New life given.

Friday I drummed up the energy to sand down this little baby. I sort of forgot to take a before picture of it with it's handles on and such.

I should mention that I did have a helper. She was awesome.

These handles were brass in color. I used some left over spray I had from refinishing my fireplace. I like the gray. I'm sure it looked quite ridiculous seeing a plump, ready to pop princess sanding down this bad boy, but I stuck at it vigorously and decided I couldn't wait to paint it.

So I did!

All in all I think it took around 7 hrs from start to finish. Not bad I think. Except I was seriously exhaused. When I was almost finished painting a second coat I remembered the blasted mirror! I was a little devistated by that news, but grabbed my trusty sand paper and caught it up to it's little family. Hooray!

I'm done!

I now have the girls old dresser for Ollies clothes and feel a little more prepared for this little guy to arrive.

It could use a little facelift as well. It's just not bad enough to do the work though...yet. ;)

Classy Clutter Giveaway!

Check out Classy Clutter for a chance to win this crazy cute felt flower pillow! Isn't it yummy!?

abc BLOCKS

This past weekend I spent HOURS on the couch listening to General Conference and working on these blocks. The plan was to make one for each letter in my bubs name...ha! not going to happen. They're cute but they take too darn long I tell ya! If I completely focus on speed and nothing else, I can whip one out in 3 1/2 hrs. Wait. Maybe I shouldn't say whip. 3 1/2 hrs is pretty long for one little block not including a letter stitched into it. Anywho, each conference session was 2 hours and there were 4. Soooo in 8 hours I was able to finish 2 blocks. (the first one I had done a couple of days before) Not bad when your mind is occupied on the speakers ((well mostly)) that's only 5 extra minutes per side. haha. Ok 'nuff said, except that I filled these bad boys with grocery bags. :) They make a fun crinkly sound. I'm so green and stuff.

Giveaway Results!

The winner is....

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Number 2!  Rachel!

Congratulations!

By the way, we did use a random generator... nepotism did not contribute to the results. 

Boo!

Yesterday has been declared "feel sorry for yourself day" and includes staying in bed for hours longer than normal. I'm not sure what knocked me out of my funk, it could have been the thought of showering. Anywho, after my lovely shower, I found myself in the garage changing a load of laundry. (Yes, my washer and dryer reside in my garage) When I stepped into the garage and it was semi-clean, it reminded me of finding wood peices a few days before while cleaning said garage. I then grabbed the wood and jigsaw (which has got to be my favorite power tool ever) and had a little creative therapy. After cutting out my first two projects, I wanted to try an attatched word so I got to sketching and here's where that took us! I'm hooked (as usual) and you may be seeing a lot more wood crafts in the near future.

It's kind of hard to tell but I painted it black and then mod podged white paper to the front.

More hats. I'm in love.

These hats are so fun! I sat down the other day and sketched out a bunch of different animals and I could seriously make these all day if I could get away with it. My little fingers can't work as fast as I would like though and occasionally I've found myself too worn out to even hold the yarn and hook, not to mention all the good stuff that goes along with keeping a house functioning and kids happy...hugs only work so long. Soon they start wanting things like food and clean clothes. Psh. The nerve. Aren't these hats enough!? :)

Harvest Giveaway!

We are having our FIRST giveaway! In spirit of this changing season we are giving away this awesome, hand made (by Amy) harvest wreath!

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For each, post a comment telling us what you did and you'll get your name in up to 5 times! Also leave your contact information, if we don't already have it.
You have until September 30th to enter! The winner will be announced October 1st!