PINTEREST ENVY

Do you jump on pinterest for just a minute then look up and realize you have been there for an hour (or two)? Yep, me too.

Do you spend hours on pinterest and then complain that you never have time do any of the projects you have pinned?  Yep, me too. Think about that for a minute...

Do you look at all the amazing projects and think jeez I wish I had that creativity? Yep, me too.

Do you flit from crochet to woodworking to home improvement till your head spins? Yep, me too.



I love pinterest but I have to admit it sometimes makes me feel extremely envious that I didn't think of all that awesomeness myself and that I don't have time to stay home 24/7 and make ALL of it.  Then I get over it and run out to buy supplies for projects I will probably never get around to making.

I have been working on stuff but instead of posting the projects I have been spending these cold,  snowy winter evenings pinning future projects. I finally decided it was time to either get back to posting or stop blogging altogether.  I went with posting cause I kinda like this blogging stuff.

Also, I finally got my husband to help me finish this reclaimed shutter wall hanging I have been working on since last summer and I wanted to share cause I thought it turned out pretty cool.

THE PROJECT
The shutter was purchased at Construction Junction in Pittsburgh for a couple dollars,  the shelf is from Joann's, the knob from Hobby Lobby and the clock from Target.

I painted the shutters with Maison Blanche chalk paint in Sugar Cane.  The shelf was stained with Dark Walnut.and given a coat of poly.  Please ignore the nail hole in the wall, it will probably take me another year to patch it...

My wonderful husband (he did not make me say that) attached the shelf to the shutters, attached the knob and hung it on the wall.  He also bought me the beautiful roses for Valentine's Day.  Yes, I know I am very lucky to have him.  The little flower on the left is temporary till I find just the right "thing" to put there.

THE PINSPIRATION
There are some amazing projects using old shutters.  Here are a couple. My shutter board is HERE.



LINKY PARTIES
 

GARAGE ADDITION

Happy Monday!
If your not into home construction stuff you may want to skip this post.  I mostly put it up for my mom and sister. My sister and brother in law asked if I had any new pics of the progress of our garage addition while I was visiting at Christmas and I said we didn't really have much done except stuff you couldn't see like wiring and plumbing.  When I went back home, I realized we had made some visible progress so I decided to post these pictures.
 

The garage is huge.  It dwarfs our house right now but we will be adding a raised roof to the center of the house.  Hopefully soon.

This is the top of the garage.  It will provide a much needed rec/music room for my kids and husband. I think it is pretty amazing that you can get this much space out of a roof.  

This is the little dormer window. I think it will make a great reading nook.

This will eventually be the hallway into the rest of the House.  I can't wait till it is all finished...

Have a great week!

Kim

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I am still alive and crafting, just not blogging much.  Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and I wish you nothing but health and happiness in the New Year!

I saw this on a couple of blogs and though it would be cute as a Happy New Year/ thank you card for our Christmas gifts.  You can go to the Lego site and customize it.  It can be sent as an e-card but I save mine and printed it out on photo paper, mounted it on card stock and printed out a thank you for the inside.

This was my Christmas card. Pretty simple and easy to make.  The deer is a Silhouette design from the online store.

I also made some tags/gift card holders from print and cut designs from Silhouette.  I made them 3D by printing a couple of the same design,cutting out the head and popping it up with pop dots.

The exciting thing (for me at least) was my early Christmas present.  An Embroidery/sewing machine.  I was flippin through the channels a few weeks before Christmas and saw it on HSN.  Most good embroidery machines are about $4000 but this one was waaaaay cheaper.  I thought it must be a crappy machine and kept flippin.  But....I kept going back to it to see what the happy HSN ladies were making.  Then they said the magic words, I had till the end of January to return it if I didn't like it. So, the conversation with my husband went something like this -
 me: can I get a new sewing machine as my Christmas present?
husband: didn't you just get one?
me: uh, about 5 years ago and it was an $80 kenmore
silence...
me: so, can I?
husband: sure (he says this for everything i ask for though no matter how outrageous)
me: OK, It costs $800
husband: it better make us breakfast for that price
me: ha. ha.    seriously, can it be my present?
husband: sure
Don't know if  he thought I was serious but I got it.   I was worried about the quality because the Singer brand isn't the same high quality as it used to be. But I thought, what the heck, I have two months to try it out and send it back if I hate it. I usually check out reviews before I buy stuff but this was a brand new type so I couldn't do that.  I was shocked when it came, the box was huge!
Well, I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, it!  I made several Christmas gifts for my family and am very happy with the quality of work.  I have no idea how it compares to more expensive machines because I have never done embroidery but for my purposes it is great!  I will be posting some of the gifts I made soon (I promise).
HAPPY NEW YEAR!