Posts Tagged ‘Desperately Trying to be Crafty’

That Last Box

Posted by Steph on August 24th, 2010

A couple weekends back, I was working in our dungeon (or so we like to call our office). This is the last room in our home that remained unpacked. Nothing was hung on the walls, the last box in our house sat in the corner. It was really quite pathetic. In full procrastination mode, I decided it was time: I UNPACKED THAT BOX.

And then I decided we needed a chair. And new fabric for our bulletin board. And a quick organization project turned into a thrifting and JoAnns trip. I found an armchair that can only be described as “ugly cute” in a bright orange microsuede and some cheery fabric to brighten up our bulletin board.

I absolute adore the room now! It’s so fun! I really want to kick myself for not doing something earlier about the disarray. Now our office is somewhere I actually like to be. I’m pretty stoked too because my mom is letting me borrow her sewing machine so that I can take part in Home Ec. So now our office will be full of (hopefully!) cute little sewing projects (or possibly an exorbitant amount of cursing.. because me and sewing? not the greatest combination, but I’m determined to learn!).

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See I can do it all on my own!

Posted by Steph on February 26th, 2010

Dear Pottery Barn,

I really love you. Really. You are the one catalog I cannot bear to cancel because whenever I see you in the mail, my mind does an adorable little heel kick out of excitement. I settle onto the couch and get ready for a case of the wants. Some hardcore wants.

Like when I saw these adorable jewelry frames adorning your pages. Really what more could a girl desire? Well, maybe to use that $50 a pop on something more productive. Like shoes.

So I did what all my fabulously crafty friends would do: I decided to make my own!

I headed over to Big Lots and purchased some incredibly cheap 8 x 10 wooden frames. The next stop was Walmart for some metallic spray paint. Then rummaged through my storage closet for a little picture hanging kit I’d purchased from Target a while back. Armed with a TV remote programmed to Bridget Jones (because chick flicks are also part of the supply list of any DIY project), I got busy.

Supplies are ready!

Assembling the earring holders

And getting the necklace hooks in place before a thorough coating of spray paint

A finished project and a nice, useful display for in our closet

A close-up of some dangly earrings

It’s always a sign of a project well done when your husband tells you how nice it looks! So in between late work nights and busy weekends, even I was able to squeeze in a little time for me. Now I just need to find time to give myself a much needed manicure and pedicure. Yikes!

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A Sensibly Delightful Dinner

Posted by Steph on January 16th, 2009

Last night I got a message from a Miss Sensibly Sassy asking me to dinner tonight. Of course I said yes! A Friday night dinner at Pasta Pomodoro with Sarah?! How could I say no? For two blog friends who live probably within 40 miles of each other and work in the same city to not meet up is just preposterous! We had a great chat, and I even got to see a picture of her baby boy bulldog! So adorable! And I can’t wait until she gets him. I sense many puppy play dates in our future.

The always necessary picture proof of a blogger meetup

A few of you asked what in the world I was painting in my daily photo. Well since you asked…

The new paintings to go over our bed

(For anyone who has already read this and commented on the picture in Flickr.. THANK YOU! Gosh you guys are so sweet you have no idea.)

I had to replace the previous painting that hung above our bed because it looked as my husband so lovingly described it like poop smears. That’s what I get for painting while drinking and watching Sixteen candles.

This time I painted completely sober while watching Sex and the City. What is it? No clue.. maybe a branch with the buds of new leaves? I just wanted something big and simple that would not resemble poop smears and would not compete with the numerous patterns going on in our room.

And viola… the picture of… something that does not resemble poop smears.

SUCCESS!

(and I totally made our bed just to take this picture. le sigh)

And one last poop smears just for Kerri. ;)

A little on my painting history. I took several classes in high school (with Alyssa!) and took another class in college. I haven’t really painted since, and even in those classes I wasn’t all that great. It’s just something I like to do every once and a while. So I just kind of paint whenever I actually have time and whenever I can clean the paints up in time before I have my cat tracking blue paw prints throughout the house. And just to show that the limited skill I do have just runs in the family, one of the many many paintings my grandma has passed our way over time:

And yep, that would be me in that painting.

What are your plans this weekend? My dad is coming to visit on Sunday evening. Also depending on how much work I end up with, we even may try to take the dogs to the beach. We’ll see. But I hope you have a great one!

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The Great Pumpkin Project

Posted by Steph on October 20th, 2008

Do you remember this?

I bought my pumpkin for Alyssa’s Crafty Challenge. Sometime before Oct 23rd (that’s next Thursday) post a project involving a pumpkin. So you better believe me and this pumpkin have a date this weekend.

Saturday night, the hubs and I had a very exciting evening ahead of us. We got Chipotle, rented Devil Wears Prada in blu ray (along with 300 for Cale, but of course that was not what we watched together), and I sat down with some black paint to decorate my white pumpkin. Somewhat inspired by my latest Better Homes and Gardens magazine I decided to just freehand some black swirls on my pumpkin. Super easy, not overwhelming, and done before I was even finished with my glass of wine.

So go and participate in Alyssa’s challenge! It’s fun and is a good way to finally do those projects you’ve been putting off.

Hope you all are having a good day. I will now go back into my coma. Last night I went to sleep with a bad migraine only to wake up and still have one! Not fair!

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