Faire Houre

Ok guys, I make clocks! I have been working on this project for the last year and a half, but mostly just the last few months. I have had SO much fun putting together my site and shop and taking pictures and just making beautiful things. It has been a much needed and enjoyable creative outlet for me. If you know anyone who is in the market for a good clock or is looking for a great Christmas present, send them my way! I will keep my blog and shop updated with new stuff so check back if you are interested.

So Pretty

These are in my kitchen right now. I love spring.

Apples!

Wes wakes up every morning and says Apples! He spends most of his day sitting on the presents saying apples! and lights! and pretending to feed apples to all of his animals. It's so much fun.

We pretty much just did wreathes and a tree this year for decorations, although we have never really done outdoor decorations so that was fun. Please ignore the garbage cans.

Holiday Decorating . . .

In Progress!



PS yesterday Wes dumped corn syrup all over the carpet and today he scratched up the screen on our new flat screen tv with a pair of scissors. My goodness, I hope me and John never caused our parents this kind of grief!

Done

We finished the couch last night. It is so nice to have a comfy couch. The best part is that it was all John's idea and he did all the work! We had to repair the hardwood frame in the back but it should be even stronger than it was in the first place. There is a small tear in the back where it was broken but we are going to get a slipcover made anyway so all that wont matter. We just need to keep it clean until we get the slipcover done.

Baby Projects

We decided to get each of our children a framed print by an illustrator for their rooms, Wes has his robots by David Plunkert, and we got this print by Sarah Jane for the nursery. I used some fabric that will be used in the nursery to frame the print and cover this wooden frame, which I will probably put a family photo in or something. Now we just need to actually get a nursery or even a small space for the baby and all her stuff!

Couch

We just bought this couch last night. John talked them down to $150, a serious steal. We have some cleaning and a few repairs to do since it was a floor model so I will post pictures when we are done.

If...

I needed a new crib, which I don't, mine is just great, then I would want this one made for me. It is so fun looking and shopping for baby stuff again.

Kitchen

Ok here are the photos, it's finally done (almost). It took so much longer than we expected but it looks so good! I thought I could do it myself originally in a weekend and just rough sand and then do a clear coat but the old stain wasn't coming off so John had to spray everything which took about a week and a half (He saved the day). It took justs as long prepping everything and put everything back together. Then I painted the walls while Wes was taking a nap on Wednesday (which went much faster than I thought) and I have been moving everything back in this week. So question: what do I put on top of the cupboards, I feel like it needs something. The only cute option I have seen are Hill's cute cake platters but I don't have a good collection like that, any suggestions? I'm glad it's done and am happy with how it looks.

Roses

My first rose harvest of the year, so beautiful, and I wish you all could smell them.

I need to make something

Does anyone want to come over and make this stuff with me? Rose when you get back we are going to have a craft day, all day. I want to make these . . .

Pillows

I finally covered our pillows. They have been sitting around the house without covers for a while, I like this much better.

Robots

February 22

We got these robot prints for Wes' room a little while back and finally hung them up. They are kind of hard to see but I think the one with the triangle head and one eye is my favorite. Wes likes to point to them when I'm putting him down for a nap.

This morning when John was leaving for work Wes totally waved at him, a real wave, it was cute.

Pink Project

Ok this is what I finally made for Valentine's. I tried a few other projects that didn't turn out. It's a little more scrappy than I normally like but its fun.

Great Invention

These picture hanging strips are awesome! No holes in your walls, no drilling, or anchors and you can move your pictures around whenever you want. I got them at Home Depot and then hung a bunch of pictures up yesterday. I wish I would have known about these sooner before we drilled huge holes in our plaster walls.

Projects

These are my projects for the month of december (plus a few more that are gifts so I'll have to post those later). Fleece bean bags, holiday trees, quilted tablerunner, baby girl sweater dress, wool bag, and a vintage apron.

'Tis the Season

We finally set up our holiday decor and Wes can't stop looking at the tree lights. It seems like we are a little short on our decorations, just a few stockings, a tree, and our wooden reindeer. It looks like I might need to get out my glue and sewing machine and see what I can make.