Repurposing to the MAX!

This has been a several month project but its finally done!

When we built our house we couldn't find a master bath venity that we loved so we just put the best we could find at the time and knowing later we would update.

And so we decided to replace the one big vanity with 2 instead and it works out alot better!

So we took the old vanity to the basement and many months later Carter and I went down and tackled it!

                                                He takes his job very seriously!

Then we continued the stripes in my hair salon around the corner and put the cabinet there for a perfect work station for me. Chris added a wood top and I ordered glass to protect it. I love it.I have such a bug work surface now..like many things I don't know how I ever did without it.

                                                                        From this-

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A great tip for drawer liners...I bought wrapping paper from TJMaxx..its kind of heavy and its cheaper to line drawers with. Lots more choices of patterns too!

Salon before before I added  more stripes....

After

I striped my waiting area table too :)

Happy V Day!

So this is the first year for Carter to have a pre-school Valentine party!

I couldn't resist creating homemade cards since this is my area of expertise and I better use it now before the "math stuff" takes over someday and I will be lost.  *seriously*

As you can see I just cut slits above and below his hand and inserted the sucker...it was easy peasy!

On the back I cut out pink or purple construction paper and glued it on after he wrote the classmates name and his. (we are still working on this since the attention span of a 3 yr old boy only allows for maybe 3 cards a day) LOL

Lucky for me I have a ham for a kid and he posed for many many pictures until I got just the right angle.

I'm glad "he's mine" he is the best Valentine!

Surprise Surprise! New Jewelry!

These have been a year long project...even longer if you count when I first got the dictionary!

I searched thru a vintage dictionary to find fun interesting pictures for these bezel necklaces.

  

It was very frustrating to get the right products to attach paper to glass and brass...at first the paper soaked up the glue in blotches and I had to walk away...

But finally I came up with a time consuming idea but it worked.

I did that this past summer.

Finally one day in the back room of my salon while color was processing I had the urge to make them into something wearable...and wah la! tA DA!

                                                                                WASP

                                                                    SASSAFRAS

TOAD

They look really good on..I love the old paper with the brass and then the touch of color the beads bring,

Any Vera Bradley fans recognize this print? Its my favorite one "Sittin in a Tree" I have several  bags in this pattern.

I bought the wrapping paper to line some drawers. and this was a scrap.

Hope you are enjoying the season...I have new pictures to post later..tonight was Carters preshcool Christmas program.

Lets just say..when he was a baby we really thought we had a shy one. WRONG!



Annual Tree Cutting~

Here we go again...off to the tree farm..Hi Ho Hi Ho!

At least it was warm this year..we went late in the day as the place was closing..talk about pressure! But I think it was a good thing..I really love our tree this year, might even be my fav so far :)

Did you know 3 year olds like to run and fall down? In stores...in parking lots..at tree farms.

Carter's photography...he's not bad either.

Chris feeling his age....

The sunset was gorgeous!!!

He even lugs his own equipment...

I'm not sure if this picture is groos or not but I had to show it because this kid never eats..but we roasted another small turkey that day to have when we got home and he wouldn't stay out of it!

This year he was a pro at decorating..of course he just HAD to be on the ladder every chance he could...

Our tree 2011

He's a turkey alright!

I thought this would be a fun project for a 3 year old..turns out licking the chocolate icing off the knife was!

Happy late Thanksgiving...We are busy decking the halls now. And when I say "we" I mean "me".

I now know that "lets decorate all weekend" means "I'm going to watch football while you decorate all weekend!"

Ahh thats ok..it works out better for a control freak like me anyway.

But then I have a little man that wants to "help" do everything...ugh!

well thank goodness for spiked egg nog!

LOL



Welcome my friends~

If you are reading this then you are a special person that I want in my world! Welcome!

I just finally decided in a world now of over exposure with blogs and facebook..I find myself wanting some privacy especially with all the pictures of Carter on here.

I had alot of fun with my blog over the years people all over the world reading it and it really helped with my jewelry sales. But now I know only the people I want to see it, will :) 

We had a really cool full rainbow one evening..it was even a double one on one side

My boy is getting so big!

He LOVES to ride his bike and makes me ride with him in our driveway..we do circles and "power shift" LOL

Carter ran to the biggest one and claimed it!

I don't post as much as I used to but hopefully you will enjoy it and please post comments if you want... I love to hear what you have to say!

Wheres the blog?!

As many of you discovered my blog has been closed for awhile...

I made a decision to not be public any more since its less about jewelry and more about "my life"

So if you would like to come along for the ride~ just email me your email address and I will add you so you can access my blog!
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First day of Preschool

                                     Its finally here the day I have been looking forward to and dreading! I have had him signed up for a year and have been talking to him about it..he always says he is excited..that was until the day before when he declared he was not going! NO I NOT GO!

So I drove him to the building and showed him what door we would go in and all that..and when he saw the playground he was back on board!

That morning I was more nervous than he I think as I hurried him around to get ready I felt my hands shaking a bit.

But he did great and was such a big boy. It was raining so he was excited to use his Thomas umbrella. (props always help) and he walked right into his class..the teacher showed him his name on the table and it had a dinasaur cut out beside it. She gave him a puzzle and he was like.."bye mom" LOL

 When I went back to the class to get him..he was in the same chair..it amazed me how this many 3 year olds were so being so orderly. But then he locked his eyes on me and he lit up and came running "MOMMY"! nearly knocking me over!

On the way home he was yawning and I said wow preschool really makes you tired huh? He said "Yea all that work we done!"

As soon as we walked in the house he said "whew we did it mom"! I love this kid!

Daddy took him to the grocery while I was at work and he put his head down and fell asleep right in the cart! Sound asleep too he was bobbing his head in the parking lot and slept awhile at home! (this is the kid that never sleeps!)

He is lucky his first friend got into his class too! Her mom and I joke this picture will be the prom in a few years! LOL

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Its so exciting and I am so proud of him..but the really strange thing that I keep thinking about is...It bugs me that I don't know what he did in that classroom..I have been with him constantly for 3 years.. but now I have let him go alittle and it bugs me. I guess I love to watch him learn everything and I sort of feel like I'm missing out.

But hey..with time to do what I want for a few hours...I will learn to deal with it!

some "redo's"

I did not think to take a "before" picture..so just imagine it being dirty old and brown! I got it at a yard sale a while back...can't remember the price I think 5 bucks. It took me a while to decide what color to paint it. It was still a bit plain so I found a wonderful wall decal site on Etsy..Tweet Heart Wall Art they were great to work with me on size and shrunk down a large wall decal to the size I needed!

The finished project!

This was a basic black coat rack shelf I ordered from JCPenney...

I painted and distressed it..spray painted the baskets..Chris added more and different hardware..

And voila`!

(The chair is next) haha!