Furniture distressing

OK... So I finished the sacrificial dresser

Before

After

What do you think about the white furniture?

Total time spent on the project about 5 hours and $30 dollars. 3 hours sanding and painting, 1 hours distressing, and one hour applying paste wax and adding hardware.

I have another chest of drawers, a dresser, and standing mirror that I can paint to match and add the same hardware. Should I??

close up of distressing

Favorite things

One of my favorite things is my new MacBook Air. Kevin was so sweet, and got it for me for Christmas. I in turn got one for my dear sweet son.

The boy and I are all about customizing our stuff. So we sat down with our new computers, and used the Sure Cuts Alot software that I use with my Cricut, and created Tattoos for our MacBooks

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Aedan was pretty crafty, and came up with a Mario themed one for his computer.

Birthday Cards

A few more cards... all Birthday cards.

Since I have already packed up the craftroom, I am living vicariously through the pictures of my cards.

Homecoming

In November of 2010 my husband Kevin and I began the process of building our new home. Kevin had been gone for a month at that point, attending military training. We had it worked out that the house should be complete at about the time our apartment lease expired, and he returned from his training, late March - early April 2011.

We are absolutely on schedule! Kevin got home on Friday, the lease expires tomorrow, and we are scheduled to close on the house on April 6th.

The yard is being prepped, the countertops are in, the appliances are beginning to be delivered. I am busy trying to pick out paint colors. I think I have made my final selections.... but that is of course, yet to be seen. Nothing is final until the paint is on the wall... right.

A beautiful blue has been selected for all of the bedrooms, and 2 shades of tan for the common family areas!

Now I am planning the wall treatment for the master bedroom, and working on painting the bedroom furniture. I am pretty pleased with the paint on the first dresser, I will post pictures after I finish the distressing, and install the hardware.

I will keep you posted on the progress!

Handmade Cards

While at work yesterday, a woman I work with thanked me for a card I made for her when she fell and injured her arm several months ago.

I love making cards and giving them to people...... the giving them away part is the hardest for me. So I have learned to take pictures of all of the cards I make, so I will always remember my design, and I can freely give away my creation.

New House

I cannot WAIT! until the new house is completed. It is coming along nicely, unfortunately, I am very impatient.....very. I was told that the floors would be completed on Wednesday. Today is Thursday. The tile is finally complete, but the laminate has not even been started.

I will say, that what has been done is beautiful.

Craft Room Revisited

When Kevin, Aedan and I moved into Austin, I had a completely new opportunity to create my craft space. The space is actually a bit smaller than my previous space, so I had to be creative to get all my furnishings to fit.

We added a shelf so that I wouldn't damage the walls in the apartment, and so I could hang my baskets.

So I removed the doors from the closet and hung my paper storage from beneath the wire shelf. I also placed a dresser for storing fabrics, and other odds and ends, and my table with casters.

My computer desk with my iMAC is a bulky companion, but a necessary evil in this age of digital crafting.

I also created this awesome display rack for all of my House Mouse, Gruffie and Happy Hopper stamps.

My Ikea shelves house just about everything in my craftroom in all kinds of boxes, drawers and bins.