Gettin' Our Craft On

Tricia has been over here this week and we've been having all sorts of fun! One thing we've been doing is making some sewing projects that has caught our attention on Pinterest. 

The tutorial for Arilynn's dress can be found here.

Linking up to Finished Object Friday.

Built-In Cabinet Redo

My goal this year was to try and blog once a week. As you can see, I can mark that one off as failed. :) Moving on...

One of my favorite details about this house was the built in cabinet. Beadboard as the backing, super cool hardware, a place to showcase a lot of junk, what's not to love? I know that what I did to it would make some people cringe, but, yup, I painted it! I have a thing for bright and white-it makes the room seem bigger.

This is when we first moved in (obviously):

Then again after we painted the walls:

And, after:

 

Wesley somehow talked me into displaying some of his oil cans (that are crooked):

We kept the original hardware. Didn't even have to spray paint it. ;)

 

Lots of Spoilin'

We enjoyed having our parents come this weekend! We kept them busy showing them a few sights of WV. It was pretty funny hearing all their exclamations of the hills and hollers. :) Here's hoping the kids aren't too rotten after all the spoilin' they received the past few days. Even great grandparents, great aunts, and aunts sent gifts.

Cuteness Alert

Hey, Everyone! I wanted to give a shout-out to my friend's etsy store. I have never "officially" met Brittany, but we have become internet pals through mutual friends. I'm pretty sure if we lived close together, we could become quite the dangerous pair. We seem to love all the same things. She, however, is way more craftier and talented than me...especially when it comes to sewing. I pretty much bombed that quality, much to my mother's dismay. (She can sew anything). 

You have got to check out her adorable totes. Ruffles, flowers, cute material...how can you go wrong? 

 

Mother's Day idea??

 She even adds pockets to the insides:

Would make a great tote for library books or scrapbook supplies! Work? Lots of ideas!!

Head on over and tell her Jenny sent ya!!

Kitchen

**Please excuse the quality of the pics. I'm afraid my lens or camera is about to go toast, but you'll get the idea anyways.**

First off, a look at the kitchen before (taken the day after we moved, so randomness is everywhere):

It wasn't quite my style...so, my dearest hubby scraped off wallpaper and painted and painted. I helped paint the walls, but that wonderful guy did the majority of the work himself. I just "guided." ;)

I don't have everything quite the way I want it, but I'll show you where we're at so far.

I'm wanting new lights above the sink and some kind of covering for the window, but not sure what.

I would also like to replace the fan. The chalkboard is quite large. I found the frame 90% off at Hobby Lobby and grabbed it. I was originally going to paint it white, but the gold is distressed and not quite as bad, so we're leaving it for now.

The door leads to the basement and still needs some more paint. We're a little painted out right now, so it'll eventually get done. LOL

Hoping to find some material for curtains to go along with the plates.

We found the cabinet handles at a surplus store. They were gold and ugly, but cheap. So, he just spray painted them oil rubbed bronze. The drawer handles came from Hobby Lobby 1/2 off. (Which reminds me, I still owe you $ Becky for finding the others). He added beadboard wallpaper to the cabinet doors and then painted over it. Changed the look dramatically! 

I painted the sign out of an old cabinet door.

We painted the counter tops with counter top paint. So far, it's holding up. We shall see.

Shew! Major picture upload, huh?! 

So, just a recap...

Sneak Peek

The kitchen cabinets are coming along. I "think" Wes has the painting done. Now, to the fun stuff...decorating.

Sunday Afternoon

I shared Sunday morning with Dad last time, this time I'm sharing Sunday after church with Mom-thus, the disheveled look. They thought it was just terrible that Mom wanted a picture before getting to eat and change clothes. 

I'm trying to make Wes get more pics of me with my kiddos. I have a really bad habit of just taking the pics and not being in them. I'm not the most photogenic gal out there. However, when I'm old and grayer, I'm gonna want to look back on these, so I suck it up (and in) and smile away. :)