Category Archives: Decorating
Baby steps in the office
It feels like progress is going so slow everywhere in my life. For right now, Baby Grant just needs me constantly. It has been bad for about 9 months this way, but last week he developed a fever and then a rash and has been pretty miserable. I can hardly get a shower much less keep [...]
Trash to Treasure
Our new house had a lot of junk in it from the previous owners. One of those items was this greeting card holder (among other storefront furniture pieces.) It was covered in 40 year old masking tape and other goo. So I spent a few hours on Saturday with a razor blade and a can [...]
The Twins
I’ve been haunting craigslist for a china hutch for the dining room. Nothing seemed quite right until I saw a matching pair. I called immediately and found out that the price I thought was “each” was for “both!” But also that they had sold just a few minutes before. Bummer. I mentioned the bummer a [...]
Just a little spraypaint…
I’m having a great time at the new house. The previous owners left quite a bit of stuff. I’ve been cleaning up some of it and selling it on craigslist to help pay for the renovations. Some of it is just trash, like the original bath rug with the backing that turned to dust. And [...]
Fruitful Saturday
Saturday was wonderful! My mother came over and helped with the baby so I could paint. I painted Heidi’s second closet, her trim, and the boy’s bathroom. This gets us a step closer to a functioning house! When we take out our sunken Harvest Gold bathtub in the master bathroom, it will stop water flow [...]
Office Inspiration
I’m so thankful to have the space above the garage for my office. It’s a large room with a triangle ceiling and very little wall space. This is a recipe for creativity when it comes to finding places to put things. Here’s another triangle shaped room. I love the way they built shelves around the [...]
Curtain and Duvets
The duvets and one curtain are finished for the boy’s room. I’m just waiting for matching snaps from Serenity to come in the mail to really finish the ends of the duvets. Right now they are safety pinned shut. The duvets are so soft, espcially on the Minky squares. The curtain is my favorite. It is made from [...]
Heather’s Strawberry Cake
This is my very first fondant and sugar paste cake. I’ll resist the urge to tell you everything that’s wrong with it. I messed up so much! But in the end, I let Heather and Brandon help me finish it by placing on the sugar paste flowers, berries, and leaves and they really had good [...]
New Adventures with Gum Paste
I decided to create my daughter’s birthday cake’s decorations from Gum Paste this year. I’ve wanted to try it for years and finally dug in. I made my own red and green gum paste from wilton’s glucose and gum-tex. I made the white from Marshmallows and gum-tex. While they both taste okay, the marshmallow gum paste is by [...]
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