Around My Home.

When I used to dream of owning my first home, I always imagined spending every spare moment & dime making it my dream home, making sure every inch was coordinated & perfect. DREAMS, right? I have my first home, which is more than alot of people my age can say, and I am disappointed in myself that I did not hold up my end of the dream by working to make it what I want it to be. The task some times seems exhilarating, but a lot of the times it seems out of reach. I am trying to make it reachable. I am trying to come home everyday and work on a little something to either spruce up the nest or clean up the nest. I have a little sneak peak of what I have been up to.

Bones of a studio

This is a Salvation Army score of a farm table. I love this table. It was originally a yellow color. It used to fit into the orangey room at my mom's house. Now she has had a facelift and is sporting a beachy grey look. I love it.

This chair was painted at the same time as the table & they coordinate quite loverly! The seat is covered in the quilt that I never finished. I like it like this.

This was a score! So happy I snatched this lady up. She was two inches away from fitting in my car. I told the man at the store that I was normally overly optimistic about fitting things in car and asked him to look at my car before we tried. Oh well. I paid one of my parents unemployed friends to help me get her home. It was a win-win.

These frames were Hobby Lobby unfinished wood frames for 40% off. I have painted all of them. They are going on my black wall. I just have to pick out what I am putting in all of them so I can arrange. I got some 3M strips on sale to test out...crossing my fingers they work out. I like the idea. I don't know if I trust them whole heatedly. It is worth a try.

I will update with progress. Hopefully sooner, than later!

Have a wonderful weekend blogFriends!

right now.

Meet Ms. Emma. My bestie is now an auntie! I am knee deep in the cutest photos ever. ♥

Internets.Inspired.

I feel so inspired lately. I have the itch to craft and the internets is never short on creative sparks to get me started. I have three projects I want to try my hand at.

uno.Dream Catcher

I saw this short-cut tutorial using a doily over at Lune and I can not get the idea out of my head. It looks rather simple to make and I am in love with the look, a little more hippie/vintage than the traditional, leathery dream catchers. The one against the dark wall is my favorite. It is amazingly dreamy.

**Lune

**Lune

dos.Bracelets

Over at Honestly WTF, there are several great tutorials for DIY Bracelets. I love that the classic friendship bracelet is a current trend for adults! Honestly WTF has incorporated hardware store treasures as shiny accents. This is something mothers could definitely do with their little girls. The hex nut is the upgrade from the macaroni noodle. I want to cover my wrists in these bad boys!

**Honestly WTF

**Honestly WTF

**Honestly WTF

tres.Altering Vintage

Rachel at Smile and Wave posted the cutest Summer Smock DIY. Rachel pulls of vintage very well. I, on the other hand, can not even say I own anything vintage. This smock is something vintage that would ease into my wardrobe & would fit into my style. (Anything that goes with jeans is my style.) It has opened my eyes a little to the vintage world, like there might be some vintage clothing out there with my name on it. Vintage scavenger hunt is calling my name.

**Smile & Wave

There you have it. These projects are on the to do list. I am currently working on gathering for a yard sale this weekend. I am clearing out the bedroom that was supposed to be my craft room

when we bought this house. (2 years ago!) I have not made a single craft in that room & it started to tick me off that I have just let the junk pile up in there. I am taking the room over like a pirate on a ship full of gold. Watch out folks....

Hopefully, I will have some projects of my own to share soon!

Happy Hump Day!

**images are not my own. credit is linked directly below each image.

Tuesday Treasures.

Hello Tuesday!

Oh Pyrex!

Everyone loves it.

Young & old.

I have not run across someone who does not think it is dreamy.

If only I had room,

these beautiful ladies would be on my wish list...

♥

An Adventure.

I have finally gotten in another park adventure. The bestie and I went to the local state park in the rain with our pups. It was good times. We made the most of all the rain we have been getting and trekked out in it. It was misty and magical. Our pups ran and played. We made it across the creek in one piece. There were magical little mushrooms every where. When the rain started coming down harder we had made it to a pavilion. We hung out there for a while and decided to just go for it. We walked back to the car. I had the keys because I had the rain jacket. I unlocked the doors. We threw our pups in. I threw the keys in the front seat. Bestie says, " You locked us out."

I locked the dogs in the car on the other side of town in the rain. First we tried bestie's mom. We tried the urban MYTH of using the key clicker through the cell phone. We did not have the touch. We called the park phone number. The park ranger man said he couldn't do anything. (& might I add, he did not even send someone to check on us) I called police dispatch and they sent an officer and a locksmith. Kindly the officer stayed with us until the locksmith came. Just in case it rained, we could sit in his car.

The good news...The dogs were wet & it was only in the 70's so they were safe in the car.

The silly news...When we had drove up to the pay to get into the park, the dogs had rolled down the back seat window BY THEMSELVES to see the park ranger man. When the locksmith comes, he comments on how well behaved they were. They stayed in the back seat CALM the entire time....couldn't go crazy & jump in the front seat and let us in!

I paid this man $50 to stick a glorified clothes hanger through the door. I had to tell him that if he would just come over the the driver side he could reach the key clicker and it would be easier. He said it would not work. How did we end up in the car...the lime clothes hanger reached the key clicker....

Fun times my friends. These are the only photos from the adventure. The poor pups in the car fogging up the windows and the clothes hanger. I decided that bestie and I making copies of our car keys to put on each other's key chains. Lessons learned.

Bye Bye Bunny

I gave away my poor bunny. He was a sweet little fellow, and that he's been gone a few days I am really missing the silly little fellow. He loved to click his heels and race around. I hope the girl who took him treats him like a prince.

Here we are waiting for his new mommy to pick him up. I gave him away through Craiglist. Five pets was far too many. I did not even have him a month and he went to the vet 4 times. He had a bad infestation of wolf worms. (If you don't know what wolf worms are, beware googling it...it's pretty gross) Suffice to say, he was a hand full. I am happy he is somewhere that he has someone to devote more attention to him. Bye Bye Bunny. I miss you.