Spring is in the Air....

I love the first weekend of spring weather. We have had a couple of teasers here in the Midwest, but today was finally a truly great day. Lots of sunshine. I am always motivated to tackle all those lingering projects left from winter.

Here is a shelf I saved from the dumpster behind an auction house. I love these old shelves- they are made so much better that anything you find today.

 It just needed a little love. I took the back off, it was warped and gross.

I gave it a good sanding and a fresh coat of paint. I makes a great place for all the stuff that doesn't fit in the desk drawers.

Happy Spring!!

Rhiannon



More Before and Afters

Here are a couple of little projects I have been working on. I obviously have an addiction to spray paint.

The weather here in the midwest has been keeping us indoors-so I have been doing a lot of organizing.

I have caught the spring cleaning bug early!

Happy Cleaning!

Rhiannon



Finally Hooked Back Up

So, after an entire month of no Internet, we are reconnected!! I will not bore you with all the details of why anyone in this day and age would go a month without Internet. I will just get back to business.

As you can probably guess, one is able to get a lot of things done when there is no computer distracting you.

Here is a project that has been waiting patiently in my basement the last 5 years.

I remember using this chair as a little girl.

My Green M&M helped me decide on grey. We just used spray paint and gave it a little face lift.

(don't you love days where you don't have to leave the house and your 4 year old can wear whatever she wants)



I think it is happy we were without Internet. I can't wait to show you where I ended up putting it. I will be posting that Before and After a little later.

Happy Painting!!

Rhiannon 

Aiden's Not-A-Box

A few weeks ago while we were visiting our library Aiden came across these wonderful books by Antoinette Portis called 'Not a Stick' and 'Not a Box'. Each story is about exciting and imaginative things you can do or make with ordinary objects. Aiden laughed and laughed when we first read them. Here's an animation of his favorite:

The books have also piqued his imagination. So much so that the other day he asked if he could have his own 'not-a-box.'
Well, of course you can, kiddo!!

So I took a box from work and he directed us on how to decorate it.

We painted it red

cut out some spacey sort of shapes

taped them on

and voila

A Rocket Ship Not-A-Box!

He and Polar Bear landed on Toy Planet where they found a huge bucket of cars.
Hope your summer adventures are just as exciting!

~Megan

Random stuff

Here is some random stuff  from our summer!!

Warning- this post could be filled with many pictures-read on at your own risk.

First of all, great minds think alike. We also took a trip to pick blueberries.

No, that is not my bus. Although I think it would be fun to drive.

I loved the buckets all stacked and ready to fill.

All smiles and excited at the beginning of the day.

Picked blueberries for oh, let say about 20minutes and...

they were ready to go back to the car.

I did get them to stay in the field long enough to pick 30lbs of berries. That includes my mom's buckets.

We froze some, but we have already eaten about half of what we picked. Yummy!!!

Here are a couple of projects I didn't get a chance to post earlier.

A patriotic LBB dress, that I have not been able to find since I took these pictures.

It was meant to be worn on the 4th of July, but we lost it. I'm sure it will turn up. Probably in January, when it will be too small and out of season.

This outfit did get worn on the 4th. I made this for my friend Niki's daughter. She picked up the flower print at an antique shop. I think it used to be a tablecloth. I also made a dress to match for her younger daughter. Hopefully I will get some pics of them wearing their outfits.

Finally, on the way to the blueberry patch, we passed this.

These are all sculptures made from recycled objects.

The artist, Jack, was in his workshop and was more than happy to show us around when we stopped  to take photos.

He even let Marcus help with his current project, a dolphin made from metal shavings. He gets them from a local factory.

He said that he occasionally sells a sculpture, but that is not why he does it. He just love creating art from what would otherwise be forgotten.

The kids had a great time getting up close and trying to figure out what the art had been in a previous life.

It was all very inspiring.

Happy Recycling!!

Rhiannon

8 and Beautiful

My good friend's daughter is turning 8 on monday. I recently took some pictures for her birthday.

Isn't she gorgeous? She is in a supermodel phase, can't you tell?

I upcycled a tanktop, belt and t-shirt to make her this bag and hair clip.

I think I turned out pretty cute.

We are off to Missouri for my brother-in-law's wedding. Talk to you all Monday.

Happy Weekend!

Rhiannon

Graduation

My brother Vinnie is graduating from art school today!! Hooray! I cannot believe I am that old. The kids and I are heading up to the city to attend his ceremony. We are staying until Sunday so probably no post until I get back.

Here is Vinnie and his girlfriend. Sorry Emily it was the recent pic I had.

This is a picture of all three of my little brothers. I love those guys. I am the oldest and the only girl, so I spent a lot of time babysitting. From the left Donnie, Sammy (miss him so much) and Vinnie.

And here we are at a Steve Martin concert. That's my Jason on the far right.

So you might wonder what do you give a super hip guy graduating from The Academy of Art, with a degree on Oil Painting. It's a little intimidating making him anything, because he is a brilliant artist and super creative.

We made...

a wallet out of the kiddos paintings.

I used contact paper to stiffen the paper. I think this would also be a cut Father's Day gift.

Happy Vacation!

Rhiannon

Footstool and Cuteness

Footstool.....

...now for Cuteness

I love his laugh.

He is growing up way too fast for me.

Once again a simple shoot for the blog turned into a complete photo session.

Good thing my kids are pros.

I thought this was just funny.

Happy Cuteness!

Rhiannon