Home Sweet Home

About a year ago all my High School friends got together and decided that we wanted to start up our Girl's Nights again. We have tried this more then once and it would work for a couple months and then die off. I am happy to say that we haven't missed a month yet...knock on wood. It is really nice to get together as just girls once a month and do something fun. We go to chick flicks, out to dinner, make dinner together, and most of all CRAFTS! I have really liked having different projects to work on and look forward to and now my house is looking more like a home and for cheap! I will show you my latest works...

It all started with these bean balls. They were way fun to make. I think they add a fun touch to my coffee table and instead of them being at least $6 a piece they were about $6-10 total.

When we first made the bean balls I had this one in mind but it was the wrong time of the year. I waited until Fall and then all my family went on a walk to look at the Fall leaves and while we were there we collected hundreds of acorns. I took the tops off all of them and after tons of spray paint and glue...here it is! I was pleased but the picture didn't work out so well. Sorry about that.

Now that I had a good coffee table I wanted to keep it safe. These coasters were only 32 cents each! Thanks Whitney for your creativity on the stamping.

I didn't have any Valentine's decorations so we were all excited to make this heart wreath. Isn't it cute?!


More Valentine's decorations. I wish that I could keep them out all year cause now I have to figure out what to put in its place. Any ideas? Here is where they were sitting...

On my new wall table! 20 bucks!! Sweet huh. The front room always seemed empty so hopefully this will start to fill things up.

By far the biggest accomplishment are my new curtains!! After 5 months, a couple set backs (stressful mind you), help from Debbie, and tons from my Mom they are done!! I was very pleased with my sewing skills and grateful for all the help that Debbie and my Mom were so willing to offer. It was a really big job, with 5 windows to cover but it fits perfect and warms up the room a lot. It really makes my house seem more like a home. I love it!

In the above picture you can see this painting above the fireplace. It was my Christmas from Kyle! Even though he thought it was the most boring Christmas present ever I was glad he would still get me it because I love it. I think it is beautiful!

Curtains in the front room

And last but not least...our new recliner! It took no sleep and 5 hours of line baby sitting on the day after Thanksgiving to bring this baby home but I love it and the price was well worth it. The picture looks a little funny cause it is really a chocolate brown color so just imagine k?

Because we were in the curtain mode and it took so long I still wanted to have curtians in our bedroom but not spend the time making them. There was only one place to go...IKEA! Chocolate brown is a little easier to find then the right shade of red so it worked out great. They actually have a flower design to them that is really pretty and took zero sewing! All you had to do was apply a strip, iron it to make the seam and cut. It was awesome.

I know what you probably didn't really care to see all that but I finally feel like we are in more of a home now and the excitement was too much to not share! hehe