also rubbed some stain over my the whole thing so it could set in the cracks to make it look even more rustic. I used cherry stain first, then switched to rosewood because it was darker.

I like how it made the base look on the edges.

I added an old spoon that I hammered flat (with the help of Trav in our

living room floor last night), then curved it...The frame is something I got from my papa a while ago. He made it and gave it =) It was unfinished but I rubbed some stain on it, didn't worry much about getting it in the cracks. Then added a rag bow/ribbon I stole from gern last week... Finished look...

I'll switch the picture out, of course.

2009-10-25T20:51:00.002-04:00

My Gern's birthday card =)

My New Chair

2009-10-25T20:41:00.002-04:00

I absolutely love a staple gun! I have walked around my house to see if there was anything that needed reinforcements, lol. My papa's going to wonder if I'll give it back ;) Well, I really don't like my fabric choices here but I didn't have enough brown polka dot fabric and then I didn't have enough of the striped fabric. Sooo, because I was determined to reupholster something right then and there, I used multiple fabrics. As soon as I find a real good fabric I like, I'll probably redo it...

Fall Decorations @ My Hacienda

2009-10-25T20:23:00.006-04:00

Got some more stuff from Gern's house when we visited =)How you like that Halloween snowman? =)

Gern's Fall Tree!

2009-10-25T20:02:00.004-04:00

I love my Granny's homemade ornaments. Her and my Aunt Linda are so creative!

Happy Birthday, Granny O!

2009-10-04T16:37:00.004-04:00

I got to make a card at home (instead of sneaking around to do it at work ;) and I printed it out on my new Canon printer! Woo Hoo!

I used the bee-you-tee-ful Shabby Princess Festival kit...

Happy Birthday, Chris!

2009-10-04T16:24:00.004-04:00

One of my favorite, people, Chris, had a birthday this weekend. He loved his shirts but I only had a pink giftbag or a Pier One bag. I revamped the PO bag =)

Fall is here, ya'll!

2009-10-04T15:43:00.002-04:00

I finally put some lil pictures in the frames Gern gave me!

My exploits here lately...

2009-10-04T15:09:00.006-04:00

I spray painted these lovely frames I got on consignment and monogrammed up some stuff to print out to add some wall flair in our bedroom...

Initially, I intended to make a wall display of our monograms in the living room over the television but it didn't work out right. I used the C in the living room and the K & T in bathroom that we use.

I got that antique Mason jar at a consignment store. The thread is on wooden spools!

I painted our bathroom. I wish I would have thought to take before pictures. The wallpaper before was a navy blue and peach color stripe design...enough said, lol...

Another card...

2009-08-15T13:19:00.005-04:00

A card for my sister-in-law Lisa and new baby Kylee Denise...

My new camera strap!

2009-08-15T13:12:00.006-04:00

Super excited about my new camera strap I made!

Granny's Birthday!

2009-08-15T10:59:00.005-04:00

This was my granny's birthday card I had to whip up in a jiffy. I was sick and remembered it rather quickly when my friend had updated her Facebook status announcing to everyone it was her birthday. I was like "Whoop, her birthday is the same as gran's...ICK!" But I got something made and Trav came to the rescue as deliverer. Gotta love him...

Declutter...or just hide it =)

2009-08-15T10:46:00.006-04:00

This is the first thing you see when you come in my back door. As you can see from the uber stylish knobs on the wall, it used to be where the washing machine and dryer were. I'm trying to find a nifty idea to hide those. I was going to put smaller shelves up across there and I could put stuff in front of them but haven't gotten to that yet. Any suggestions?

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Scrapbooking Pages

2009-08-05T18:52:00.008-04:00

I was browsing through one of my jump drives and found all of my attempts at digital scrapbooking. They're not too bad. I still enjoy going the digital route; I make a lot of cards. I still am an avid collector of digital kits so I'll probably start again soon. Look for some new ones!
In the meantime, here are a few that I like the best...

Washer Necklaces

2009-08-05T17:46:00.003-04:00

I decided to try making my own washer necklaces! It's a fabulous idea!

I made a few for Trav's cousin and my sister. I wish I would have though to take pics of the finished product but oh well. This is the middle of the project. The purple one is a washer covered in some scrapbook paper. I covered that one because the washer was pretty dirty, lol. I went out and raided the the men's shop.

I was having such a fun time with Mod Podgeing that I decided to cover some old magnets I got from the college and the front of the phone book! I snipped the excess grosgrain ribbon off the monogrammed magnet when it was a tad more dry.

More house pics...RIP Papa...

2009-08-05T17:11:00.003-04:00

This new eagle figurine is from one of the corners of my papa's casket.

Granny gave me that little embroidered box there. It has strips of magnets on the inside lid to hold your sewing needles and is lined with velvet to keep the little sewing scissors in. Nifty.

I moved my "C" because I bought the lil tin stars!

My granny made me the table runner so I have to show it off! The flowers are from papa's funeral. My daddy had picked out a woodsy casket spray of sunflowers, seed pods, cattails, and a plethora of greenery. It was very pretty.

More pics from Gern's stash

2009-07-17T19:02:00.004-04:00

More from my visit with Gern and Papa!

2009-07-07T17:35:00.001-04:00

I love this ole window frame that my papa turned into a shadow box to hold more childhood memories! Some panes still have the glass and others don't which adds more rustic quality, in my humble opinion!

These flowers are my favorite too! My gern made them and hot glued them to tree limbs!

Needless to say, my granny is my inspiration =) Papa's real handy too with woodworking. The log cabin that I grew up in which was on the same lot (it got demolished by a hurricane) used to be a church. Near the road was an actual replica of an ark. It was huge in my mind but I do remember that it was probably the six of an office or two. Nevertheless, I remember papa had wood stacked up in there and old projects he had started on. I was sad to see when they had to tear it down. It was unsafe and eat up with termites. I'll have to round up a picture! Me and the Bug just had some memory lane time with gern but I was glad to spend some time with my lil sis too!And my hubby in all this mess of going through old decorations???

A day at Gern's!

2009-07-05T22:17:00.000-04:00

I went to see my granny and papa Moore this weekend. Please keep my papa in your prayers. Granny, Lacey, and I went through all her cross stitch samplers and framed work she had left over from the shop and I got some good stuff for the house! I was excited. A lot of the stuff I remember from growing up and it was just reminiscient for me and the bug (that would be Lacey). I just feel at home when I visit and sometimes I just don't want to leave at all, lol. If I wasn't working I would want to be down there with her and papa for an extended stay but until then I have pictures =)
This is my gern's holiday tree!

Nearly all the ornaments are handmade!

I had to take a picture of my "pinwheels bouquet" I made for her and Lacey! The tree limbs are my favorite part. They're from my very own front yard =)

Turnin' into a fish!

2009-07-02T20:47:00.002-04:00

I am so ready to go swimming again. We've been having so much fun swimming with my niece, Kelsea. And of course, I like splashing Travis. He's such an easy target!

It's been fun spending time with Justin and Lisa too. We really don't get a chance to just hangout together so I've been enjoying that too =)

Note: Princess protected because of excessive cuteness.

My new kitchen and decor!

2009-07-02T20:23:00.000-04:00

I hate to paint. I really do. Ever since Travis and I thought painting our bedroom would be a cinch and fun...yeah, it's not. However, I did paint one wall in my kitchen to add some color and I think it turned out nicely. It was actually funner with me doing it in a few hours by myself (without Trav, that is). It definitely was a more peaceful experience.

I love the Prissy Plates too. I found those at Hobby Lobby and was tickled pink about how they turned out although I had one heck of a time getting that plate holder thingamajiggy on there.

I'm real proud of my valance though. I had made a real cute one that I accented with grosgrain ribbon but it was sage green as well and I needed something to break up all that green. It reminded me too much of split pea soup or something... And of course, my inspiration for the color scheme is from a set of fabric placemats me and Trav got as a wedding present and our area rug in the living room! (Side note: those are clean dishes in the sink =)

Missed birthdays...

2009-07-02T18:29:00.000-04:00

Ohhh, the start of a new blog! I am uber excited. I'm even more excited to head down South tomorrow to see my Papa, gern, and my daddy! This month I missed my daddy and papa's birthday as well as Father's Day so I'm rippin' and rarin' to go. Although being in the car too long with Trav gets a tad bit tedious. He absolutely hate when I listen to my book on tape but I am listening to Summer on Blossom Street right now and it's good! That series and her Cedar Cove series are great! The librarian is coming out in me, lol.

My dear ole' sis and her "boyfern" Brian went today. She bypassed her exit on the turnpike and ended up 90 miles south, further down Florida than we've probably ever been! She finally made it to her intended destination though; she just had to take the scenic route.

My papa got a cake with an eagle on it. I heard he was so tickled. He told me it was too "purty" to eat so he ate around the center =) I'm sure he ate it shortly after. He has a sweet tooth when he has an appetite.