My New House

It's a cute house...but definitely too small for me to live in!

Bright and simple...that's the look I seem to gravitate towards these days.  I found this colorful little house at Hobby Lobby...and I used a 40% off coupon on it too!

 

I don't get to Hobby Lobby very often...but when I do, I usually find some treasures....like these.

Do you have a Hobby Lobby near you...found any treasures of your own lately?

Busy Weekend

I love it when I have a productive weekend.  Saturday, Bill and I spent the day hanging some new wall art and otherwise adding some color to our living room.

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The sunflower painting is a new purchase form Hobby Lobby. I've really been craving some bright colors in this room...this bright area satisfies that craving!

We've had these old window frames hanging above the couch for many years.  On Saturday Bill wired these vintage paint by numbers pieces to them.  I am SO HAPPY with how this looks!

I spent some more time working on the playroom for the littles.  I'm hoping to get it finished this week. The rug is from Ikea...the littles have seen it and they LOVE it!  This is going to be such a bright and happy space! I'm hoping to share photos of all of it soon!

On Sunday, we spent the afternoon and evening working on Katie's laundry room.  When we left, it was a bright and happy space too!

Now it's back to my 9 to 5 job....good thing, 'cause I need a little bit of rest!!  : )

Something New

I got a new table runner.

Hobby Lobby.

40% off! That made it less than $8.00!

I love it!

 

I love my fake flowers too!

 

 

 



Guest Room 3

Well Bill and I were both off yesterday.  He washed windows, installed curtain rods in the living room, and cooked dinner.  I shopped.  I know, it hardly seems fair.  I had to drive all over town, in and out of the car and the stores, sitting forever in the drive thru line waiting on a iced tea...I was worn out when I got home!  Seriously, it was a good day.  We accomplished a lot.  I found several things for the guest room...we're closing in on finishing it!

A bunch of pink daisies from the $ store.  If you read yesterday's post you'll know that Penelope will like these!

I have birds scattered throughout the house, so of course I needed one in the guest room. I found this cute little guy at Hobby Lobby.  The chippy pots are from my favorite antique mall...I just found out that they're closing!  It's really sad. But I did get a couple good discounted treasures because of it.   

This picture is actually a card from the dollar spot at Target.  I popped it in a $2.00 white frame and there you have it.....instant, fun art. I love it!

Here's one of the good discounted treasures I bought.  It's a gate.  It even has a big tag on it that says it's a gate.  The gate is in the guest room....can you guess what I'm using it for?? 

Hobby Lobby Fun

I got a little Christmas Cash from my father-in-law this year so I stopped in at Hobby Lobby on my way home from work yesterday.  I'm serious about this "simplifying" thing that I want to do, and that means not bringing a bunch of new "stuff" into the house.  But I was very good ~ I only bought two little things. And they were both on sale too! My total including tax was $6.96!!



My new little bird is about 4 inches long. 
I just know that she's thinking, "It's Good to be Queen"!



This sweet strawberry pin cushion is about 1/2 the size of the bird ~ it's perfect whether filled with pins or not.



Magazine Update:

It's taking longer than I thought it would to go through ALL these magazines.  But so far I've flipped through 27 of them ~ and I'm only keeping 5!!  I'm making some progress!

Happy Thursday!!

I Am So Excited!!!!

Look what we got!  Actually we got two of them!

They opened yesterday!

I found one of these in the newspaper!

Goodness, now in addition to all the other things I have to do I NEED to squeeze in a trip to

HOBBY LOBBY!