How cute is she!

It never fails....I usually work on small projects in my living room.  Which means I am usually on the floor.  It never fails that Ginger finds a cozy spot right smack in the middle of whatever I am doing, and there is nothing I can do about it other then take a break because moving a fat Basset Hound is definitely out of the question!

Here she is doing what she does best!  I was in the middle of making my own chicken wire cloche.  I haven't been lucky enough to find glass ones that don't cost an arm and a leg so like many others I decided to improvise.

I had this metal cake stand for a few years, I repainted it and formed a cloche out of chicken wire.  I quickly spray painted the chicken wire and added a simple black bow.  I also had this cute bird that I sat in it. 

 On another note......my house is a mess!  My kitchen is under construction as I am re-painting my cabinets and adding a super cute chalk board to the side of one.  And within the next couple of weeks I will be ripping out my downstairs carpet and installing laminate wood flooring.  I can't wait!  Meanwhile, I have to adjust to not having things in the spots that I want them in.  My sister came over tonight and said that "my kitchen looks sad" :(   I asked her "are you sure that my kitchen doesn't look  like  it is under construction?"  She answered "nope, just terribly sad".  I will post before and after pics later.....way later :)

Bye, 

Josie

I see signs everywhere!

I didn't realize all of the different signs that I have in my home until the other day.  Every time I shop the one thing that always draws my attention are signs.  Although I prefer wood signs, I love them all :)

What about you?  Do you seem to have a collection of signs as well?

Remember this little table?

Remember this little table?

Well like always, I couldn't keep my hands off of it.

While painting it, I thought that I would regret it.  But now that it is done...... I don't.   I kept flip flopping back and fourth on whether or not to paint it.  After long consideration, I went for it. Next month we will be installing laminate wood flooring in my home and I thought it would probably blend in a little to much.

I also changed over a ceiling fan in my dinning room.  I chose to go with this 70's wicker light fixture.  It was brown, of course I painted it Ivory.

I found this gorgeous fabric in L.A. and asked my friend to make curtains for me.

She did great job.  Now our neighbors in the 2-story home next to us, cant peak in while climbing their stairs during our dinner time.

I also painted another gold, very goddy picture frame that was given to me.  I hung it above my front door and added a "love" sign in the center.  This window above my door peaking on the lower half of the picture will also get a curtain.

Thanks for coming by.
Josie

Pet Love!

If you haven't noticed yet, we LOVE our pets!  Within the first week that we welcome in our new friend we take pictures of them.  I only do black and white pics so I go to our local Rite Aid and convert them. We then frame them and ink up their adorable paws and press them on scrapbook paper.  These framed pics/paw prints are hung in the kids game room.  This is our official "welcome home" initiation :)

What do you thing?  Is this something that you can see your family doing?  This sort of thing would also be a really cool gift for the animal lover in your life.

Until next time!

More Finds!

Hi Everyone....

Just a short post to show you what "new" things I bought this weekend :)  While my hallway/laundry room was being worked on due to the terrible water leak we had, somehow the ceiling light fixture got broke :(  I haven't been in a big rush to replace it because I wanted to find something special.  On Friday I found it!  I found a 50's light fixture on craigslist for $20!

Blown glass with heart shapes.

Beautiful detail!  I love it!

This really pretty bowl for $3.

It looks cute in my dinning room hutch.

And this little side table for $5.  At first I thought I would paint it then distress it, but now I'm not sure.....I  kind of like the wood.

And an overview picture....never mind the dog fight that was occurring the same time.  Soon after this shot, I was literally taken down.  Those silly dogs sleep in the sun and rest  peacefully when they are outside, and when they are inside they horse around worse then my kids do!

Have a great day!

A little bit of this and that....

Hi Everyone!  Thought I would share a few things that I have been meaning to post.  I also have a hidden agenda for tonights post....I need your opinion on something.....But first off here are a couple of yard sale finds:

These really cool jars, I got four of them for $1.75

I tied twine around them and added a tea light candle and hung them in my back yard.

Bottles in a perfect brown glass one of which reads "Purex" and another that reads "Clorox".  A perfect addition to my downstairs bathroom.  All for $5!

Another jar filled with rusty goodies for $1.

A 7-UP Crate that I turned upside down and put a wired lantern on top, on my porch.  I'm not to happy with it here, I'm sure I will move it somewhere else when I find a better spot.  I got this for $4.

I have had this awesome vintage window.  I have it hanging in my hall/laundry room.  I bought this from the Rose Bowl Flea Market last year.

The blog world is full of pallet love!  I made this piece over the past weekend.  I found two very light pallets at work (my co-workers think I'm nuts) and dis-assembled planks from one pallet and added them to the other.  I roughed painted it white and hung it on my wall.  I added a "love" sign and a 3 dimensional star.  It made this space comfortable and welcoming.  I love it.  NOW....FOR YOUR HELP:

This is the wall that everyone sees on the way up and down my stair case.  I have started a collage of old and current black and white photos.  I like the randomness and the uneven spaces between each picture (my house is full of imperfections and that sort of makes it feel like home..) I sort of just add as I get a new picture.  Heres my problem,  towards the top is a light fixture, this ugly fixture came with the house when we bought it 3 years ago.  It was brass, I painted it black.  I never removed it or replaced it because it is odd shaped and I didn't have the paint color that the house was painted with to touch up.

Fast forward to today.  We had a leak in a major pipe in my laundry room and drywall was cut out.  This leaves me with....I MUST GET THE PAINT MATCHED....so if I must get the paint color for the laundry room, then I can take down the fixture, paint under it and add another.  YES!

What type of light fixture should I put in its place?  I would love something vintage rather then new.... I also need to keep the fixture there because it is our source of light to get down the stairs at 3am.

Any ideas?

Please help....

I'm desperate, I don't have any ideas whatsoever!

Thank You so much.....your the best!

Josie

Is it just me or does it feel like spring already?

This is a pic of me and my girls last spring at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.  Take note of the very un-happy flower.  Gabi was sooo mad, there was mud in front of each of the butterfly pictures and she was to little to step far enough over the mud to reach the butterfly holes.

Anyhow, I live in Southern California and we have not had much of a winter!  I guess that's the beauty of living in SoCal but it still should feel somewhat like winter.  We have had weather in the 70's and I'm still wearing sandals!  I haven't even dug out my closed toe shoes yet!  Rain Gods....if your reading this.....please let it pour!

How is the weather where you live?

Are you ready for winter to end, or are you like me and waiting for it to start?

Until next time.