Car Seat Cover

When we went to dinner with Kyle and Channy I noticed that she did not have a car seat cover she had thrown a blanket over the carseat. I told her I would make her one. Yesterday I shopped in Logan and couldn't find fabric I like. (Shopping for other peoples taste is hard for me.) I ended up in Brigham City at my favorite fabric shop. So worth the drive. I can't remember what it is called but it is on Main next to Smith' s also an awesome scrapbook store next to it.



Don't mind the yucky car seat I borrowed it to make sure it fit.

Lamp Remake

I bought 2 of these lamps a few years ago a TJ Maxx.




I never loved them but I liked the basic style. I have wanted to do something with them for a long time but never quite sure. Then I found this tutorial on a blog and the rest was history.



I used 4 yards of burlap and my craft room was a big itchy mess. Not too mention trying to get all the burlap itch off of my ironing board Sunday morning to iron the hubs shirt. I also repainted them green and brown. We have had our bed linens for 3 years now and I am trying really hard to not change. They were expensive and I still like them I just really want to go gray and yellow. I even have contemplated painting my new bed yellow and then gray over top and doing burn outs so you can see the yellow. Even Chris thinks that would be cool. I am trying to be practical so my dear mother won't give me crap about it. However, I love the way they turned out and I can repaint them when the time comes.

My New Bed

When we bought our new mattress set almost a year and a half ago we did not purchase a bed frame because we figured we would buy a bed in the near future. Well we couldn't find anything in our price range that we liked so our bed sat on the floor for a long time. Not so pretty that way. Then about a year ago I came across Ana White . Love her site. She has tons of plans you can build. The best part they are free. I chose a bed months ago but I wanted to modify it but didn't have the tools that would make the change easy so I held off. Then she made this bed for her mom. I loved it and the shopping list was made. She made hers queen size and our bed is king so I had to modify the numbers and it turned out great.


I used pine. Not my first choice because I am not a fan of the way it stains but it was good on the budget (which was $130, not bad eh!) I wanted to used gel stain but I couldn't find the color I wanted so I used a dark walnut stain I had at home from previous projects. Then I sealed it with a satin spray. My next door neighbor has a full wood shop in his basement and he is serious about his stuff. He happened to stop by and give me pointers plus he lent me a nail gun. THANKYOU! My advice, have the right tools, nail gun and miter saw. He saw me cutting my miters with a handsaw and a miter box and about died. So he helped with that too. I think it turned out awsome and my hubby is proud of me, not too mention I saved him hundreds of dollars.

Next project will be new nightstands.

Channy's Baby Shower

My cute little sister Chantae and her hubby Kyle are expecting their first child next month. They wanted to keep the gender of the little one a secret so it was a gender neutral party. Yellow and gray were the colors. My other little sister Chelsey also hosted the shower. We had it at The Fairview Inn in American Falls, the owners were very gracious.
I so bad wanted to do tissue paper pom poms but we could not secure them to anything so we inflated about 100 balloons to suspend them and it turned out nicely.


My mom and I headed to town to buy flowers because we wanted to make it feel not like March and more like May. They sure did brighten things up.

We made napkin ring holders (felt flowers) that they could take home and water bottle labels.


We played games.


We had Firehouse Pizza in Logan make pastas for the food and Mac and Cheese was the hit.


If you can believe it I got so wrapped up in the shower I don't have one single picture of all the fun. Dang it!


This is Chantae at 8 months with her friend Breanne due any second at the time. Thankfully she did have her baby a few days ago. Chantae is a tiny little thing she looks like she could be a few months away. We had a great time with all the family and friends. This is what the good times are and we can't wait to meet the little thing.

Well I know that it has been a long time but there really isn't that much to write about when I have had a less than stellar summer. We were homeless for the month of July and part of August while we were in between homes so this was our Monday thru Thursday home...

The Crystal Inn and since they are laying the pipeline in Sardine Canyon there was some interesting fellows that were there with us. Then on the weekend we would head up Logan Canyon to a campground and hang out until Sunday morning when we would clean up and head into town for showers and clean laundry. Let me tell you be very picky about laundromats in Logan. The best one is up close to campus the others are SCARY. Moving day was the best. We are now in a house just for 10 months while the owners are at grad school. We absolutely love where we are and the neighbors are wonderful. You could say we are becoming professional house tenders. So to sum it up we had a rough summer with our housing and other things that I may mention at another time but the new house it awesome which leads to the next part.

I have been trying to pin down what my style is and I have been apparently sending mixed signals to Chris about it. So here goes my observations. I like rustic furniture but not log furniture and I am thinking about making a reclaimed wood table. Pricey I know. OUCH!! But I love it. I also like modern, but comfy. I hate vinyl lettering I think it is way over used, small doses maybe but not for me. Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Restoration Hardware none of them use vinyl. Don't be offended if you like it I just don't. I love hard wood floors but not perfect ones. I want it to look 100 years old. I love upholstered dining room chairs but I realized how impractical this is after staying with my bosses children for a few days so I might have to compromise. I HATE country decor and "cafe" kitchen decor. I love color, but not to bright however, I still love brown. So needless to say my hubby has relinquished any control that he thought he had over what comes in the home to me. He knows how to make "Sweetie" happy. So to slowly decorate my home so I don't brake the bank all at once I had a crafty weekend. I made this wreath from burlap and put fabric flowers on it. It is rustic with the burlap but I added the modern with the silk and satin flowers. I think it turned out great now I just need to find a good spot for it.



Then a few months ago I saw this book page wreath and loved it but I forgot all about it until I saw that a friend had made one and posted it on her blog and I decided to make it. Now I am very picky about what it is in my home. Some of the tutorials to make this said to get a dollar store book. Have you ever looked at a dollar store book... FOUL! So I hit the trusty DI. They had great selection although I did feel kind of bad that I would destroy this book, actually I re purposed it. Then the employee brought out a hug bin of choir books. I snagged hundreds of them for 4 bucks, awesome. I love the way the music looks in my wreath and it is uplifting words also.

Beautiful!

Here is the tutorial if you care.