So we finally finished our house remodel and I have a ton of after pics to post...
but until then Jenn over at Tater Tots and Jello is giving away a Silhouette! I mean if you have never seen this you will go crazy! It's the coolest thing ever and I want one so bad! Go check it out here!

New Pantry!!!

I was very inspired by the House of Smiths pantry redo, so I decided to tackle my own. I did not have very much money to spend so I tried to use as much stuff as I could that I already had. First I took everything out! My husband was really excited about that part...

Here are some before pics ...

Pretty much a typical pantry with a ton of food and not a ton of organization. Once I got everything out, I cleaned the shelves and then painted the walls a really pretty greenish gray.

While it was drying, the hardest part for me, was trying to figure out the most logical place and groupings to go back in. I got rid of the stuff that I NEVER use and relocated it to the laundry room. This allowed me to get rid of the over the door hanger and a lot of the appliances. I went to goodwill and got like 5 baskets for 17$ and then spray painted most white. This lets you put the not so pretty stuff inside so you just see the pretty basket. I really tried to put the things that we use the most at eye level and then the things we do not at the top or at the bottom. I did take all of my cereal out of the boxes and used the bags only. It makes it look a lot cleaner. After I got everything in and where I wanted it I printed some lables on the computer. I would of LOVED to use vinyl, however I did not have the patience or the money... so I came up with these. And here is the final product.... I love it!!!

Burlap Curtains

I have been looking and looking for some fabric for the curtains in our living room. I have scoured Hobby Lobby and Target and have not been able to find anything that fits my vision or my budget so... I was very inspired by The Nester's curtains, they are fabulous! But I needed six panels and that equals a lot of money, so I decided I would do something with burlap. I have been wanting to jump on this band wagon but have not found exactly how to incorporate into our new house. This is what I came up with...

I used 7 yards of burlap
2 cans of espresso spray paint
poster board (stencil)

First, I cut my fabric into the panels that I needed.

I cut out my stencil with the poster board. My stripes are about 4 inches long.

Spray paint the entire panel and let dry



Then I sewed up all the rough edges and here you go!

Lighning McQueen Cake!

For Fisher's 3rd Birthday I decided I would be a little ambitious, and try to make a McQeen cake. If you have a boy in the age range of 2-5 you know the obsession of Lightning McQueen, that I am talking about, we joke that that movie is why Fish can talk, because it is the majority of his vocabulary. Today he even cried until I agreed to let him sleep in his Lightning McQueen shoes (which of course was a gift from Grandma, bc I don't do the whole character clothing thing), anyway, I had great plans for some red fondant icing and even made it yesterday so that I could be prepared for today. Well apparently it gets really hard and unusable if you let it sit over night. I did not know this and had to chunk it this morning...

So I went with plan "B" and had to use buttercream which turned out pretty good. Sorry about the lack of pics...
I started with a regular yellow cake mix, whipped that up and put it in the oven. Then I cut it into three sections, in a t shape. I put the two bigger pieces on top of eachother to make the base of the cake and then I put the smaller piece on top of that to make the eyes. Then I kind of just took a McQeen car that I had and shaped the cake to look like the car. After that I iced it and called it a day. Its not perfect, but it looked good enough for Fisher who was so excited to have a "cars" cake!

3 years old!

Today I get to celebrate Fisher's 3 rd birthday! I feel very blessed!

I am going to attempt to make a Lightning McQueen cake...but well see how it turns out!

Almost 3 Months!

Here is our little man growing and growing!

My husband Rocks!

When we moved to NB we did not have a fridge, so when we got there we went and purchased a really cheap one for the garage and decided to wait on one for the kitchen until we could find a good deal...

well, I am pretty sure that I lost about 10 pounds bc I simply hated going out there to get food (its a great diet, take away the food and you dont eat). Well I found a fridge that I really liked, a stainless, french door with bottom freezer, however the cost of one of these is more then we paid for our first car, so I pretty much counted that thought out... (I know its just a fridge but they are so beautiful)

In comes amazing hubby, I had found a deal on craigslist for a fridge that looked great and told pres he should just go take a look and if it was not in good shape or whatever no biggie, really I just wanted anything to hold cold food inside my house! He went and told me that it was dirty and didnt work...

what a tricker, later that night he pulled in the driveway with this beauty!



I am so excited and I just thinks she sparkles so pretty! I was so excited to go to the grocery store to buy some fresh new food to fill her up with!

It was a great surprise from a great husband! And he had an awesome story about how he got a really great deal on it too!