dreary day - inspiring blog posts

so i've wanted to try etching glass but i've never really had good experiences with contact paper, but Kallen at At Second Street did a fabulous job & the glass looks beautiful.



now - i realize that valentines day was many moons ago - but i was looking back through all of At Second Street's blog posts & stumbled across one where she created a crepe paper heart.
i think it's adorable:


now i also found At Second Street's 'upcycled bracelet' tutorial to be awesome & inspiring. i have many a purse that i don't use any longer & wish that i had the sewing abilities to turn them in to bracelets.


now - my sister is engaged & plans on getting married in June of 2013 (we have a long time to plan!!) but i have been hoarding pictures and ideas for quite a while. i'm sure she is very tired of hearing from me since she isn't really even planning. But once again, i'm still perusing At Second Street's blog & ran across a couple pictures from a wedding that Kallen blogged about & i thought they were a great idea:



i think that's enough for today. enjoy.

a necklace & a wreath

hello all & happy friday the 13th!

in perusing kojodesigns blog this morning, after not visiting there in awhile, i found some awesome-ly inspiring stuff!!

see this cloth & bead necklace??



and how about this great looking butterfly wreath using brown paper bags?! this was on kojodesigns' blog but it was actually pulled from Mary Janes & Galoshes.



so inspiring that i actually have a cart sitting on amazon's website awaiting me to hit 'checkout' to purchase a scalloped paper punch so that i can accurately create the wreath... =) good thing it's supposed to rain all weekend - maybe i'll be cutting up old t-shirts and creating necklaces =)

have a great weekend!

'new' artwork

so while doing some perusing of blogs this morning - i ran across some artwork created by someone & posted on Ikea Hackers.

They used scraps of fabric from Ikea & just needlework hoops and hung them on the wall as a collage.

I think this is a great way to decorate because you can easily change out the fabric as your style/tastes change.




I've also had a dream to get off my butt and take pictures of all of the beautiful red barns that are all around my house/town. After i get all of these barns photographed, i would love to do what Young House Love did with post cards and put up shelves/ledges in my living room and display all of the barns.

see here, but imagine pictures of red barns =)

a long time coming

hello all! I have definitely been inspired by many, many things, but haven't had a chance to put them up here. Having just recently finished training someone to take over my position at work so that I could take on a new job here has sucked up all my time and energy. I am super excited to be starting & learning something new. I tend to get restless and antsy when I've been doing something for too long.

soo - looking at Jones Design Company's website - I found an awesome wreath that I'd love to make for my younger sister.

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this is so cute from Jones Design Company too:




Also - I'm debating with myself over several possible 'upgrades' in my kitchen. I think I need to put a backsplash behind my sink & possibly the counter by the stove... I would ultimately love to paint my cabinets (or get new ones once I win the lottery) and paint the kitchen itself but that is down the road.

I ran across a post on The Little Brown House's website about her using beadboard wallpaper. I think it looks awesome - I'm just worried it won't do the same thing that a tile backsplash would...

see a picture:


talk to you soon & thanks again for all of those past comments that I JUST now published. that is totally my fault =)