Sewing Room

Here is my sewing room... I'm still working on decorating it and adding the finishing touches, but at least for now it is functional!!

I plan on adding a little flat screen TV in here so I can watch my movies while I craft. (I usually always have Harry Potter playing in the background...)

I also need to put up the shelves, pictures, and finish up the counter top area. The wall behind the cabinets and counter needs some TLC but I haven't been able to come up with any ideas that I like enough to carry out. I was thinking about putting up a white board, cork board, or some shelves?? Any good ideas?

Catching up...

Here are some quick photos of unfinished projects that are now..... FINISHED! Wa HoO!!

A picture I painted when I was into water colors (that lasted for about a day... not my forte)

And a sneak peak of another project I'm working on!

We're parents!!

Terry and I got a dog on Friday! I think she is a Pomeranian Yorkie mix. We got her from the pound, they originally said that she was a brussels griffon mix, but since those are so rare, I doubt that is what she really is. She is eight months old and fully grown. She weighs about 3-4 pounds.

We decided to name her Zoey. At first I wanted to name her "Snookie" from the show Jersey Shore... Notice the resemblance?? However, ever time I call "Snookie!!" I don't want to think of this chick.
So far Zoey has been a great dog. We are crate and clicker training her. She loves to cuddle and will sit on my lap for hours while I do homework. She has only barked once and that was at grandma's house because she saw old grumpy Leon. (The Cat) Zoey is a good little friend, but not a great watch dog. We got her because Terry is going to Washington this summer and I wanted to have a dog to keep my company at the house so I'm not all by myself.

A Special Trip

Crystal and I got to make a special trip to southern CA in September. We had a lot of fun hanging out together and bonding. We got to hang out with Ayden for a little while. He has a ton of energy and is a really spontaneous boy. Ayden has so many people that love him.


While we were there, Ayden wanted to sit by Crystal at dinner, but he had to sit in his high chair. Being a two year old, he threw a little fit. He was pretty upset. His mom said, "Ayden, if you say the prayer you will feel better." At first, Ayden didn't want to say the prayer but he changed his mind and said the cutest blessing on the food. About half way through dinner, at the top of his lungs, Ayden shouted, "MOM! It worked!" The rest of us had no clue what he was talking about. Ayden explained, "You said I'd feel better if I said the prayer, and now I feel better!" What a cute but sincere testimony that prayers really do work!

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving was awesome. We went to St. George and met our newest neice Hadley. We were so lucky we were able to be there for her baby blessing. Welcome to our crazy family Hadley!!

PROGRESS

Our house is looking better and better everyday! (in my opinion, of course!) I can't keep up blogging the pics with our crazy busy life!

Furniture Recycling

Decorating our house on a shoestring budget has been fun, challenging, stressful, and interesting. However, I'm really enjoying developing some new talents and learning some things that if I had an unlimited decorating budget I otherwise wouldn't have learned.



I got these tables at the Kings Christian thrift store for $15 bucks. I was super excited. They aren't really my taste, but we needed some nightstands, and you can't really beat that price. I stained them a dark mahogany.

tables- $15
stain- $4.00
varnish remover- $7.00
labor- me = FREE
polyurethane- FREE (we already had some)

total cost- $26.00 for two nightstands!