Pottery Barn inspired display board

My sweet real life pal Mandy of Crafty Southern Mama is starting Terrific Tuesdays. I love sharing and finding great ideas.

I'm joining in.

I actually did this a few weeks back.

I had this BIG, ugly, gold frame. It had great potential...

In eying every page of  last seasons Pottery barn catalogue. I figured I could copy.

A little spray paint and some twine!

I just wrapped twine around the frame and hot glued in some areas to keep the twine from slipping around.

cheap Ol' clothes pins to attach the boy's artwork and Viola!

I have this hanging in my hall. I love to display children's artwork everywhere in the house.

Of course here's them helping me blog this afternoon.

Such little monkeys!

Hop on over to Crafty southern Mama and join in on the fun.

Cookbooks and closets....

I hope y'all are having a wonderful Tuesday, we sure are around here today.

I just wanted to share a couple of my favorite cookbooks right now.

This was pretty much sums up my cooking right now. Three kids, four dogs and a husband...That doesn't leave much time for cooking. I bought this book recently at Barnes and Nobles, I love it. Lots of yummy kid friendly recipes. I also like it because each recipe comes with a list of things you need at the store and a side item that would go good with the recipe.

 

 My other several year old favorite is this...

The ultimate Southern Living has some great recipes. Quick, healthy and family favorites. I always find something in here when I want to impress someone with my cooking!

And of course Mrs. Paula herself

This is not your healthiest recipes...but Ohhhh so YUMMY!
My favorite enchiladas come from this book.

I LOVE cookbooks, and love to hear when others find great cookbooks that they love.I would rather read a cookbook than a book. I guess because I LOVE to eat!


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On to the closet...I'm not done, butgetting there. It definetly looks much better and CLEANER.

I went through and cleaned so much crap...

I mean like who really wears 100 white tee shirts? 500 pairs of unmatched socks?

I utilized our shelving much more. They were empty, so why not put things on there that you use daily?

My hubby is so bad about hanging jeans up, so folded on the shelves works better for both of us.

I added a few accessories to his dresser...

An old frame I hot glued some twine on the back. Now a great place to place pictures and little Love notes!

I found the cutest little necklace holder at TJ Maxx. It was only 9.99. I still want to add a rug on the hardwood floors and a chandelier, If I can convince Mr. B.

I guess I better go get the kiddos picked up from school.

Have a great one!

Because I have nothing to do!

Yeah right....

I'm not real sure why I ALWAYS find something to make a big huge mess with. Like I don't have anything else to do with my time!  My hubby and kids think I'm completely nuts!! Anyways, I have been wanting to repaint my master closet. I painted it before we had our closet shelves installed. Well, I didn't mix the paint good...and lets just say the paint was very streaky on the walls once it dried. It has bugged me for a year now.

I found a gallon of cream color paint on clearance at Home depot for 5.00. The color is called Irish cream, pretty much the same color as our shelving.

I actually had already started before I took some pictures yesterday.

It's really hard to tell with the lighting, but the paint is looking so much better, I want to change the fluorescent light out and add a cute little chandelier in here as well. And I'm going to get everything organized in here too.

I really want a closet that looks like this from Megan's from Honey Were home.

Or like this....I love all the room in this master closet. When we built our home 8 years ago, I thought our closet was huge, and it was compared to what we had before.

I guess I need to go in there and finish painting. I really do not like painting at all, especially with a two year old and a bull dog at my feet.

I will be sure to share the turn out when I'm all done.

Happy Friday.

My new little craft room light

Yep, I'm back...I know it's been a long time since I have posted, but I still have been reading my favorite blogs!

I'm just picking right back up and joining right back in. I thought about quitting all together, but I get so many wonderful ideas here in blog land. I hope I can inspire some folks as well.

One of the latest things I've accomplished is getting rid of the boring ceiling fan here in my craft dump room. It has added so much character and actually a lot more light.

Shhhh, don't tell anyone it's not really glass! You would never know unless you touched it. I got it from Home Depot for 99.00. It really does look expensive.

It definitely pulled the room together, I just look at it and smile when I'm in here on the computer

Here's where I do my blogging reading! Not no more...please come back, I have a lot to share.

It's snowing here again today, I'm jumping off to go get my babies from school. If it even looks like snow around here, school is canceled!

Stay warm

And there off.....

They got up so great this morning, I was proud of them. It was all smooth sailing! of course Charlie Mac thought he was going to school as well! He starts after Labor day. Cole is a BIG junior high boy now, I can't believe it. Carson is a third grader,seems unreal. Before I know it Charlie Mac will start kindergarten, I'm enjoying him at home with me, I don't take it for granted.

It seems crazy that Summer is over around here. I will have to find my new routine and get back on schedule. I'm heading off to the gym to get some running in before Charlie Mac and I go over to my in laws to help them get moved in. We helped yesterday and got so much done. I'm so happy for them and their house is beautiful!

Happy Thursday

New lense I {heart} you....

I'm just thrilled as can be....I have been wanting this bad boy for a while now. I broke down and got the thing. I know it will be used lots.

It takes great sports shots. I'm probably going to wonder why I didn't get this along time ago. Football and basketball here we come!!!!

I was just going to pop in here real quick this morning, we are heading to body sculpting this morning. Have a wonderful Friday.

I will leave you with this picture of this sweet little boy and his little furry friend.

I couldn't resist

Have you ever been somewhere and found something lovely, but had no idea what so ever you were going to do with it? Well, I'm guilty today. I ran into my local flea market and saw this cute antique armorie. Even better, everything in the booth was 1/2 off the price. So, I got her for 70.00 dollars! The whole way home I was like, where in the world am I going to put this little beauty?

For now I have her in the living room. I'm not sure if she will stay there, but I think these can be put anywhere....bathroom to hold towels, dining room to hold china, bedroom to hold clothing or bed linens. Really anywhere. I know it will be a looooooooonnnnngggg time before grand kids are in the pictures, but I would love to be able to hand it down to a grand baby! Oh, good golly I know I'm so ahead of myself!

I have been in need of a gift wrapping space. I thought this would be a great place to organize all of it. The wrapping rolls would fit perfect in the large area, and the ribbon, bags and other things in the drawers.

The little boys love to paint, so I got them a cheap canvas at Michael's the other day and let them paint till their hearts desire!

It kept them entertained for a little bit anyway....Almost why I got dinner done!

Charlie Mac was covered in paint by the time he was done. I had to scrub him good in the tub. It has just been so hot here, we have had to find things to do in the house. I did manage to go though outgrown winter clothes today. I'm not fooling with consignment sales or EBay this season. We have a local shop that does real good. So, I'm letting them do the work!

I' m going to go get the littlest monkey in bed before the big boys come home from church. Have a great evening.

Summer's Almost over...

I know I have been a totally lame blogger this Summer, But these kiddos have kept me on my toes. I LOVE them to pieces, but this Momma is ready to send them on there way to school. They are ready to go back also. I'm sad at the fact that my biggest baby boy will be in the 7th grade, it just doesn't seem possible.

And Mr. Carson...well, he is just Mr. Carson. That boy is a mess!! You never know what is coming out of his mouth. Such a stinker! We have probably done more swimming in our backyard this year,then the first year we got our pool. The boys,Charlie and I have just really enjoyed it this Summer.

We have definitely had some quiet noisy days at home, just hanging doing nothing. Truthfully my boys would rather be home than anywhere, can be a good thing, but bad thing as well!  Little Charlie Mac has been off his little schedule, staying up to late, sleeping in, NO nap, then crashing at 7:00 pm. This is all changing this week for our family.

 We have had several family dinners over the last few weeks. I always love getting together with family. My mother and father in law are building a beautiful house. They are getting ready to move in this next week. They have only been building for a couple of weeks. They must have a wonderful builder!!!! ( You are a wonderful builder Mr. Hubby!) I will share pictures soon on their house.  

Nana and boys before dinner

I have been able to get some things done in the house. More to come on that soon! I have mostly just been taking it easy and playing with the boys. I feel grateful that I can be home with them and just hang out! It just seems like this Summer has flown by. I want them to have memories to take into adulthood. I want them to remember that their Momma was fun and had a good time with them.

So back to the business of  school and all the other things that go along with a new school year. Cole starts basketball and Carson starts football. So, I will be the taxi lady here shortly.

I WILL be back to share more, I promise!!

I hope you have had a wonderful Summer as well! : )

New look in my bath...

Well, I was totally wanting to repaint my bathroom....AND I did. Not me, but Mr. Hubs!

I was so sick of the red, I like red, but just wasn't what I wanted anymore. It's just not ME anymore. I just love simple and calm. So here's the before

And I just am so happy with the calm yellow. I used Sherwin William Golden fleece on the walls and Bosc Pear on the ceilings. I feel like it flows so much more with the rest of the house now. It's amazing how much lighter and brighter it is in here now.

 

I got the cute little hooks from Pier One, perfect for hanging those wet towels. The three tiered wicker basket came from there as well.
 
This is a view up on top of the armoire. I just used stuff I had from around the house, mostly flea market finds.

  The tray was another flea market find, holding perfume and flowers from my yard.

 
 
 
 
 

I also got the sunburst mirror from Pier One. I'm looking for something maybe for the other wall, but I don't want it to be too busy.

I'm SOOOOO happy with the turnout, It makes me smile when I walk in the room.

I guess I better get off here and get ready for a crazy day....Take the boys to the dentist, a swimming play date here with some friends, and packing for our family Summer road trip! Whew!!!!

Have a great Summer day!

Couples Retreat....

A couple of weekends ago we had the best time on a couples retreat with our wonderful Sunday school class. We have some of the most sweetest people in our class. It was so nice to get away for a couple of nights.

We went to Petit Jean mountain, absolutely beautiful....We hiked as a group and went to the famous Petit Jean waterfall, laughed, slept, ate and  bonded.

We stayed up late and played games, we laughed so much! It was great. I'm not even telling you what we did in this game!!!! HA! : )

I love getting together like this, because you really can get to know each other and build relationships.

I'm so thankful for a wonderful husband, and it is just GREAT to get away for the weekend. We have so much fun together.  We are so incredibly blessed with wonderful friends. I'm already looking forward to the next one!

On another note....I can't wait to try this new ice cream maker out. You do not have to use rock salt and ice!! It should be super easy. We love us some homemade ice cream in the Summer. We found this one at Williams- Sonoma.

I will let you know how this one does.

Today was the boys last day of school!!!! I hope now things slow down some here for us. I'm sure ready for some relaxing days out in the pool. Tonight after the boys get done with boxing we are heading to our church for some water slide fun, they are having a party for the end of school! The boys will have a blast.

I hope to get back to regular blogging now! Have a great Monday and stay cool!