Vintage Uprising

January 4, 2013

Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe we’re in 2013? Crazy! I’m sure your New Years Eve plans didn’t surpass mine…Jealous? Well let me just give you a play by play of my evening… Starting around 3:30 pm Lyla {daughter} starts bawling and will not stop. I’m talking like you would’ve thought someone just punched her right in the stomach type of cry. Well, the crying did not stop until around 10 pm and even then I just dwindled down to a constant whine. So my friends, I rang in the New Year with a toddler that had a stomach virus. Womp, Womp, Womp. {Let me just drown in my sorrows now.} I was dying to get out and celebrate with everyone but hubs had to work and I was cooped up in germ fest. Ahhh… I love my girl DEARLY but it was not the best New Years Eve I’ve ever had, that’s for sure. I am incredibly thankful for that little princess though. I wouldn’t change the fact that I did get to spend it with her and got lots of cuddles so I really can’t complain. ;-)

Anyways, enough of that… Jake {hubs} was snooping around at Goodwill Outlet recently and found an AMAZING, vintage dresser for $15. {What a steal!!} They literally were bringing out the dresser as he was walking in. He texted a pic to me and asked what I thought about it. I’m like, are you kidding?! That’s freakin’ mine! I wasn’t about to pass that baby up! I mean seriously… I’ve been scoping out Craigslist and every Flea Market around for a vintage dresser I could make over. I know it would be a lot easier to just hand over a few hundred bills {or more} on a “vintage inspired” dresser but I love a project aaand what’s a vintage project when it’s not even technically vintage…? Well this pure vintage piece got a little modern touch added to it. Check out the before and after…

>>>> This is the pic I received from hubs when he was at Goodwill Outlet…

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>>>>>>> a little spray paint later and voila…

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{{I printed off this 36 x 48 art at Staples for $7!}}

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I am stoked about this vintage beauty! Hubs got a couple extra brownie points on this one. ;-)

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And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care…

December 15, 2012

Hey everyone! Can you believe Christmas is only 10 days away?!  Eeps… I need to wrap up my Christmas shopping ASAP! I’m not a procrastinator by nature but for some reason every December I turn into one. It’s terrible. lol. I always want to find the PERFECT gift for everyone and I tend to over think it and then put it off. It’s been really fun buying for my 15 month old this year though! She’s sooo easy to gift since everything is fun and exciting right now at this age. I love it! I honestly can’t wait to blow up my camera with pictures on Christmas day of our little one. Last year was her first Christmas but she was only 4 months old so this year she will be able to enjoy it!

Speaking up procrastinating… I thought since December is half way over I should probably share our Christmas mantle before it’s too late. ;-) This is my first year having a mantle to hang the stockings up on so I’ve been having a blast decorating it! Check out our eclectic Christmas fun we have going on…

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garland

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angle mantle

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books and trees

The next blog post will be a tutorial on the Festive Christmas Garland you see! :)

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Snow Globes

November 26, 2012

{Typically Mondays are “Crock Pot Monday” but with this past week being a holiday it kind of threw me off my schedule. We will resume with “Crock Pot Monday” next week! :) }

Thanksgiving has barely come and gone and Christmas is in FULL swing around here! {We don’t mess around with our holidays in this household. ;-) We make the most of every. single. one.} Two weeks ago I put up our tree, started setting out Christmas decor on the mantle and of course I was adding pine cones in the mix wherever I could. {I know, too soon right?} Everything was looking great until I turned my eyes toward my kitchen table. {Dun, dun, dun…} Completely EMPTY! It needed some Christmas pizzazz, a little h0liday cheer and yet I had nothing {nothing!} left out of my decor to put there! I wanted a budget friendly DIY sooo I ran by the ol’ trusty Walmart and picked up a few mini trees for $0.75 a piece {basically a steal} and decided to make snow globes! Using mason jars, salt and mini trees I was able to create a cozy Christmas display that was uber cheap. Check it out!

Here is how I did it as you’ll see in the pics below as well…

  • Glue your object {tree, pine cone, ornament, etc.} to the inside of the mason jar lid.
  • Fill your mason jar up with “snow”. {I just used sea salt for mine.}
  • Put your lid on the mason jar and flip upside down.

Boom. You are done. Now have fun decorating around the snow globes!

Have fun decorating!

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DIY Burlap Wreath {{using a wire hanger}}

September 14, 2012

Happy Friday!

I’m amped for this weekend for all the normal reasons but one of the main reasons being my sis-in-law and I will be going to the Country Living Fair! I wasn’t able to go last year so now I’m anxioussss! I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures and share them with you all. {of course :-) }

So as you know Fall is overtaking my home and I couldn’t be more in love with it. {I admit I do rush the holidays/seasons slightly uh, hum..a lot. guilty.as.charged.} In light of Fall, I was wanting to make a wreath for my front door. I try to make one for every season and I felt like a burlap wreath was the perrrrfect choice for Fall! I didn’t have any styrofoam wreaths on hand and it was late at night when I made this {only time alone…when everyone is snoozin ;-) } so I decided to try something new. I used a hanger and to my surprise…. it worked perfect!

Okay, so here’s the tidbits:

YOU NEED:

Burlap Fabric {I had approximately 1 yard}

Wire Hanger

Scissors

Measuring Tape

Ribbon {optional}

HOW TO:

FIRST, I took an old wire hanger I found and unraveled it and shaped it into a circle {leaving the top open}.

SECOND, I cut TWELVE  2 in x 6 in strips out of the burlap fabric. {Keep in mind you can do more or less depending on how full you would like it.}

THIRD, I folded my strips into fours and slid each one on the hanger until it was full.

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FOURTH, twist the ends of the hanger together making your circle complete.

{{optional}} FIFTH, I added a ribbon on mine to make it even cozier.

SIXTH, hang it! :)

Love it! It makes for the perfect Fall wreath.

Enjoy your weekend!

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Bring on Fall…

September 7, 2012

Whewwww wheeee-

It has been one fun, cra-zeee week! We had family in town and my baby’s FIRST birthday party {eeeekkk}! It turned out to be a success! Lyla {my daughter} was so funny and hammed it up the whole time even though she was running on no nap…{the whole day}! Proud momma here. :-D Check out a few pictures from the party….

{gotta love photo props}

{cupcake table…as you can see I took the pic a little late. Everyone had already been munching on them :) }

{I’m hoping to do one of these “fun facts board” every year for her birthday until she is about 4 or 5.}

{Like I said, so far NO nap. -_-}

I love party planning and decorating….WAY to much. {Husband is probably nodding obnoxiously with all his might as he reads that line. ;-) }

I have been trying my hardest to hold out on decorating for Fall. I’m always known for rushing the holidays/seasons a little too quick. Well folks… I held out till Labor Day. {good enough, right?} My sis-in-law and I decided once Labor Day hit, it was free reign to cozy up our homes with a little Fall decor. EVERYTHING at the store was 40-50% off {SCORE} on Labor Day so I grabbed some flowers, burlap, pumpkins, candles and a few other essentials all for a low, pretty penny. Hobbylobby.com is my true love. {ahhhhh…} Only problem is, I was grabbing these items for my “non-existant” mantle. {Wa-wa-wah} You see, I’ve been nicely asking begging my husband to make a mantle for me for over a year.  I’ve always adored the rustic, homey touch a mantle gives to a home aaaannnnd it looks awesome when decorated. Hubs FINALLY gave in and created a mantle for me! YES! {I could kiss him a thousand times and then some for making it!} No time for wasting, I got right to the decorating….

{The kitchen table needed a little sprucing up too.}

Now, I’m off to cozy up the outside of our home…

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