Painted Pumpkins

acrylic paint and pumpkins

make for a fun and artsy afternoon

Master Bedroom Progress

 

So happy to have made some progress in our bedroom. 

 It was an unbelievable mess for such a LONG time. 

 There is still much to be done but so thankful that we are moving forward 

This before pic is not great but it gives some small perspective into the room. 

 I had just finished painting the bed when this was taken. 

Here is an "in progress" shot from the same view point.

A pic of the curtains and pillows. 

 Not sure how I settled on this color scheme,

 but I like the cleanliness of the white,

peacefulness of the blue and cheeriness of the red.

And I am instantly filled with warmth when I read the chalkboard

we are loved

by each other

but most importantly, by our Jesus.

Pin-inspired

I pin ALOT! 

 But mostly that's all I do. 

 Pin, pin, pin but never make, make, make.

However, I was able to get a quick sewing project done that was inspired from a recent pin.

 I follow an amazing photographer Laura Winslow's blog. 

http://laurawinslowphotography.com/blog

She shares great photo ideas and on Wednesday's she does a post specifically on wall art.  Which I love!  So, while reading her blog I saw this little cutie.

 I loved the lighting, orange chair, and sweetness of the photo but was especially drawn to the shirt/dress combo the little girl was wearing. I wanted to try something similar. Luckily, we happened to have a shirt that was too short and some coordinating orange material for the ruffled suspenders and dress at the house.

Behold my copycat version of the dress. 

Spray painted bottles and tape

I pinned this great picture from http://farmhouseandchickens.tumblr.com/page/2



It originally appeared on this blog  Decor8  http://decor8blog.com/2011/05/27/color-me-pretty-summer-dreams/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20decor8blog%20(decor8)

What a fun idea!  I also liked the unlimited possibilities of size, shape and color provided on the bottles, paint color and tape.

This week I stopped in to get some magnets at Michael's and found that they had rolls of monogrammed packaging tape on sale for 50 cents a roll.  However, I am such a dork, I thought the rolls had the entire alphabet printed on one roll.  As in all 26 letters on a single roll.  I didn't look closely enough to see that each roll contained only one letter.  If I had looked closer I would have actually left the store with a letter that had some significance to our family.  But instead, I came home with a roll of M tape, H tape and G tape.  Oh well, it was only 50 cents. 

So here is a photo of the project supplies.

  

I sprayed about 3 light coats of glossy white paint on the jar.  Then positioned the tape which stuck perfectly.  I did not apply a sealer coat but may do so if it seems I will be washing the jar often.  Right now it is just for "looks."

But, it does "look" pretty, doesn't it? 

Cost of this project

I had the jar already. Zero $$

Spray paint $3.24

Packing Tape .50 cents

Total cost- $3.74

You could whip up several of these and still only spend $3.74 as I didn't come close to using all of the paint or tape. 

Front Porch Freshen Up!

Today I am sharing the quick way I freshened up our front porch.  I don't have a before photo so just imagine nothing, bare bones, zero cuteness, just a porch.  That's pretty much the way it looked. 

 It bothered me every time I came home so I checked out pinterest for some "small front porch" ideas.  I have also been attracted to the mossy initial letters that are popping up on blogs and in magazines. 

 I had a "P" left from a Christmas project.  It was very glittery but I decided to try it with some black fabric to "bring down the bling".  I grabbed the ladder I bought at goodwill a while back.  It was only $4.00 and was the natural wood color.  I painted it black and added the "P". 

Then moved some flowers from the yard to the top and called it a day!  Nothing too fancy, just a little something to welcome up the space.

I actually had all of these items on hand so today this freshen up cost me nothing, zero, zilch, nada, no buckaroos.  That's the kind of decorating I love most!

Chalkboard Garage Door

Yesterday I finished a painting project that I am sooooo excited about.  I painted the door to our garage with chalkboard paint. 

This project makes me happy for two reasons:
#1 now I can organize our weeks with important info or just write inspirational words for all to see.
 #2 the dirty/greasy grossness that is ever present on this door will now blend in with the paint.

I found this idea and the scripture on pinterest. where else? : )

the Lord will FIGHT for you; you need only BE STILL
exodus 14:14

Quick Change

A quick change project for today. 

Found this frame at my favorite place, Goodwill. 

It was beautiful just the way it was and I liked the look of the black and white photo with the goldish frame. 

That said I have been trying to bring some color into our bedroom in subtle ways.  I thought that putting a  colorful picture in the frame might help brighten up the walls.  

My dress and my husband's shirt have hints of blue that coordinate with the blue dresser that I painted and added to our room recently.  I also like that we now have a family photo in our room.

$6.00 frame +  bright family photo = happy mama!