Monday, December 26, 2011

What's in a name?! :)

Taylor and I have been working on this since November and we've managed to keep it a HUGE secret. 
I love surprises! 
She has wanted to add Mingolla to her last name since she was about 15. Everything boils down to timing and the time has come. Here is the letter she gave her Dad, Grandma and Papa this year for Christmas. 

We are proud to introduce to you....Miss Taylor Rae Buck MINGOLLA!!!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Happy 20th Birthday Taylor Rae!

Happy Birthday Sweet girl!  we love and miss you and can't wait to see you!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Christmas 2011 Parade

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Izzy's Guitar concert!

We finally got the guitar to GA!  and Izzy wanted to do after school guitar lessons so we did that, too!  Here is the result of those lessons. We'll see if she wants to do it some more....

Note: go to the bottom of the page first and turn off the radio player I have on.

First song......WIPE OUT!

Next up......THRILLER!

and then there was.....MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!

and then there was this.....do YOU know what the song is?

and lastly......CAROL OF THE BELLS!  (This was her and Helen Marie's favorite of them all!)

Their instructor, Jonathan, said that they were actually his best class and that from going to nothing more than holding a guitar to this is a great achievement.

Tay sees her room for the first time!


Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Taylor's home!!!!!!!!!

Room makeover can now be revealed!  Happy Birthday Taylor Rae!!!!

What I started with...blank slate!


What she came home to......

TA-DA!!!!

This shot is the same angle as the one at the very beginning of this post showing you what I started with.

I took Steve's drafting table and made a vanity / work space for her here. The mirror was old and had some oxidation on it so to salvage it, I painted it black and put some polyurithane on it to make it shiny and then bought some wall decals in the form of a dandelion and put them over most of the problem areas on the mirror and then had them "blow" across the walls to the right and left of her mirror.

I made her a place to hang her earrings and play the role of "art" on her walls. I bought an old window ($10) and then put window screen on it with nail heads and hung it with green burlap ribbon from a crystal door knob. I bet this entire project cost me $15 tops. and it's so cute and functional. I need to make one for my
myself. 
 

  This is a close up of how the dandlions look on the wall. I love this color so much, it's like a buttery avocado!
 
We can't let her forget where she's from....

And THIS....believe it or not, was Izabella's changing table. I took off the top, sanded it down, painted it and put on some new knobs and vio-la! a brand new piece of furniture. This is where she'll put her TV and I'm going to get a piece of plexi to put on top of it to save it from scratches and I thought she could put pictures under it, too.


These are the 2 sayings that are hanging on the wall behind her bed....


And remember this? Because I did Tay's room, Izabella was jealous so we re-ARRANGED her room and now it's like a brand new room all over again...........


I love you Taylor Rae, you've been a blessing in my life and contiune to amaze me every day! 
Love, Susan

NOW........................... when will Mommy and Daddy get a makeover?!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Sneak Peek.....


Taylor wanted a sign on her door like the one Izabella got when I redid her room, so here you go!
All the hard work is done, now it's decorating time...the FUN stuff!  I love this green! 16 more days until she comes home and gets to see it! (hint...the sign has all the colors that are in the bedspread)