It's been a while...

It has been quite a while since I have felt like blogging.  My life has not been very rosy lately but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  A few things have crashed down at us all at once and I hope that the solution that we have chosen is the best one for my family.  We are moving back home!!!  Which is a small town in Iowa and I am SO excited.  We have lived in Minnesota for almost 12 years and although most of it has been great, it is time to get back closer to family.  This being said, I want to share with you my latest project.  Funny how once our decision was made to move home, I felt creative again...

I painted this cute little night stand for a very special little girl.  Her name is Avi and I use to get to take care of her for about 2 hours every day when I worked at the gym.  Her and her brothers were my buddies.

Here is the night stand that her mom, Lulu, found at Unique (mine and her favorite thrift store)

and here is what it looks like now...

I painted it Spring Green from Sherwin Williams

Gave it a little sanding

And a little antiquing...

and painted a cute little knob for it as well.

I gave it to Lulu yesterday and she told me it far exceeded her expectation.  You gotta love that!
Well I am off to do some packing ~ well a lot of packing.  I will keep you updated on our move south...
As Always, Karie

Halloween decor

I love fall and I have been trying to decorate for it but it has been a slow go.

Here is what I've got so far.

I need a bigger boa to hide the cords from the TV

and give it a little more punch. Back to

Michael's

found these baby ghost pumpkins at my grocery store.  Love them.

and since my birthday is in the fall, I get lots of presents that are related to the season.  My sis gave me this cool pumpkin one year.

Better get back to decorating...

As Always, Karie

Almost done.

A while back I started a project for a friend.  She had these chairs and matching table.  She bought 2 sets of them and just uses them side by side.  There is a total of 8 chairs and 2 tables.  We have been working on this is phases since July.  We didn't want her family to go without a kitchen table and chairs :-)

Here is the color they started out as.

and here they are now

She wanted a little distressing

and here are some more

Sorry there was a spot on my lens when taking this picture.

And finally I got to do one of the tables.

Can't wait for her to see the table.  She is coming tonight to get the chairs and I will deliver the table on Sunday.

Only one more table to go and I will be done!

As Always, Karie

Another fun little project

I was cruising through the free stuff on Craig's list the other day and someone was giving away these gems...

I have been looking for spindles for a while now and have been finding them for about $8.00 a piece.  HELLO I will take these guys for free!!!

So I gathered my supplies

And away I went

A little cutting, a little drilling and a little paint

Just what this corner needed (also a preview of my Halloween decorations)

I love free home decore.

As Always, Karie

Hooked on Canvases

I have ordered 2 more canvases from the Canvas People  they run great deals and I got the 2 small canvases for just the price of shipping!

I love deals like that.

Again I have to thank my friend Angela for taking the pictures.

Please check out the Canvas People and see the great deals they have.

As Always, Karie

Quick fix

I have wanted a globe for a while now.  I thought it would look cute in my blue office.  I finally found one at Goodwill that was in good shape,

and a price that I was willing to pay.



I just didn't like the goldish color of the base so I got out my trusty silver paint and had a go...

 

Much better!

 

I love it!  Just what I wanted for my shelf.  With a globe in my office, maybe I will look smarter ;-).

 

As Always, Karie

Back from Junk bonanza

I had great fun at Junk Bonanza.

I got to see gorgeous beautiful things

Isn't all of this fun!  I really wanted it all.

here is a sofa, my friend Amy made from a claw foot tub.  Isn't it awesome.

Would love this for my little guy's room.

This whole booth was great.

I even met Layla and Kevin Palmer, from the Lettered Cottage, as they were filming a segment for a project they are doing.  I applied for this project but they chose someone else :-(  I forgive them...

Can't wait to see what they are doing.

I was also so excited to meet them that I didn't get a picture of them.  Maybe next time...

As Always, Karie