Evolution Of A Bookcase

Last weekend, I found a posting for a free entertainment cabinet on a Facebook Group that I belong to. I had been searching for a bookcase for Arabella's room since she had outgrown the bookshelf that Jay had made for her when she was a baby. Jay at one point thought he wanted to build her one, but that plan was soon replaced with his purchase of the "new" car and all the other car projects that he wants to do. But, I digress, when I saw the posting, I jumped at it. All it would cost me was the gas and time to go get it as well as my time to re-paint it. I picked up up last Wednesday with the idea that if I got it home and Jay looked at it and decided that it was going to be too much work, I would be able to put it right out at the curb since Thursday is garbage day.

It was pretty gross looking and I wasn't sure washing and sanding it would make a difference. But I wanted to at least try, so yesterday I borrowed a power sander from friends and got to work. Arabella came out to say goodnight to me and even wanted to help...I was almost done and I let her paint the bottom shelves with me. She did a great job!

I was amazed this morning how good it looked after about 2 hours of work and just one coat of fresh paint! I really do love it and it reminds me of the office furniture that I want from Pottery Barn.

We had to do a little bit of rearranging in her bedroom for this to fit, but it looks great. And Arabella couldn't be more excited to have a bookcase for her books!

Home Depot Project

Every 2nd Saturday of the month, Home Depot has a free in-store project for kids. I took Arabella on Saturday and met our friends, Tanya & Ryan, for some fun. This was the second project that Arabella has done - this time she made the tool box. She had a lot of fun and even saved part of the project to do at home with Jay. (They put the stickers on the tool box together). She was so proud of her project! Great job, Arabella! I am looking forward to going with you again next month!

Making Bows!

With all this rainy and cold weather we have been having, I have decided to get crafty again! This time I decided to make bows for the flower girls to wear in their hair at Ashlee & Dustin's wedding. This is the first time I have made any type of hair accessories and surprisingly, they were easy to make. And I am very happy with how they came out - they will look so adorable in the girls hair!

These are the bows for the wedding, cute right?!?!

I had some extra cute ribbon and was on a roll, so I made this one too!

Home Depot Workshop

Our Home Depot stores do a monthly Kids Workshop. Classes fill up fast, are free and are "Hand's On" where kids build, learn and create. Yesterday, Jay took her to her first workshop. They had a good time building the Home Depot #20 Race Car despite going to the "wrong" store location. They were supposed to meet a group of our friends at a different location than the one they went to. Despite the mix-up, they still had fun hammering away and making the toy car. She was very excited when she got home to show me what she made. I know that we will be going to more of these workshops in the future!

Spring Project

As I was wasting time on the internet this afternoon, when I really should have been organizing my closet, I came across this great idea!



I would love to make the framed chalkboard for Arabella's playroom! I just may be getting to "crafty" for my own good. But hey, I do need something to pass the time when my Little Bean is napping!