Projects I have been working on lately

So as I'm sure you have heard (read about) me saying that it is COLD here! I'm so over it already and it's still January! So I have been devoting my time to staying inside when it is snowing and 20 degrees and doing some crafting and decorating projects. I've been into reading all these craft blogs lately and I have found so many things that I saved under my list of favorites to do someday. I'm getting obsessed!!!

A couple of people have asked me to post pictures of our house and such so here are some pictures!

Here's our downstairs Bathroom/Laundry room. Kinda weird, I know. I don't totally love the color that the previous occupants chose, but it is OK. Since we are just renting, we didn't want to repaint so I made some black and cream decorations for it and it turned out really cute I think. Sorry the pictures aren't better. It's really hard to take pictures in a small space of the whole area!

I found my inspirations here and here

Here are a couple things that I have actually done in the last month.

I really don't like this weird little triangular shaped cubby hole above the fireplace. They painted the inside a dark brown so anyting you put up there has to be a lighter color. Plus, you can't put anything that far back into the cave because when you're sitting on the couch and looking up at it, it's high enough that you can only see the things right up by the edge anyway. There's also a plug and a cable jack (they left that white so it sticks out big time) up in there I guess in case you want your TV up there. Anyway, I have been struggling to figure out how to decorate it and what to put up there to match our family room. At Christmas, I had all kinds of things up there that looked really cool with lights and garland and all that. But once those came down it was an empty cave again. So I decided that it is going to be my little holiday decorations corner.

Valentine's Decorations

I made the topiaries, banner and printed out the print and framed it for my mantle. I added a couple other things and it is finished.

A bigger banner I made to go over the sliding glass doors in the kitchen.

I've been trying to figure out the reason I was so obsessed with everything Valentine's Day while looking at these craft blogs and figuring out what to make, and then making them. But I finally figured it out! I have too many BOYS and boy things in my house. Valentine's Day is the one holiday that I can decorate with lots of pink and red and everything GIRLY! So I can fight against all the sports played and watched, action figures, trucks/cars/trains/planes/boats, blue and green everything....you get the idea! So anyway, here's my girly holiday that I can make everything in one of my favorite colors-PINK!

Ok, so now back to blue and green......Brady's art display.

I made this cute little display for his room to hang his art work from school on. Took some board, painted, added his name and trim with some rope and clothespins and it's all done! It's matches his Buzz and Woody room pefectly!

This one I just finished today. A cute little table for my front entryway.

I found this little table at a thrift store for only $10! It is pretty old and it had like 50 coats of laquer on it! I had to sand it down quite a bit because it was so glossy from the multiple coats before I painted it antique white and then antiqued the edges again. I left the darker stain underneath and it kind of shows through around the corners and edges. It's much cuter now I think. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep those decorations on it or not but I just stuck them on there for now. I think I am going to put a basket or some kind of decoration in the bottom open area too.

I have another project I started on today so I'll post some pics when I'm done with that too. I have a giant blank wall in our family room that needs some attention. This project has been in the works pretty much since we have moved in but I just haven't gotten to do it yet.