Archive for October 2011

Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday to my Molly

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Molly turns 5 today. I can't believe it. She is growing up to be such a good person and I'm so proud of her. She is kind, thoughtful, funny, and polite. We will let the fact that her favorite word is "poop" slide for today. 5 months Last night we did our jack-o-lanterns and they turned out cute!  I'd have better pictures but my camera died in the middle of it all. sigh. not a photographer I guess!  We did small pumpkins this year too just because it was easier than wrestling big ones. I did feel a little regretful afterwards because having a big j-o-l on your porch is part of the whole experience. Cheers! je...

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Hot Cocoa Cupcakes

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It's snowing today. Drat. I'm not ready for fall to end. I feel like it just came last week here in NJ!  But in the spirit of it all Molly stomped around in it a bit and then came in 5 seconds later declaring she needed hot chocolate to warm herself up. Not to be a mother to deny my child a little chocolate flavored warming, I set to work grating the chocolate, heating the heavy cream, etc. Ok fine. I used the Keurig. But whatever...the marshmallows were homemade. Ok fine! They were from Walmart.   Somewhere someone is DIYing marshmallows and hot chocolate. It's just not here and it's just not me. Last year we made these adorable hot cocoa inspired cupcakes and it got me in the...

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Latest and Greatest Friday #3 and Features

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Last week was great!  Thanks to everyone who linked up!  Here are a couple of my favorites! Very Merry Vintage Style made this beautiful banner for Halloween!  I love how bold the colors are. Very classy. Happy Hour Projects linked up these beautiful yarn pumpkins. I tried this after seeing these and mine was not nearly as cute and pretty as these!  She has a knack! document.write(''); var _rssimg = document.getElementById('wpImg95858'); if(_rssimg) { _rssimg.style.display='none'; }function __inlinkzEndsWith(str, substr) { return (str.match(substr+"$")==substr) } ...

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Painted Fireplaces--Inspirations

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Link up your latest and greatest! I can't stop thinking about painting my fireplace.  I keep looking at lovely, clean, modern looking fireplaces and feeling like the only girl in class wearing the fake Keds from Kmart.  Check these out. Better Homes and Garden Love the white against white.  A red brick fireplace would make this room more ordinary The Brick House White isn't the only option. Look at this lovely dark painted fireplace. It's chic in a sort of masculine way.  The James Bond of fireplaces, if you will Addicted 2 Decorating Love the creamy color against the pale aqua. Lovely! search.myhomeideas.com This room wouldn't be the same with a big...

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Rustic Apple Tart & Touches of Fall

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Link up your latest and greatest! My darling Jim knows me too well. As he unpacked the POD he made sure each box labeled "FALL" or "HALLOWEEN" was delivered to my feet without being asked. It felt like Christmas as I threw wrappings and paper all over the living room, squealing with glee as I became reacquainted with some of my favorite pieces of fall.  To further put us in the fall and Halloween mode I decided to try making a rustic apple tart and it turned out so well! Rustic Apple Tart 1 refrigerated pie crust (or your own recipe) 6-7 apples ( I recommend using half Granny Smiths and half a sweet baking apple such as Rome Beauty or Gala) 1/2 c sugar or so. If you use only sweet...

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Painted Fireplace at Primitive and Proper

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This is to prove to my naysayers that painting a fireplace is the right thing to do when  you no likey. Cassie at  Primitive and Proper  shows us how it's done! I can't post pics bc I'm on my sister's computer (no heat yet!) but go look at that, Dad and everyone else who walked in and said "You aren't going to paint that, right?"  Cassie transformed her space and made that outdated fireplace look fresh and modern. And I adore the color as opposed to painting it white (which is good too!). It is quite dramatic and I can absolutely promise that in 10 years she won't look at it and go "Now why did I paint that brick?" Rather, she's more likely to say "Why didn't Jenny...

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Sneak Peaks

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We officially move tomorrow and we're so excited!  Needless to say I probably won't be here much this week. But I am working on some projects so I thought I'd give you a sneak peak until I can actually do a reveal! I used a transfer method to create a monogrammed pillow for the master bedroom. I love how it's turning out!  I'm making a box pleat ruffle for each side out of a gray blue that will match our duvet. This is the beginning of the slip cover for our storage ottoman.  It's made out of a drop cloth. And I started sanding and priming the shelf I bought at the garage sale yesterday. It's almost done and ready to be hung. These are all projects that aren't...

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Moving Day

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Won't be around today!  The movers come any minute and I'll be unpacking the majority of the day!  YIPPEEE!! Our new house HA HA HA HA HA!  Well it feels like this to me! Cheers! Je...

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Garage Sale Bargains

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We were at the house waiting for the new appliances to be delivered and I decided to run out quickly to buy some paper to line the shelves. Right around the corner from our neighborhood was a block sale that was supposed to have ended an hour prior. Luckily for me they decided to hang out a little longer!  Look at what I scored for a whopping grand total of $7! I love my treasures.  I bought an old crate that I will just use to hold craft stuff, a long shelf (with scrolly brackets...SCORE) that is going to be painted and hung on the large wall in the kitchen, a white pitcher to go on the shelf, and that way cool old tool carrier thing. It's in ROUGH shape but I...

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Latest & Greatest Friday Link Party #2 and Last Week's Features

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We had so many fantastic projects linked up!  I was excited by them all but here are some of my favorites!  Cassandra at Cass Can Sew made this super cute dress!  I love how sweet and simple it is! I love this itty bitty change purse Bethany at Sweet Bee Buzzings made.  It is so cheerful and cute! VixenMade linked up this adorable Halloween flower headband. I wish I could get my girls to keep cute things in their hair because I love this!!  How festive! And lastly, Laura at Our Prairie Home created this gorgeous buffet using wallpaper!  Aren't people so creative?  I love the color and now my mind is spinning with ideas for furniture that could...

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Guest Blogging at Sassy Style

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I'm over at Sassy Style today!  Tausha is showcasing wreaths and asked me to talk about my fall wreath and my Halloween wreath!  Stop by and say hello! Remember, Latest and Greatest Link Party #2 is up tomorrow!  I'll be featuring a few of my favorites too! Cheers! Je...

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Ruffles

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Ruffles are huge right now but in general I don't go for them in my furniture. I like clean, straight lines and crisp edges. However, we have a brown pleather ottoman that opens to hold whatever...right now toys. It is starting to grate on my nerves. It's so brown and so pleathery and so boring and so blah blah blah. So tonight I got inspired and sewed a ruffled slip cover for it. It was not easy in that I wanted maintain the integrity of the ottoman so I had to finagle it. It isn't finished so I am not posting it yet. Tomorrow is another day. So in the spirit of ruffles, check these out! Girl.Inspired. This may be the cutest dress in the history of the world. I am so in love with it! ...

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My Halloween Horrors

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Post your latest and greatest here! I have more than one tonight. I need HELP. The mantel in our family room (the only mantel in the house) is made of concrete. Yup. Concrete. As in that stuff you ripped out of your front walk and replaced with pavers. It is a big ole slab of concrete and it's making me annoyed. It is a whole new form of ugly and I don't know what to do!   I want to paint the brick in some way but what to do about that thing?  Do I build a mantel to fit over it? oy.   It looks like this: Unedited photo. Sorry. lazy tonight. But you can see the slab o' gnarly and the yucky brick  I welcome any and all suggestions. And now here is my other...

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House Progress

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Link up your latest and greatest project here! I mentioned here once that I am going to take a few more risks in this house than I did in my first one. In general, we are conservative and careful people. We don't do risky things and it takes a lot for us to think outside the usual box.  I had a gold sash on my wedding gown and I thought I was quite rebellious. What would my great aunts say??  To be honest,  I always want to do something different but in the end I usually cave and play it safe.  Well that girl can go scratch! This girl wants a dark brown kitchen with 6 ft white bead board and by golly (wha??) she's doing it.  Ok, enough speaking in the third person. ...

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