i love these metal rolling carts. if i see one, i can’t just pass it up. they both came from thrift stores.

this one is awesome, but its going to take a lot of work to get the paint off. i got some acetone, now i’ve gotta get to work.

i actually found this cart today. i love the red! i might just have to keep it

i love finding fun vintage home accessories. i scored this magazine holder at an estate sale last weekend. not sure if i want to put it on etsy or keep it for myself.

ahhhh, yard sale season….love it!

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i got this piece a while ago for the bathroom, and its perfect.

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let me start by saying, I LOvE contact paper! it has so many uses. the best use for contact paper i’ve seen is wall decals. it’s cheap and you can remove it so easily.
i thought and thought about what i wanted to put on the large wall in our living room. it’s the first thing you see when walking into the house.
this project was super easy and didn’t take that long to do.

this was quite fun. i think i used about 3 1/2 rolls of contact paper, and it cost me around $20.

i used a circle thing as a template

i drew around it with my pencil

cut it out with my xacto knife

and made my circle

i might eventually put circles around the whole living room….

Shane and I spent last week on the big island in Hawaii, thanks to his company. He had a good year, and in doing so, earned a trip to paradise. We did a lot of eating and drinking; it was not too shabby.
Ironically, my aunt (that lives in California) and her family were vacationing on the same island at the same time! So we got to spend some time with them, which was awesome.

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we went on an all day excursion to see a big hole in the ground…well, it is a volcano, but i wanted to see some lava!

the waterfall made the trip worth it

i love forests

i met some great people on this trip. two of my favorites were Christy and her husband Brian. he is 7′ tall, and she is somewhere around 5′. they are hilarious, and awesome peeps. she told us some great stories. people think he’s a basketball player, so everywhere they go people ask for his autograph and take pictures.
the best is how they met. they were at a bar, and christy was smoking a cigarette. brian tapped her on the shoulder and said, “you know that will stunt your growth.” is that not the best?!!

on our way to the airport saturday night, we stopped to eat at the Kona Brewing Company. we celebrated shane’s birthday since technically it was april 10th on the east coast.
Happy 31st baby!

i am going to make a mobile for my cousins baby, and have been searching the web for fun ideas. i found several pics of some funky/artsy mobiles. my cousin wants one that can stay in the room as the child gets older, so i don’t want it to be baby-ish.
i’m really feelin’ these:

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i can’t decide if i want to use fabric or mylar or some sort of colored plexiglass…..decisions, decisions