I heart spray paint...

And today, at Lowe's, the little girl told me that they NEVER put Valspar paint on sale.  "NEVER?" I said.  "Never," she said with the shake of her head.  Something inside me died at that moment.... 

Today, at the mission store, quite possibly one of my favorite stores, I happened upon this box of 23 small cardboard magazine holders.. like, greeting card size.  Now, I love a good deal and I LOVE things used to organize, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE things that are ugly with the potential of becoming pretty, and BEST OF ALL- I KNEW I could bring spray paint to this party!  I've spent a beter part of the afternoon priming, then painting these bad boys... still have NO IDEA what I'll do with them, but... a deal's a deal, right?

So, any suggestions?

FUN FRIDAY: Fairy Friday

Imagination is the most important thing you can foster in a child.  I know, being an only child for so long, I had many imaginary friends and played with my stuffed animals as though they were real... 

As we looked at geocaching on Pinterest, we came across several fairy doors.  They are essentially little doors attached to trees just at the base.. that's it- 

So we decided to put a smile on some child's face and make one- I took popsicle sticks, paint, sticks from the yard and lots of hot glue and came up with the above picture.  As soon as all the kids are up, we will make a few more, then go find cool trees to nail them to!  Lucas renamed it Fairy Friday instead of Fun Friday, at least for today.

The little 2 are super excited and the big 2 are insulted by all of this- but I really don't care about them because they get to go to a Dynamo game this weekend, so they can nail fairy houses with a smile, knowing that their Fun Friday is really on Saturday... I'll let you know where our fairies set up shop so you can check them out!

Another makeover

My friend Lauren and I found this yesterday at Goodwill for $30 and in nearly 3 hours, we did this!!!

A makeover

I LOVE a deal. I think I learned this lesson from my mom- she was never afraid to stop if she saw something cool on the side of the road- she always said Aggies had no morals when it came to throwing out perfectly good stuff. I agree with that, but I don't think that's why she did it. There is something about taking trash and making it into treasure... It's such a cool feeling of accomplishment. I saved this little desk from the curb in front of my neighbors house- Grace immediately claimed it, but it sat in my garage for almost a year... I couldn't figure out what to do with it,.... it all came together today- it was a light wood-like substance covering partial board before ( did I think I take a before pic? Of course not!). Well, Grace and I created this tonight.... (it's drying in the garage)

I'm in love! It perfectly matches her room and she did a lot of it herself. We've decided that we are available to repurpose desks for teachers all summer, so feel free to contact us- it's a great bonding activity- the eye rolls were minimal- progress!