5 things I love about you

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com  This weekend was our anniversary, I can't believe its been 5 years since we got married. And I am happier now then I have been.

1.  I love how you are a devoted father, when you come home and get down on the floor and play with Carter.
2.  I love how you support and help with my wild project ideas that I want to do around the house.
3.  I love how you always set the coffee maker up so when I wake up all I have to do is push one button.
4.  I love your one liners, especially when you catch me off guard.
5.  I love that you made me your wife and a mother, you made my important dreams come true.

Here's to eternity, Happy Anniversary!

White Christmas Tree

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com This past weekend we put up some Christmas decor.  Please excuse our little white tree.  This was our first Christmas purchase as husband and wife and we loved it, of course because its white.   However we didn't even put a thought to the size.  Looking back it would have been nice to have a taller one.  We thought about getting a new taller tree last year, but you know how that goes, once we took it down, out of sight out of mind.  And here we are already Christmas again with our little tree we love. (but this time we really are going to get a taller one for next year)

 

Handmade Diaper Pad

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I originally started this project last year, and after breakfast Sunday morning I thought about finishing it.  I have seen cute diaper pads on Etsy and wanted to see if I could make my own from left over fabric.

Since I didn't have a full piece of fabric, I pieced together two different patterns together to make a the diaper pad shape.

I didn't use any mesurements on this, everything was done free handed.  For the other side I used some soft furry fabric.  I laid the patterned fabric on top and cut around it.

After the furry fabric is cut, I tucked and pinned to stich.

Finally to keep the two fabrics from moving away from each other, I stiched a harliquin pattern.

Furry Side

Pattern Side

Birthday Boy

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Over the Thanksgiving holiday we celebrated our son's 2nd birthday.

 

As another year passes he has become more confident, can play with less assistance, can understand almost everything even the rules, and has has boundless curiosity.

Modern Pumpkin Redo

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Here my pumpkins before.

I used some left over white paint.

And walla, instant modern pumpkins.

My Favorite time of the year!

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com Yea, Thanksgiving is right around the corner!  I love, love, love Thanksgiving.  It is my favorite holiday of them all, but what makes Thanksgiving special is my son's birthday.  My little man will be turning 2 years old the day before Thanksgiving.  I have been noticing how big he has been getting and now I am starting to stuggle (just a little) to pick him up.  And with my baby turning into a big boy comes a big boy bed.  Here is what I have been thinking, but I haven't decided yet.

I love the color or even doing a shade of grey of course :), and it has simple straight lines.

 
Or this upholsted bed, love the shape on these.

Or this one because its fun.

Picture Frames

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I forgot to take a before photo to show that these frames were all black. 

I traced the frames onto newspaper ads and arranged them on the wall to see where to hang each one. 

 And my assistant

 I would tap the nail into the paper.

 Then tear the paper down and walla.

 I used all black and white photos to give the picture wall uniformity and artistic effect. 

Refinished Wicker Chairs

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com I started with a pair of old falling apart wicker chairs and coffee table.  The legs were in pretty bad shape so I ordered some basket reed and rewrapped the legs.

Here is the a photo showing the new reed on the legs.  You can see that the over chair still needs work. 

 My sidekick here is the best kind of helper to have with a task like this.

 Now we primer, see hubby helping :)

 And finally paint.



After



Before

Basement Playroom Update and Wire Curtain Rod DIY

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com The Curtain Wall for the playroom are up and it makes the basement look cozy.  Here is what I used to make the Wire Curtain Rod.  I got all the parts from Home Depot and Lowes.  I already owned the drill

I pre-drilled a small hole for these.

Looped the wire and clamped one end. 

Looped the other end with this neato hook that you can twist to make the wire really tight. 

Here is my supplies for the curtains.  Since I am trying to keep this basement/playroom project down, I used 10 sheets from my favorite Swedish home improvement store $3.99 each, and 4 packs of clips from Sears $2.99 each. 

Little helper pulled finally pulled the tape up from when I painted the concrete floor here.

  Just to recap here is the before see here.