Wyoming Rental

So we finally got moved to Wyoming and settled in our little home.  What a blessing to be out of my parents home and able to set up a family schedule of our own.  We have now been in our rental for almost three months.  Fall is pouring itself out on Wyoming and I am so excited to see the change of the seasons for the first time in five years.  I wanted to share with you some pictures of our new home. 

Crafts done before our vacation!

I bought this whiteboard at Target yesterday. It was silver so I spray painted it black, added the fabric to go with my pantry and a fabric flower.

These were once black but I wanted to brighten up my chocolate wall in our living room. I painted them two different colors of taupe and sanded them to give them a rustic look.

When I crashed my car in October I saved the plates and wanted to do something with . . . so I got this idea by surfing the net. I just bent the plates over my counter and used them as bookends. I placed a collection of our older Bibles in between.

This frame was once gold. A little spray paint and scrapbook paper and I have a new look!

I was really excited about this new sign for my kitchen. The old sign use to have glass in it but fell off our wall once day. I added some cute scrapbook paper, bought the letters and spray painted them before gluing them on. I love it!

As summer continues so do my crafts!

This is my last project of the summer! I think. . . I decoupaged the mats already of course after this picture was taken. I'm going to put our wedding announcement and picture in the center frame and add pictures to the others from our trip back to Wyoming this summer.

Found this stick on our morning walks. Sealed it with clear spray paint, used the same fabric from my pantry curtains to tie in that theme.

This red frames were once gold. I got them for a wedding present and never used them because they didn't fit into our decor. Now they do! I want to get new pictures for these too! You could easily change the fabric as the seasons/holidays change too.

I always wanted cute bins for my laundry room but didn't want to pay an arm and leg for them. I found these at Wal-Mart for $3.00! Plus since being plastic I can wash them if anything gets spilled. Added the ribbon I chose for my pantry curtains and wall-la-CUTE!

Don't judge me I didn't straighten up my pantry before shooting this picture. I use Stitchery Witchery that you just iron to make the hems and hung it on a closet rod.

I make this BATH sign by taking chip board letters, painting the edges, adding cute scrapbook paper, sealing them with Mod Pouge, sanding the edges to make them distressed looking and then hung them using Velcro picture hangers.

I bought these hooks at Hobby Lobby for $1.20! They were blue and pink before I revamped them. I painted them, added new paper (thank goodness the hooks screwed off), and sanded.

I think I might want to change the paper. . . again.

I have had a key wall for a while now but it need a little eye popper added to it. I took some painters tape and created rectangles around the keys and then used my excess house paint ( two different colors) to fill them in. I'm still looking for a cute quote to put around it.

Revamped dollar store items!

I got these plaques at the dollar store too. Spray painted them to fit our bedroom, scrapbook paper, sanded, added some adhesive dots to the photos so I could easily change them.

These were just wood blocks from a craft store. I painted them, sanded the edges, and painted the letters. The blocks that spell faith are printed on the other side of the love blocks. The stars were wood stars from the craft store too with decoupaged paper on them. I really want a vinyl machine!

I bought these tiles at the dollar store. They are particle board and had funny sayings on them. I decoupaged cute paper on them, sanded the edges and hung them! Easy!

Pictures from August to December

I have tried to catch you up on what has been happening since our trip home in July. The end of July, beginning of August school started for me. I am teaching a 5th/6th gifted combination class and greatly enjoying my students. Bryan's golf season started to pick up the end of October and is now in full swing! We stayed here for Thanksgiving and joined our pastor's family for a day of touch football and turkey. This Christmas we stayed here again. Our hearts longed to go home but Bryan was needed here at PCC. We were once again blessed by all our family and the members of the PCC this year! Merry Christmas to all and a very Happy New Year!