Checking In

August is in full swing already! Can you believe it!?!

I noticed it's been 2 whole months since I last posted...

We've been really busy this summer with:

1. My husband is opening his own dental practice! We're hoping to be open by the end of September. We are busy doing the remodeling of the space right now. We're hopefully going to start painting next week.

2. We have decided to homeschool this year. We'll be jumping right in with a 3rd grader and a Kindergartner.

3. When we have a spare moment we have been enjoying the new aquatic center our town has.

I snapped a few pics of my summer decor {to help me remember when it comes time to decorate next year} and thought I would share with you!

1. Our little nook. The red oars I found at the flea market. The jute bags were free. The red bag came fromm the Hobby Lobby clearance. My mom helped me make the red ticking pillows. The bench was free from a sweet friend!

2. I found the boat at a garage sale! The person having the sale built these for a hobby and was getting rid of some of them! The black chest was also from a garage sale. It loooked nothing like this when it came home with me...it was miss matched wood and really ugly. I painted it black and stenciled the numbers on it.

3.Our front door. The basket is from a garage sale-.25 cents! I bought the plant at the nursery and put it in a gallon bag. It worked great and has been very happy welcoming our visitors!

4. The extra little flags I had all went into an old glass jar.

5. This flag is from a garage sale. It was an old farm gate that I painted to look like a flag.

6. Red geranium plant on our island.

7. Both the scale and the "feedsack"is from garage sales.

8. A wood box I picked up at the thrift store. Everything in it is from garage sales...except the shells and sand...which came from a family vacation to the beach.

As you can tell I mostly decorate with garage sale finds...I'm constantly amazed at what I can find...and with a little cash, patience and some vision I can decorate my house on a low budget!

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Great Prints

These prints are great! Love the verse and the simplicity. You can find them here!

How's June been so far for everyone? My preschooler finished school last Friday and my 2nd grader finally finished today...yeah! So tonight, to celebrate, we are having an "Official 3rd Graders Only" slumber party. I am officially neck deep in girls (as opposed to my usual waist deep)! Anywho, life is good and exciting around here. Hope June has started great for you too!

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Garage Sale!

Come one, come all!

We are having ourselves a garage sale!

LOTS AND LOTS for sale.

Friday 10-6

Saturday 7:30-12

My neighbor is having one at the same time.

Garage sale efficiency!

Hope to see you there!

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Just Something I Made...

I realized I forgot to show you all this...

It's a wooden sign made from a vintage ad I found!

I made it at the very beginning of May... it was a very easy task, just a little time consuming. Here's my process:

1. I emailed the original ad to our local print shop and had them enlarge it to about 36"x36".
2. Had my husband make me a wooden square and then I painted it white.
3. Taped my enlarged print to the painted square.
4. Used a jumbo sheet of carbon/transfer paper (I found mine in the canvas aisle at Hobby Lobby) to transfer the image onto the painted wood sign. Just put transfer paper under the print paper and trace around your image and words with a pen or pencil.
5. Your pen or pencil will push down on the carbon paper and transfer your image onto the wood sign. Once your all done transferring...
6. Usually I would use paint to fill in my transferred image...but this time I used a black sharpie and was very happy with the results.

All total, the project cost me under $5!

That's it! Easy peasy!

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Tag Sale Alert!

I wanted to share with you all (who live in central iowa) a great tag sale!

Look what I found there today:

Letter Basket-$5...Bowling Pin-$3

This sale is held once in the spring and once in the fall. Past purchases include:

A little tray table for beside my bathtub. Cost-$3


Little foot stool/table between chairs in Master Bedroom. Cost- $10 or 15

Ladder for blankets in the Great Room. Cost- $15.

The sale is spread throughout 3 buildings on a farm. The buildings are overflowing with all kinds of treasures...

The sale is located 2 miles off of Highway 30 in between Colo and State Center.

25909 740th Ave.

State Center, IA 50247

Friday, May 7th, 9-5

Saturday, May 8th, 9-5

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Kitchen Progress

Hello All!

Just checking in to share some of what's been happening around here lately!

Between lots going on and the awesome weather, sitting in front of the computer has fallen to the bottom of the list!

My husband and his brother, Dan, made a lot of progress on the "long list of little things" for the kitchen. There's still more on it...but there's progress...and that's a beautiful thing!

Below:

Finishing touches on the range hood!

Almost finished with the island! And I think I've finally decided on the stools!

Beadboard backplash was made!

We painted it white...but I'm considering painting it our wall color "Believable Buff"

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For Your Browsing Pleasure...

I decided to add a category to my sidebar...

all those projects that I come across on other sites and would someday like to get to.

I just started, so there's just a few, but check it often!

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