Throw pillows!

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…

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…

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

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!

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Halloween Roundup 2

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