a wallpaper quilt

I have been following Kelli's blog for a long time now. Those of you who know me well, I am sure would agree that she and I are the same. Well, close anyway. She even has her own chickens! {smile} Today she posted the most beautiful quilt made with vintage fabrics and I just had to share it! Go to her blog and check out a few more photos. {she also has a few kits to make your very own for sale in her etsy shop}

working on stuff

One project is near finished, one is just beginning.

a new sandbox

our former sandbox was nasty. we had built it out of cheap lumber and also put a wood base on it(no drainage). so this weekend our kids were treated to a new sandbox! yay! we also relocated it to a shadier area of the yard. it is bigger than the last one, we will need more sand. and a cover - there are a couple neighborhood cats around, we don't want to find any 'surprises' in there!

my strong, willing hubby working to finish previously mentioned 'fun project'.

an already bathed and pajamaed willing helper.

finished.

thinking gardening

For some reason I cannot stop thinking about the fabulous garden I will have this year. I am not a gardener, but my inner green thumb seems to be causing me to want to grow things. Vegetables in particular. I have grand ideas of providing my family with vegetables for all of next winter! I can't help it. If you could see my back yard/mini garden right now, you would laugh. Heartily. There are some big changes that need to happen before said garden happens! Right now I am particularly interested in small space gardening and finding some great ideas of how to maximise my mini plot of land. Here are a few articles I have found useful. Any other ideas?

http://www.digginfood.com/2009/03/inexpensive-diy-vegetable-trellis/

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/072508/nei_309624417.shtml

http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/gardening/how-to-grow-100-pounds-of-potatoes-in-4-square-feet-081760

i totally copied!

I thought that this year would be a good year to start 'sibling gifts' between my children. Mostly for Olivia. She is a fantastic gift-giver and always has a card ready for any occasion. Smile. At first I thought I would just let them each choose a small toy, but then I ready this post and it totally clicked! Handmade sibbling gifts! So, yesterday and today(last minute, hey? maybe you should ask about the project happening as we speak in the basement...just the way we do things) I only have a photo of the gift from Levi and Olivia to Sadie, the other 2 are wrapped already. A tutu!! Olivia had a harder time making it than I had anticipated, but I thought it was tons of fun! And SO CUTE! Go ahead and check out the original post(http://www.designmom.com/), but for those of you with little girls, you will likely be getting one or more of these item sometime, for birthdays or whatever, so don't bother making them yourself. Smile again. We made a fabric sack for Levi to tote around all his small cars and I made 2 ribbon covered flower headbands for Olivia(I think those are my favorite) I didn't involve Levi in that project since he can't keep a secret if his life depended on it! Maybe next year. Here is Olivia really concentrating to get the ribbons even in length.

All done.

going to crafty planet

A couple weekends ago my mom, my sister, Sadie and myself headed to Minneapolis for a weekend of shopping. Minneapolis has so much great shopping! It was fun to go to all of our favorite places. But this was hands down my favorite of the weekend. Crafty Planet. A little shop we found when searching online for a place to get fabric by Amy Butler. It was way better than we were expecting! There was not one piece of fabric in there that wasn't pretty. And the prices were great! The girls that were working were very helpful and fun. I really have nothing negative to say about it. I will definately go again. You should too. In the meantime, you can check out their website, http://www.craftyplanet.com/.

Amy Butler heaven.

More yummy fabrics.


Lots of cute patterns and books.


Have a seat.

house projects and margaritas

I thought this was pretty funny. I don't use margarita's to get though my home projects, I can relate to the house in shambles part. Maybe I should try a margarita...

http://decorno.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-i-did-with-my-summer-vacation.html

kitchen for the kids

this kitchen is so cool, I sent the link off to my parents, maybe Dad wants a project??? If not, I will have to figure out a way to inspire G to make it.(smile)
Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh How To: Build a Play Kitchen from Ikea Components

our bedroom

I have put off writing my first post for oh-so-long now because I felt it needed to be perfect/inspirational/make you wanna come back...since I haven't come up with anything that meets that criteria, I thought I would start off with my bedroom mini reno. Since we have lived in our little house (4 1/2 years now) the only thing we ever did to our nest was throw a coat of paint on the walls. It was an easy room to throw stuff in and just shut the door if anyone happened to pop by. I have finally had enough of the nastiness! No, I won't be posting any 'before' pictures, way too enbarrassing! But here is a bit of what I have done so far. I love this paper. I am happy.