grandma's sheets {and what I've been pinning}

We had a nice weekend with my parents going out to eat and then to the football game.  The Huskers didn't win but was exciting none-the-less to go to a game versus watching it on TV.

Friday night we headed back to my Grandma's house after dinner.  She got all new beds in her upstairs with much thicker mattresses.  So consequently most of the sheets don't fit them.  If I wanted the old sheets I could have them.  I looked through them and this is what I took home.

In our redoing of the girls' room, these sheets are the perfect start.  I can't seem to move myself away from the brighter more colorful direction of colors for their room.  I have certain elements that need to stay in the room that are definitely pushing that particular color scheme. 

One thing about old sheets.....a year ago I would have totally pushed these aside.  Something about them kind-of grosses me out and maybe it still somewhat does.  I know you can wash them and I did with hot water and dried on hot heat.  But the thought of someone else lying between the sheets is still on my mind.  Now, the thought of these sheet being apart of a room that is cool for my daughters and son (I was thinking the yellow striped for my little guy, but don't know if it's to girly) out weights the grossness.

I am totally in love with this green one!  I love the geometric pattern and the apple green color.   This color and with yellow, pink and orange are colors that I am leaning toward.

On those lines I have been addicted to Pinterest.  When I first signed up I didn't get that into it.  Now I could spend hours just searching, looking, following and pinning. 

Here is what I have been pinning lately in the direction of designing my daughters' room.

This quilt is exactly what I am looking for!  It incorporates all the colors I want to continue in their room.

I love the green pom pom trim of this 24" pillow.

I want to find an unique fun side table that can be painted in a coordinating color.

Now that the girls are back to bunk beds it has opened up the floor space in their room.  I would like to find chairs that they can sit at and do homework or watch TV.  The chair in this photo is a little to large...but I am in love with the green and white over-sized fabric pattern.

I am dying over the bright yellow very-grown-up curtain fabric!

The mix of wall art is definitely something I want to recreate.

And finally vintage pillow cases with embroidered trim.

If you want to follow me on Pinterest (and I will follow you back) click here.

Thanks for stopping.

Bye for now!

my little scary characters

Halloween is over for the year, but I thought I would share some pictures of our costumes this year.  They decided to go as classic scary characters. 

To add in their dressing up, we bought make-up and colored eyes black, whiten skin, and painted lips red.  My little guy was not in favor of it all for the Halloween party the night before.  But for the actually trick-or-treating night he got into it.

The weather was perfect!  They didn't need a coat or even a light jacket.  It's been a long time since it's been that warm.  Usually we go around the block and have to turn for home because it's so cold.

My oldest daughter told me that a friend's Mom was going to call to see if she could come to trick-or-treat over at their house.  I didn't know what I was going to say and thankfully she didn't call.  I don't know if I'm ready for my daughter to do such things yet.  Someday the time will come...I only ask for a few more years together.  Hope everyone had a haunting Halloween!

Thanks for stopping.

Bye for now!

 

happy halloween

  Happy Halloween!

I thought I would share some of our treats I made for my little guy's preschool class. 

I made the broom stick treat bags from Martha Stewart found here.  Super easy to make...handy husband thought I went a little over board.  It was all things I already had...just a different and clever way of putting candy in a bag.

I found these cute free Halloween hang tags found here. 

Of course he needed to get into the stamping fun. 

My girls needed (and I desperately NEEDED) Halloween gluten-free treats for school and for a party later in the day. 

Of course he tried to finger a lick whenever my back was turned.  And he was also constantly scrambling to find the loose jimmie that had fallen.  Aw-who I am kidding - I was constantly scrambling to find the loose jimmie!

I'm excited for tonight!  The weather is beautiful and should be a great night for tricks and treats!

Thanks for stopping.

Bye for now!

burlap tackboard

Today I thought I would show you my burlap wrapped tackboard.  I got the idea here and knew that I wanted to do something similar.  The woven strips of burlap add interest to a basic tackboard.  I have a small area above our phone in the kitchen that I haven't found anything interesting to put up. 

I remember reading about a Martha Stewart framed bulletin board found here using homasote board.  I really didn't know where to find this so I basically walked around Menards until I did.  It's a 3/4" thick fiberboard that came in 2'x4' sheet.  It's kind-of soft but firm enough to pin into.  I didn't want to use cork board mainly because it's a little thinner and most boards have a frame.  I didn't know how that would look with the fabric weaving over the frame and onto the board.

I had my handy husband cut me a piece to fit.  I barely used any...I think I will make another one for the girl's room to hang special things.

I basically followed the tutorial I linked to above.  One thing I did differently was that I covered the entire board with burlap first, paying close attention to covering the corners.  I didn't want to see the board underneath when weaving the strips of burlap. 

I added a bunch of fall things...a grouping of small orange ribbon flowers, artwork and class picture of my preschooler,

a spooky black Halloween flower,

of course I had to add a "G",

a leaf cutout book page from one of my Grandma's frig books found here,

and a school calendar with important dates, parties and snacks.

For the longest time I didn't have anything on it.  My handy husband asked, "So what are you going to put on it...post-it-notes?"  I looked at him and laughed "Post-it-notes!  I think not!"  I simply can not have bright neon colored post-its hanging on my board - it would ruin my design.  Later I informed him that things need to be written down.  We need better organization of upcoming events.  But I also need it to look good too!

Thanks for stopping.

Bye for now! 

 

glitter pumpkin {and a Jennifer Rizzo giveaway}

  Glitter pumpkins are all around us this season it seems.  And of course I needed to make some. 

Who doesn't love a little glitter?

I didn't take before and during pictures of this project just because it's so easy.  All you need is a faux pumpkin, glue and glitter (I used Martha Stewart glitter because it's so awesome).  I did make a twine stem similar to those of my sweater pumpkins found here.

This project was completed in no time and would have a big impact in a grouping of pumpkins or in a stand alone pumpkin display as I did.

Just so cute and sparkly...I love it!

Onto the giveaway that I will share with you going on at Jennifer Rizzo's blog right now in honor of her new fall line "The Vintage Tea Collection".

"The Winter Nesting Kit" includes:

3 collage tea towels

3 french tea towels

3 tea time towels

1 white linen la Parisian pillow cover

1 in flight pillow cover

1 hat and matching fingerless gloves

a set (4) of vintage tea plates

a set(2) of vintage ironstone mugs

organic tea

lavender sugar

and a vintage book.

It will all arrive in a vintage picnic basket and the winner also receives a $100 gift certificate for jewelry in her shop. It's a $500 value.

Jennifer Rizzo

Jennifer Rizzo

Thanks for stopping.

Bye for now!

the pumpkin patch

  My husband's work hosted a gathering at a local pumpkin patch on Sunday.  We had a blast!

The past couple of weeks the weather has been warm.  It just didn't seem pumpkin patchy to be wearing shorts.  This weekend was perfect; cold enough for pants but warm enough to go without a jacket.

This pumpkin patch had a ton for the kids to do. 

They poked their heads through imaginary characters.

Climbed on hay bails...

and jumped into soft beds of hay.

Tried to lift a gazillion pound pumpkin...

and made corn angels.

Jumped on big, bouncy pillows...

and took a hay ride to the pumpkin patch.

Climbed on top of big tires...

and crawled underneath them.

Roasted hot dogs by campfire...

and slid down a bumpy pipe slide.

Got lost in a cornstalk maze...

priceless!

There were plenty of haunted houses with haunted ghoulish figures, but they were all too scary this year. 

Great fall fun!

Thanks for stopping.

Bye for now!