A Wednesday night Bathroom Re-do

Wednesday I had an ambitious idea to come home after work & paint the upstairs bathroom.

Seems like a crazy idea after a long day at work but painting is like therapy for me.  Hard work yes, but hours of me & my own thoughts is priceless 

{because you know everyone leaves you alone when you are doing hard work}

And look at the end result here. . . just beautiful & crisp & clean!

Can't go wrong with that

A stylish Boys bathroom update

I came up with this pretty grayish blue color the way I normally do. . . 

with leftover paint 

Here is the mix of the 2 very pale blue's I confiscated from my Mom

It was pretty but not quite the blue I wanted. . . . so I took this Royal blue left over from my son's room re-do a few weeks ago and. . . . .

started mixing

look how pretty the blue swirls are

but the results were so satisfying. . . .
just see for yourself

Before

After

It is amazing to me how much cleaner the toilet looks~hahaha

Before

After

I am so excited that this bathroom has some life in it now

Before

after

{ooops Someone needs to buy some light bulbs. . . again}

After

before

I really always have loved to paint a room.  I think it comes form my Mom who never sits still 

{I swear she will paint the same room twice every year}

and from my memories hanging at my Dad's house in Venice Beach every summer. . . I think that was the 1st time I got to help paint a room & it was a fun experience with my step-mom

so between the 2 Mom's. . . I earned a love of painting a room.

So thank you both because ..I am a self-proclaimed room painting rock star!

Now I just need to figure out what decorations to put in their for those boys of mine!

{I see another bathroom post coming in the near future}

**my tip of the day** 

never throw out any left over paint no matter how small amount it is!

you never know when you might need it to touch up a ding spot 

{or use on a craft project to with your newly painted space}

I scraped this little bit into a leftover baby food jar with a spatula. .& honestly to look in the can you wouldn't think there was enough to save but there was a good amount for touch ups.

so never underestimate

So here is to a weeknight room re-do

~Happy Creating

Texas Blue Bonnets & the baby

I have to say I have missed my BLOG!!! As we all know, sometimes life just gets too busy, too crazy & then throw in a sinus infection from the depths of hell & WELL.......you get a lady that was just too exhausted to do anything.

So with no projects complete & no cooking done in probably 2 weeks.....I am going to share a few pictures I took while down in Texas.

Just around the corner from my little brothers house were these amazingly beautiful Blue Bonnets!

How could I resist giving these babies their own photo shoot?? 

While giving myself some added practice to settings on my camera.

My brother & sister in law told me that these only bloom at a certain time of year & that I was there at the right time.  They also told me that it is a tradition for parents to take pictures of their children in the blue bonnets.....I asked my 2 boys if they wanted their picture taken in the posies & you can guess what their response was .......

BUT on Easter Sunday my brother & sister in law announced that they were having a baby!!

So guess which baby is going to get their picture taken in the blue bonnets.. . . . yep I am going to have to make a special trip down just to do that for them!

These Blue Bonnets were everywhere & on the drive home it did seem like they ended right at the Texas border!  No lie!!!  If you have never been to Texas you should plan a trip in early spring & see the beauty of this flowery gift to the world!

Baby Love

I am anxiously awaiting my nephew to arrive!!

He is in there ready to meet the world VERY soon!





This is my sister (I know ...... isn't she beautiful)







We had a very fun time tonight taking pictures of her belly~at one point I thought she was going to laugh that baby right out of her tummy!



Hey an Auntie can hope!







I finished a baby mobile that my sister wanted to hang over the crib. She wanted it made out of some of the decorations from the baby shower BUT after it was all said & done it was too long so we decided it should hang in the corner & I am going to make a new one to hang over the crib!




When I get the new mobile done I will post some pictures but for now I will show you the one I made for the corner.





This was how it started

but then......

Little by Little.......

we ended up with this!!

(Isn't my pool in the back ground attractive...that thing needs some help) but the mobile on the other hand came out really cute...just super LONG!

I could shorten it up but I think the length makes it fun AND I really want to make a fabric poof mobile so this gives me an excuse.

So as we hold our breath & wait for baby Bradley......I will keep creating!