Our version of a "Date Night"....atleast for this weekend...

So, I got this creative bug over the weekend and still haven't been able to shake it.  I mean, of course...it's always there but there are definitely periods of time where..."The FORCE is strong in this one!" (My little nod to Comic Con which was this past weekend.)  Any who, thankfully I have this AMAZING husband who is incredibly tolerant and patient when it comes to this part of me.  He was all systems go this weekend to work on projects, and so we did! 

Project #1:  Decorating with a birdcage and two lanterns

So we sold ALL of the birdcages that were used at our wedding except TWO.  I wanted to keep them because I had some decorating ideas on what to do with them and so, naturally they ended up collecting dust in my "Craft Room" until Friday night.  So, last minute on Friday night we went out and got some white spray paint and dark turquoise ("lagoon" on the can) spray paint to paint one of the birdcages and hang it from the ceiling.  We got these pretty awesome hooks from Lowe's to hang them from.  

I didn't want to change the color of the lanterns, just the birdcage.  I am incredibly grateful to have a husband who isn't afraid of color. { Did I mention that I am pretty lucky to have him? :) }  So, while I went to work outside spraying the birdcage with white paint (a cheap solution to primer), he went to work  in the living room putting in the hooks.

We don't own a ladder so we used a "make shift"...ha ha ha

Not thinking things all the way through, he really needed some goggles to protect his eyes.  But since we didn't have any, he made do with a pair of my giant sunglasses. :)  Doesn't he wear them well?

I went to work sewing burlap covers for the string we were using to hang them by and then...

VOILA!  

Our decorating job was finished!  I am so excited with the way it turned out!

What do you think?  Do you have some decor in your living room that's cool and different?  Comment a link and share!  :)

DIY Frame Wall

Okay, so I realize I should have taken pictures of the frames BEFORE I sprayed them with my white paint primer.  But...too late now.  Our living room wall has been lacking for a while now.  It was empty for FOREVER and then a while back I put up some paintings that I did...not that I really wanted them on our wall, I just felt like it was TOO empty.  

So since like, November of last year, I've been planning on doing this frame wall and over time I thought of things to add to it to spice it up that wound up slowing the project down.  (ie: the Marilyn and Frank paintings I had made.)  I wanted something that I could also hang photos on because I am a HUGE photo freak and just love having pictures up everywhere.  

I bought most of the frames from Goodwill and one on clearance at Hobby Lobby and the rest were given to me.

After arranging the frames and paintings around or a while.  I finally figured it out.  Thank goodness my hubby came home when he did.  I wouldn't have been able to hang most of the stuff on the account that I'm a shorty.

(The center piece is just a canvas covered with fabric and ribbon stapled to it to make a photo board.)

Gifts For Baby

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Invitations

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Kim's Reaction to her book

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Framed Chalkboard!

So I have been on this decorating and organizing craze lately and I'm loving while it's driving Trey bonkers!  I put up some of our wedding photos a little while back and put a big green empty frame with them.  Well, I loved the way that looked, but I just felt like it was missing something.  I LOVE chalkboard paint!  So I decided to what a better way to spruce it up?

So here is how it originally was.

All washed up and taped off and ready to go!

My supplies!

(The Chalk Board paint is from Wal-Mart and was only $10)

I put on 3 coats of paint

 

The final product!  YAY!

The paint dries to the touch in just 30 minutes, but you need to wait 3 days to write on it!  I did ours the Wednesday before Mother's Day and since we were throwing a Mother's Day Brunch for Trey's mom and sister, the timing was perfect!

So, what do you think?  Happy Mother's Day everyone!

YAY FOR FRAPS!!!

Okay everybody, Starbucks is bringing back their Happy Hour!  Starting Friday, May 6th til Sunday, May 15th from 3 pm - 5 pm if you go to any participating Starbucks you can get a Frappuccino for HALF-PRICE!  YAY!  Just wanted to share the news!