Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Remodeling time!


Wonder where I have been? Now you can see for yourself! I, as in my husband and I, have been very hard at work on our dining room. We put down the flooring, which is amazing. It is the biggest change from carpet. I feel like we can breathe so much better. We also painted the walls this wonderful new color. It is called baked clay. I think that is a very good choice for the name of the paint! It is very warm and adds a nice vibe to the look and feel of the room and our house. I'm happier than I thought I would be with it. I was going to do a very trendy green, but the husband persuaded me to this color. I think Ill do the kitchen in my green shade.
I am going to be recovering my chairs, one day. I need to go choose some fabric. I'm not so sure what way to go with it though. I was thinking a deep brown, but i have lots of black accents. Black might be the way to go? We will see. You never know what can happen when I get into a fabric store! HA HA!
The artwork is provided by my ten year old daughter. My dad found me a bunch of frames at a garage sale a few years back. I painted two of them black and framed my girl's art. It looks very fun and matches perfectly! Plus it is totally cheap. You all should try to frame some of your loved ones art work. You wouldn't believe how fancy a child's painting can become when placed in the right frame. I think she loves seeing her work on the wall for all who enter to admire.
I hope to be able to work on some valentines gift for the girls tomorrow. I will try to post the finished products. I hope you are all hard at work on your valentines gifts! It is my favorite holiday to make crafts. Happy preValentines day!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Wednesday evening

Hello, my friends!
So today brings me to a whole new world! We are installing hardwood flooring. I have to say I had some reservations about the whole thing. We live in a very old house, built in 1940. I absolutely love it. I wanted to keep the whole "old" charm. So putting in brand new floor isn't exactly going with my motif. But it does look very nice. I hope it will be finished tomorrow. We are also painting my beloved red room, green. Its time for a change. Red makes your rooms very dark. I wouldn't recommend it. Unless you pick a nice light red color and have lots of lighting. I suppose life is lots of trials and errors. You never know unless you take a chance! But lesson learned. Move along!
I ha vent been able to make any cards this week or browse splitcoast. It is for a good cause though. I will have lots of beauty to look at and inspire me.
Here is too a new day and a new post that is actually a little more entertaining tomorrow and hopefully will include some pictures!


Sunday, February 1, 2009

Day, uhhhh Im losing count!

Hello again, my wonderful friends! I hope you all are doing well. I haven't posted in a few days, GASP! I know you have missed me, but toward the weekends it seems I get busier than usual. After that massive snowstorm, we missed a few days of school and cheerleading and had to make up lots of fun stuff. Totally fine with me, because I'm choreographing our routine for cheer and it needs lots of work.
I did get around to making a few cards AND even sewed one with my sewing machine!! I know, I know! I'm totally excited too. My machine has been breaking thread on me like crazy and I couldn't figure it out for the life of me, so I gave up on my love of sewing for about a year after my back surgery. Well I'm back in full swing again and thought I should give it another shot. Sew/so, hehehe I tried a few pieces of paper and fabric to test and low and behold it was breaking thread again. Then I said I'm going to fix this if it is the last thing I do. Guess what, my tension was set on five and needed to be on 2! Who knew? LOL!!!! I'm all good now, and I suppose that is the bright side of my little story............
I will post the pics of the card that I am more proud of than most cards I make, because it is stitched all the way up the side for you tomorrow. I cased it from the Stampin Up catty that I recently acquired. Have you all had the pleasure of seeing the catty? It has some pretty amazing samples in it. I love the catty for the cards. They are gorgeous. I have been very inspired since seeing it. I have been a downward spiral lately. But this has brought me out of my slump! How exciting!
Now I'm watching the super bowl with my hubby. Or at least pretending to as I sit here typing to you on my laptop as I sit on the couch next to him...... I do enjoy the commercials though, but didn't really enjoy Bruce Springsteen on the halftime. Of all the wonderful people is that the best they could come up with? What about a little Beyonce to spice it up a bit? Geesh, people get with the program!
Well I hope you all are enjoying my blog as much as I enjoy reading your comments about it!
Have a wonderful evening :)