Loved this!

We have been waiting for this movie for awhile now and it was worth the wait! I loved it! The kids loved it, a couple have seen it twice this weekend! The first time they saw it in 3D and then today they went back with us to see it in "normal" vision...

3D makes me nauseous :( so we opted out of that. I mean really who signs up for nausea anyway? It was so Tim Burtonesque and ofcourse Johnny Depp was the perfect madhatter. Honestly I thought everyone was brilliant. loved it, loved it, loved it!

Hope your Sunday was as great as mine... I'm hoping tomorrow will bring some time for creating my way, it seems like forever since I put new things in my etsy stores. I am really hankering for some glue, glitter, paper, cloth and have a crazy amount of ideas in my head that need to be released!

Thanks for stopping by, Theresa xoxo

I think I'm finally done!!!

I just thought the picture looked so lonely on the wall that it needed something under it... my solution? A rusty metal piece of FABULOUS!!! and then I strung up some 'instant relatives' with a piece of vintage tape measure and some clothes pins that I decorated with music paper and mica. This will probably get a mixed reaction from visitors but I love it! My kids will say " great, more creepy people we don't know on the wall" :) This is the after of the chairs... can you believe I let them be UGLY for over a year? Thankfully I now have a blog and creative genious blog friends to inspire me!

See what I mean? Thank you! Sometimes I just need a little motivation, otherwise known as a good swift kick in the pants...

This is the view from the living room, those shelves hold everything from boots to chalk. The best part, they were FREE. Yup you heard me right! Gotta love craigslist for that!

That's our front door, I have never really liked it but it's really not so bad now that it's white. Who knew? (insert your name here)!!!

I lived with the display that was on this little table from the last post for maybe a few hours before it started to bug me. So when I took Max to school and saw my St. Francis sitting in the cold snow, well he just had to make an appearance. It doesn't seem so cluttered to me now. The picture inside the frame was one of my presents from a good friend of mine as well as the amazing brooch on the top of it. And the little pillow on the chair in the corner...Am I spoiled or what? :)

Another view from the living room. Seriously, I am LOVING the instant relatives!

This is the view from the front door. Can you believe that bowl was full of apples just the other day? I do love that they eat them up, better get to the store though.

This was too cute not to show you... we went to a japanese steakhouse for dinner last night and Max got the giant polka dotted fish (yes it had a real scientific name) to kiss him! The fishes name was Cotton Candy. (again not his scientific name)

I love this picture! Too Cute!!! The food was delicious and it was so fun to see them cook in front of us! I kept saying that if I had one of those grills in the kitchen maybe more of the family would hang out in there while I made dinner! wishful thinking...

O.k. aren't you glad the dining room posts will be done for awhile? I mean really I do have other rooms in my house that need some attention! no I mean it!

Thanks for stopping by, Theresa xoxo

dining room makeover still going strong!!!

I've been fiddling around with the new madeover dining room... This picture is the 4th one I've tried out in this spot so far! I love the dark scene of swans on the river, just like our backyard. We now have a family of swans floating down the Grand River, so graceful to watch as we walk. It really is this dark of a picture, you have to actually look at it to take it all in. This one doesn't let you just take a passing glance! The curtains are just what I've been wanting, drop cloths, but I need to wash them yet as I hung them quickly before I went to go see my Dad. My family said thanks for the privacy:)

Front door, oh I need another little picture just to the right of it...

This old house had a huge doorbell box so I glued this picture that is mounted on wood right on top of the box so you still hear the bell but you don't have to look at the box another :) !! Besides, I love this picture and the crackling on the painted frame.

This one was always hidden in the upstairs bath, so went unnoticed... well not anymore! I hung it the same way down here though, the jewel is glued to the nail.

Yup this is for me, today marks the first day of the last year I can claim to be a 40 something... fill in the blank, mom, wife, sister, friend, ... Another How did that happen moment!!!!! D. wrote me a note on our special chalkboard this morning :) All kidding aside, the number 49 is just that, I haven't really given it much thought. I still act like a kid and so feel like one most of the time. I love silly and I gotta say my kids definitely keep me young. We are silly alot. Thanks kids!

Little table next to the front door. Those 'candle sticks' are actually lamp bases that are just the right amount of crusty rust! When I bought them at a barn sale, the man just shook his head and probably felt bad for my hubby!

I'm linking this up to Kathleens White Wednesday party... Thanks Kathleen! I have a few pics to share of my trip to Gulf Shores to see my Dad for my birthday. Really I am so spoiled! We had lots of fun and the view was fabulous! I could listen to waves all day couldn't you? I just loved sitting on his balcony and listening to the ocean. The first day there we saw a pod of dolphins playing, seriously I squeal and clap my hands when I get excited. just. like. a. kid. see why 49 doesn't bother me? lol!

So this is this first run of the makeover, these things may change at any moment... yup that's how I roll!

Thanks for stopping by, Theresa xoxo

Mantel makeover for White Wednesday...

Remember that fab find I showed you before well ladeda... It received a makeover while I painted the dining room! Yea!!! It was in three pieces and just kind of holding itself up with nothing stronger than chewing gum. o.k. that was gross and not really the case but ALMOST! I secured it, caulked every crack and then added a couple of embellishments, two were very necessary and then the center one just to add some flair. This is the before, wow now when I look at it I can't believe I fooled myself into thinking it looked o.k. enough to show all you amazing decor divas!

TADA! Wow what a little extra effort and a good paint job won't do to bring something back to life.

Now if you look closely in the mirror you will be able to see what my day will consist of, painting the second coat on all of the trim in the room. I will also be hanging the curtains back up, we've been kind of a side show for all of our neighbors this week. Not bad if it was a slow t.v. week for some! Go on over now to Faded Charm and check out all of the other WW participants there is so much inspiration over there! Theresa xoxo