Pallet Love

Three words I did not think would ever come out of my mouth, but here they are... I. Love. Pallets. Why you may ask? Well, they can literally do anything - furniture, art, shelving - you name it, it can be made from a pallet - just check pinterest! But seriously, they are pretty versatile, which leads me to my next project! And no, I'm not ignoring the fact that I haven't posted since oh, january, but I'm just not bringing it up.

Slowly but surely, we have been making our house a home, and there is this one spot that has just been constantly bugging me. Whenever I looked at it, it just brought bad vibes, so a change was in order. And, having a week off of work helped bring about that change!

After finding some pallets on the side of the road (which also means free!), Chris helped me take them apart - which was a little tough but not too hard. All it took was a little acrylic paint and a few nails, and the bad vibes have been replaced! Here's a little sneak preview...

I just used cream acrylic paint to paint the words, and honestly, finding the right quote was the hardest part! I looked on the website www.primitivesbykathy.com which has tons of signs with fun sayings and decided on this one. I literally had to repeat it to myself a million times to make sure I got the wording right! Chris and I went to Lowe's and bought a 1x3 board and had them cut it into 26" pieces for the back. 

*By the way, we actually went there once and had them cut it in 30" pieces only to come home and find that they were too long, so measure first, don't just think you know. lesson learned. 

I nailed each board into the 26" piece like this.

 To hang it, I nailed in picture hangers at the top of the each 26" piece like so.

And, done! 

Even Charley likes it! And it honestly cost less than $5. No, I'm not kidding. It's actually quite heavy, so Chris helped my center and hang it above our vintage ($10) trunk. I'm obviously all about bargains! Add some baby pumpkins and light some candles, and fall has arrived! Here's a couple of pictures...I'm pretty proud of it, if you can't tell! 

Now, on to make a pumpkin for our front door! More on that later...

Happy Fall, y'all! 

Lots of Happy

The last few months have been filled with happiness for me. I celebrated Thanksgiving with my family, had a wonderful Christmas, and attended the most beautiful wedding ever - mine! I will have to devote an entire post to the wedding and reception - words can't express what a blessed and happy time it was for us and our families.

More on it later, but I have to share one little picture with you all...

Now, I've been busy making this house a little more homey. Valentine's Day is coming up, and let me just tell you, I am in love with this holiday. I loved it before I even had any reason to love it. It's just fun. It's fun to love and it's even fun to hate. So, what a perfect time to add a little love to our house. My sweet husband went fishing Saturday, and I was feeling a little crafty. So, I made some heart garland for our tv stand, some heart ornaments for our tree, and a few hanging hearts for our table. It sounds like a lot, but it was all done within one Lifetime movie.

First, I went to Hobby Lobby and picked up some different scrapbook paper in reds, bright pink, light pink, polka dots, some heart cookie cutters, and ribbon.

I traced all different sizes of hearts and cut them out...

For the garland...you're going to want to sit down before you read this, especially if you're my mom...I sewed the hearts together with a needle and white thread. Once I made the garland long enough, I hung it above the tv. (When you look at the picture, don't laugh at our tv...it looks extremely old in this picture, but it's really not that bad!)

Next, I hot glued some ribbon to these hearts to make some ornaments...

Finally, I hung some from our light above our table. You may also want to note the very cute runner I got at Pier 1 for the table, too.

Not the best picture, but you get the idea!

So, I hope your holidays were filled with as much happy as mine were, and keep the happy coming!