Friday Faves

So, I've obviously had quite the unannounced hiatus from this blog...

Update on the dresser/entertainment center: I was going to try to finish it before all of the Christmas festivities begin tonight, but it's just not going to happen. But I did get 2 or 3 coats of paint on it so far and it is looking much improved. I'll finally be getting my handles over the break, so shortly after the new year I intend to slap on one more coat of paint and some poly, screw in the knobs and handles and call it done! (P.S. a foam roller is my new best friend...made the painting five thousand times faster!)

The REAL reason for today's post (when I have so many other things I should be doing right now!) is that I found a GREAT blog this week and I wanted to share. When I say great I mean "so good that I just sat there reading and clicking 'older posts' until I had read the entire blog...which dates back to May of this year."



Lots of beautiful pictures and great tips. Have a great Christmas!

It's Primed!

On Saturday, September 19(ish), 2009, my husband and I bought an ugly dresser for $40. A couple of weeks later my sister came over with her heavy duty sanders and wood filler and helped me get it prepped for painting.

3 Months Later...

I finally primed it tonight!! Want to to know what motivated me all of a sudden? Caroline once again offered her services (and more importantly, moral support), and is coming over tomorrow to help me paint it!

Thank you, sweet sister of mine for helping me get off my bum and actually get something done. Seriously guys...my sister is Wonder Woman...she's raising 5 little ones and gets about 5 times as much stuff done as me and my 1 little monkey. Well, at least I have a good example, right? :)

Still working on getting the handles... but eventually this beast will come together (and hopefully not fall right back apart when we move next summer!)

A little bit of fall...

I found my camera! Yeah.... It was actually put away in the desk where it was supposed to be. Guess I should have looked there yesterday!

So, just for funsies, here are a few pictures of the new fall decor I made this year!

A fall wreath for my red door:

A toilet paper pumkin

And a Halloween banner

These were all really easy, really cheap projects. And I LOVE them all.

My SIL thought I was boring for not buying the actual Halloween themed paper for the banner.... but I just love the polka dots and black damask! I inked the edges of the letters for the banner. It was touch and go there for a while, but once I did a generous enough amount I was really happy with how it turned out! Oh and P.S. I bought the chipboard banner kit pre-made at Hobby Lobby for really cheap! Always nice to have an easy start!

Happy Fall!

Hangups

Baahhh... Don't you hate those unexpected little hangups {that pile on top of your laziness to make a slow-going project come to a screeching halt}?

Here's mine. I ordered new hardware from an Ebay store a couple of weeks ago for the dresser/entertainment center and have been waiting for it to come in. Then yesterday my husband just happens to look up the order information on Ebay, and sees that it's being shipped to our old address. IN UTAH. Are you kidding me? I'm sure it was an error on my part, but I swear I remember changing the address from the default (our old one) to our current address. Maybe I imagined it. So now I've got to get that figured out. Sigh.

I was also planning on posting a fall/Halloween decor post today, and linking it up to the DIY Show-off's fall party...but alas, our camera is missing. Bah.

Do you have any glitches in your current (or not current) projects? Please commiserate, I mean leave a comment, so that I can quit feeling like a dummy.

Cute diaper pouch tutorial and GIVEAWAY!

Want to win this cute diaper and wipes pouch?? Go check out the giveaway at the Crafty Clique!

And in case you don't win it, Lyssa was kind enough to give us a tutorial as well, so you can make your own!

Friday Faves

Last night I had fun checking out all of the successfully finished projects from The Inspired Room's latest Procrastinator Party.


Here are a few of "Afters" that I really enjoyed:

• Master bedroom makeover...it just looks so relaxing after!
• Adorable solar system bedding...hers looks better than the one she got the idea from if you ask me!
• Laundry room makeover. Someday...someday I will have a house that I can paint and personalize, and in that house will be a laundry room. Maybe like this one.
  

LAZY BUM!

That's me....

I wish I had a clean house or some terrific finished projects to show for my neglect of this blog... but no. My dresser-turned-entertainment -center is still yet to be primed and painted.

I know, "What do you DO all day??"

I have no idea. Make meals. Eat them. Play with the baby. Watch HGTV. That about sums it up. I could probably be a thousand times more productive than I am, but I've been lacking motivation lately. Do you ever get like that?

What do YOU do to get back in the groove when you've lost your motivation to get things done?