A Moment of Silence Please!

Please take a moment to remember the fallen that gave their lives fighting for our country.

I have returned!

It has been such a long time since I have blogged. I am still enjoying reading my favorite blogs, but I've been busy like everyone else and just got out of the habit. I went back to school and am working on getting all the prerequisites to go to nursing school. I am still sewing and have started making wreaths and floral arrangements. I made this for my mom for her birthday.

Here's to coming back to the land of blogging. I have missed it!

Hand Painted Knobs

I bought and put together this dresser from IKEA for my little boys room.





I wanted to personalize it a little and remembered these hand painted knobs called sknobs I had seen on Etsy. I searched and searched and couldn't find them again, so I seached the web and found them at Studio M Designs. They were perfect for this dresser
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I looked at the price and couldn't justify the $60. So off to Hobby Lobby to buy some unfinished large knobs. These could also be used as feet for an ottoman. I spent under $10 and used some leftover paint. Here is my interpretation. Yes I am only showing half the dresser because my son put a bunch of stuff on the top and I was too lazy to clean it all up. Here are all six knobs.
I think they turned out pretty good. These are cell phone pics so they are poor quality. I am linking to Kimba's DIY Day. Check it out and see lots of great DIY ideas.

Hudson's New Room

Hudson's Room by sew-pink on Polyvore.com

Hudson is an 11 year old boy who LOVES dogs. When I saw this fabric I immediately knew it would be great in his new room.

Happy Valentine's Day

Do something nice for your sweetie today.

I wish I was on a beach somewhere. The ice and snow in Atlanta this weekend was the most I have seen in the 10 years I've lived here. I'm looking forward to spring.

Have a great day!!

Master Bedroom Redo

Well I have decided to try to keep up with this blog again. I think I need a project to talk about and keep me busy. Today I was out and about looking for fabric for a client (elementary school offices) I drove by a small antique store and thought I would stop in. I had been in one other time years ago. I totally scored this chair and it's match for $30 each.

I convinced the hubster that these would make a great Valentines gift for me. They will look lovely when I recover them. I had been looking for a cane chair ever since I saw one out there in blogland.

Photo courtesy of Centsational Girl

Now that I have a matching pair I plan on redecorating the master bedroom. You can see the before of the master here. I brought all of the decor with me from our old house and I am ready for a change. Of course I am also trying to redo 2 of my son's rooms also. Oh why can't I just focus on one room at a time. I can't wait to get busy.

Before And After Fall Wreath

So last year I made some fall wreaths to go on my front doors. I thought they looked really good. Lets just say I came back from the floral show and as I walked up to my front doors I thought to myself, I have got to fix those wreaths now. They looked really puny and unfinished. I learned about movement and texture and decided to put it into practice.

Upon first glance it looks pretty good. Here's the before shot on an interior door.

Here's what they look like after some TLC. I broke out my new glue pot and started dipping and sticking. I think they look so much better.

I am linking to DIY day at A Soft Place to Land