Unique Picture frames

My hubby wanted some pictures in picture frames to put on his desk at work. He picked two out and printed them on 4x6 photo paper, and I went about looking for frames. I could only find 5x7 frames, and I don't have mat board or the stuff to cut it with, so I used scrapbook paper. They came out so cute, I think I'm going to do it this way every time!

These were old frames I had in a box somewhere; I wiped them down and cleaned the dust off the glass, and they ended up looking adorable! I think I'll go shop Savers and D.I. for a few more to collage a wall with (possibly sand them and repaint them too). Hehe! 

Painting a Model and making Earrings

Originally posted 2/6/11

This is a model of a Titanic that my dad found in The Black Hole (aka his enormous storage unit.)

I bought my paints for my titanic (at Hobby Lobby) the first couple days of January, and I finished it on about the last day of January. Pretty neat-o, huh? I only lost 3 pieces. LoL. Actually, I think they were lost sometime back when I was 12.

I also made a pair of earrings... I found the seahorse shell at Roberts and grabbed it on their 75% off sale. My friend Crystal, and I, went to The Bead Fairy and assembled our own treasures. She made 3 necklaces, and I made these earrings and several rings.

Next, and possibly most awesomely, Dave and I found a sewing machine at DI. This first picture is the one we've been borrowing from Dusty (which we will soon return to her).

This second picture is the one we got a D.I. (Deseret Industries). It was $25 and then we spent a bit to buy a cord/pedal and those sticks that the thread sit on - it was originally missing one and the other was too bent to be useable. My machine LOOKS a lot like Dusty's but mine is a model or so Newer. The threading spots/bobbin winding are slightly different. And Dusty's only seems to be able to do 2 stitches without having to switch out some internal pieces. Mine has all those internal pieces, and I can do ALL the stitches (except that I don't have a twin needle.) It's super cool. I also got some extra bobbins.

Lastly, I've been making and eating lots of sweets. I made a double batch of Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies last week as well as a triple batch of Tapioca. Then 3 days later, I made a double batch of Tapioca. Yum! Then today I made Homemade Oreo Cookies. ^_^

Poor Dave; I'm not helping him get thinner very well.

New Bathroom

Originally posted on 7/28/2011 on a different blog.

In my apartment, we painted the bathroom, took down a cabinet, and put up shelving. Here are the before-ish and after pictures....

The green was painted on really sloppy, even onto the edges of knobs, outlets, and hookups. We made sure to tape up the edges very tightly and even did some touch ups here and there where we missed - especially where we got the ceiling. The baseboards we went over with white paint as well, and caulked in the crack between the baseboard and the floor.

We got the shelving from Home Depot and had them cut it the right size - 6ft long and 18 inches deep. 

The cool thing, is that this tan color on the wall brought all the random brown tile patterns together, namely the floor, the shower tile, and the linoleum on the wall above the shower. The only thing that doesn't match is the sink. :P