Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all doing well today! It has been snowing and pretty windy all day. I thought I would share with you some projects I did for the ledge shelves we have in our living room. I had pinned this DIY Pottery Barn Santa Claus Canvas over a year ago and finally finished it a few weeks ago. It didn't turn out perfect but I really like it. I have included the link to the blog where I got the instructions.

 

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I originally painted mine with a silver paint pen but it was too light, so I painted over it with some red acrylic paint. Here is my canvas:

I painted a wooden letter G I had and glued it to a piece of paper and placed it in a frame I already had. I bought the "Let it Snow" sign at Michael's for under $1 and I had some galvanized metal number tags that I placed in the frame on the lower shelf.

 

 Hope you have a wonderful day!

-Jessica

Hello Everyone!

I can't believe Christmas is only a week from tomorrow! Time has been flying by and I thought I would share some updates of our baby girl's nursery. Yes, we are having a baby girl and before we found out I already had painted the nursery a gray/blue color because I knew I wanted that color even if we had a boy or girl. Here are some updates and keep in remind I still need to touch up some painting, replace that rug, finish my chair slipcover and get our baby girl a mattress!

I will post updated pictures when I get more projects finished!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jessica

Projects Around Our House

Hello Everyone!

I am absolutely LOVING this weather we are having as Fall is my favorite season! I love everything about Fall including the weather, pumpkins, desserts, Halloween, Thanksgiving and it is right before the wonderful holiday season!

I thought I would show you a project I had worked on over the summer (early) and FINALLY show the results. I decided to do the board & batten treatment on one wall in our living room and wrap it around to the hallway. Of course I didn't use the board, just the batten part. I was originally going to do both but I don't mind it without the board. I used a collection of frames we have and put random things in them including pictures, paintings, our dog silhouettes and one shadow box which had faux butterflies in it but I recently replaced it with a big Fall leaf. Here it is:

Like I mentioned, I wrapped the batten around the corner and down the hallway.

I will start to show you the many projects I had worked on over the summer in the next week!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Jessica

Hello everyone!

I haven't been doing too many things around our house lately because I still get some morning sickness now and then, but it is getting better! We will hopefully find out if I will be decorating our nursery for a girl or boy in the next few weeks! :) Until then I have been interested in making some jewelry for myself since it doesn't require me climbing ladders or caulking/painting a lot!

I am sure most of you have seen this DIY Kate Spade necklace on Pinterest and other website but I had pinned it a while ago and finally got around to making one that was sort of similar. I won't bore you with a tutorial but I will give you the link to the one I used!

http://www.henryhappened.com/diy-kate-spade-bead-necklace.html

Here is the ogirinal necklace:

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I love hot pink but I knew I wanted a red for the Fall and I used smaller beads that what was used in the tutorial. I got the wood beads from the kids craft section at Walmart. I picked out the medium shade wood beads and got the other supplies at Hobby Lobby. Here is how my necklace turned out:

 

Like I mentioned before, it's not an exact match but I am happy with how it turned out! I have saved a lot ideas for some neat necklaces in the future and I can't wait! 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!!

 Jessica 

Hello Everyone!!!

It has been a long time since I wrote on my blog but I have been busy......being sick! Although my husband and I are VERY happy, I had terrible morning sickness for the last two months. We will be proud parents coming this February 2013! We couldn't be happier and cannot wait!

Of course I have been thinking of the possibilities for our nursery. We won't find out if we are having a boy or girl until the end of September but I know how I want to decorate the room whether we have a boy or girl. Here are some ideas I have for both:

Boy

My husband love, love, loves to fish and although I am not a huge fan of the cabin decor I still want to incorporate some fishing but add a nautical theme and use the colors navy, gray and yellow.

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Girl

I do love pink but I think I will use it only as an accent if we have a girl. I will probably use pink, greige and mossy green. Here are some ideas:


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Stay tuned to find out what we are having and the progress on the nursery!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jessica

Inspired Sisal Rope Mirror

Hello everyone!

I finished a project recently that I thought I would share with you. If you haven't already noticed I love anything nautical themed and the last few years any home decor involving rope has been pretty popular.  I love using twine or sisal rope to wrap an inexpensive vase or recently a lampshade. I have seen a lot of mirrors using a rope frame and I love them all but obviously they are a little expensive. Here a few I have seen and loved:

Bixby & Ball - $330

 

Pottery Barn - $395.....ouch!

My husband is an electrician and usually has many wood cable spools left over from projects and I have made sure that he gives them to me when he is done. Right now I just have three different sized wood spools because a lot of them are just plastic and I don't think I would use them. The large spool I am going to make an oversized clock, but I had a small one about 18" in diameter and I had some left over 1/4" sisal rope so I decided to make my own rope mirror.

I had stained the wood spool top before but didn't like how it turned out so I used that side to start hot gluing my sisal rope around the center.

Notice our smallest dog's little feet at the top left, somehow he always makes a little appearance in my pictures!

I kept hot gluing the rope down around the previous row and even wrapped the sides in rope.

I had a beveled craft mirror that I had bought from Hobby Lobby a while ago for around two dollars and I decided it could work for the center of the rope spool top. I glued the mirror in the center using an all purpose craft glue, stacked a few books on top of the mirror and let it set overnight.

I attached some hanging hardware to the back and hung it up in our hallway. It may not be as large or perfect as the other mirrors but I am happy with it....plus it cost me $0! Even better!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jessica