Girls Trip!!!

(It's GREAT to have friends with the same priorities!)

I'm headed out today for a much needed girls weekend! A couple of friends and I are headed to a scrapbook convention. I'm so excited! Good friends, good coffee, scrapbooking, great deals, no remodel mess... whats not to love! Have a great weekend everyone!

Spring

I love Spring! I love the return of the birds, the smell of flowering trees, putting away the winter coats, gloves, etc... but it is such a short window here. Anyway this is something I started working on before all the remodel business. It's a new set of journaling cards using vintage bird images. I hope to get them finished soon and in my shop, but for now here's a little sneak peek....

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! I have a few major paint projects to finish, then I'm on to some packing and sorting! It feels great to get this stuff done!

Up to my eyeballs...

in paint, Spackle, trim, flooring, and a bunch of remodel projects. It's the big push to finish all our updates to this house before we put it on the market. This place is a crazy mess right now, but it's going to be beautiful when were done! Anyway, I'll be in and out of the shop and here for a bit. There is just so much to get done! But I'll share a few photos later...

Don't forget about the March Special in my Shop. See previous post for details.. I have about 5 new sets I hope to get photographed and listed... but I'll have to see how the remodel is going. :)


Here's a quick photo I took of my little guy. I can't believe how fast this kid grows! I LOVE this sweater on him, Grandma got it for him for Christmas and it's almost too short in the sleeves already. I asked if I could take some pictures of him wearing in and he was thrilled. He's such a little ham! I used some of my new photoshop actions on it... so much fun! He is actually standing outside with a hill of snow behind him, but I loved how the actions blended it all together and gave it a vintage look! I love photoshop!!

Have a great Monday everyone!

Whoo Hooo!

I'm running a little Spring Special in my Etsy Shop this month. Buy 2 sets of journaling cards get 1 set of equal or lesser value free! I've got several new sets to get listed too, so I'll let you know when they are up for sale! So head on over to Pink Owl Paperie and check out my shop!

Have a great day!!!

When is Spring coming????

I'm so tired of winter! We are all sick yet again. This time it's ear infections, strep throat, and bronchitis. YUCK!!! I can't wait until SPRING and I can open all the windows and get some nice fresh air in here!! I tried it a bit yesterday, but when it's only 30 some degrees it's not very helpful! ;) We are on the mend though, so that's good. We are also in the middle of several remodel projects (finishing things up so we can sell our place and start building) which is VERY exciting! I'm going to have to see if I can dig out a before shot of the worlds most hideous bathroom (aka our master bath)... yikes it was bad. Let me put it this way... we don't use that bathroom. Whatever crazy person put this bathroom in, must have had something against privacy. The bathroom is open to the bedroom. I mean wide open, no door, doorway, nothing. Just a transition strip on the floor to mark the end of the carpet and start of the ugly pink and grey linoleum. This big ugly 1980's blue and brass octagonal shower sat about 2 ft. from our bed and the toilet was only behind this little 1/2 wall. It was crazy. It looks so much better already, even when the whole thing is torn up!

Well I hope you are all staying healthy and well! Have a great day!

Dreaming....

I think we're finally really going to do it. This year we are going to build our little "farm house" (as the kids call it). We bought a beautiful piece of property a few years ago and have been waiting for the "right time" (really is there ever the perfect time for such an undertaking??) to sell and build. We have a floor plan in mind, and now we just have to get it to our guy who's going to put all our ideas into one cohesive home. I've been looking at and looking in magazines, books, and on-line for a long time for inspiration, ideas, and must haves for our home. It's very exciting!! These are 2 kitchens that I just love. I love the darker floors with the simple white cabinets and black/dark grey counter tops. So elegant, classic, and simple. I also love the idea of painting the island (see the blue island in the 2nd photo) in an accent color... definitely going to do that too... and WHOO HOO!! I think I finally convinced my hubby that we should do the white "subway" tiles as a black splash. See the long skinny white tiles in the first photo. I just love them!! It's a good thing I've been working on converting him to my style for some time now. He is always a little slow to come around. I don't know about your hubby's but mine always says, "I don't care, decorating is your department," and then disagrees with every decision. :) If he could design the our house it would be floor to ceiling dark wood, timbers, big beams, rock work, dark leather, with a gazillion deer, elk, etc mounts hung on the walls. For me it would be a bit like a gigantic animal tomb. Don't worry though, he will have his own man cave in our home.
Love these floors and counters!!
These simple cabinets are great!
Well here's hoping this is the year we really get to do it!

Girls day crafting!

Maddie and I had so much fun making Valentine gifts and decorations this year. She loves to craft with me. For those of you who know Maddie I'm sure it will come as no surprise that she decided we really needed something fancy to wear as we worked. She put a coffee filter on her head and said we could make hats, so that's what we did. Maddie's "beautiful" hat was made using coffee filters, cupcake liners, curling ribbon, feathers, and a big fake jewel. She loved it! We had a wonderful mother daughter afternoon and made some special gifts her Grandma is going to love. (if your looking for ideas the house of 3 has some great tutorials and easy projects to do!)

Have a great day! I'll be working on my etsy shop this week, adding some new stuff and getting ready for a sale to clear out some other goodies. Stay tuned...