Home Sweet Home...

My husband and I recently bought our very first home. Hooray! Goodbye tiny apartment, hello wide open space and lots of blank walls. Walls that I can paint and put as many holes in as I want and well, maybe some fun wallpaper...maybe.




We moved into our new home at the end of March and slowly I have been trying to fill those empty walls and make this shell of a house feel like our home. Things are coming together and I know that over time this house will become what we want it to be, a place of warmth and love, a place that people feel comfortable and welcome....I can do that, right? Time to get crafty....I have lots of little projects planned and am hoping to post some of those to share...so stay tuned...

In the mood...

Lately I have been in the mood...the mood to bake, that is. This week I made cookie brownie bars which I have to admit came from the box, but I still baked them so that counts, right? They were gooey and yummy and delicious.

I also baked a blackberry cobbler...this was from scratch. I got a Kitchen Aid mixer for Mother's Day and decided to put that thing to use. I found a recipe on bettycrocker.com and went to work. It was really easy to make...the hard part was waiting 45 minutes for it to bake. It turned out great.


I have decided I really like baking...it is a great way to de-stress. Has anyone else been in the baking mood? Please share what yummy things have been coming out of your oven lately...I am looking for some fun new recipes.

The Green Door

My husband and I have different styles in decorating. I am a kind of eclectic country/vintage kind of girl and he is a more modern/industrial kind of guy(or so he thinks).Sometimes our decor styles overlap and loveliness happens and sometimes a desk made from a too small folding table happens. The folding table was fine in our small apartment, but now we live in a house. It is time to step things up...so when my husband suggested getting an old door and making a desk out of it, I thought...great! Actually to be honest, I loved the idea...I love old doors...heck, I love most things with a vintage feel. Why didn't I come up with this idea???

The search was on...I was looking for the perfect old door and guess what???? I found it...

and the best part(besides the great price) is that the door is green...my very favorite color. I love this door. It makes me want to buy other old doors and fill my house with them. In fact, at some point I may just do that. I am sad to say that this door did not become a desk due to some kind of Plexiglass debacle and my husband shopping without me. I am okay with it, though, because now I get to use it as some really fun decor in my kitchen...
Don't you just love when things work out...or when they don't...

To Blog or Not to Blog...

Well, it has been a while since my last post....I have to admit that I didn't really find blogging fun. I found it more of a chore than anything. I think the reason for that is, I was trying too hard to be someone I am not. What I posted wasn't really all that interesting to me...well some post were interesting and some were not. I admit that I was being lame and so I left my blog(insert tears) with a vow(vow might be too strong of a word) to never blog again.

I still spent loads of time(too much to admit) in blog land. I love blog land. I love the ideas I get...I love the stories I read...I love knowing there are other people out there who share my opinion about curtain length(for you hunny). Blog land is fun and I have decided I want to be more than a blog interloper....so here I am willing and wanting to give it another try(Yikes).

To blog it is....I promise to do better this time...I will try anyway. Plese leave me some comments and let me know what you think about blogging? What has been your experience as a blogger? Any helpful hints are appreciated....

Baby Shower

So I have this awesome friend who is also a domestic diva. In fact, some of you may know her from her blog Domestic Indecision. Anyway, she is super talented and a super good friend. I LURVE (just for you nelly-poo)her a lot. Well she and some of my other amazing friends had a baby shower for me this weekend. The theme was birds, which I love...everything was really cute and so I thought I would share a few pics with you. Enjoy!




















These are some of the table decorations...
so fun!!!














Isn't everything soooo cute? They all did a really great job and I had so much fun. I am really blessed to have such great friends!!!

Jewelry Box Makeover...

Okay so I finally finished the jewelry box(thrift shop find#2). It has actually been finished for a while, but you know how that goes. Anyway I started with a large brown jewelry box found at my local Good Will. It was a great find for only 6 bucks. I removed the hardware and sanded it...once again no pic because no one cares about sanding. I painted it black, not really being to careful about my painting except for the areas near the fabric lining the inside of the jewelry box.


Let it dry and then painted it white. I did the same with the hardware.




After I painted it white, I sanded the jewelry box in random places to let the black show through. I wanted it to look worn and a bit shabby. I also rubbed some of the paint off of the hardware.







I then took some black, vintage-like rub-ons, found at Hobby Lobby and added them to the top of the jewelry box. I love the way it turned out...in fact, I think it might make a really fun Christmas present for someone...

















(the before pics can be found in my past blog, fun finds...)



Now go check out the other laides at The Shabby Nest for Frugal Friday!

Festive Fall Fireplace

I decided that my fireplace needed some fall decor. I went to my local HoLo(Hobby Lobby) and purchased a few pumpkins, some berries, some fall leaves, and a few cinnamon candles(yummy). I spent a total of 11 dollars because all the fall decor is 50% off at HoLo this week...YAY! I already had pine cones and candles in my fireplace. I layered in the berries and leaves with the pine cones and then added the pumpkins. I put my new candles in my candle holders and lit them. It looks really fun and was so quick and easy to do!!! I can't wait to add more touches of fall to my home...fall is my favorite!