Last day of school

These are pics of my boys' from their first day of school & last day of school. Mason finished 5th grade and Evan fnished 1st grade. I overheard Evan explaining summer break to his big brother, "Everyday is Saturday Mason!" That pretty much says it all.

Tiffany Blue brings a smile to every girl's heart...

I bought this desk at the thrift store and later acquired the curvy mirror. Typical old 70's brown finish to start. A coat of beautiful Tiffany Blue paint and a white wash made her really special. Don't have any daughters, so on Craig's List she goes!

Top two reasons I'm the luckiest mom in the world...

Need I say more????

Spring means in with the old???

At my house it does! I've been looking for a lamp at the thrift stores, but no luck until this week. My intentions were to paint it with the mirror look spray paint to give it the appearance of mercury glass. I am still deciding because I found a lamp that I'm really found of & it is the lightest shade of turquoise. I added a new drum shade & voila- looks very chic. The other things I found this week at the antique store are the cutest little turquoise fan (that really works), an old scale, and a straw holder (big hit with my younger son). When he got a straw, he ended up dumping all the straws out, so I have to give him a tutorial. Today, I was also elated to find the mason type jars with numbers at Tuesday Morning for $4 each! My tea bags and sports drink packages fit perfectly in them. Happy Mother's Day to me!!!!

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter starting with church last night. Pastor Craig never ceases to amaze me, he actually gave me goose bumps. Amazing message!! Then we awoke to thunderstorms and rain, we needed rain so badly. What a blessing! We had dinner and the boys hunted eggs inside the house. After we got home, I had a chance to make some changes to our living room. I added new curtains (which are actually drop cloths from Lowe's) -much cheaper than the linen panels I've had my eye on. I've also added the pics of my endtables that I recently finished. I am in LOVE with them- they make me smile everytime I see them with their stylish legs and retro marble tops.

Look at the Strawberries!

My husband laughed because I actually took a photo of these strawberries, but you have to admit they are beautiful! They were delicious too. One of the many reasons I love spring & summer-yummy fruit.

Cabin Fever

Cabin fever has set in after 4 days of school being out. I just love chevron prints and was trying to be thrifty as well. I created these black and white chevron canvases to hang in our breakfast area. I painted them without using painter's tape, so they aren't perfect, but I think that's what makes them even more unique.