tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9954626866745899532024-03-05T04:22:26.062-08:00perfect imperfectionAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-20381091391122123172011-04-24T21:40:00.000-07:002011-04-24T22:09:24.632-07:00sew that's what i've been up to; slipcovers.<div style="text-align: center;">Remember when I mentioned needing to not only learn how to work my sewing machine but actually open the box?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You don't?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, me either because it's been so long ago. But, I'm happy (and very proud) to say that I finally did open it and completely surprised I actually figured out how to thread the darn thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've managed to sew some stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;">=)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me assure you, it's far from perfect.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My lines aren't the straightest. (Although they're getting better.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The large pillow covers may be slightly too small.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My lack of patience and normally short amount of (todddler nap) time to work with, leaves ironing to be ignored. But I'm learning how important that can be.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I have a slight obsession with ruffles, yet my machine won't ruffle fabric on it's own so frustration sometimes runs high.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, I think it's fun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, I've managed to make these:</div><div style="text-align: center;">(pillow covers and an ottoman slipcover)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not too bad for my <strong>first.time.ever</strong> using a sewing machine, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used drop cloth and it is much more practical than the suede covers that were on the pillows. *A toddler boy (runny noses, sticky fingers, leaky cups, etc.) is not a good combination with suede. And it makes the giant leather sofa much lighter and brighter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Case in point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The white sofa, rug, and coffee table have been replaced with a new furniture layout and a comfy ottoman. The inspiration and tutorial I used as a guideine for the ottoman can be seen <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-we-made-our-slipcover-for-our.html"><span style="color: #ea9999;">here</span></a> at one of my favorite blogs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn't have the ottoman but once I saw that tutorial, I went on the hunt and found one on Craigslist for $50 that was perfect size in front of the huge sofa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It wasn't very pretty...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8i4RAxPXNruiEScH3CqqWFy2fMgUwm-73ket8zFg_IGyD8sIP6z_mcyyfl-T7yUeJxqFxGfRCKCXT9U_KmmjJ0a59QIX7DIKsNtwxCZJxdjmvUO8AmgAhB00uPLawUsxJWJU9KppiCBGM/s1600/IMG_2097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8i4RAxPXNruiEScH3CqqWFy2fMgUwm-73ket8zFg_IGyD8sIP6z_mcyyfl-T7yUeJxqFxGfRCKCXT9U_KmmjJ0a59QIX7DIKsNtwxCZJxdjmvUO8AmgAhB00uPLawUsxJWJU9KppiCBGM/s640/IMG_2097.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, I fixed that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">=)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are still changes on the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The recliner is finally going to go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm going to attempt to sew a slipcover for the armchair shown in the photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The shelves will be taken down and replaced with a big old farmhouse mantel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*who says you have to have an actual fireplace to have a mantel? not me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That giant orange-ish buffet will get a big dose of sanding and white paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, eventually I'll love a layout for the living room and be better at accessorizing it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eventually.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For now, I'm happy sewing a straight line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">=)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-71478570811541714792011-04-12T06:46:00.000-07:002011-04-12T06:46:28.910-07:00a good thing to remember.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqkawCgMlU8a1R4UqvU69ijDeaI8xdUgR9DcNML_Aby45dBR9rVKg-bxHQHoZqBBsw-V0NhSK7qyZ16S7NmfcDX9oa1zosRsKJCvuW_zYU7dDmLMvnWIy8tDAEZ70tRqdvuNO92ep1Ueh/s1600/beatles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqkawCgMlU8a1R4UqvU69ijDeaI8xdUgR9DcNML_Aby45dBR9rVKg-bxHQHoZqBBsw-V0NhSK7qyZ16S7NmfcDX9oa1zosRsKJCvuW_zYU7dDmLMvnWIy8tDAEZ70tRqdvuNO92ep1Ueh/s320/beatles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">via</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As things that I can't control create a whirlwind all around me lately, I've been focusing on the important things. My family. My happiness. My well-being. And the rest? Well, I'll let that be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you all find even the simplest reason to smile today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seeing as I'm facing a doctors appointment for a health concern that has me convinced I'm dying (no really) and have been losing sleep over it, I'm having a hard time smiling today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, let me tell ya, these gray Ohio skies sure aren't helping any.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, God blessed me with Jack Trenton and he sure knows how to make his mama feel <strike>good</strike> better, on a day like today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm off to Pilates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then the dreaded doctors appointment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I'm sure that if my medical concern doesn't kill me,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the anxiety just might.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't forget, just smile. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">=)</div><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-16665918253852166422011-03-28T08:19:00.000-07:002011-03-28T08:55:09.393-07:00a giveaway you want to know about.<div align="center">It's no secret I'm the (self proclaimed) biggest fan of <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Dear Lillie</span></a>.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So when I see a new blog post from Jennifer, it kind of makes me giddy with excitement.</div><div align="center">Ok, "kind of" is actually kind of a lie.</div><div align="center">I get excited.</div><div align="center">Like, real excited.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Now, imagine my excitement when she has a giveaway.</div><div align="center">It's like Christmas.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So, check it out and enter!</div><div align="center">She's picking TWO winners!</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*the details are on her blog</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Those two pillow silhouette covers on her sofa?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, I want to win those.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know you do too...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so go enter!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While you're there, check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dearlillie/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">her shop</span></a> and treat yourself to something lovely because she's going to be busy having another one of the world's most gorgeous babies and the shop will be closed until August.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And she's offering 30% off today (be sure to enter the discount code) for the last day the shop is open, 'til August!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just ordered this and can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can wear it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Under the silhouette, it reads this quote from L.H. Montgomery:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way to it. And they do not know that it is fairyland until they have grown so old that they forget the way. One bitter day, when they seek it and cannot find it, they realize what they have lost; and that is the tragedy of life. On that day the gates of Eden are shut behind them and the age of gold is over. Henceforth they must dwell in the common light of common day. Only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find that fair, lost path again; and blessed are they above mortals. They, and only they, can bring us tidings from that dear country where we once sojourned and from which we must evermore be exiles. The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How could I pass that up, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">=)</div><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-18370656869971530872011-03-24T12:00:00.000-07:002011-03-24T12:00:09.622-07:00i have a serious case of "bedhead".<div align="center">It's not going to be new news that I'm having a hard time making a decision.</div><div align="center">Must be the Gemini traits interfering with my master bedroom makeover.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Wait.</div><div align="center">You didn't know I was making over my master bedroom?</div><div align="center">Well, me either really.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">That is, until I casually mentioned to my aunt that I was wanting to sell the furniture in our bedroom and she, without hesitation, said she wanted it!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I'm sure I have pictures of it floating around somewhere that I will dig up for the actual before and after post. But for now, let's just say that a giant matching set of headboard, footboard, dresser with mirror and cedar chest (in oak, I think) didn't do any favors to our kind-of-on-the-small-side master bedroom that gets very little natural sunlight.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So, two weeks after my aunt said she wanted it... it was gone.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">And although I already had bedding I love, decided on two nightstands, scored an antique ornate mirror from Craigslist, and moved the armoire from the guest room to hide the fact that we do indeed have a tv in the bedroom...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I cannot decide on a bed!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Do I want metal?</div><div align="center">Or upholstered?</div><div align="center">Just the headboard?</div><div align="center">Or, headboard and footboard?</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So, here we go again friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center">I need to know what <strong><em>you</em></strong> think???</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">To give you an idea of the "feel" I want in the room, here is a list of what we have so far:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKlZCFtKb04DCxr20u4JSLsnGdlXdB-qlw5p2Ih1cmUsJlsehlb5QEN2OsyDkF5O2XavQMffPKjB7Aq_6Gsgh1kqtdwY01PltH7NCDwe-koQEZAzJRN-SHavQB327Le6-drQnhMarCY4O/s1600/Simply+Shabby+Chic+bedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKlZCFtKb04DCxr20u4JSLsnGdlXdB-qlw5p2Ih1cmUsJlsehlb5QEN2OsyDkF5O2XavQMffPKjB7Aq_6Gsgh1kqtdwY01PltH7NCDwe-koQEZAzJRN-SHavQB327Le6-drQnhMarCY4O/s640/Simply+Shabby+Chic+bedding.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.target.com/Simply-Shabby-Chic-Smocked-Duvet/dp/B000K0ZY88/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=simply%20shabby%20chic&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-10&qid=1300991345&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=Simply%20Shabby%20Chic%20Smocked%20Duvet&node=1041482&searchSize=30&searchPage=2&searchNodeID=1041482&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Simply Shabby Chic Duvet Set</span></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So... the bed choices I'm looking at are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which has a much more budget friendly price than very similar ones for much more at Pottery Barn, seen below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do I order this beauty from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Skyline-Furniture-Shantung-Upholstered-Headboard-Parchment/dp/B002EEO1TG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300992158&sr=8-1"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amazon.com</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">$406.15 with free shipping for king size, in Shatung Silk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUcy0y-fcbOfaywMVqfyqpcfCydEqDCw6PsF4OAur98YgGSuIEL8qTS2TSIjU4aDvCS8SvyZYZnN1pb1xxffj7p2b6SBEUwSYwfZIAe2t8k_k85k2SNrXUFbmjFMLu0QjUOCWh8psZyRp/s1600/tufted+headboard+silk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUcy0y-fcbOfaywMVqfyqpcfCydEqDCw6PsF4OAur98YgGSuIEL8qTS2TSIjU4aDvCS8SvyZYZnN1pb1xxffj7p2b6SBEUwSYwfZIAe2t8k_k85k2SNrXUFbmjFMLu0QjUOCWh8psZyRp/s640/tufted+headboard+silk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> $412.09 with free shipping for king size in White Velvet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HeGonBeodfIUDHFQWvI_4T5XZwqe2_oV8m9bJvkYSYAXbaJ5pYhGhyphenhyphenMbXJwitmaRp36z63S40cMXbbthv57TgHDDntPFpV-p5W1LpmBUlsVVgXKViTr9gtvgGEKrwLew30O1fs6yKt8g/s1600/tufted+headboard+velvet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HeGonBeodfIUDHFQWvI_4T5XZwqe2_oV8m9bJvkYSYAXbaJ5pYhGhyphenhyphenMbXJwitmaRp36z63S40cMXbbthv57TgHDDntPFpV-p5W1LpmBUlsVVgXKViTr9gtvgGEKrwLew30O1fs6yKt8g/s640/tufted+headboard+velvet.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Similar to <a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/couple-of-master-bedroom-projects-and.html"><span style="color: #ea9999;">this bedroom</span></a> I'm head over heels for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*Jennifer, if you're reading... I'd love your thoughts and opinion! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I have a serious blog crush on her people. Check her out, you'll see why!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, ladies, which do I go with?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The metal bed or headboard with vintage flair and a PB look from JC Penney and paint it a creamy white?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OR</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The comfy upholstered and elegantly tufted headboard from Amazon?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which do you love most?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, why?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both are in the budget so looks and practicality are my biggest selling points.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, a little fyi: There are four rooms in the house undergoing a makeover right now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hence the lack of blog posts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's like a disease I have that I can't just finish a room before moving onto another.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, watch out for updates in the kitchen, living room, master bedroom, and guest room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AND</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A big reveal of Jack's bathroom/the guest bathroom which was a random project I suddenly tackled but is DONE and just needs photographed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little hint, I got the shower curtain seen in <a href="http://perfectimperfection13.blogspot.com/2011/02/anthro-sale-and-giveaway.html"><span style="color: #ea9999;">this post</span></a> and LOVE it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That reminds me... I need to find something fabulous to giveaway!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Especially since I'm 1 away from from 100 followers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Spring inspired gift set since this Ohio weather is making me bonkers???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spent last weekend in sandals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This weekend, it's supposed to snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Really?", you ask.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes. Really.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alright, enough rambling for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You? Time for your opinion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ready? Go!</div><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-15558968254254587212011-03-02T12:40:00.000-08:002011-03-02T12:43:37.763-08:00Rated G to R, all in one post!<div align="center">The rated G part is this absolutely amazingly perfect nursery that Jennifer at<span style="color: #ea9999;"> </span><a href="http://dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Dear Lillie</span></a> put together.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not only is Jennifer gorgeous, talented (she made all of that crib bedding and managed to keep a full size bed in the room for guests!), super sweet and creative, but she's pregnant with her second (destined to be beautiful) daughter and full of energy to keep sharing amazing inspiration with all of us blogger ladies (and gents). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That nursery is utter perfection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is what brings me to the rated R portion of this blog post...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that nursery makes me want to make a baby right.this.moment. so I have need for it to be copied in my house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, it just dawned on me... it IS indeed "<em>hump</em>" day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ha!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know you laughed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In all seriousness, when the day comes that another little one of our own is on his or her way, we will be using this nursery as total inspiration. Color scheme, guest bed, and all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now go tell Jennifer what an amazing job she did on that nursery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Find an idea or two you want to copy in your own home because her house is as gorgeous as she is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, check out her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dearlillie/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Etsy shop</span></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy <strike>Wednesday</strike> Hump Day, you sexy ladies.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-20984527619951886102011-02-24T11:48:00.000-08:002011-02-24T11:48:57.416-08:00holy flu virus, batman.The last thing anyone who lives in Ohio and is on a beach vacation in February hopes for, is the flu. But, hoping didn't do a bit of good because nearly half of our vacation was spent with me having the flu, Travis hoping not to get the flu, and us both praying Jack didn't start to show symptoms of the flu.<br />
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Unfortunately, I wasn't the only one plagued with this virus that has me feeling like I'm on my death bed. My dad got it. My brother got it. And, Jack got it too. :(<br />
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After spending Tuesday in bed with Jack all day... coughing, sneezing, aching, sweating, freezing, <strike>puking</strike> being nauseous, crying, and having severe anxiety about our two flights home on Wednesday, I was certain I've never felt worse in my life. But Wednesday came, and by the grace of God, we made it home. And although I looked forward to a night of good sleep in my own bed, when you have a little one that is sick too, your own needs quickly get pushed aside and that sweet little boy gets to climb into bed with you and proceed to cough in your face all night simply because he's asking to be cuddled. That's love.<br />
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I tried catching up some of my blog reading today. At which point I realized just how cloudy my head really is. Fortunately, Travis stayed home today to take care of us. Unfortunately, after all his efforts of nearly overdosing on Airborne (I'm not even sure that's possible, but he's taken alot) he's suddenly not feeling so good either. I'm thankful that Jack and I seem to no longer have <strong>as bad</strong> of a fever as we have over the past few days, but this cough, headache, body aches, and lack of energy or appetite is getting quite depressing. Not to mention when I do eat, it tastes like "sick". And, I'm not even sure how to describe a "sick" taste to you but all my tastebuds know at this point is cough drops, NyQuil, and Gatorade. "Sick!"<br />
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I am hoping, praying, wishing, and crossing every appendage I can that this passes, soon. The only bright side is that this cough seems to be doing serious work on my abs. We're miserable. But we hope you all are doing well and are hanging in there through these gray skies and unruly weather until Spring arrives. Oh, you don't have gray skies and unruly weather? Up yours! *joke*<br />
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Any at home remedies any of you can recommend??? I'm almost willing to try anything at this point!<br />
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On a lighter note, just as soon as I'm feeling better I think a dinner date is in store so I can rock these babies that I ordered before I left for vacation and were waiting for me when I got home.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-90581194472682609752011-02-13T18:35:00.000-08:002011-02-13T18:35:59.384-08:00Anthro SALE and a giveaway?<div align="center">Although the <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=093533&catId=SHOPSALE-DECORATIVE&pushId=SHOPSALE-DECORATIVE&popId=SHOPSALE&navAction=top&navCount=42&color=049&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&templateType=E"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Ocean Blue Shower Curtain</span></a><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"></span><span style="color: black;"> wasn't originally on my list in <a href="http://perfectimperfection13.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-heart-ruffles.html"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">this post</span></a>,</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I think I may just be in.love.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, you must imagine my surprise when I found it on SALE (online) for $69.95!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At almost $50 less than originally priced, it's on the top of my "to do" list to call my local Anthro store tomorrow in hopes of them having it in stock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If not, how can I <strong>not</strong> order it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P.S. I'm thinking Valentine's Day is the perfect <em>excuse</em> to host my first giveaway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't you?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">;)</div><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;">And although I don't have a fancy schmancy camera to make my photos look as good as they probbaly could, I grabbed the one I do have and snapped away.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Because who knows when little miss sunshine will be back for a visit.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">If you <strike>care to</strike> dare to see the "befores", grab some saltines and clear soda (because it could quite possibly make you sick to your stomach) and click<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> here</span><span style="color: black;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ok go ahead and look. It makes the "after" even better!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Thank you for your patience while I sat here in Ohio waiting for the sun to shine.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Let me introduce you to Jack's big boy bachelor pad.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I <strong>love</strong> it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like, <em>looove</em> love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The mix of old and new makes me smile every time I walk in the room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything in the room has a story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whether it be how we came across the desk and chair by complete accident when hopes of finding matching wingback chairs failed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or how I asked my mother in law <strong>over a year ago</strong> if she would pass the picture, now hanging above Jack's bed, onto him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It used to hang in her family room. And I would stare at it every time we'd visit, thinking of how perfect it was for the vision I had for Jack's big boy room. So, when I asked if she would pass it on to me for that use, she explained how she loved the picture because it reminded her of exactly what Travis looked like, walking on the beach as a little boy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ironic, because it always reminds me of what Jack looked like on his first trip to the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Makes my heart so happy to have it hanging above his bed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Thanks Pat!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yeah! Annnnnd, can you all even believe what I made his chandelier out of????</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>THANKS DAD/PAWPAW!!!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*insert impressed blushing grin here*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are a few things that still need done/tweaked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Lightswitches and outlet covers changed out for white ones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-I need to come up with a phrase for the frame on Jack's nightstand holding a picture of the three of us at the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Paint the desk chair once its warm enough outside to use the spray gun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-I'm considering changing the white roman shade out for a bamboo roman shade for some contrast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-Wondering if I should hang the sailboat sketch that's propped on his dresser.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-And, I have the entire alphabet to cover the wall at the foot of his bed just as soon as I get it all painted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, we love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, although it's bittersweet to see my "baby" boy have such a big boy room,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he happens to love it too...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I linked up <a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2011/02/sunday-showcase-with-shabby-apple.html"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">here</span></a> and <a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2011/04/show-your-boys-room-linky-party.html"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">here</span></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-44534016797558639022011-01-30T20:01:00.000-08:002011-01-30T20:01:55.852-08:00i heart ruffles.<div align="center">Welp, here we are Sunday evening and still no "after" photos of Jack's big boy room.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">What can I do?</div><div align="center">It's January. In Ohio.</div><div align="center">And I honestly cannot tell you the last time the sky wasn't gray.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">To think, I love gray.</div><div align="center">Just not when it's the color of the sky.</div><div align="center">Not for weeks at a time.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So, what's a girl to do?</div><div align="center">When the temperatures are too frigid to paint (even in the garage).</div><div align="center">And the skies are so gray?</div><div align="center">Well, move on to another room makeover of course!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The newest '<em>updated on the tightest of budgets and within the general likes of homeowners in our area'</em> room in the house is the guest/Jack's bathroom.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">What exactly does all that in italics mean, you ask?</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Well, this isn't our forever home. Oh no, far from it.</div><div align="center">So when we update, we have to keep in mind not to update so specific to our likes and not over-update it and it not be worth our investment considering the market we're in.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So it's nothing spectacular.</div><div align="center">But, it's better. <strong>Alot better.</strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">And, it's not done yet but I'm already seriously considering a "splurge item".</div><div align="center">Since <strong>nothing</strong> in the room was a splurge, and the one I'm considering can go with us to our forever home when that day comes.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's not the bathroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I WISH!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, I'm unsure of where I came across that picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it's beautiful, wouldn't ya say?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wall color is "Horizon" by Benjamin Moore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that's the color I painted Jack's room and the bathroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soooo, I'm torn between which of these to go with:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">my all time favorite item from <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=893020&catId=HOME-BATH&pushId=HOME-BATH&popId=HOME&navAction=top&navCount=18&color=aqu&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&rollOverMessage=1+Flamenco+Shower+Curtain&_requestid=95847"><span style="color: #666666;">Anthropologie</span></a>?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkozL5hGXHDl1K1-qNC_tvxcynazcMclrwD0Phy5fZCfUqgmPmq6E8QzOBSmlmy-ZuXwR_Sl556dSBxI42PHpGc0CCX-7nXlpaN4jMeru3u35jYHLJ4MrYX7uE0lvVXtQvgUkGxO1FnuZY/s1600/flamenco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkozL5hGXHDl1K1-qNC_tvxcynazcMclrwD0Phy5fZCfUqgmPmq6E8QzOBSmlmy-ZuXwR_Sl556dSBxI42PHpGc0CCX-7nXlpaN4jMeru3u35jYHLJ4MrYX7uE0lvVXtQvgUkGxO1FnuZY/s640/flamenco.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If ever there was perfection found in a shower curtain, that's it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> or one of these <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=19586494&pushId=A_FURN_BATH&popId=A_DECORATE&navCount=261&navAction=poppushpush&itemCount=80&itemdescription=true&parentid=A_FURN_BATH&startValue=1&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,"><span style="color: #666666;">Urban Outfitters</span></a> beauties?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had family in town, and my sister and neice are here tonight because my neice turns 4 tomorrow and we plan to have a super fun time with the kids...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">going out for breakfast...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">baking cupcakes...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">opening presents for our upcoming beach trip...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">laughing, hugging, cuddling</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the day away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope your week gets off to a great start!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-54319686942232297332011-01-24T13:49:00.000-08:002011-01-25T07:26:54.731-08:00Jack's bedroom makeover (before).<div style="text-align: center;">As you may already know, I've been working on turning Jack's boring, plain, "no longer my style" nursery into a "big boy" room he can love and I can be proud of.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, it's complete.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And just as soon as the sun decides to shine again here in the state of Ohio,</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the month of January,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will quickly take all the photos I can before the clouds again hide the rays I love so much.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until then,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have nothing but the "before" pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The <strong>ghastly</strong> "before" pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of his room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of furniture for his room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, of items in his room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, if your eyes (and stomachs) can handle it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">here is his room, furniture, and items in all it's hideous glory.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHJ0UfzV_YBVmh8CjBrpEO5alLFPNyNtot_wbyLdcr0XucFtcLVl9-VVch9zNWdErwbOG92_3-MYUCRie2EwwV3SOSz0UFFkOJB4YnMninZ21bsmiJbF2tCLHF4VARGixy7seSYwgVcDH/s640/vote-for-us.jpg" width="478" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">what the old light looked like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">via: </span><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/what-if/"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">young house love</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are y'all still with me?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you frantically hit the "stop following" button after all that mess?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or is your head hanging over a bucket/toilet from how sick you are to your stomach after seeing those images?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you're still here, you deserve an award!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, I promise you, the "after" <em>in my completely biased opinion</em> is soooo cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It brought me to tears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy tears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sad tears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy to see my "baby" boy so excited about his big boy room and "gigantic to him" bed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sad to see I no longer have a <em>baby</em> boy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, he's happy so it makes me happy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, the weather forecast is showing sunshine for Thursday so hopefully that will be the big <strong>reveal</strong> day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If anyone knows of any good <em>par-tays</em> (i.e. parties) I can link up to, and share the room makeover, please do let me know!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until then, thanks for hanging in there through the good, the bad, and the ugggg-ly with me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-6768334816645713672011-01-17T09:29:00.000-08:002011-01-17T09:29:51.759-08:00aluminum dining chairs (deal).I'm embarrassed to admit that over a year ago I <a href="http://perfectimperfection13.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-new-look.html"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">posted about</span></a> some things I wanted to add to the house. And, quite a few of them we have. I.e. beadboard (which I should share in an updated kitchen post), a chandelier and a couple other lighting changes I should also share, lots more white of course, and a comfy chair I<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://perfectimperfection13.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-one-more-thing.html"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">am crazy enough to think I can slipcover</span></a>. But, the embarrassing part is that over a year ago I said there was a farm table I was working on. And, welp, I'm still <em>working on it</em>. If having the legs and chairs cleaned and primed but waiting to be painted and the top waiting to be sanded and stained can be counted as "<em>working on it</em>". Anyhow, I saw this photo and fell in love with the look.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Imagine those chairs, around this table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not yet <em>certain</em> I want the legs blue on the one I have, I may opt for white. But I do want them distressed like mad, and a dark stained top. It's lovely and seems most practical with a wild little 3 year old boy in the house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I do have three windsor chairs that came with the table but I thought of mixing in a few aluminum chairs to keep things interesting. And today <a href="http://urbanfarmgirlandco.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Mary</span></a> posted these chairs from <a href="http://www.sundancecatalog.com/category/home+decor+catalog/dining+room+furniture/rustic+chairs.do?nType=2"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Sundance Catalog</span></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Beautiful, right?! I mean, wow. Bad news, for me, is the price tag. $245 each. NO WAY would the hubby agree to paying that for a <em>metal</em> chair he <em>can't recline in</em>. You get the point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Garden_Side_Chair/"><span style="color: #ea9999;">homedecorators.com</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">$79 each</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on sale from $99 each.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got the okay to order them because Travis likes them too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So my question now is, order four to have all matching chairs around the farm table I am determined to finish this Spring just as soon as the frigid temperatures subside and the garage doesn't feel like an icebox. OR, order two and place them on one side together while placing a windsor chair on the opposite side, and one on each end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P.S. I have a lamp steal to share tomorrow. AND, maybe, just maybe,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">my first ever GIVEAWAY coming soon!!!</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-18589738930156924202011-01-15T18:36:00.000-08:002011-01-15T18:36:10.695-08:00antique love, close to home!<div align="center">While browsing Craigslist</div><div align="center">(and wathcing football since I'm in a Playoffs Fantasy League... yes, you read that right.)</div><div align="center">I came across a dresser at a flea market less than an hour from home.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The dresser was cute, and had a good price so I kept looking and came across "old beauty" that I think I need.</div><div align="center"><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-83501387437199198962011-01-11T14:18:00.000-08:002011-01-11T14:34:07.998-08:00pretty little side table.<div align="center">Back in the summer I picked up a french looking side table at Goodwill for a great price.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I primed it.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">And, it sat. In the garage. Waiting. </div><div align="center">Causing me anxiety by being another thing on my "to do" list staring me in the face.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Then Winter came. And we all know what that means. I can't be outside painting, and I don't <em>want </em>to be in the frigid garage painting.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So, on Christmas Day (of all days), while Jack napped and Travis worked out, I painted.</div><div align="center">In the basement.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Don't underestimate how good it can feel to paint the <em>old-fashioned</em> way. You know, with a brush and roller. And my little 'two-season' project was complete.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*i realize i may be the last person on the planet to have the amazing and talented Rachel Ashwell's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Shabby Chic Interiors"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but man oh man, if I'm not, you must buy a copy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sat in Barnes and Noble one night on an uncomfortable little step stool and could not pull myself away from the beauty this book holds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Santa knew how much I loved it. ;)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*edited to add*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The always "i can't believe that" before picture:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since I got <a href="http://perfectimperfection13.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-wont-sleep-tonight.html"><span style="color: #666666;">THIS</span></a> recently, I decided to sell the bookcase that was previously on this wall since I had nowhere else in the house to put it. And although I intended to put that buffet on this wall, I happen to like the simplicity of the little table and chairs there so we may end up using the buffet as our media cabinet as it would balance out our extra large sofa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'll see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm indecisive, and seriously considering paying for professional help with our living room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, the suggestions you lovelies have are always welcome.</div><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-75958306651959829212011-01-08T22:04:00.000-08:002011-01-08T22:04:17.495-08:00flower power and a PARTY!<div align="center">I'm obsessed.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alivia Leigh will be 4 years old this month and we're celebrating with a party at Chuck E. Cheese tomorrow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jack has never been but has seen the commercials and excited to celebrate "Ee-yah's Bir-day Pardy" there so although all went well at his 3 year check-up, I'm hoping a bit of the flu bug that seems to be creeping in on him due to the vaccine (which actually was not an injection!) holds off so he can have fun with his <em>birthday girl </em>cousin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be sure to snap lots of photos amongst all the skee-ball and ticket counting chaos of Alivia sporting her new girly headbands and share some soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I better get to bed and calm down my toddler who decided a nap from 3-6 pm then again from 8-10 pm was good enough rest for him, so that I can keep up with the excitement tomorrow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P.S. I got the buffet!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*can't wait until Spring when the weather allows me to fire up the paint sprayer and make that thing even more beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-70879582780257049572011-01-06T21:50:00.000-08:002011-01-06T21:50:55.364-08:00i won't sleep tonight.<div align="center">Hi. My name is Amanda.</div><div align="center">And, I lose sleep over furniture.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Yeah, I said it. I lose sleep.</div><div align="center">Over... FURNITURE.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I lay in bed some nights, mind racing over ideas I have or pieces I have that I'm dying to take a paint brush (or sprayer, weather permitting) to. I literally cannot sleep, thinking about making over a piece of furniture.</div><div align="center">Some nights.</div><div align="center">Tonight is one of those nights.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">And, as if I wasn't going to lose enough sleep as it is tonight...</div><div align="center">Jack's 3 year well-check is tomorrow and I'm always nervous over doctor appointments,</div><div align="center">even <em>well</em>-checks...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I, by complete accident, came across this on Craigslist tonight:</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please tell me you all see the potential?!?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm pretty sure I gasped, loudly, when I saw it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Asking price: $50, wait for it... OBO.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uh, I'd offer MORE if I knew it would get this thing home to me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last summer I bought an Ikea Ektorp sofa, in white of course, from a gal with an adorable townhome she was moving out of since she was moving in with her boyfriend. In her living room, an antique buffet/sideboard almost identical to this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I drooled over it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was painted <strong>BLACK</strong> and distressed heavily.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, I loved it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She told me her mother found it for $20 at a thrift store and painted and sanded it for her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course she was taking it with her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought, "Man, I would never have that kind if luck."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tonight, I can't tell you how badly I'm hoping I was wrong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want this buffet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BAD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, <strong><em>please</em></strong>, wish me LOTS of luck in it still being available.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be awake all night waiting on that email.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyone who has ever wanted something from Craigslist knows this feeling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, multiply it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Times a zillion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I mean, look at this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">This could quite possibly be my most desired furniture piece. Ever.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">*sigh*</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-75558665888031364142011-01-06T10:06:00.000-08:002011-01-06T10:19:13.257-08:00let me introduce to you lovely.<div align="center">Although I always have about 3, 562, 814, 793 amazing ideas in my head and about half that many projects in (slow) progress around here, I rarely post anything <em>amazing</em> since everthing takes me so long to complete.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Thanks to working part time in retail </div><div align="center"><em>and</em> </div><div align="center">as a full time animal tamer to our 3 year old boy/oh boy is he a wild one.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">But a <span style="font-size: x-large;">BIG</span><span style="font-size: small;"> thank you to</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Cassie over at <a href="http://reusereinventredesign.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">reUse reInvent reDesign</span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">and </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Steph over at <a href="http://fortheluvofsanity.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">For The Luv Of Sanity</span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">for awarding me with the</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wasn't that sweet of them?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite part is that they shared my blog with their readers and that I get to share some super cool blogs with you lovelies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are the rules. The rules that I'm going to bend a little.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. thank and link back to the person that gave you the award.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(see above)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. share seven things about yourself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(i think<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://perfectimperfection13.blogspot.com/2010/12/lets-be-friends-shall-we.html"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">THIS</span></a> is a little more fun)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. award ten recently discovered bloggers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(i've not had much blogging time lately so i don't have a list of ten but i am sticking to Cassie's rule of having under 200 followers, and believe it or not, some of these ladies have less followers than me but OODLES more talent, so, CHECK EM' OUT!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"> <a href="http://www.lldecor.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Lauren Lane Decor</span></a><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;">(who happens to be hosting a giveaway once she reaches 100 followers)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://reusereinventredesign.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">reUse reInvent reDesign</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(who gave me the award)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://mystylemyown.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Making It Mine</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(who inspires me with her furniture makeovers)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://alifeofblue.blogspot.com/p/past-transformations.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">A Life of Blue</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;">(who has a great "past transformations" link)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*and yes, she's just over 200 followers already but i warned of some rule bending so there ya have it.</span><br />
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<a href="http://trimmedandtaylored.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-12-31T08%3A51%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=7"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;">Trimmed and Taylored</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(whose blog is just as cute as sher is)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://digitalconfections.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">Digital Confections</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(who is responsible for my blog design. *heart*)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.seatomyheart.com/"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;">Sea To My Heart</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(which is an "old" favorite of mine but could be new to some of you.)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Rule #4. is to let the person know you've awarded them, so I'm off to check out some of my faves and tell them how stylish I think they are.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">But stay tuned, because I do assure you I've been working on quite a few things around here I'm excited to share.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Most of them have to do with making over Jack's room and include but are not limited to:</div><div align="center">-new wall color</div><div align="center">-a made over vintage dresser</div><div align="center">-a made over desk and chair</div><div align="center">-new window treatments</div><div align="center">-new bedding (heck, he's getting a new bed altogether!)</div><div align="center">and pretty much everything from A to Z.</div><div align="center">*that's a hint</div><div align="center">;)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Have fun showing some blog love and enjoy the day before the weekend!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-71893024642925742212011-01-03T09:01:00.000-08:002011-01-03T09:01:21.442-08:00a giveaway you'll want to know about.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Little Miss Momma</span></a> is hosting an amazing giveaway from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/barnowlprimitives"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">barn owl primitives</span></a> that you all are going to want to head on over, check out, then avoid all temptation to enter so as to increase MY chances. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just kidding. Just kidding.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enter!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Up to <span style="font-size: x-large;">9</span><span style="font-size: small;"> times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">But, if you win, you MUST invite me over to envy your new sign.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And possibly cram it into my purse before leaving. ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My favorites:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (actually all are my favorite, but i don't think i have enough walls in the house to accomodate them all.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">family rules.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alright, I'm headed back over to complete all the entries I can. I MUST.HAVE. one of these signs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i canNOT wait to see how big those blue eyes get with each gift Christmas morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">decorating ideas came from <a href="http://www.inthefunlane.com/"><span style="color: #666666;">Holly's</span></a> post last year seen <a href="http://www.inthefunlane.com/search?q=holiday+snow+storm"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">HERE</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">wishing you the happiest of holidays filled with lots of love and laughter!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-13293779926681049472010-12-22T11:49:00.000-08:002010-12-23T09:19:25.446-08:00...and one more thing.<div align="center">I'd rather buy a <span style="font-size: large;">new paint roller</span> each time I need one than wash out the one that I've used.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The good news is: Jack's room is painted. Done. Finished. Complete!</div><div align="center">The even better news is: I loooove the <span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-size: large;"><strong>COLOR</strong><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">!!!</span></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">It's Horizon by Benjamin Moore (although I had it color matched in Behr paint). It's a light gray with a faint blue hue. Perfect for a little guys beachy bedroom. More on that to come once we get him a big boy bed and I can start having fun decorating! I already know it'll be my favorite room in the house, and the one I'll be most proud of.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">On to a "Craigslist steal" / "Intimidating Project" note. I picked up this chair over the weekend for $35. Which is $15 higher than my typical price point of Craigslist finds but well worth it.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What?! You don't like it?! Geesh, rude.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, ok, I don't like it either. At least not with that fabric on it. But, what if... it looked like this?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stunning, you say?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it looks like I better finally open the sewing machine I got for Christmas <strong>last year</strong> and learn how to use the intimidating little piece of magic to create a lovely slipcover for my not-so-lovely Craigslist find. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wish me luck. Lots of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, tips are welcome and appreciated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not the kind you'd give to someone for bringing you delicious food, serving you an adult beverage, or making your favorite 'cup of joe'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kind of tips that would help me learn to sew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*just making sure we're on the same page people*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">;)</div><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In his precious toddler voice, as I explain that he's a boy and I'm a girl, Jack looks at me and says,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">"You're a perfect girl, mommy."</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(be. still. my. heart.)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Words cannot express the love my heart holds for this little boy.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-24106171277570028022010-12-20T17:38:00.000-08:002010-12-20T23:07:48.093-08:00let's be friends. shall we?<div style="text-align: center;">I hate being <em>this</em> thin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don’t have the patience for the one kid I have, and yet I want about<span style="font-size: large;"> three</span> more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I usually only paint my toenails black, or <span style="color: #f4cccc;">bubblegum pink</span>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don’t always wear a <span style="font-size: x-large;">bra</span>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can cook, but prefer not to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes me <span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-size: large;">happy</span> to open a fresh can of paint.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve fallen asleep in the bath, <span style="font-size: large;">more than once</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My grandparents raised me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I delivered my son so fast, the doctor almost didn’t make it in time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My name means “<em>worthy of love</em>”.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve been with the man I’m now married to for <span style="font-size: x-large;">11</span> years.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I’m 26</span></span>. Do the math. ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was afraid of dogs until I got my first one at age 19. RIP Max.<br />
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I absolutely <em><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>loved</strong></span></em><span style="font-size: small;"> labor and delivery. No joke, I would experience it every day if I could.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn’t get my drivers license until I was <span style="font-size: large;">18</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve lived in <span style="font-size: large;">5 different cities in 8 years</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I had three wishes, one of them would be to <strong><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">sleep in</span></strong> every day for the rest of my life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are times I wish I could do about nine loads of laundry at once.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My boobs may be fake, but my personality isn’t, so <span style="font-size: large;">don’t judge me</span>.<br />
(we'll leave this one to the imagination. hehehe.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I look terrible as a <span style="color: #ffe599;">blonde</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The only thing I’ve learned from my mother is to be<strong> nothing</strong> like her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My son was born 9 months to the day after my niece was born.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’d rather repaint a room than clean it</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I fold a fitted sheet, perfectly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The only time I iron is when stitch witchery is involved.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes, when I want to soak in a<span style="font-size: large;"> hot bath</span> but Jack is being needy, I put him in the bath with me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m still not sure what I want to be when I grow up. …I take that back.<span style="font-size: large;"> I still want to be a Victoria’s Secret supermodel.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have very few girlfriends but can count on the ones I do have.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hate anything in the morning that doesn’t involve <span style="font-size: large;">sleeping in</span>, <span style="font-size: large;">sex</span>, or <span style="font-size: large;">bacon</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I truly believe I have angels in my life.<br />
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I like buffalo dip and football, just as much as I like <span style="font-size: large;">pedicures</span> and <span style="font-size: large;">ruffled</span> anything.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hate my laugh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a <span style="font-size: large;">tattoo</span> on each foot and want more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could enjoy ranch dressing on almost everything.<br />
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I may be a married, mother, who is closer to 30 than 20 but I still wear <span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">cotton candy<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> scented body lotion.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m pretty good at singing, and do so, loudly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I get my “neat freak/everything has to be a certain way” problem, from my dad.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I dream of having a little girl with curly hair, wearing ruffled skirts and cowgirl boots</span><span style="font-size: small;"> but feel more confident in having another boy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot go without <span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">mascara and lipgloss</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am addicted to diet coke and Starbucks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love being barefoot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish to meet, shop, have coffee, and laugh with <span style="font-size: large;">all of my lovely blog friends</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">*this post inspired by <a href="http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/2010/12/things-you-should-know-about-me-if-we.html"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;">Little Miss Momma</span></a>*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so what about <span style="font-size: large;">you</span><span style="font-size: small;">, friend? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">*be sure to link back to this post and let me know if you choose to share "need to know" details about yourself! :)</span></div><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/388/7EE4A9E875F44DD88173B62CB2E3D805.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183227868764371924noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995462686674589953.post-20906401620737801232010-12-20T09:39:00.000-08:002010-12-20T15:16:39.341-08:00gray paint nightmare. help!For months now, I've had tons of things ready to go into Jack's "big boy" room. Bedding, accessories, a headboard from Craigslist waiting to be painted, and a pretty good idea of the direction I want to take it. The problem? Well, apparently it's a bigger one than I even anticipated, and that means it's pretty big because I have delayed his room makeover for one reason. Paint. Such a simple word isn't it? Simple until you pick out a swatch, fall in love with it at the home improvement store, race home to get it up on the walls then discover it's <strong>all wrong</strong>! I didn't do that with Jack's room, but can you tell I've done it before? It's soooo stressful to me. So, I knew this time I'd do it the "safe" way. Tester size samples first, <em>then</em> buy the gallon(s) I'd need. However, I'm trying to find the rigth shade of (the dreaded) <span style="color: #999999;">GRAY</span><span style="color: black;">. It's not easy. I thought after seeing a few shades of gray look beautiful in other bloggers homes, I was ready to tackle finding the perfect shade for us. Wrong. I'm not ready. I'm aggravated. Stressed. And <strong>eager to paint!</strong> Instead, <em>this</em> is what I'm dealing with:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can't even tell how bad it is in that photo. It's bad. Most of them look <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">purple</span> and obviously any hue of purple is unwelcome in the little guy's room. I can't even recall what color name each of those stripes are anymore but I did try a few I've seen on popular blogs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since I didn't use a large enough font and am completely frustrated with anything and everything involved in figuring out a paint color, I'll just list them from top to bottom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Gray Pearl by Martha Stewart (too dark???)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Subtle Touch by Behr (too purple)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Horizon by Benjamin Moore (a possible option)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Windham by Pratt & Lambert (love love love it, but it's too dark for his low light bedroom)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All others unlabeled are too purple. The ones that look too dark in his room look just fine in this photo. The shade/color/hue I'm going for is similar to these:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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After an 11 hour work day yesterday (gotta love retail in December *sarcasm*) I attempted to install the new blog layout and made a complete mess of it. Soooo, as if sharing the design with me wasn't nice enough, Torri offered to install it for me as well. And, with the way things have been going lately, her simple kindness really brightened my day. Do you love it? If so, this design along with many other "freebies" are available through Torri's blog, <a href="http://digitalconfections.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Digital Confections</span></a>. Be sure to tell her I sent you. <br />
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While my blog was getting a makeover today, so was the Christmas decor around here. However, I'll have to wait until tomorrow to photograph it all since it made quite a mess. Let's just say that 30 feet of fresh garland and a project involving lots of Martha Stewart glitter will have me busy cleaning this evening. In the meantime, I thought I'd share the photos I was able to capture of my stubborn 3 year old the other day for this years Christmas card. The attempt ended with us both in tears. Him, because he couldn't play on his swingset which was, is, and I'm sure will be for months to come, covered in snow. And me, because I dropped my camera (that I just got for my birthday in May) on the driveway. Luckily, the pictures turned out pretty dang cute and his smile cheered me up. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While Perfect Imperfection (emphasis on the imperfections) is "under construction" please take the time to view all the beauty one of my favorite new blogs has to offer. Jenni, at <a href="http://houseofwhiteinteriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">House Of White</span></a> is lovely AND beyond sweet. Not only does she have a <em>gorgeous</em> home, she sent the nicest email trying to help me find the wall color she's used throughout most of her (white) house. Teaser photo below, but you'll have to stop by her <a href="http://houseofwhiteinteriors.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #999999;">blog</span></a> for pages and pages beautiful images to take tons of inspiration from.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope to be back tomorrow with a fresh lovely new blog layout and design (after receiving editing help obviously) and a report on how an effort to make new Christmas stockings out of white burlap is going. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wish me luck!</div><br />
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