Thursday, March 31, 2011

Talents

Last weekend I was a hostess for a baby shower for my good friend Julie. She's due to have her baby girl, Finley, in about a month. Finely is who I made the word art for shown here. It was fun to see the talents each hostess brought to the table.
For the shower I made a diaper cake centerpiece using Anthropologie's gift wrap as my inspiration.
My apologies because all of the following pictures are taken with my phone.
I used the word art and diaper cake centerpiece as decoration on the cake and punch table.
My friend Lauren, who was also a hostess, made an incredible and professional looking fondant cake. Can you believe it was only her 2nd time to make and decorate a fondant cake?! I'm so impressed with her cake decorating abilities!
Another friend and hostess, Julie [different Julie than the baby shower honoree], made a cute 'bouquet' of felt flower hair-clips. Aren't they adorable?! I need to have her teach me how to make these. They can either clip straight into hair or on a headband.
I can't wait to see baby Finley sporting those adorable felt flower clips! Julie also made this cute pink and cream houndstooth banner of Finley's name.
I sure have some creative and talented friends! ;)

Trying My Hand

I recently decided to try my hand at "word art" [I guess that's what you call it]. I used picnik to create three pieces of word art to give as gifts. Now that I've given them to their recipients, I can show them on here without spoiling the surprise.
The first piece is a quote containing my word for the year, HOPE. I found out my good friend Vickey shares the same esteem as I do for the theme of HOPE. So along with making this for myself, I had to make one for Vickey as well.
The second piece is some girly subway art for baby Finley, the soon-to-be born daughter of my good friend Julie.
The third piece is Finley's name over her initial.
I wanted to use really cute white ornate frames for my word art, but I couldn't find any in an 8x10 size or any that were reasonably priced. I couldn't even find any true white frames for that matter. So I improvised.
I bought some basic reasonably priced silver frames and I spray painted them with glossy white spray paint.
I can't wait to create more word art on picnik!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Operation: [New Master Bath]

We are currently remodeling again - this time it's our little master bathroom, followed by our guest bathroom. I know, we're crazy. I have a few phone pictures of the demolition aftermath. I am going to save the true before pics for the dramatic reveal of the before and after. :)
Per usual, this remodel hasn't exactly gone as planned. We encountered some plumbing and electrical hazards left behind from the previous remodel circa the late 80's/early 90's. Oh, and when I say "we" encountered, I mean our contractor. We opted out of the DIY type of remodeling because plumbing, etc. is beyond our expertise.
Here's where we're at right now, the concrete has been jackhammered out and we have a dirt shower floor. Eeek!
I've never blogged about our kitchen remodel because I started this blog about 7 months after it was complete. But I think I'll post on it soon, mainly for me to look back on after I turn my blog into a memory book.