Happy Lamp

Several weeks ago, on Craft Day, I stopped by JoAnn’s and found this little roll of yellow (!!!) pom-pom fringe for $2.99. Naturally, I had to have it! I knew right away where I wanted it to go – on the white IKEA lamp in our living room. It was literally one of the easiest and quickest Craft Day things I’ve ever done. All you need is: + a lamp shade + fringe or pom-poms of any sort + scissors + hot glue gun After my glue gun was hot, I put about six inches... Read More

Collage Wall

Earlier this summer I (finally) put together a collage wall for behind our couch! I had been collecting items slowly over the last two years and thanks to Craft Day, I found the time to put it all together. First I tapped together two large pieces of paper and measured it to be the size of “behind my couch”. I then laid out each frame and rearranged them until I figured out my design. Then, I traced each frame and hung the paper (LEVEL!!!) on the wall. Once it was... Read More

Someday…

Someday my house will be as wonderful as the ones below. I apologize that I don’t know where any of these images are from. I have a folder on my computer that I save my favorite images too – and some of these are from years ago. I’m looking forward to the coming months (January-April) where I don’t have to shoot many weddings and can spend all of my time (and money, mwaahaha!) on house stuff.  Read More

Ironing Board Makeover

One of my favorite things about our (1929) house is how many little spaces there are. We have a tiny corner coat closet. A tiny room upstairs which is too small to fit anything resembling a bedroom into. And a tiny ironing board that folds out of the wall in the kitchen. Weeks after we moved into our house (September 2009), I told myself that I had to recover our ironing board, asap. Well, almost two years later, I finally got around to it. Several weeks ago I declared to myself,... Read More