Entries from May 2008

May 31, 2008

My baby boy is 2!

Grace said it best yesterday when she announced, “we have a two year old in the house now.” We sure do. My baby is growing up. Too fast. Today was his birthday party. Just had to post a picture here.

And the rag rug is growing…. slowly but surely. I [...]

May 27, 2008

I totally stole this idea from a magazine recently.  I would be “correct” and reference the magazine, but I can’t remember which one I saw it in and honestly I don’t have time to go back and hunt it up.  But since I did a little of my own technique to it, I think it [...]

May 24, 2008

Saddle up!

Ohhhh.  It’s 10:37 as I begin to write and I am taking a break from painting the bathroom.  My mom has the kids tonight so I thought I should take advantage of it and do some projects around the house.  All afternoon I cleaned out sheds and went through old clothes and reorganized.  It was [...]

May 21, 2008

Teacher gifts

The teacher gifts are finished! Thankfully the weather cooperated today for me to get the final clear coat on them. After school Grace planted these flowers that we picked up at the store and we are all set to give these to her teachers tomorrow. I think they turned out very cute. [...]

May 20, 2008

Making a rag rug

This is another project that I have just started. I am so excited about it, because it is something I have wanted to make for a couple of years. I saw some very good directions on another blog and then found some other information on DIY’s website. So anyway, I decided to [...]

May 19, 2008

Well, summer seems to be creeping up on us.  I am so ready for it.  Grace’s last day is Thursday and I have been busy trying to make a couple of teacher gifts.  Pots…of course.  Those are just easy, cute and unique.  I have one of them painted and some of the writing on it [...]