The Haps on the Craps

Hello everyone! I have been a lazy blogger lately. Not too much to blog about at the moment. My house is messy, school is almost out, etc, blah blah. Haha. I did take some random pictures of what's happenin' over here in my world :)

Potty training. Full force. SO not fun, but must be done. She didn't want to be photographed. haha.

She's doing really well so far so hopefully she keeps it up :)

We are also growing tomatoes for the second year in a row. YAY!

Super excited for these babies to turn red and get in mah belly!!! haha!

I am spray painting a few things white for my friend's nursery. The bird cage was brown, and the peg thingy was white with a girly floral print on it.

I scored this awesome box of vintage Xmas bulbs at a garage sale for $1. I'm super excited about it :) My husband thinks I'm a hoarder. haha!

Oh - and remember how I had a wall of frames in progress long long ago??

Well - they pretty much came down shortly after they went up. They kept falling off the wall when my kids were acting goofy in the hall. They were never straight, etc. Well, I filled all of the zillion holes and touched up with paint. Recently I started a "gallery" type wall there that I'm kind of lovin' it. I need to fill it in of course, but here is what is there so far.

It's the wall between the kid's rooms so I'm happy that it's sort of a happy kid-friendly wall.

This is a painting that I painted while I was at Cassie's.

And this is the cutest book page from Cassie's thrifted vintage Richard Scarry book.

Luckily, mouse got over the mumps and was ready to party :)

I like how it's coming along so far and I also like that I have the freedom to add random things that I like as I go along :)

Oh - and lastly, I reccently added these fun pom poms to my Etsy shop. I found yarn colors that looked just like the yummy rainbow sherbert ice cream from my youth :) Yay! Looks like Summer to me :)

I hope you are all having a great week so far. This weekend, I'm off to wine country for my friend's bachelorette par-tay. Life is sa-weeeeet!





Summer pom poms and HOBBY LOBBY!

Happy Weekend everyone!! I am gearing up for a day of watching my little baby nephew while my sis packs her house (moving day tomorrow). It's actually the first time I will have him all to myself. My youngest is 3, so it's been a while since I was in full on baby mode. A bit scared, but mostly excited. He's so adorable, it's impossible not to smile when I'm with him :)

I have been busy crafting lately. I had a few "pomathons" as they have previously been called. This is when I make a zillion pom poms in one sitting (usually while watching tv or a movie after the kids are in bed).

You can now find Patriotic pom poms

and Nautical pom poms

In my Etsy shop :)
YAY for happy pom poms!!

I also want to report that there is now a Hobby Lobby in the town over from me. Woohoo!!! AND, my mom got a job there (cha-ching...employee discount here I come). My sis in law and I could not be more thrilled to have this craft supply mecca in our backyard - finally!!! Here are a few things I picked up on my first trip to the "Hob Lobster." I used a gift card that my sis in law gave me for my b-day back in March (can you tell we have been dying for it to open, ha ha).

I got this cute rustic metal basket. It was $4 and then 40% off. Um - yeah. Awesome! Oh, and I also got a big bag of shells to fill that glass vase in the background. It came with that big shell on my stack of books too. I love me some summer shells :)

I got this cool burlap vase/candle holder. It has some sort of longitude/latitude stenciled on it. $6 - 40% off. Yep!

My regular priced item that I used my 40% off coupon on was this cool caddy. I plan to use it on my desk with glue gun sticks, pens, etc. I think it was $7.99 - 40% coupon. I can't wait to label it and get it loaded up :)

I also purchase my very first paint-by-number set. I am so excited to find a peaceful moment (RARE peaceful moment) to get started.

And lastly, I recently decided to switch all of my gallery wall frames to white and gold. They used to be black but I think the white looks much lighter and brighter. Perfect for Summer. The two wider white ones (top left and bottom right) came from Hob Lob. Frames are on sale there every day (which means they are marked up to begin with but ah well, what can ya do).

I love the clean look of the white frames. And of course, the gold, I love the gold :)
So, that's it. Wish me luck babysitting ;)

Check ya later gators! ha ha.

Vintage Sheet Wreath - from MD to CA

Happy Memorial Day people! My flag is flying high outside today. I am proud to live in this wonderful country and call it my home.

I am back from MD and settling in nicely. A few of my breakables didn't survive the flight home (Southwest is not so gentle with checked baggage apparently) but most of my treasures made it through the adventure. RIP Reamer and Angel :(

Moving on.
When I arrived at Cassie's beautiful house, I immediately got settled in to her beautiful guest room. I unpacked my clothes into the gorgeous chalk painted vintage dresser and made myself right at home. Shortly after, Cassie came in and uttered words that made me happier than a bird with a french fry.

"Anything you want to use out of my craft closet, feel free. What's mine is yours."

H*ly Cr*p!

I stood there a bit stunned in front of the 2 big closets filled to the brim with goodies.

"I may need a few minutes to think about it............uhh.........uhhh....WOW."

Seriously people, angels sang when the closet doors opened. I will never be the same again.

First on my Cassie's craft supply agenda was to make a vintage sheet wreath. She had recently made one of her own so the tutorial was fresh in her mind. Take a look here to see hers.

And....here is mine (hanging on her beautiful turquoise door)!!!

All of the supplies previously lived in her wonderful closet of happiness. Well, OUR wonderful closet of happiness (hee hee). The perfectly perfect summery patterned vintage sheet, the pretty layered canvas flower, and a ball jar filled with buttons and baubles.

After a bumpy ride in the baggage compartment, this beauty made it all the way to CA in one piece. Here is where she lives now :)

You can also see below on the mantle some of my new milk glass pieces. Milk glass is super sturdy and not one piece broke in transit. Yay!

I tried to move the clock and fill in with more milk glass. I couldn't make it work though because I kept looking there for the time and getting annoyed that the clock wasn't there. Do they make milk glass clocks?? Hmmm. haha!

I'm still sprinkling some of my new finds around and have a couple projects to work on. I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and have a fabulous week ahead of you!

Happy happy Memorial Day!

Yum - Moo - Oink

FRIDAY!!! Friday :( Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Today is my last official day in MD visiting with Cassie and her wonderful family. We have had sooo much fun and while I desperately miss my own sweet family, I am sad to leave my friend. Why do MD and CA have to be soooooo far away from each other?! Booo USA, Booo. Seriously bad call!

Moving on.
Yesterday Cassie took the kids and I to the South Mountain Creamery to feed the baby cows. This is a free activity that happens daily at 4pm. Seriously people, one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Feeding baby cows is much different than feeding human babies, but it did make me miss my kiddos back at home! Here are some...scratch that....TONS of pictures.

First.....YUM!
They have THE BEST ice cream there! So fresh, creamy, and delicious! Sawyer is enjoying his if you couldn't already tell :)

Hey - get your own, Cassie! Ha ha!

Moo.....
The calves stole my heart. Their big eyes {sigh}. So stinkin' cute!

At 4pm sharp, the milk bottles make their appearance and cows start to moooooo extra loud in anticipation :)

The bottles are kind of heavy to begin with and the calves are super strong and aggressive eaters. They also get all drooly and foamy at the mouth as they chug their yummy milk. It's just plain adorable.

Haha!

 

Oink......The piggies are just sooooooooooooooo cute!

Oh my!

It was such a fun and unique experience. I will remember it always.

Tomorrow morning, bright and early, I will be on a plane back to CA. I will be thrown ever so gently back into the role of a 72 hour single mom (my hubby will be at the fire house Sat-Mon). I may not survive. Wish me luck :)

Getting Thrifty.....Maryland Style

HELP!!! I think I need an intervention. Packing up to come home is going to be.....well...interesting (to say the least). Cassie has been taking me to all of her thrifty honey holes and I am making out like a bandit. The thrift shops here are sooooo cheap compared to the ones back home. I may go home and and revolt against my local thrift shops because of their outrageous prices. Here are some of my finds (so far). We have plans to meet up with some friends tomorrow to go to their favorite thrift shop. Scared. Luckily, Cassie looked it up on Southwest's website and it said I could check 2 items for free. My suitcase, plus one BIG box of carefully wrapped goodies. I'm a hoarder, ha ha, what can I say!?

Ummm........yeah. Trouble.

None of the milk glass pieces in the picture above cost more than $1. The biggest one there was $.75. Seriously people!!! That one would probably cost like $20 at my local flea market. Not joking. The tall skinny ones on the left are for my friend Susie that is using them at her wedding in July. At $.25 each, I couldn't possibly leave them behind!!

I got a bunch of super cute vintage children's books. It was "Fill-a-bag for $1.50." Seriously? My goodwill charges $1 per paper back and $2 per hard back. Yep - awesome!

I'm not a cat lover by any means, but these little vintage kittens are adorable :)

I think you can expect some seriously cute vintage paper crafts from me in the near future :)

And look at this gem I picked up for my Hubby. An old favorite show of his :)

I also couldn't resist this sweet vintage Christmas Angel. I thought she would look sweet in Hayden's room during Xmas, and at $.50, she had to be mine (and if you're thinking I'm looney for even looking twice at her, I don't blame you. I tend to have "unique" taste from time to time. ha ha).

I got 2 really pretty vintage sheets (which are currently tumbling in the washing machine as we speak) and I got a souvenir reamer for my sis (we are strange, I know). She collects them and I thought of her when I saw it :)

(Here you go - sis. Aaaaall the way from Maryland just for you!)

I am excited to go out tomorrow and see what we can find. Hopefully small, non-breakable items if possible. Ha ha! I hope you all are having a great week.