I told you...

that my best friend could paint. We are the proud owners of two of her paintings. Here is the one that hangs in our bedroom, along with our other China decor.

My Space

I have finally gotten my crafting corner cleaned up and organized. I'm not 100% done but about 85% which is pretty good. Compared to what it used to look like this is looking pretty awesome. I am so grateful that my hubby allowed me to put all my crafting things in our bedroom. I would use the basement, but alas, we do not have one.

The top shelf in my closet is full of stuff too. Mostly negatives and doubles, fabric and cross-stitching items. I know, I probably have too much stuff but I cannot imagine giving/throwing any of it away. I'm just not ready yet. Although I did do some downsizing, it probably wasn't enough according to Greg. Oh well. At least it's all put away nicely now and out of Micah's closet.

Wall Collage

After we got Micah's canvas up in his room I knew I had some other photos that I wanted to hang as well. I had a 12x16 that was already hanging on the wall and it looked lonely. I knew that I wanted to do a wall collage with different sized frames and photos. I was blog surfing one day and came across this great idea for hanging a wall collage easily. I'm sorry that I didn't keep track of which blog it was from but please know this is not my original idea. If I come across it again I will link it here.
Anyway, the way I did this was to trace the frame onto a piece of paper and then with a crayon I marked where the hanger was. It was easier on some than others. Then I taped those pieces of paper on my wall where I wanted them hung. Then I just drove my nail through that piece of paper right where the hanger on the back of the frame was. Then I took the papers down and hung up my frames. And they were all in the correct place. Simple as that.

I have since added the photo in the 8x10 frame.
My little helper watches on in delight as I make his room even more fun!


Next project for Micah's room...the t-shirt quilt.

New chairs

Our dinning room chairs were hand-me-downs from one of my college roommates aunt and uncle. They are nice chairs but the white fabric was pretty dirty and worn. So, I decided it was about time to recover the chairs. Since Greg had bought a staple gun to hang the Christmas lights I thought this would be a great tool to use and I wouldn't have to go buy anything. So, I bought some black fabric with a little bit of a pattern on it and recovered the chair. Yes, the CHAIR. I only have one done so far but it shouldn't take me too long to cover the other five.

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