Sneak Peaks

I know I haven't posted any new projects on here in almost a week (GASP!), but that doesn't mean I haven't been working!  I have so many things going on right now, but nothing is finished!  And, I must say, it is not my style to start something new before I have finished the first thing, but that's how I roll these days!  Anyhow, here are some sneak peaks at the projects I am working on.  Oh, and did you hear?  I made the semi-finals for the room makeover contest!  More about that later today!  

Enjoy the Son!

Odd Inspiration

Do you ever see something and just get totally inspired to do something with it?  I recently inherited a bunch of really cool junk antiques.

Isn't the pie safe fantastic?!?!?!

After I got her inside and was cleaning her off, I discovered this wedged in the back of a drawer:

Isn't it lovely? Enter my inspiration! (Oh for pity's sake! I can't even fib on my blog!  This wasn't the EXACT spoon that I found.  But I forgot to take a picture of it before I made my project, and I was trying to be dramatic with my big inspiration moment, and, oh!  Just pretend this was the same one!)

I just love this old spoon!  I wanted to do something with it to showcase the spoon in all of it's old, worn, fantastically patina-ed glory.  I think it is very important that we remember where we have come from and take time to reflect on that, and I love that this spoon came from Great Grandma's house--and she probably got it from her Grandma!

I wasn't 100% sure what I was going to do, so I just started gathering supplies, and this is what I started with:

I started tearing the book pages out of the book, several pages at a time.  Then I tore the grouped pages in half.

After that, I started folding the pieces in half, still several pages at a time, and I started stacking them together.  I used hot glue to hold them all together.

I stacked and glued my pieces until I had a full circle. Then I quickly burned some of the edges, because we all know how much I like fire!  I decided I was making an ornament of sorts, so I just started playing with my embellishments until I found a design I liked!  I glued all of the pieces onto the paper.

I just hot glued the ribbon to the back. 

Now my little reminder of seasons past hangs in my kitchen above my sink!

****Random side note: There is an "epic" makeover contest going on in blog land right now. I have entered the contest, and I will be begging for votes as soon as the voting opens up on April 30th.  Consider yourselves warned!  

One Room Makeover Contest

***Judges and potential voters, please click here for my full plea! See what Ellen Degeneres has to say! Thanks for stopping by!***

Ahhhhhhhhh!  Have you heard?!?!?! Mandi from Vintage Revivals is going to PERSONALLY makeover one room in someone's house! Oh.My.Word!  

From the moment I first heard about the contest, I knew I wanted to enter, but I couldn't decide which room to choose! In the end, I decided on our master bedroom.  The sad fact is, the master bedroom will be the last room that I redo. On one hand, I feel a bit selfish wanting to make my room look fantastic when there are other things that need to be done. But on the other hand, I feel that it IS important to have a place to be relaxed and refreshed. Also, I love my husband so much, and I want him to have a place to be refreshed too!

I must say, I do not think our master bedroom is horrible.  However, it is not what I would like.  We moved into our house not quite two years ago, and we inherited the red velvet-y drapes in the master. The walls are yellow. (More on those in a minute!)  The lamps are salvaged from my mother-in-law's house.  The bed spread is just a duvet that I bought last year to try to bring some unity to the room. We have mismatched bedside tables, which I wouldn't mind at all, except that it doesn't look like I tried to mismatch them--because I didn't! I was trying to find something the same size and shape, but now I would like something else and just can't bring myself to afford a new piece when this one is working just fine!

The mirror above my dresser is very functional, but very plain.  (Sorry little bedroom!  You are getting picked on, but it is for the best!)

Here's another view of the room. This is my husband's dresser and the entry to the closet and master bath.  I will not even post pictures of that on here!  (This house was built in 1972, and the baths are original.  We're talkin' powder blue tile, baby!)

See those walls? They are covered in paintable wallpaper.  Seriously? Ew.  I will eventually tear it down and repaint, but that takes time and money, and I am short on both right now! ;)

I bought these pictures at Home Goods last spring.  I thought they were very colorful and more grown up looking than the what was there before, but I am not sure that these prints convey the calm, relaxed, and romantic feeling I am going for.  They kind of scream "someone spilled several buckets of paint on me", or something like that.  

And last but not least, the ceiling fan.  It's just awful.  I really do like having a ceiling fan on those hot summer nights, but the rest of the year it is just an eyesore! Wouldn't a chandelier be so much better?!

So, that's my master bedroom!  I would LOVE to see what Mandi would do with it, wouldn't you?  

Tuesday under $10

I follow the At Home With K blog. One thing that I really enjoy each week is her "Terrific Tuesdays Under Ten" link party.  It is such a great spot to check out all kinds of projects and finds, under $10 of course!  Sometimes I have something to link up, and sometimes I just like to browse!  Since I am in the process of redoing my son's room AND our guest room AND our front porch, I haven't had a lot of time for extra projects.  However, I do have LOADS of projects that have been waiting to be posted, so I thought I would start sharing some of those!

I bought these little snowman tins at GoodWill for $1 each.  (I thought they were $1 TOTAL, and then I saw that they were individually priced.  So, $3 is not quite as exciting as $1, but it's still a good deal!) I liked the shape, and I knew that they could be transformed into something that would fit in my home!

A few light coats of black Krylon spray paint and some burlap embellishments, and what a difference! Much more my style!

These will probably end up on my front porch with some plants or flowers or candles, but they are in the dining room for now.

Check out the link party and see what other projects people have done for under $10!  Have a great day!

Good Friday and Legos

It's Good Friday. The kids were a little sick, and A LOT tired. My husband had to be at church early for our Good Friday service, and the kids and I were excited to meet him there. Unfortunately, the service didn't start until 7PM, and the kids just couldn't make it, which was sad because we have talked about the service all week, and Quinn really wanted to go.

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