decorating

Have I ever told you my floral design class is the best?  I'm pretty sure I have (like 15 times), but it's still true.

Our latest assignment was to make an "everlasting design," aka a fake flower arrangement, and I've had my eye on THIS DIY for a while now.

Hellooo excuse to decorate the apartment.
I love it.

David has deemed them a little Dr. Seuss-esqe (specifically something out of The Lorax), and I've decided to take that as a compliment.

P.S. We're seeing The Hunger Games tonight - so excited.

weird looks

I guess you can expect to get some of those when you have your door wide open at 11:00 in the PM while it's snowing outside because you don't want to die from the fumes you're creating while spray painting a pair of mirrors you eventually want to hang in your bedroom...

At least that's the sort of weird look our neighbor gave me when he walked by the other night (which now was about a week ago - I just never got around to uploading photos - my bad).

What was I spray painting?  Well, do you remember these guys?

I wouldn't blame you if you don't.  I would have forgotten about them if they hadn't been sitting in our hallway for the past handful of months.  We bought them wayyyy back in 2011 (as in 4 months ago) and, I'm a little ashamed to admit, I haven't touched them since.
Okay, that's not true.  I did dust them a couple of times.

Well, (you know, since we're moving in 3 months) I've decided to finally get my butt in gear and finish decorating our bedroom.

Logical, I know.
Almost as logical as starting this spray painting project at 9:30 at night while it's snowing outside.

And yes, in case you were wondering, it DID take forever to tape those mirrors up.  Thanks for asking.

Good thing it was worth it, because it's pretty great to have our room looking a little more put together (only a little mind).

And tad-ah!  Our new headboard: 

It's nice to finally have something up on the wall (ya know, after 7 months...) - your thoughts?

creative juices

They've been aflowin'  this week for some reason - perhaps it's the (long overdue) snowfall around here that has kept me indoors or something, but it's been fun to try out new ideas (or at least ones I got from Pinterest)

First of all, I am still lovin' floral design.  Pretty much a great class, and minus the back to back exams (that she gives you all the answers too) it's pretty low maintenance on the homework side of things.

Also there's snow on the ground outside and I have two vases full of fresh flowers in my apartment.

Feelin' pretty good about that right now.

 Does anyone love those yellowish orange roses as much as me? I think they're pretty amazing.  Also there's a tiny white Persian buttercup (aka: ranunculus, but I love saying buttercup so much more) hiding in there that is swoon worth.

I was doing some digging in one of my scrap craft bags yesterday (I used to work at a scrapbook store in high school so trust me when I say I have A LOT of stuff in that bag) and I found a hidden stash of the most wonderful buttons!  It was quite a find and I couldn't resist pulling up this pin to get some inspiration.  

I need to find a frame for them, but in the meantime it was fun to fiddle...

And do you guys remember THIS post from awhile back?
Well I finally pulled out the spray paint and this is how they turned out:

I love their clean, crisp look and can't wait to get some fresh flowers in them come springtime.

And that's a wrap for now, maybe next time I'll have a big impressive project to show off (or maybe not...), til then happy Friday!

xo

3 months!

 We've hit month #3! 

A celebration was definitely in order.

The agenda:

Squash and salad for dinner

+

Episodes of Arrested Development

+

Mugs filled with homemade pazookies for dessert

 =

Great success.

 Also, to supplement the celebration, we hung twinkle lights all around our living room.

(not to be confused with Christmas lights)

They make me ridiculously happy.

I expect they will stay up on our walls until we move :)


P.S. Our wedding videographer posted a little sneak peak of the morning prepping for the big day!  It's too much fun - I CANNOT wait to see the full thing!

weekend treasures

This weekend was much spent among consignment stores, craft stores, TJ Max, Craigslist, KSL and Home Depot in an attempt to decorate our apartment before the winter frost sticks.

It's true.

Fall nesting mode has set in at last.

Bless David's heart, he was such a good sport and went with we me to more stores than he would have liked (don't worry we made necessary stops at Golden Spoon and Jamba Juice for sugar boosts), but we did find more than a few treasures I must show you:

This darling picture was hiding in the back of DI.

Where will we hang it?  No idea.

But we love it.

$2.99

I grabbed, um, a few paint chips from Home Depot to start a little project.

(we'll see if it turns out at all...)

$0.00

I adore this little new mirror.

Our tiny little kitchen feels a tad bit bigger now.

Not much more than a tad though.

Target gift cards!

I have to brag a little about this pillow.

$3.00

What??

I know.

Treasure.

 And these are my favorite.

I'll post an update when they're done and hung.

Till then you must wonder what will happen to my mismatched oddly shaped mirrors...

$9.99 a piece

A successful weekend I think.

Now we just need to find a dresser for the bedroom...

help?

a place to sit

we finally have one...

actually we have two.

will they take up most of our living room?

probably,

but I love them.

 

thank you ksl.com and the boy that's getting married in Salt Lake,

craigslist just wasn't cutting it this time.