My apologies for pulling a Harry Houdini on you. I'm back now with a new attitude, a new house, a new kitten, and a new DIY/baking/decorating obsession.
I know many of you have been wondering where this obsession desire came from. I can narrow it down to two key factors; cable television and our new house.
Until January 2011, I had lived without cable for over a year, and not felt like I was missing out on much. When we moved into our new house, we opted into cable tv, and I haven't been able to pull myself from HGTV. Glorious! As for the new house factor, this one has a much better layout and color scheme than the old one (brown walls and dark purple carpet don't brighten anything up). I could wax poetic about our new place for hours, so, instead, I'll show you a few of my most recent projects that it inspired, from completely from scratch cupcakes to chair reupholstering!
Valentine's Day Cupcakes (2.5 hours to bake & decorate with my new Wilton cake decorator!!)
Brass Spray Painted Geese, adding bit of color to my bookcase (I'm sorry, dear audience members, but I forgot to do a "Before" shot).
Before: Craigslist chairs ($50 for all 5!)
After: Reupholstered and lookin' good. Think I'll leave the wood as-is for now, though. Thoughts?I have new projects on my To Do list, and will update my blog with them and many of my other life observations as they arise.
Stay Tuned!
**I'm officially on the hunt for new refurb/DIY ideas, so if anyone has something they've repainted, reupholstered, refurbished, handmade, poured their hearts into, I'd love to see it! And any blogs, websites, magazines, etc that can offer inspiration or how-tos pass along my way. One of my current faves is Young House Love. (Thanks to Stacey for sending YHL to me!)
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