Trying something new!

A fishbowl! With a fish named Jasmine. Made from a decapitated head. I felt a little gruesome sawing it off!

Animals seem to be my new favorite things to paint. Check out the pug! This particular pug's name is Lulu! Isn't that the cutest pug name ever? They are a darn cute family.

Little by little!

Hi there!

Remember this table? I actually finished it quite some time ago, I have just been way too busy, traveling to Utah and dealing with sick kids....AGAIN, to get it posted.

This is not the best picture but the table's not too bad eh? There are some things about it that need fixing but I'll get around to that someday I suppose. The spray primer that I used had issues and so some parts of the table have way more texture than I wanted. I was tired and just wanted to finish it. I should have run to buy a non faulty bottle but I thought I could live with it! I probably can't dagnabit! Oh well!

Ok and remember the fabric that I was waiting for? Well it came and I was anxious to do something with my purchase. So I tore apart an old red lamp shade. I saved the the red pieces and (very sloppily) cut out pieces in this fun orange. With a little time, hot glue, and some great folding skills...WALA! I saved the white lining from the red shade and re-attached it inside the lamp. Not bad! This is my first shade recovering attempt. I dare say I'd do it again!

As for the rest of the fabric well some of them were not what I expected. I did love the Amy Butler, Belle/ Duck Egg though. So, I've decided to do most of the pillows in that fabric. If only I could find enough courage to get it done! I really want piping but I am not a seamstress...I'm scared, really really scared! Lucky that I have some brilliant seamstress friends who can whip stuff like this out without even looking. Whew!

After the pillows I will be attempting to repaint the table that you see under the lamp. Then I'll be painting all of the walls. Look for a paint color survey in the near future! Still so many projects and so little time!

We are alive! Kinda...

So sorry that we have been MIA!

I received a comment the other day wondering if we were OK. It made me feel happy that someone cares. So this post is for Cap Creations! Thanks for checking in on us! And anyone else that reads this post should head on over to her website, she has some beautiful jewelry. I am eyeing a particular ring in fact!

So, I was in a USO show with our local community theater! That took up all of my free time for a while. Then yesterday I had a big ol' mean kidney stone blasted to smithereens so I am excited to get feeling better! (And milking some down time)!

Mandy is PREGGERS! So she is busy trying to keep her food down while she chases a toddler around. I don't know if we'll be hearing from her anytime soon.

As for Katie, well, we've never heard from her much have we? She is a busy single mommy, trying to get some schooling going. So, she is dismissed...for now!

We do have a teen sis who hasn't participated with us at all but maybe I can convince her to do a post about a recent project she did for FCCLA about breast cancer awareness. She did an assembly for the girls in her high school and it was GREAT! I was there!

In the meantime I have remained obsessed with pulling my house together a little more. I got a new couch (see the photo above) and now I just need to get everything else going on in there. I have a lot of projects in the works and others still in my brain! I think that I am tired of the red. I'm looking for pillows, fabric, and curtains in blues and oranges. I am also planning on painting a light greyish blue on the walls...maybe! I'm so VERY tired of BEIGE BEIGE BEIGE! Although I did buy a fantastic new beige rug from West Elm. It was on clearance!!!!

I found this table at Goodwill for $10 that I have now painted black. I still have some finishing touches before I show you the final product. I busted that glass out all on my own. It was SO MUCH FUN!

I got this little chandelier at goodwill as well. $5 I think! I wanted to paint it turquoise or something...well my hubby VETOED that idea! I really have to push him when it comes to color.

So I painted it black instead. Again I still have finishing touches before we can hang it. I am thinking of wrapping the white "candle" bases in twine to add some texture. We'll see! I might end up painting it turquoise one of these days after all...while hubby's a work! ;) He probably wouldn't even notice!

Blessed

This project is a lot like this one that I learned from Pink & Polka Dot. I used a wooden plaque from Wal-Mart, Acrylic paint from Michael's (I have a TON of it due to the painting of the dolls), ink transfer paper, and photoshop elements to arrange the word and design. I am making about 3 more of these using different words. I'll post the rest all at once when I am finished. Some of you who visit my other blog might be suspicious as to what they are for...hmmmm.

And now a word about the word. Blessed! I am blessed in MANY ways. One way that I have been thinking a lot about lately is in my womanhood. Seriously...I am so glad that I am a woman. That I was blessed with an appreciation for feminine things. I am happy to be a mom who gets to spend each day with my kids watching them learn and grow. I am truly blessed! In which ways do you feel the most blessed?

PS Don't forget to enter the giveaway below. It ends tomorrow night when the clock strikes twelve! (we watch a lot of Cinderella in this house).