tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29632652913410427832024-02-06T21:47:35.427-06:00Living with GraceAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898459149892616590noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963265291341042783.post-18210308653810779722011-12-20T17:42:00.001-06:002011-12-20T18:12:33.823-06:00Merry Christmas Y&apos;all!So I thought (and received some prompting :) it might be time to update the blog since it's only been what a mere 6 months. We are making the long long drive home to West Texas right now, 4 hours down only 8 to go! <br />
Grace has been much better than expected, keeping busy watching Toy Story 3 and napping, we'll see if it continues to go this well through the night. <br />
We just celebrated Gracie's 2nd and my 25th birthday last week, holy cow how fast did those last 2 years go! She got plenty of princess things and shoes, her 2 favorites ( I hope she's always this easy to shop for). There's a few (unedited) pictures of the party, and yes she insisted on wearing sneakers with that frilly dress. Being our social butterfly, completely opposite Momma and Daddy, Gracie loved seeing all our friends and the fact that everyone walked in with a present for her had nothing to do with that :) I've learned alot these last two years but mostly to relax and let be, I think she ate goldfish, cupcakes and strawberry for dinner. <br />
As we enter into the Christmas season I love seeing the joy and delight in her eyes when we turn on the tree lights, see a snowman at the mall, drive around and see Christmas lights or hear her sing Happy Birthday Jesus. 90% of the people we run into ask her what Santa is giving her on Christmas and I found myself thinking about the whole Santa issue, do we play into it or do we use this time to teach our daughter the real concept if Christmas? We decided to do the latter, sure Santa is not going anywhere and I'm not saying he should, be Im not going to be signing From: Santa on any gifts or talk about a chubby guy who drops in to hand out free stuff every Christmas Eve. Don't judge me, if you do Santa, that's great and I'm not judging you, but its not for us. We've been talking about how Jesus was born in a manger and how he came to save the world, to save Mommy and Daddy and Gracie and everyone who believes in him. And no my children will not be the ones to ruin your kids Christmas, no classrooms full of children crying because someone said Santa isn't real, I promise. <br />
Well were are getting close to the halfway mark and my butt is numb and my belly is rumbling! But it's not because I'm hungry... I'll give you a second to think about it.. Ok. If you haven't guessed or haven't heard, we are expecting!! Yup, I'm due late April with our second little girl! 2 little princess! You might want to avoid our house in about 14 years :) I'm 22 weeks and in the sweet spot between the exhausting and sickness of the first trimester and the hugeness of the third trimester. So as we enter into the last Christmas as a family of 3 I'm a little sad to see this time of having an only child end but I'm very excited to see the relationship between my daughters bloom and welcome another blessing into our arms. <br />
My fingers are getting tired typing on my phone so I'm going to call it a day. Hope that kinda catches y'all up on where we're at. I plan to jump back on the blogging bandwagon, so talk to y'all soon!<br />
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898459149892616590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963265291341042783.post-1300830511595155452011-08-16T15:57:00.007-05:002011-08-19T20:26:35.855-05:00All I want for Christmas is a Paint SprayerLong time no see huh. Well I have been up to my eyeballs in paint and stain and a palm sander. Some good friends gave us a dining set they no longer needed and instead of going to goodwill they thought of me. By the way, isn't nice when people think you can make something out of nothing and give you stuff for free :) Hubby picked it up after school about a month ago and it sat in the garage until I could find some motivation to tackle it, I had planned on selling the set once my new company Christian Creations is up and running (SOON I hope) but Hubby liked the chairs so much we decided to keep them. The table on the other hand will probably be sold (still finding the motivation to finish that). The chairs are solid pine and pretty comfy and free, what could be better? After a quick sanding I started painting...this is where the post title comes in. After the third chair I was about to shoot myself. Those spindles were killing me and I saw that they were going to need two coats of paint. But lucky me I survived, only to realize they looked too plain and would probably get filthy in a few days time. So, I channeled my inner Pottery Barn designer (didn't you know we all have one of those? it's called <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/">potterybarn.com</a> )and got out the sander and some stain. I sanded down places that would naturally wear and applied a thin walnut stain. Working in small areas, I wiped on the stain and quickly wiped it away with a clean cloth, the darker you want it the longer you keep it on. And finally finished them with a coat of spray polyurethane. All in all, I love how they turned out but I have already asked for a paint sprayer for Christmas... Some of you might think I'm being dramatic, and to ya'll I would say some very not nice things. August in New Orleans is probably what hell feels like. So here is some pictures to walk you through the process:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Boil pasta according to directions (no specific kind, just whatever you got), halfway through cooking time add broccoli and peas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. Drain, return to pot and add dressing and cheese.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3mEX_ct5YoCd-NhN-5JvDzL0xCdSuNLmtVnHqguIcMEcFLV0JuST-vcbhrHlS5vmIX_SdW6DyI2cTz7mFSITlV5RO5ng4LY8xbbav-3pdGd1502RIKQrdWZLryYuPEpQOia2Ksidf_0/s1600/image-17.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3mEX_ct5YoCd-NhN-5JvDzL0xCdSuNLmtVnHqguIcMEcFLV0JuST-vcbhrHlS5vmIX_SdW6DyI2cTz7mFSITlV5RO5ng4LY8xbbav-3pdGd1502RIKQrdWZLryYuPEpQOia2Ksidf_0/s320/image-17.jpeg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I love this italian dressing and am guilty of buying it in bulk when it's on sale)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Baby girl had a really good nap today (aka 2 hours) so after reading <a href="http://lonnymag.com/">lonnymag</a> and getting a little motivation to do something I decided to make some summery pillow covers for a pair of feather pillows I found at GW awhile back. I did a quick google search (which is how I find out anything) for easy pillow covers and came across a few but I wanted something easier than easy so I made up my own way. I was really trying to avoid hemming because I hate it so I used a flat sheet I found at a garage sale this weekend and used the hemmed sides for the envelope edges. Here is how I did it:<br />
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FRONT:<br />
1. Measure pillow insert and add 1 inch to each side for seam allowance. For example, my pillow was 22"x22" so I cut out a piece of fabric at 23"x23".<br />
BACK:<br />
* Pay attentions to where the hem is if your using a sheet. Make sure it is on the shorter side (the 23" side in my case) so you can use the premade hem. <br />
1. Add 1 inch to the pillow dimensions on one side and 5 inches to the other side. So my 22" square pillow needed a rectangle 23"x27".<br />
2. Cut your rectangle in half length wise. My 23"x27" rectangle was cut in half and became 2 pieces each with the dimensions 23" by 13 1/2".<br />
3. Pin the 2 back flaps overlapping each other to the front piece wrong sides out.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">*I decided to make another pillow cover before bedtime because it was so easy, it would have taken even less time but my "helper" was having a few issues*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtnLtN8e8Ep8XcOyzmOghImh9gFaTUcgff7128YJ7fpO8ax_MjSwjKS1SK9XC-dgsgxzxqnjQdsgabAHkxGEzGuMn06nJTS1UxPPveqE97rAaE4Geyr3j_PoTTGOhJdtTv0hVHOiE0hY/s1600/photo-5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtnLtN8e8Ep8XcOyzmOghImh9gFaTUcgff7128YJ7fpO8ax_MjSwjKS1SK9XC-dgsgxzxqnjQdsgabAHkxGEzGuMn06nJTS1UxPPveqE97rAaE4Geyr3j_PoTTGOhJdtTv0hVHOiE0hY/s400/photo-5.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">4. Stitch around the sides, backstitch the overlapping flaps for extra security.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKijamcZ42ecK3K825dVv4_fWRwpeJ2WbvrYKlPcmCiheoe_Qi-i-9ZZRHaRFv_cKb4FhGiAPKsqL0nW8Wg3mgu7QBHzGXxu51p45Jid4Cla-_Pc7m6VP0hnAMwZPLzdPq7uMjhDcRpMI/s1600/photo-8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKijamcZ42ecK3K825dVv4_fWRwpeJ2WbvrYKlPcmCiheoe_Qi-i-9ZZRHaRFv_cKb4FhGiAPKsqL0nW8Wg3mgu7QBHzGXxu51p45Jid4Cla-_Pc7m6VP0hnAMwZPLzdPq7uMjhDcRpMI/s400/photo-8.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><br />
5. Cut off the corners to allow for a square corner.<br />
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6. Turn your cover inside out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oh, the things you dig up in a Katrina yard</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*oops, this was supposed to be posted yesterday but things got hectic with party planning!</div>With the long weekend comes lots of home improvement projects which lucky for me hubby enjoys doing. If you know me or have been reading this blog for a little while you know that we moved into our newly built house in January...what home improvement projects could we possibly have you ask. Well, our house is a Katrina house here in New Orleans, actually the levee break is about 3 houses down from us, the levee is directly in our backyard so when it broke our house was a goner. We are lucky to say that we were not living in the house at the time so we didn't lose any personal belongings. The house was striped down to the studs when we bought it so we had a lot of free reign in how we wanted our home to look and we love how it turned out. The outside is a different story, the yard has been a field of weeds for sometime and so the boys got to work this weekend. They started out by cutting down the 15 feet tall weed trees (seriously) then went on to making flower beds. It was a TON of work made extra difficult since it is summer time here in New Orleans which means 95 degree weather, 100% humidity and random rain showers but it's almost done, we just have the pathways left to do!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">digging out the grass that went to fill in bare spots in the courtyard and backyard</td></tr>
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</div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">ashley</span></span></b>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898459149892616590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963265291341042783.post-7621698802747007262011-07-01T10:26:00.002-05:002011-07-01T10:37:28.696-05:00Sweet Nothings BenchFirst of all, its almost 9:30am and baby girl is still asleep....what the what? I've never been more quiet in my life but I'm sure she will be up before I finish this sentence. Nope, ok let's do this fast! Yesterday I shared my <a href="http://coulonfam.blogspot.com/2011/06/here-comes-rain.html">story</a> of finding this bench:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pulling each side taut I used a staple gun to attach the fabric onto the top, I made sure to staple into the wood for extra security. To cover the staples I hot glued natural twisted cord to trim it out the bottom. At this point I was covered in sweat working in our 1000 degree garage and called it done and went to find some air conditioning. The next day when I went to bring the bench inside I looked at it and it was "too perfect" so I got out the sander and went to town, I figure it's going to get beat up and busted up sooner rather than later anyways. So here she is, the Sweet Nothings Bench:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW477jBlbStAKIgCUsln8GKw6F5J_ciWkF47a5RajILh1yalaR1jTvXdUKXLRF_Dmi4U2UsH2KvIfMBOQ-EpvNic12itBpij5FwxYnsnVWoZYXPJ0bmeP0K7aU0TuQ35HKSvD7ISYAeE/s1600/photo-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW477jBlbStAKIgCUsln8GKw6F5J_ciWkF47a5RajILh1yalaR1jTvXdUKXLRF_Dmi4U2UsH2KvIfMBOQ-EpvNic12itBpij5FwxYnsnVWoZYXPJ0bmeP0K7aU0TuQ35HKSvD7ISYAeE/s400/photo-2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEeMMy32dp-CbylHiIywJVSuqhVaqhZkfhw__yVUMMj2zw2lHhxdRwEXEY43WwbCs9HMDk5V3ckWcNdJogyJQ-67yeU5rd7LFfi60NwwF-u0hi3RCkHLB55LYEqBX8oHyswqrOUZDzUk/s1600/photo-4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEeMMy32dp-CbylHiIywJVSuqhVaqhZkfhw__yVUMMj2zw2lHhxdRwEXEY43WwbCs9HMDk5V3ckWcNdJogyJQ-67yeU5rd7LFfi60NwwF-u0hi3RCkHLB55LYEqBX8oHyswqrOUZDzUk/s400/photo-4.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><br />
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Here she is before her makeover (yup, those are the other finds in the bottom corner). Stay tuned tomorrow for her big reveal!<br />
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Thrifted mirrors and frames painted white with green accents fill up the large wall behind the dining table (The print is a Joann's clearance bin find) and our DIY <a href="http://coulonfam.blogspot.com/2011/04/humongo-chalkboard.html">oversized chalkboard</a> fills the wall opposite the french doors. These doors let in a ton of light, especially around dinner time and it gets HOT! This curtains are actually tapestry throws I found at Target in the college dorm section on clearance years ago and have traveled with us since. Hubby mounted the hardware so the drapes would just skim the floor, I am not patient enough nor do I have the math skills to do that so thankfully hubby's strengths are my weaknesses. <br />
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</div>Our table was found on Craigslist and after bringing it home and doing a little research we found that it is actually a really expensive table someone put a formica top on. The plan is to have an oval marble (loveeeeee carrara marble) made for the top so we can fit more that 4 people around it. The gray chairs we're found at Goodwill in a horrible oak-ish finish (I say oak-ish because it wasn't oak and it wasn't paint but it was bad) and I used some paint we had on had to refinish them (the gray is the color of hubby's office/wildlife preserve). The wood chairs were found at a hotel liquidation center, recovered in painters drop cloth and trimmed out in black ribbon. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">PS. here's the wedding/housewarming gift the couple recieved from us:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Anyways, it got a little windy at market last night and a pair of mirrors I had refinished fell over and one cracked :( but I didn't want to throw it away because it had a really neat frame. <br />
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</div>Fast forward to this morning playing in baby girls' room. I've wanted to do a collection of art in their but didn't know where to start...brain storm! (yes, that is an <i>Imagination Movers</i> reference, lame...yes) I have a really neat cracked mirror and a really cute fat quarter.... Voila! <br />
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You could do this with any cracked mirror or really ugly picture just be careful removing the mirror. I used duck tape to fasten the fabric to the cardboard backing of the frame that way I can always change it out.<br />
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I found the gray frame (previously speckled gold) at Goodwill awhile back and layered it with a DIY glittered handprint. Looking at that little hand everyday makes me smile especially since I know the mischief it gets into.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this <a href="http://javacupcake.com/2011/03/peanut-butter-ball-cupcakes/">recipe</a> awhile back but it looked a little time intensive for me (anything that takes longer than an hour is out in this house) so I bookmarked it and forgot about it. Then dental school finals started. AKA hell weeks. Poor hubby doesn't have time to see us much, let alone sleep so I thought these might be a nice "hang in there babe" treat. They are time intensive, not going to lie but they are freaking delicious and so worth the time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used cake mix for the batter instead of handmade to save some time and I didn't wait hours for the centers to freeze because I have a toddler and if she gives me time to do it then it's getting done...FAST. The icing was the best part for us, not too peanut buttery and not too sweet; just creamy fluffy goodness. We like them cold so all the veggies in the fridge had to make way for cupcakes for a week :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJzxhAThN3MF_4IQ_aBiAMkEzEGyXMVAk_00FhcAvHamvSPFtccwXA9JZ71KGWEqMCHA9_SO9P_YWqNG75yOR3gLzPxsC29GhgdGcYQVul25u6S5EGwYdjmdiJsLhhtmD-E_E0Vp_lYU/s1600/100_2475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJzxhAThN3MF_4IQ_aBiAMkEzEGyXMVAk_00FhcAvHamvSPFtccwXA9JZ71KGWEqMCHA9_SO9P_YWqNG75yOR3gLzPxsC29GhgdGcYQVul25u6S5EGwYdjmdiJsLhhtmD-E_E0Vp_lYU/s400/100_2475.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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But we found some time to finish up the humongo chalkboard that's been living in our garage for a few weeks and hung it yesterday, love it! Not going to lie though, I was terrified to write on it at first but I got over it quick and baby girl has already created some master pieces as well. Side note: I've been taking photos of those masterpieces with her proudly posing by to make a little book that documents how big she's getting :( Can't we start over and go back to being a tiny little thing....)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I painted about 5 layers of chalkboard paint ( probably a little overkill) allowing each layer to dry before painting the next.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Paint out trim boards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once dry, adhere trim to chalkboard with a thin line of glue and 4 finishing nails spaced evenly. (The nails are so small you can just paint over them and they disappear) The longer boards trim the top and bottom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We bumped out the bottom trim board to create a ledge to hold the chalk. If we had thought of it earlier we would have used a wider board to make the bottom flush but it was a last minute addition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSUd8O6Tfizi2Yc2fgDemLL_xJ_y85-BS5FrCPlGZSpgTsOLzYHOWNWeBwWeAbtfDBdQegD7pIfDPMFXzAalDWGXlO-Jw_MJvE3IhT3HJYxBaKU9jVX79-9w7oJq0RF7ETsoFnkK7GBM/s1600/100_2509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSUd8O6Tfizi2Yc2fgDemLL_xJ_y85-BS5FrCPlGZSpgTsOLzYHOWNWeBwWeAbtfDBdQegD7pIfDPMFXzAalDWGXlO-Jw_MJvE3IhT3HJYxBaKU9jVX79-9w7oJq0RF7ETsoFnkK7GBM/s400/100_2509.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dixie or "Dee" according to baby girl thought she was getting a treat and had to get in on this one :) She's just 6 months old and 45 pounds...her paws are fat, plump things so we think she is going to be H.U.G.E</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since the birch board is so light and thin, the nails we put through the back of the board to hang the picture wire kept pulling out of the wood so we screwed bolts with washers through the top corners and used nuts to secure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXfz-QQZ97ivwGC8B1dfuEWue-0Y6hp5P8GA7EsYat9cxniao6pam3cLhv3aTxjybP6-yswBQH3p6cZ6X87DykTJcvTgq6rrQrRdqCwfZ3AG4TJQYrlAoVsKD5JsaCjQZfA0bUtm1tpc/s1600/100B2530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXfz-QQZ97ivwGC8B1dfuEWue-0Y6hp5P8GA7EsYat9cxniao6pam3cLhv3aTxjybP6-yswBQH3p6cZ6X87DykTJcvTgq6rrQrRdqCwfZ3AG4TJQYrlAoVsKD5JsaCjQZfA0bUtm1tpc/s320/100B2530.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Attach picture wire to the back of screws and hang.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one package of multi-colored yarn,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lHyEjzk195vDNZC0I94yM-qChSmPUd6yrVkPohUo8sjSBeLIm_Ll9mXQZOeLHmWRu0qIBvLY0vkOBISMwSqQQmiLDTOMLNE-FpJuNlKrH4u0YefX7PsYhWhg63fVUFEPTT8G3t63G_0/s1600/100_2467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lHyEjzk195vDNZC0I94yM-qChSmPUd6yrVkPohUo8sjSBeLIm_Ll9mXQZOeLHmWRu0qIBvLY0vkOBISMwSqQQmiLDTOMLNE-FpJuNlKrH4u0YefX7PsYhWhg63fVUFEPTT8G3t63G_0/s320/100_2467.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a bottle of white glue,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfej1vAr4OAx_z3poIM9wIIXzndh22ldw_dvp0ijRjI9gSRFYf1AB-ThslzzXEn4P5Xpsk5Ne4OpR6MgI6VNJ2l4fTVWAsdtbg-szKEyrUoIoqn-BlAm581RT40EAivDTExCeS4dVRFuM/s1600/100_2465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfej1vAr4OAx_z3poIM9wIIXzndh22ldw_dvp0ijRjI9gSRFYf1AB-ThslzzXEn4P5Xpsk5Ne4OpR6MgI6VNJ2l4fTVWAsdtbg-szKEyrUoIoqn-BlAm581RT40EAivDTExCeS4dVRFuM/s320/100_2465.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and 3 episodes of The Office later you get 2 dozen of these beauties:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEWZ6K1FXrO8KFd4zltC_JJ2vWc5S17f2O1zO85xnvujL_gwupEdpfpYUwpyeio-JF_skjJhyphenhyphenRzOY0Y6e7_AJPlhkgnKQRq3exRLBQkz-55CYqWQ9oSxWjLeM3q4kwydXFNh6rtUtcr4/s1600/100_2466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEWZ6K1FXrO8KFd4zltC_JJ2vWc5S17f2O1zO85xnvujL_gwupEdpfpYUwpyeio-JF_skjJhyphenhyphenRzOY0Y6e7_AJPlhkgnKQRq3exRLBQkz-55CYqWQ9oSxWjLeM3q4kwydXFNh6rtUtcr4/s400/100_2466.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Easy peasy; cover the bottom of the egg with glue and start wrapping, and wrapping and wrapping...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIWrg3_SI_OY3vVPWggiLMLEQ08FBnvAn_JmvhFhGacv6LWqIkRBy0PtqeZ8CRV_S4Sa5nn5dLEridL_WR5LA5QEUAUPdAJ3uOdQ2hdn_MhdwzCdVhyphenhyphenI4auzEW8Fj9BkqKMu-PVNx-ew/s1600/100_2469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIWrg3_SI_OY3vVPWggiLMLEQ08FBnvAn_JmvhFhGacv6LWqIkRBy0PtqeZ8CRV_S4Sa5nn5dLEridL_WR5LA5QEUAUPdAJ3uOdQ2hdn_MhdwzCdVhyphenhyphenI4auzEW8Fj9BkqKMu-PVNx-ew/s320/100_2469.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A wood and brass lamp on top and a basket full of toys that fits perfectly underneath, don't you love when that happens :)<br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> It sat on the front porch for awhile before I finally made it to Lowe's to look for mirror to back it with. But, I'm not about to pay $45 for a mirror, so it sat some more on the front porch. Then, I found this magical paint: </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img alt="XiKuhUmduQjNnwvdFs6v4DXI33lLYp6shp-U9EUrD-8pPhiZw8ecYVRgLXhcoDMA-JGuGSC5UAgW1Dc3LgqGS-7RRAyHlZ9_QXNFMhquxogWp-rCu3HFKAtQnOL78R_SjDrN1zb3T5Bbl0iqc0d7mqDYfVlNIYi_INtTiA.jpg" height="320" src="webkit-fake-url://E9043D17-D17C-4E08-BFC6-61D7E2EAEBD9/XiKuhUmduQjNnwvdFs6v4DXI33lLYp6shp-U9EUrD-8pPhiZw8ecYVRgLXhcoDMA-JGuGSC5UAgW1Dc3LgqGS-7RRAyHlZ9_QXNFMhquxogWp-rCu3HFKAtQnOL78R_SjDrN1zb3T5Bbl0iqc0d7mqDYfVlNIYi_INtTiA.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Looking Glass Mirror-Like Paint by Krylon. It looks like mirror when you spray it onto the back of glass for a fraction of the cost! It is pricey compared to regular spray paint ($11 for a 6 oz can) but I found mine at Michael's and used a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/view/michaels.com">coupon</a>. One can was just enough for this window. Simply clean the glass, and spray light even coats (about 5 or 6), I didn't even tape it off. It dries super fast so this puppy was done in about 30 minutes.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> We decided to hang it in the dining room since there wasn't a single thing on the walls but it's looking a bit lonely. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNexTZlKeagewCrJsyX-Lif9N0THqp9BT4m_llR7hdpT7txCDWk98Qkfubk6-GfhSrkDQ7BUl8inNpyGSzphK-53YIJug-TuOaTIu7VXg3ben2VuFa3T6cx9YkUUurJD85TXD7zmOdQU/s1600/000_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNexTZlKeagewCrJsyX-Lif9N0THqp9BT4m_llR7hdpT7txCDWk98Qkfubk6-GfhSrkDQ7BUl8inNpyGSzphK-53YIJug-TuOaTIu7VXg3ben2VuFa3T6cx9YkUUurJD85TXD7zmOdQU/s400/000_0012.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I thought maybe a plate wall around it but hubby says that reminds him of his MeMaw. So like anyone, I've been looking for plates with man stuff like fish on them :) I found a really <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">cute</span> manly one at Goodwill for less than a buck but being ever so graceful, that thing was shattered less than a day later. Any ideas? My tabletop is looking a bit sad too, just some dishes and flowers...any ideas for that too?</span></div><div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/search/label/Link%20Parties" target="_blank"><img alt="UndertheTableandDreaming" border="0" src="http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv298/theliebertfamily/party.png" /></a> </span></b></span></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898459149892616590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963265291341042783.post-86783396565971665802011-03-12T09:25:00.000-06:002011-03-12T09:25:54.536-06:00Unexpected PlacesWe moved into our home almost 3 months ago and our living room walls are still bare, well, if you don't count the surround sound wires handing out of the walls... My hubby is in grad school and basically lives at school and I don't have the patience to hang things level, soooo, there's a whole lot of nothing on the walls. But, I've found things I can do that don't require any patience or skill :) Here are some ways I'm decorating in unexpected places:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vH2eteZQ2_4TgaA4z3T3-rnLBQa6jW7rxMChAi9FjuMy4MVSek3XliPNWZSEuojetiFatl2Z2bUvJxZrxZ__nP-mkNI18H4yVSXThjyQuAXJYAMR8UkXV6MNar9SB4GRKirjr2RLJOc/s1600/000_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vH2eteZQ2_4TgaA4z3T3-rnLBQa6jW7rxMChAi9FjuMy4MVSek3XliPNWZSEuojetiFatl2Z2bUvJxZrxZ__nP-mkNI18H4yVSXThjyQuAXJYAMR8UkXV6MNar9SB4GRKirjr2RLJOc/s640/000_0009.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hallway to <a href="http://coulonfam.blogspot.com/2011/02/master-bedroom.html">Master Bedroom</a> with initials leaned against doorway frame (Hobby Lobby) and nope they haven't fallen yet which surprises even me :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_-krpUJraBxKcjddFKa6aYpP4iBeFAWqJet1Ljww5cLdFj9r2gQzdW4BhcjL0ejOL-V5h4a_CdtC21TDlupgc-qtvtHo7GHe78RPdVTYnsR2Iu2IJ2JDGA0H30wtY6pYxGXM3tzDyt8/s1600/000_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_-krpUJraBxKcjddFKa6aYpP4iBeFAWqJet1Ljww5cLdFj9r2gQzdW4BhcjL0ejOL-V5h4a_CdtC21TDlupgc-qtvtHo7GHe78RPdVTYnsR2Iu2IJ2JDGA0H30wtY6pYxGXM3tzDyt8/s400/000_0012.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">15 months old and still as bald as the day she was born...love it :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CZpf2YiyRipx8FiyxueuTOPmThpMn5M74yw6MLBsbUuSbn05TXw9FwJMXTqYHMdFuv5gfxQLbMjTSPrbHppne7sRLtVKVczdgaOqoChaephTR-WsczCc77t69q0si1_75PefzhxoqFM/s1600/000_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CZpf2YiyRipx8FiyxueuTOPmThpMn5M74yw6MLBsbUuSbn05TXw9FwJMXTqYHMdFuv5gfxQLbMjTSPrbHppne7sRLtVKVczdgaOqoChaephTR-WsczCc77t69q0si1_75PefzhxoqFM/s640/000_0016.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hallway to <a href="http://coulonfam.blogspot.com/2011/02/nursery-reveal.html">Nursery</a> with felt cupcake placemat from Pier1 taped to door. I'm sure you could make this super easy but at 98 cents it was too cheap to pass up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOly8IRdBqm8dSZHPX3pYycivtnpTTWx3uGUpATCbAzhyphenhyphen7qSYLbKFiI4dK6vuCLcO_GBNYi-YBLcfVfmS4upxm6vKsqurA6X8oYnKSRREC8dO0tZnORb26Z5qZVkWlty1SpEozvi4nukU/s1600/000_0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOly8IRdBqm8dSZHPX3pYycivtnpTTWx3uGUpATCbAzhyphenhyphen7qSYLbKFiI4dK6vuCLcO_GBNYi-YBLcfVfmS4upxm6vKsqurA6X8oYnKSRREC8dO0tZnORb26Z5qZVkWlty1SpEozvi4nukU/s400/000_0021.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A ladies room plaque from an old New Orleans hotel found at an antique shop rests above her doorway. I originally wanted to put in on the door but it's pretty heavy and hubby didn't want holes in the door. I think this is better anyways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mcL6_mFSjuRUDdyBDLx_Q-MmUdtvgGYVL8iZx-6gYCZd0YpFAAcYWjxRPhPIf9y9zEiewvJJBl236mC8aF0P7vjP-0Fi7eWDg5uaZdQcg2oI0vwj0YuRs5RsavVz3enqpHRL9c58814/s1600/000_0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mcL6_mFSjuRUDdyBDLx_Q-MmUdtvgGYVL8iZx-6gYCZd0YpFAAcYWjxRPhPIf9y9zEiewvJJBl236mC8aF0P7vjP-0Fi7eWDg5uaZdQcg2oI0vwj0YuRs5RsavVz3enqpHRL9c58814/s640/000_0039.JPG" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A goodwill shelf got new life with a fresh coat of paint and is repurposed as a bathroom window valance. The sign is also a goodwill find that got a coat of paint and letters outlined in sisal rope. You can't tell from the pictures (sorry, still learning) but both are distressed...I might have to take the sander to them a bit more though. I have some faux curtain panels made but I have to get a tension rod that fits the window. I'll show ya'll soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">p.s. Thanks so much for reading, it really means alot! And welcome new followers!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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