so girly...

i was checking out my newest favorite blog tea rose home and saw these awesome pin cushions. not being someone to just sit around, i went upstairs to my "junk" room and found some scraps of fabric, thread, a silk flower (which of course was a gerber daisy - my all time favorite flower) and velcro and well...here it is my new pincushion to wear around my wrist. love it!!!

look at my "new" shirt

i have made the most awesome discovery of my life. it's this absolutely cool blog called tea rose home. i found this tutorial to make this ruffled tshirt on it and i just had to share. i went to one of my all time favorite stores - target and bought me a couple of shirts and walla....here's my new tshirt. much cuter now that i've added the ruffles, don't ya think??? i now have my eye on another ruffled tshirt on her blog. that will be my newest project in the coming weeks ahead. oh, i can't wait!!

final reveal

here it is...the entry foyer finally finished! it took a little longer than i had hoped due to the fact my little helper wanted so desperately to paint. i'm pretty excited about it! now what can i do next? any ideas...

always something going on around here

i always find ways to improve the house, if i can. my mind is constantly at work thinking of what we can do next. i love watching design star on hgtv and dream of the day when i could have my own decorating show. lol. decorating is such a creative outlet for me it's so much like graphic design but instead of working on 2-d surface you are working in 3-d mode. the same principals apply, so it's not really a big stretch for me and let's face it, i have to be creative it's just who i am.

my latest project is in the entry foyer. my wonderful father-in-law (thanks, earl) added a chair rail and picture frame molding to match what we did in the dining room. i'm in the process of caulking, sanding, filling holes, priming and painting. i can't wait to have it all done. it will definitely add a more formal look to the house and well, i can't wait. here are the "before" pictures. stay tuned...

the long wall when you enter the front door.

the little support wall which will be turned into a column to match the existing column in the dining room we did last year.