{New Me, New Projects}

I am really loving the new picture of me over there in the profile pic!!

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My AWESOME next-door neighbor GAVE me this old window!! For free!!

I am so excited to do something with it...I have a bunch of ideas ....stay tuned!!
and I got this at DI the other day and have already painted it blue ocean breeze, but I think I'm going to change it...I'll let ya know...

and for a little perspective, this article is really helping me today.
Happy Monday!

Farm Chicks Giveaway

{photo credit Farm Chicks}

the Farm Chicks are having a surprise giveaway!

they aren't saying what the prize is to be but if you have seen their blog or know anything about them you know it will be something fantastic!!

I'm IN!

My NEW favorite color

true to my word, I painted the broken mirror frame my new favorite accent color.

it's blue ocean breeze by Krylon

(i'm a little surprised it stuck because it was only about 25 degrees in my paint studio, I mean, basement)

(don't tell the landlord)

and the topiary stand, since is was just begging to be painted...

and because I learned 3 things in the 1 interior design class I took at Ricks College,

1 being I didn't want to major in interior design, 2 being you need to group things in 3 or more odd numbered groupings,

I just had to paint 1 of the 19 tin stars floating around our house :)

(the 3rd thing being, interior design majors are snobs and their male LDS professors are suprisingly flambouyant, at least the 1 I had was)

{ I don't really have 19 tin stars, without getting up I can only see 6 :) I know there are more though}

I love that blue with my red and white stuff

and this girl, whose blog I just love, and just lives up the mountain from me, but I haven't met in real life, or blog life for that matter, made a quilt for the Nie Auction tonight, in this color scheme... anyone want to win it for me??

Project Update & Happy Birthday Megan

Remember this little cutie?

This is the inspiration:

That Ali Edwards is so creative! She does it all!

Here it is so far:

I need to take the time to pick out and print out pictures in the right sizes.

I also need some more "R"s

** I think today is Megan's Birthday!**

Hence the song... That's how I remember it.

Happy Birthday Megan!

(If it's not til the 23rd then just read this post again then :)

Star Mill

I found this antiques and junk shop in American Fork and I am in love! It doesn't look like much more than an old flour mill, which it is, filled with a lot of old junk, which it is, but I just love it! It smells like my grandma's old house, you know that musty, dank stink, but it sure brings back the memories. They had a ton of stuff and I just kept telling Jim "My grandma had that". The guy that runs it is so funny and friendly. I told him I was collecting letter "R"s and he wrote it down and said he would look for them for me. His house is also part of the "shop" and filled with just everything imaginable. It's hard to describe it for you but just imagine the pages of any country living or country home magazine or Anthropology catalog and you get an idea.

I will probably try to haggle more over the prices next time but look what I got!

OK So you are probably saying "what the heck?" But just you white enry iggins, (in my best Eliza Doolittle voice) it is going to be so cool when I get done with it!

Another fun thing, across the street from the shop is a rope swing over a little stream. The boys had a great time swinging and getting their feet wet.