Friday, May 25, 2012
House FULL of "Graduates" :)
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day!
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Monday, March 26, 2012
D.I.Y. Pot Rack
So, I made this a long time ago, but it's still one of my favorite and useful things in our house. and SO easy.
P.S. I just put up the new bamboo roman shades yesterday. We replaced those old faux white wooden ones. These are a much better improvement!
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
MY motivation!
So...in my D.I.Y. mode, I have made myself a little motivator. Some may say that the scale or the fit of your clothes is what they go by. I agree, but there is something about this and it's really motivating me. I want to be able to move as many marbles each week as possible. I weigh every Monday and that's IT! Not every day, that would just drive me crazy! So far, I'm down 6 lbs. and I can't wait to see what next week brings!
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Monday, March 19, 2012
$15 dollar laundry room makeover!
You may not believe me but seriously, I didn't spend more than $15 to redo my laundry room (closet). I had some left over paint from Izabella's room makeover and I got a wild hair one weekend after being inspired by my new found love of Pintrest! I spent $6 a piece for the new knobs. Aren't they cute? boxer shorts and a t-shirt!
I also have been meaning to make myself a window earring holder like the one I made for Taylor's room makeover. Well, I finally got around to that too! I think it turned out just as cute as the one I made Tay, minus the cool doorknob that it hangs from ...
I added hooks to the sides and bottoms to hold the earring that don't fit in the screen as the ones shown. I just love it and it's become the artwork for our bathroom as well. and BTW, I think this above only cost me about $35 total to make, including the vintage window. :) I love it!
Who KNOWS what I'll do next....I'm in a D.I.Y. DO mode! We just got some new bedding for our bedroom and I have a little something in mind for the artwork that Tay got us while she was in Barcelona. Turns out it matches the new bedding perfectly and I'm working on an idea to hang it above our bed. I'll put up pics of everything once I've figured out exactly what I want to do there. Anyway...ENJOY!
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Izzy's Manga Anime`
So...being an artist runs in the Mingolla family. Steve's Uncle Dom was an artist and many of you have seen the black canvas of his that we have in our home. Our niece, Britt, is an art major and an amazing artist. I've seen her do a black and white version of the famous Audry Hepburn painting, that you would swear was an original. Steve is also quite talented. He's made handmade, one of a kind, Mother's Day cards for his mother for over 20 years now. They are amazing. I tell him he should make a coffee table book called "Letters to Mom" or something, they are very funny!
Well, Izabella also...has the gene! You may remember that when she was in the 3rd grade, her teacher submitted some artwork of her's to the county and she won first place in the 3rd grade. Anywho....she's been into manga anime lately and has been doing a really good job on her own. Just recently, she's started saying that she wants to live in Japan one day! When we were at the last festival at the park we met some people that own a play up the road from us and they teach art and music to kids. It's called Play, Music and Art. It's so much fun for her and they even have a couples thing where they send the kids next door to the Karate class for a couple of hours and the adults get to drink a bottle of wine while you paint something. We're soooo going to do that.
Izabella came home tonight with her first completed project from her art class. They made their first cartoon strips. SO cool. See for yourself....
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