feelin' artsy.....

So since I have more free time on my hands, now that the kids are back to school, I am THRILLED to finally begin some projects I've been wanting to work on! Here's what my to do list looks like:

1. re-paint some frames
2. paint an old desk
3. distress & paint our nightstands in our bedroom
4. Pull out some blank canvases & create art for my kids' rooms
5. upholster fabric to 2 old distressed chairs I have
6. Hunt for old junk frames at garage sales & flea markets for my photography & begin to CREATE with them!
7. Hunt for vintage fabrics to create throw pillows
8. Create some old vintage girly decorations for my girls' room

What I plan to do is photograph & write about each project I do & blog about them! I am so excited to take old things & make them amazing! So I will post a few of the items that I plan to upcycle. Here are my "BEFORES"!


Fun, fun, fun!!!!!!!

decorating on the brain......

this is the bed frame I am dying to find!!! (Of course in queen size - not twin) this is what we want for our bedroom!

                                                         love this distressed blue dresser

                                                       i really like this light teal distressed hutch dresser!

                                                             I am going to make some coffee sack/feed sack pillows for on the floor of my livingroom -so when people are over we can lounge around on the floor & hang out!

                                       I want to make this patched tablecloth... I love mix match patterns!

                                           I actually HAVE this exact desk...but I am going to paint it this color!

something else I LOVE is mix match plates!

                                              would love to someday find a vintage typewriter

and an old fashioned black rotary phone!

Ok, so now that my kiddos are back in school, I cant seem to stop the wheels in my brain from turning! I am so decorating gung ho right now, it's nuts!! I have been researching & looking for EXACTLY what I wanna find. I am DYING to go to some flea markets... it's like an itch I cant scratch! I have decied to sell my bedroom set & get all new! (& when I say new... what I really mean is new used! LOL) I have so many ideas I wanna do around my house... lots of craft projects I wanna work on! This is just a snippit of what i am thinking!