Little Bit of Heaven!

What a great weekend! Friends, family and IKEA. What more could a girl ask for! Made a trip to IKEA with some girlfriends. Lots of great ideas! Here are a couple I found.

I think its cool how they used the sticks behind the bed.

I have these pillows on my guest bed. They took the cover off the pillows and put them on a canvas frame. You'll definitely see this one pop up around my house soon!

And the creme de la creme! My bargain of the day. It took some patience and effort but well worth it! My pears!!!

Everytime I've been to IKEA I've seen these pears on display and love them. Never bought them because they were $49.99. There was always something I needed more than to spend $50 bucks on 2 pictures. Well this time I just happened to be down in the canvas art and didn't see them anywhere. So I asked Ben (who was my hero of the day!) if they had anymore or were they discontinuing them.

Ahhhh, the words I dreaded...discontinued...no more in stock. Ok think, think. So I asked Ben if he could sell me the ones upstairs on display. Ben got right on it and thankfully he was also someone who didn't take no for an answer very easily. Luckily after several phone calls to people who really just didn't give a crap and didn't understand the urgency of me needing those pear prints Ben tells me he's just going to have to do it himself. Music to my ears! He went and rescued my pears! Of course when he got back I did try to finagle the price. You know...discontinued...display...yada yada. No deal. Couldn't help me there. Oh well! Life is good. I have my pears!!!!

The best news is that when I went to check out the price came up to $29.99. Yeah, got my pears and saved $20 bucks!!!

Whew! What a fantastic day at IKEA. Thanks Ben!!!

Happy Monday!

Simple Little Squares

I have these squares I bought at Target on clearance for 3.99 each. They were just black and white photos on these plaques. So I figured I would just buy them, cover them with pretty paper and other embellishments. As you can see I haven't gotten to the embelishment part. That's where I stopped. When I was finished I was planning on hanging them in a bathroom.

Well, I lost my vision and when I held them up to the wall they just didn't look right. So in the mean time I just set them on a ledge temporarily till I found a home for them.

That was about 5 months ago. Since then I have had several people compliment me on them and ask me where I found them...

So I just faked it. I told them how I made them and acted like the squares where meant to be there and look that plain. Here's what they look like.

Bluebirds

I saw a bluebird the other day. It was a very cold, crisp January afternoon. I looked out the window and saw a bluebird in the tree. They make me smile because they have the brightest blue color I've ever seen on a bird minus a parrot.

It was just a nice contrast to the dull gray skies and trees.

I'm back!!!

Middle of January and its cold and snowy outside. I've had a chill for the last couple of days. I think the only thing that is going to get rid of it is summer.

So to try to warm up I've put a fire on (with the flip of the switch :) ) and put in a movie. Love winter afternoons. Gives me chance to catch up on all the summer blockbusters I've missed because I'm outside enjoying the weather.

Haven't been to Ikea lately so I'm making a run for the border Friday. I've got a few items on my list so I won't be going crazy. Just a little Ikea fix though!

Across 5 Studio

Here is a picture of my craft studio. For the most part its finished I just need a window treatment. Its so wonderful to have a functional space! I love that I can start a project and then just shut the doors if I'm not finished. My friends love this area too! The doors are always open if you want to come over and play!

Time Out for a Halloween Craft

When I was at Archiver's over the weekend I got inspired by all the cool Halloween paper to do something crafty. I decided to make a Halloween Banner. Took a little while to complete but only because in my mind I know how I want it to look but getting the materials is always a different story. Anyway, hope you like it!

3 Months Later ...

Well not really, but it seams like that's how long I've been working on my kitchen pantry. I'm getting closer though. Putting together all those boxes takes a lot of time. Not to mention several paper cuts! Anyway most all the boxes have labels and I should be finishing the pears for the outside this weekend. Next I'll be working on finishing my laundry room which is what I started before getting into my pantry project. FOCUS!!!! And now dh has started switching the spare bedroom and playroom. I need to slow the man down so I can catch up.

This weekend I hope to clean up my studio / craft room so I can take some pictures to post. Still don't have a window treatment but I'm still deciding what to do.