shiny and cheap

Have you seen the wreath that Eddie Ross made last year out of ornaments?

Mine's not as pretty, but it was cheap!

If it falls it will break, but it won't shatter.

I bought plastic ornaments on clearance last year, and also some at the Dollar Tree.

Martha trees

hopped over here and found a super link for some more cute trees

{image via marthastewart.com}

"enemies" and friends

"Bad Guy" Jacob and "Super" Dallin

Speaking of dirt...

ornament 2009

I avoided pushed back making more important Christmas things on my list and made our Christmas ornaments for this year.

{fun and easy instructions}

Spraypaint Pillows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One day, I will have a bigger garage (bigger than the small, packed, one car space that I have now) and I will say:

"Hey ladies!  I am going to do this SUPER cool project......

{image via: v and co tutorial: spraypaint pillows}

....so come on over and make them with me!"

and then we will laugh and paint and have so much fun hanging out in my garage!

okay?

okay.

growth chart

{growth chart}

woe is me....i have no cricut

so i bought the vinyl on etsy

KITCHEN UPDATE

a little antique white paint on the beadboard

a touch up or two or three

a couple things on the wall

THEN complete!

did you notice my COMPLETE color change?

i like to keep things exciting around here

i LOVE it

it's bright and calming

it makes me happy

really cool clouds

in the sky

in our back yard

makes me want to go back to my 5th grade science class

(Mrs. Steele?  Why are they wavey?)

Forget Ice Water

It seems as though Ellie fixed the water/ice dispenser to spit out what she really wants.

DIY show off giveaway

There is a super fun giveaway going on at The DIY Show Off.

Lots of prizes!

Head on over and sign up for the fun!

Leen the Graphics Queen Giveaway!

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yes, please!

These are beautiful and they are being given away at Leen the Graphics Queen!

The braches would look smashing above my bed and my kitchen is almost done being painted (yeah, yeah, still not done, life happens!) and it needs some new art!

Now, if you don't mind, I have an new Etsy shop to drool over look at.

caramel apples

butterfinger was the winner this year

yum!

and yum!