My quick throw together collage

So the place I'm renting has this big wall space **heart!**
and I had had all these items and just kind of threw them together.

I spray painted the frames. They were all varieties of colors and styles.
I've decided my favorite decorating item is Keys.
Don't you love that giant one? I got it at a yard sale!
It looks like something you could find at Rodworks. I haven't seen any like
that one however, I'm not sure where it's from.

And I am SOOOO excited! We bought a house! YES! My very own decorating space of fun!
So I'll be taking this collage down and adding it to the new place! I'm so excited, I have so many
projects lined up! I'm licking my lips just thinking about it......

Finished book!

I finally got around to finishing the book! Now I can just make more pages here and there in the future to add in. (for links to where some of my pages were inspired by look at the previous post!)

So I really wanted a barn page. I had gone to the local DI and saw a "soft" book
with a manger story, and I snipped out the cow and chicken and put them

into my barn (since they were fabric, I washed them ahead of time in the wash)

This one was a combination of someones idea and a little spin of my own.
I found this cute fabric at Gracie Lou's quilt shop in Salem. They have adorable
fabrics there!

This "Pingo" themed paged came from my own little creativeness.
My son loves the book "Pingo"

This rocket ship theme was not my idea, but I loved it so much
I HAD to make one! SO fun! My son loves to fly the rocket ship!

Decorating with Cabinet doors...

I bought some cabinet doors today for 50 cents each!! So excited, I'm going to do some of these projects once we move to our NEW HOUSE!!! :)


Studio 5

Designer Katie Evertsen demonstrates different ways to dress up a throw-away cabinet door.

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• The first and easiest way to turn a cabinet door into something unique is by using double sided tape or hot glue to adhere ribbon to the top of the cabinet in a lattice pattern. Once the ribbon is adhered you can embellish with hardware or leave plain. Photo boards are a great way to display photos, notes, recipes, or homework.

• The second way you can utilize a cabinet door is by taking a cabinet door and adding vinyl lettering to the cabinet. The possibilities here are endless. You can add lettering for a holiday, i.e. Give Thanks, Merry Christmas, or Happy Halloween. Or you can be room specific by creating a vinyl letter board for the Laundry Room, Kitchen, or Mud Room.

• Another way to utilize cabinet doors is by sanding the center of the cabinet door, and applying a chalk board paint to the middle of the cabinet. This sort of paint can be purchased at Lowes or Home Depot. This is an easy way to make a great chalk board.

• A very simple way of using a cabinet door is to add hooks to the center of a long skinny cabinet for a great coat rack, or a place to hang accessories.

• One of my favorite ways to embellish a cabinet door is by cutting out the center of the cabinet door. The cabinet is usually dived into two pieces, the frame and the center. You do not need to cut perfectly around the center of the frame, just make cuts on the back of the cabinet towards the outside of the center of the frame and pop the center out. You can then using caulking to attach a piece of glass to the center of the cabinet. From here you can:

-Add vinyl letters to the glass.
-Press flowers or leaves between the glass.
-Make a frame.
-Make a mirror.

Making my first Quiet book.

This Quiet book craziness all started when I was looking at my friend Tricia's blog. She made a quiet book for her son and something in me said "I want to make one too!!!"
It's actually been so fun to do because it really does involve art, which is my arena.

I saw this page and the name page below from : Homemade By Jill

Ok, so I decided to go all out and crazy. My little guy LOVES the book Pingo. So I started snipping out material to look like Pingo. (The end result to come!!)

I'm going to be making some felt flies for this frog to enjoy..

So while we are in the process of looking for a home to possibly buy- Or we may still rent (who know what will happen) I'm dreaming of future room makeovers and found some inspirations that are just sooo beautiful!

Model Home

These ares some pictures of a model home, sorry they are so blurry, I wish they were clearer as well. I absolutely LOVE the style of this home!

Inspired by these....

Ok, so I know it's been a super long time since I've posted. I've just been so busy with...
Graduation...
Working...
Being mom...
and
MOVING!~ Into an amazing shin dig for a couple months, but I'm excited nonetheless...
I bought a new rug recently that involves the turquoise and green color together, so I'm going to get that situated in a few weeks and hopefully gets some pics up of the new place. Plus I have other future projects in store.... can't wait... see you soon!