Paint Chip 'art'

Here is the infamous 'art' project.  It was easy, yes.  But not as easy as it looks.  It's one of my favorite crafts I've done lately.  It was fairly easy and very cheap to make.  It really jumps out at you when you walk in the room.  I like mine better than the ones I copied from other craft blogs.  I'm going to layer family photos on the shelf with it.  Will post pics when I'm done.  Hopefully I can finish it up in the next couple days, before the boys' sleepover.  I have frames laying around everywhere just waiting to be broken.  I cringe every time the boys have a nerf war.  I also 'borrowed' one of your ideas, Amy.  I made the candle holder next to it.  It started out a little vase and a plain old candlestick with a chip in it.  I had them in storage.  Now I love them ( I have 2). You can't even see the chip now.  I need to get some larger candles for them.  It's on my list.

My Room

Here it is.  An exclusive look at my little getaway/craft hoard.  I added these because I think my room is on its way to being pretty darn cute (in my opinion) obviously I haven't let you- know-who's opinion get to me.  I just found the bed on Craigslist for $100.  I thought it was the deal of the century.  Brian on the other hand had to be talked into it.  It's nice having our mattresses up off the floor after 5 years!

My Hoops

Here is a craft I was really, really excited about.  Finally, a way to use up some of my scrap paper.  Plus, I've had all these hoops laying around for quite a while.  You can hardly find them anymore.  I got these off Ebay.  They were sold as a 'lot'.  I did the set on top first.  I love the way they turned out.  The set on the bottom, I really despise.  I need to take them down.  Any advice on what I should put here instead???

Crochet

 Part of my yarn stash.  I made the bag using 4 strands of yarn at a time.  It's so thick, it's like a basket.

 An empty Perrier bottle with a hemp string crochet cover.  The kids (for some unknown reason) thought this was really cool.

little crocheted hearts on a branch

My New Purse

My New Purse.  My Fancy New Purse.  I know it's weird to blog about my purse but, look at it.  I actually love this purse.  It is the CUTEST.  I love the clasp and the paisley and the pink.  It  is  the  perfect  purse .   This is a Vera Bradley.  Not that I care in the least about brands but, I like her stuff.  Brian hasn't noticed.  I bought it a month ago.  I don't see any reason to mention it...

Hart's 19th

Hart's 19th.  Not a lot of hoopla... not really any hoopla.  Not even a homemade cake.  This was the first time I ever got a store bought cake.  It was really, really good though.  I used to go all out on birthdays.  In my defense, back in Indiana when the girls were little, it was easy to fill the house with family and friends.  Up here, not so much.  Personally, I like the solitude but, it does make it harder to throw a party.  I'll have to be more creative next year.  I still managed to make Hart's favorite meal- escarole soup.  I just realized I didn't get any pics of Hart opening gifts. What was I thinking???  Oh well, didn't really get her anything exciting.  She's a hard person to shop for.  She's very practical.  She's somewhat of a minimalist but, still manages to be a bit of a slob ;)  She takes after her dad that way. haha