Lazy Day

We had a great weekend, full of dog park dates and laying in the sun.

They don't sleep near each other often, so when they do it's definitely worth a picture.

My New Foster

We have a new canine friend at home. She is a 20 month old Wheaten Terrier who needs a loving home who can afford her medication as she has some health concerns. She's fantastic so far (loves other dogs and is scared of the cats so far). Olive really likes her, i think because she's so nonchalant.

Olive immediately adopted her bed and belongings, lol. I really hope we can find her a new home, because she's growing on me and i don't need another pet right now. She's practically perfect, it shouldn't be too difficult finding her a new family.

EEK!

Well, Halloween is finally here, which is very exciting because our neighborhood gets an insane amount of kids. In preparation we have a TON of candy, a giant blow up globe with a zombie inside, some tarantulas on our house, bones in our planters and three jack-o-lanterns. Carving pumpkins is so fun, besides this year i don't think i've done it since i was a kid. There is something about the smell of the inside of a pumpkin (like a smell you'd never forget no matter what).

We ended up doing three classic faces, because we are slightly lazy.

I made cookies that look like severed fingers. They were pretty okay, very easy to make but i think i may have cooked them a little long, so they were dry-ish. Oh well, next year right? I got the recipe off of Shockingly Delicious.

Since Olive was feeling a little spooky, i made her a new Halloween collar out of an old collar and some ribbon. So easy and cheap, it cost me a total of $7.00, much less than you would pay in a store and i would have to say that mine looks better (shh).

First, i hot glue gunned the ribbon to the collar to hold it in place, then i sewed a straight seam along both edges to hold it better. I really like it so much, i can't wait to make her one for Christmas, such a good use out of an old, faded collar.

Books, they're so in right now. Books.
This might sound funny, but books are everywhere right now, thank gosh. Sure, decorating is fun but so many things i find "trendy". This may not sound like me, but i really don't want to be replacing things constantly. So, as of late i'm trying to make smart purchases of items that can be seen as timeless. This is where books come in to play, i think walls of books look gorgeous and add a natural color element. Duel purpose storage and wall decor. mmmmm

So classy, elegant and rich.

This is Karl Lagerfeld's home library (!!!) beautiful. needless to say, i need to start acquiring books.

All these images are from Elle Decor Magazine

Quilting a Little

I've been quilting just a little lately, trying to get back in the groove. I haven't actually made a quilt since i had my surgery i think. So i'm trying to use fabric up in my stash so i can buy more (makes sense right?) I really like how this one is turning out so far, very cute. It'll be easy to finish (yay!)

My living room looks different again, shocking i know. I'm loving it, it'll be so much easier to have bare bones and add fun colors that will be easy to change whenever i feel like it (shhh).

Can't wait for it to be done and out of my house :)

Addicted to Chairs

As you all know, i am in love with chairs of any sort, if i wasn't a fan of sleeping on my sofa, i think all seating in my house would be chairs. I adore Horchow, everything they have is gorgeous and drool worthy, here are a few of my chair inspirations, if i was a lady of money, i would own one of each for sure.

Love the colors, the textures, the mixed patterns.

I seriously need a tufted chair in my life

Need i say more?

Sewing Room Update

This is the nasty, dark before shot.

Taping.

AFTER. I love the stripes, the color turned out great, never any surprises with CIL paint. I only did stripes on two walls, in the best interest of actually getting this project done and off my list. I still have lots of small projects for this room, but at least now i have the bones for a good room.

Now i have somewhere to sew that feels refreshing. I definitely need to get to some quilting. I have so much fabric to get through and this weekend i met the sweetest lady named Shirley. Shirley is a quilter, a phenomenal quilter. She was telling me that she wished she had someone like me in her life so she could pass on her skills as she has no children of her own. It just made me think of how great it is that I will be able to teach my children an actual skill. You know, the kind of skill that people don't learn from sitting in front of the T.V. The kind of skill that you can use forever and pass along.

I love quilting, I need to do more of it. Stay tuned for plenty of quilt updates