A great D.I. treasure

I love when I find a nice little treasure and D.I. had a good one for me recently : ) Here is the before. You can't tell in this picture but it had layers of lumpy icky paint on it. I loved the design of it though and could see the potential it had.

It took a lot of sanding (luckily I have power sander, that helps a lot). I am sure that my neighbors were going nuts with the noise.

Here it is almost done.

I gave it the distressed look which I like but I think I am going to put red on the distressed part and give it one last coat of black spray to match my furniture upstairs.

I will post the final picture once I get around to finishing it. It could be awhile since it's cold outside now.

From this to..........this!

So we've had this little site for sore eyes hanging out in our basement for awhile just waiting for me to beautify her. Well I was feeling crafty one day and went to work. Here is the before. Ohhhhhh purdy isn't she UGH!
Here is a drawer with such a lovely handle. Ick!Here is the after.................oh much better!

All she needed was a little sanding, some silver spray paint for the handles and black for the rest.

Why oh why didn't I take the time to do this sooner?

Halloween 2009

We started the day off by carving pumpkins.Pictures before trick or treatingTrick or treating with the Barton's. The kids all had so much fun!A look at our pumpkins all lit up.We had the best weather for Halloween. Our day went wonderfully!!!

Let the battle begin............

Recently I was watching my little nephew Liam. He brought along his new light saber that he got for his 2nd B-day. Carter was so excited that he went downstairs and got one of his brothers light sabers and the two little cuties battled it out. They were so funny with the hats that they were wearing.....if they weren't on just how they wanted them they would stop the battle adjust the hat and then carry on again. Cute little munchkins aren't they : ) Love em!!!!!

It's been awhile!

I guess I have been a slacker for awhile so here I am jumping in again! Enjoy : )

Carter turned 2 yesterday!!!

Yesterday Carter turned 2. He had fun day. This is a look at some of the highlights. I have the pictures backwards....UGH!!! But, I am to tired to put them in the correct order so you'll just have to bare with me here.

Ok, here he is opening his last gift and all the boys playing with the new toys. Grandpa Nelson stopped by after work. Carter was so happy to see him. He kept saying "Gampa I ov o" (Grandpa I love you). It was the cutest thing.

Here he is opening a gift that the boys bought him with their own money. It is a bunch of dinosaurs and a tree. He thought it was so cool. Then he opened one that was from all of us. It is a cool fire truck. He was super excited when he saw it. He has been grovin' on the fact that he has his "own" toys now.

This is the yummy fruit pizza that I made. The boys put a "2" candle on it which was a highlight. We sang Happy Birthday and he was so happy!!

He looked so cute eating his slice. : )

First thing in the morning he was able to get his first gift. It was a baby. He was thrilled. (All of my boys liked babies at this age??? Cute!) And last but really first in his day was a "2" pancake. He had that best time blowing out the candle.

Fun bibs!

Yesterday my little sis gave Carter a cute bib for his B-day. I just love it. Well.........I decided that I could craft them up if I tried. So, today I bought some supplies and then tinkered around with some paper towels to make a pattern. Here is the one that he got for his B-day.

And...........here is one that I made today. Don't you just love it!

And.........here are the others that I made. They are made out of washcloths and bias tape. (I didn't remember that it had bias tape on it while at the store so I just made my own with some fabric that I had).

I am so excited for these. I can never seem to find a bib that works well and washes well. Towels hold up forever so yeah...............I am just thrilled : )