I Love Chevron...D.I.Y tutorial

I don't mean the gas station. Although, when we moved to our current neighborhood about three years ago, I noticed that the Chevron station did have the closest Diet Coke fountain drinks...the love of my life.
This is really about Chevron stripes. I love them, on fabric, on wallpaper, on cell phone covers....

                                           I was inspired by this tutorial.
 And the way the morning light hits my wall in the family room. Maybe I am just seeing stripes everywhere!

Don't judge, these were quick photos I took with my iphone..they capture the moment, not so much my talent as a photographer.

Here's what you need:




an ugly photograph or painting from the thrift store (or you could use a cute one!) your choice.

 

 

blue painters tape (or masking tape), scissors

begin by taping stripes on your picture, remember that the image that is taped is what will show through.

cover your surface with newspaper. paint a few coats (depending on the color) I used a mustard yellow gaze over the entire image. Be careful not to let any seep under the tape.

                               this is what it will look like after one coat of paint.



                                                    After...Voila...

I decided after putting it all back together that the frame was HIDEOUS, so I taped off and sprayed the frame with silver metallic spray paint to give it a more industrial meets vintage meets granny chic....what do you think?

            The entire project cost me about $7.00 and that was just because I bought the painters tape.



mary mary quite contrary... week 5



Our little garden is growing and all the plants have blossoms..thank you bees! It has been really warm here the past few weeks, after a beautiful Spring, I guesse I shouldn't be suprised, but by late afternoon some days the plants are getting a little droopy. No worries, everything perks up as soon as it cools off.

We did have a little drama as we were weeding and checking on the progress a few days ago. I brought my little Bischon with me (I thought maybe a photo op of her looking cute in the garden) Instead she got dog-napped! She was in the front yard doing some inportant business and an older man drove by and though she looked lost? he put her in his car and drove home. Fortunately for us she started to bark and we found her a few hours later not far from my mom's house.

 Strange but true! All is well, let's hope for a drama free garden week!

For some garden eye candy check this out.

Destination:Disneyland

There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING that I like better than a day at the Magic kingdom. I have spent many years receiving criticism from my "parent peers" about this. I can't tell you exactly why I looove it so much, but I think it is because I have so many happy childhood, teenage, and now parent memories of Disneyland. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that we even had season passes for years and we don't even live in California anymore....I could go on and on but I am getting weepy! So a trip to Disneyland is what we shall do... 2 weeks and counting, my brothers and all of their kids too.

 Here are a few things I would love to take with me (besides my husband and 3 excited teenagers)

• I always take Zone bars with me everywhere I go, especially when we travel with the kids
• I would love to take this darling peacock color backpack...perfect for water bottles, souveniers and extra stuff...
• panama hat to keep the sun off my cheeks
• cool cotton t-shirt...ahhh My main mouse Mickey
• classic and a bit retro converse

Happy Disney Dreaming....

Heather

mary mary quite contrary...week 3&4

Our Garden is growing!

I don't know what it is about watching something grow that you planted, but it is very fulfilling. I am combining progress reports (sounds like Jr. High school) from week 3 and 4. Mostly because I have been working hard on the design of my blog and taking an e-class over at Decor8, and I haven't been posting as much as I would like. Blah Blah Blah... Enjoy the pix!





yellow heirloom tomatoes

sometimes a girl just needs some alone time in the garden.

All of my encouraging (the garden) is staring to pay off. No more "garden envy" here!

   

 Heather

Pool Party

Gummy shark skewers...a crowd favorite

Gold fish snacks 

The Birthday Girl

Nothing is better on a hot summer day than a pool party. We celebrated Jensen and Wesley's birthday at the pool....

The gummy skewers were a little D.I.Y. that I put together for the kids

 

supplies needed:

• can of blue spray paint or craft paint
• piece of Styrofoam
• skewers, we used about 20
• big bag of gummy sharks or swedish fish
• trim cut to look like waves (I found this at Joannes) 

spray paint the Styrofoam and let it dry. skewer your fish/sharks upside down so that when you push them into the Styrofoam they are right side up! trim the front edge with ribbon or waves or whatever you have. this would also make a darling centerpiece...

Enjoy your summer



Heather

Happy Father's Day

Things I learned from my Dad

 

                                       

• always leave a campsite cleaner than you found it
• make your room shine like the top of the chrysler building (okay borrowed that one from "Annie")
• If you talk to your garden, it will grow
• be kind to those that hurt you
• eat cookies and milk before bed every night
• love God and your brothers and your mother
• take care of (see above)
• living your life through your children's lives is not such a bad thing
• laugh loudly and cheer even louder for your favorite team
• always tell your children you love them....

Miss you Dad... I can't believe you have been gone for six months...

Heather

Daisy Duke shorts..D.I.Y. tutorial

There is nothing I like better than a pair of Daisy Dukes!

Here is a quick tutorial on sewing lace to the bottom of cutoffs. My daughter fell in  love with some denim cutoffs at F21. Fortunately (for me) they didn't have her size... So a quick trip to Joanne's for some lace and we converted a pair of denim cutoffs into some darling ( and a bit longer) shorts. This made both of us happy!

Step one: buy new or new to you denim shorts, can be cutoff already or just cut and fray at desired length. (might need to ask dad what the desired length is!) 

Step two: pin lace around the WRONG side or inside of shorts. you will need about 1- 1 1/2 yards of lace.

Step three: sew lace all the way around each leg taking care to join the piece or seam at the inside leg.  Turn right side out.. Really this is about a 20 minute project

step four: Enjoy the squeals of delight from your teenager....okay a mom can dream right?!

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