new little storage jars

I bought these little candy jars for 50 cents each at the thrift store and wanted to show them off!

ready for a change

Today I'm going to be a little bit of a wicked blogger and post these above photos without giving source links because frankly I don't know where they came from. When I saved them I didn't think I would be posting them here. But aren't they so lovely? I want to redo my bed room and dining room! What a silly thing to say nearing the end of this remodel, but it's true, I am so ready for a change! Trent and I have noticed that for the first part of our marriage we moved every six months, then after we bought this house we did a major remodel every six months. Its been a while--probably a year--since we have done any major changes. I did go through a phase where I was sad about selling this house, but honestly I am ready for another project--another creative challenge! Isn't that weird? Are we the only people who make a crappy house into the ideal home only to be hungry for another crappy house? OK probably. :) We get so much gratification out of creating; and now that we're nearing the end, we are ready for more! Bring it on, old ugly houses! We are ready! Here are some photos of homes we are looking at... I know they are a bit on the ugly side, but they're a dream come true for me and my husband.

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Have a great day! Mine was filled with home tours! Yippee. (Now we just need one of them to make a good offer!)

having fun with photos

Today I took the kids to this awesome turquoise warehouse to take photos. It's only a block from our house. I always thought of it as an eye sore to our neighborhood till I looked at it through a photographers eyes. These photos were so fun to shoot!! I am super happy with how well they turned out! Editing and filtering was almost as fun! More photos here.

new table ware

I just bought these dishes last night at the dollar store. I had never owned water goblets before and I already love them! I was pleasantly surprised that they had such a great selection of table ware there. I found red woven place mats but could only find two so I brought red to the table with apples and roses

What a fun time we have been having beautifying our house for buyers to come and tour this Saturday. We still have touch ups to finish so wish us luck! (For more of our house remodel updates go to our house blog.)

P.S. look at the pretty new dark mahogany stain on the floors!

turquoise chair

Here is a new addition to our living room: a beautiful old turquoise velvet chair. We saw it at

the thrift store the other day, and even though we already had furniture in that room we couldn't resist. Our over-sized couch and chair were way too big for the space anyway, so we were happy to replace the big chair with this lovely one. Just look at all the space there is now! We could never see all the pretty wainscoting because the overstuffed chair covered it all up. We still have the large couch in there but it's gotta go. It's massiveness really dwarfs this chair; they don't look very good together. Eventually we will add other smaller stylish pieces to make the room have the right scale. We find ourselves in that room a lot more lately.

Valentine for my love

This is the valentine I made for my husband. He really loved it. It was fun thinking of creative and silly things to put in it. what did you do for your valentine? :)

garland of hearts

I just made this new garland out of what I had on hand and I love it! I bought the red pigment ink at the dollar store so i guess that wasn't on hand. That old book paper is really a staple at my house now! Take a look at what else I made with it.

These are the valentines that I made for my son's nursery teachers. I love the layers and the way they open at the corner. I also adore the winged envelopes they go in. Hope you have a happy v-day, we're off to a neighbors valentine exchange party!