Weekend Goodness

My weekend has been literally overflowing with goodness, No Joke!
It all started on Friday as I was scrolling through my Bloglovin favorites and I saw that Merrick posted Part 2 of Sew and Tell. She just had the cutest baby and decided to take submission's for sewing projects/refashions while she is taking a maternity leave from blogging. I'm pretty positive she did not discriminate against a single person that submitted something, but I was still SUPER excited to see my DIY Oversized shirt/sweater on her blog on Friday.
My cousin stayed with me for a few days while my husband was gone AGAIN helping his dad. We watched Girly movies and ate a lot of yummy food, nothing too exciting. We also got in a little shopping before she left on Saturday. While shopping I had every intention of buying a mustard colored coat I had been eyeing ALL week (and even tried on twice) but then I got distracted by one of those little booths where they straighten your hair. Needless to say, this is what I bought on our shopping trip

(more on this soon, in case you are interested)

After returning home with my one item, I went to check the mail .... I love getting anything that isn't a Bill or Junk Mail, so I was excited to get my monthly Birchbox AND my free Beauty bag from Target (pictured on the left, filled with little samples and coupons).

 

Then .... 15 minutes later, my boys showed up! Babe and I played out in the cold until I said "we need to go in soon, it's about to rain". He didn't believe me ...he said he couldn't see it.

We spent the rest of the weekend snuggling, kissing and watching movies (cheesy, I know!) but that's what happens when I miss them that much and they miss me. 

I hope you had a good weekend too!

And in case you missed it:
Handwriting
What did I do Today?
3 Projects in 30 minutes

3 Projects in 30 minutes

...And it only cost $2! I have been on the hunt for the PERFECT mirror for my vanity since February. Needless to say, I have not come across that perfect mirror. So I decided to go to the dollar tree and pick up something temporary. They had one style of a framed mirror BUT it didn't have one of those little kick-stands in the back for it to stand on it's own ... so I picked a different frame and quickly thought of 2 different projects I could make with the leftover pieces.
This is what I bought: (picture on the left)

These are the supplies I had on hand: (picture on the right) Glue Gun, Scissors, paint (in Vintage Gold), Black Ribbon and other various ribbon (btw, I did not end up using the pink ribbon pictured. I was still undecided at this point)

• First I took everything apart. Remove the glass part from the picture frame and remove the tape that holds the mirror to the frame.
• Plug in the glue gun!

Project #1: Vanity Mirror

1a. I painted one very light coat of the gold paint over the picture frame,  and a 2nd coat only over the area that was black. Let dry while creating project 2.
1b. Add the mirror and back ... all done!

Project #2: Dry Erase Board

2a. Cut 2 strips of Black Ribbon (mine were approximately 35" long)
2b. Lay down the ribbon, Lay the glass piece on top of the ribbon, with appox. 1" sticking out on the top.
2c. Put glue on the piece of 1" ribbon and fold over to meet the glass.
2d. Wrap the ribbon around the entire glass piece to come back up to the piece you just glued and glue the ribbon together. Repeat on the opposite side.
2e. Bring the 2 strips of ribbon together and tie in a bow ... all done!

 

I wish I had some fancy Black letter stickers but until I find some I just printed on plain white paper and stuck it behind the glass. I have to be honest ... I have NO idea how long this glue is going to hold this piece of glass, it's pretty light weight BUT I'm still a little worried.

Project #3: Earring Holder

3a. Take the other frame and mark it where you want your ribbons to run across. I wanted to add 5 ribbons and tried to space them as evenly as possible.
3b. Glue each ribbon at the location's you marked.
3c. Add earrings ...all done!
(I think I might go back and lay/glue ribbon along the back of the frame just to make it look a little neater)

I'm really excited about the finished products. Super simple, quick and functional. What simple projects have you completed lately?

What did I do today?!

Do you ever have days where you are just going and going and constantly doing something and at the end of the day you feel like you didn't do anything?! That's how I feel today. I went to work and got off at 2pm, like I do every Wednesday. I went straight to Target to grab a few things for dinner and dessert. Went home, picked up the living/ dining room, cleaned the bathroom, created 3 projects in 30 min (stay tuned for that tomorrow), cooked dinner, did laundry and the dishes. Yet I feel like I still have a million things to do. I think the time change might have something to do with it. I was so excited about it over the weekend because I couldn't wait for that extra hour of sleep BUT it's pitch black out when I get home from work at 6:00, it kind of sucks!

I usually feel better after a little snack but that didn't help either. I hope I snap back soon.

Handwriting

A few weeks ago Joelle posted about a handwriting Linkup that she had been wanting to put together based on 2 previous posts that she wrote. I read the other 2 posts and didn't really think anything of it at that moment. But as the day went on I really started to think how interesting it was that she keeps a sketchpad specifically for practicing handwriting. I personally have always thought my handwriting isn't half bad, cursive and printing. I would never think to "practice" perfecting it. So I decided to take on her challenge of writing a few simple things: my name & signature, blog name, where I live and a favorite song lyric.

Um, to my surprise, I actually wrote this 5 different times! And all 5 times it looked exactly the same .... not as great as I would like it to be. One thing that is interesting is seeing the 2 different types of writings together. If you look at her writing, the different types look like they just "match each other" (does that make sense?)

I hardly ever use cursive. And when I print, it's all caps, as you can see. Nowadays it's so easy to get lost in all of the technology that you lose sight of the simplest things, such as writing. I want to be able to teach my son how valuable good handwriting can be and so I will be taking note from Joelle and "practice" as much as can.

Weekend Goodness

This weekend I got to spend a LOT of quality time with my babe. My husband is helping out his dad with some clean-up/fixing up around his house, and therefore it was just the 2 of us hanging out. On Saturday we visited my cousin in her new house. Babe got to play with his cousins and we went shopping for a few things that she needed for the house. On Sunday we visited my parents and saw Brave at the movie theater. I know it's not playing there anymore but it is at the dollar theater! I love going to see movies like that, especially with a kid (just in case he falls asleep or doesn't like the movie). Luckily he loved the movie and only said he was tired once, about 5 min. before the movie ended. Sure enough he fell asleep before we even got out of the parking lot. We got lunch and spent a whole hour wandering around Wal-mart just to purchase a tiny vase that cost $1. Kind of waste, but whatever. Afterwards we spent the rest of daylight in my father in laws backyard.
I never really noticed before but some of the grass back there reminds me of a meadow.

It was really pretty back there today, I don't know if it's because the sun was setting or because I was really enjoying watching how happy my babe was running around with the dogs. Whatever it was, we both had a good weekend. 

I hope you had a good weekend too!

And in case you missed it:

Coffee Chat

Thanks to my Husband

Fear

Random

Coffee Chat

Good Morning, and welcome to November! I know I'm 3 days late but can you believe it's already November! I don't usually use a cup cozy when I'm at home but I did want to show off how talented my mom is. A few months ago I showed her a picture from pinterest and she said "oh, that's easy" and whipped up 2 of them for me. What a great mom.

Last night I put away all the Halloween decorations and got started on a few Fall decorations for our Home.

I feel like I'm a little late on this but living in L.A., I think I'm right on time. I was hoping to get a big fancy wreath, seems like everyone has one. But I decided to get a little crafty and use the supplies I already have. Wish me luck with that one because sometimes things are not as easy as them seem. For example: On Wed., for Halloween, I was a fairy and I tried "4 times" to make a floral crown. I'm happy with the way it turned out but it was a little flimsy. Hopefully my wreath turns out better.

(Me and my Sister in Law, sorry it's a little blurry)

 

Daylight Savings is tonight ... who else is excited about an extra hour of sleep!?
Today I'm linking up with Rags to Stitches. Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks to my Husband

A couple of weeks ago I "attempted " to hang some hooks for my rolls of wrapping paper and completely failed! The walls we live within are over 50 years old and as hard as concrete. But thanks to my husband ... I now have wrapping paper hanging in my craft closet:

 

These little suckers only cost $1 each. I think I have room to add one more (I know I definitely have more wrapping paper!)

 

Guess who has 4 new tires AND a shiny clean car?! My car is almost 8 years old but it feels brand new right now! Since I got a flat tire, we decided it was time to change all of my tires. I am so lazy when it comes to cleaning my car and it was really starting to show on the inside, with a few dust bunnies here and there. My husband thought I didn't notice he cleaned it but of course I DID...I know I didn't clean it.

 

You might think "what's the big deal, he's handling car issues", BUT my husband HATES my car! I bought it before we were married and the first time he drove it, he hit a curb and ruined my BRAND NEW rim. I was so mad and he hated it from that point forward. (although, after he got the new tires on and cleaned it, he admitted it was kind of nice).

 

For the past 3 Halloweens I have enjoyed making some part of my Babes costumes. (my favorite was this "Sparrow" Baby, that's a male fairy. I mean, how cute are his wings?!)

But this year my husband got super creative and made him an awesome boom box to go with his DJ Lance Rock costume.