House to Home Project #1: Mailbox Numbers

This past weekend I was able to do one of my House Projects and a few other things. My first house project was to replace the numbers on our mailbox. These are the numbers that were my inspiration:

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The Husband had some left over wood from a project he had done so used that for my bases. Instead of buying black numbers, I just used some black vinyl I had left over. The paint I also had already as well as the screws to hang them by so this project was free! Free projects are the best. : ) 

Our new mailbox numbers:

I'm wondering now if I should redo our name.... Maybe another day. 

I was also able to get a few more crosses made this weekend, and decided to hang one from our own door! I do believe this one is now my favorite! 

Here are a few other crosses:

This cross above is a bit different. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but I tried to have the crystals go along the form of the wood grain. 

For my next House Project, I think I'll try tackling our front porch. There are a few gaps in between the wooden pieces so I think I'll try fixing that. 

Oh! Have I told you I'm thinking of painting our hallway?! In stripes!! Big, fat stripes. Our hallway isn't that long so it won't be a drastic change, just adding a little pop of color! Maybe something like this:

But probably not even that many stripes. I'm excited! That may be coming up soon as well!! : ) 

Enjoy!

New Crosses

So I've been a single wife this weekend - the Husband has gone on a fishing trip. I've been able to get a lot of things done in his absence. : )  Check out my new crosses!

I think this one is my favorite out of this group. I stained the larger cross and wrapped the smaller one in yarn.

This one didn't turn out very good. I used gold leafing on the larger cross, and it didn't come out very smooth. Maybe I'll try again one day. I think the colors look good together though! : )

Enjoy!

Newest Handmade Crosses

I have finished by first completely handmade wooden crosses!! Except for making the wood, the paper, or the embellishments, I did cut out the cross on my new machine, picked out the paper and wood stain, and arranged the flowers! Yea, I'm pretty proud of myself.... : )

Some of the edges may not be exactly even, but that's all part of it being handmade! This yellow one is definitely becoming my favorite one! I love the rustic country feel to it. Don't you?

Or maybe you like this bright cheery one! I do like this one too. Green has always been my favorite color.

Tell me what you think! I would love to hear your comments. What kind of cross would you like in your home?

Enjoy!

Pin Board and Glitter Glasses

I've got a few new crafts for  you! I think these turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself! : )

First I have a ceiling tile pin board. It's like a bulletin board but made out of a ceiling tile. I used my Cricut Expression to make stencils to paint the flowers and words. Then I hot glued some rope around the edges to hang it up.

My next project I did last night. I saw these on Pinterest and decided to do some myself! I used Mod Podge and Martha Steward glitter.

I used blue and red for LA Tech colors. The blue here is the closest color I had to the Bulldog blue color.... : )

And I of course had to do purple and gold for LSU!

Enjoy!!

October 2011 Desktop Calendar

Here's the new calendar for October! You can download the photo by clicking here. Remember to select the photo before downloading or you will be downloading the entire album as a zip file. Enjoy!

September Desktop Calendar

Here is the new desktop calendar for September. You can download the photo here. Remember to enlarge the photo before downloading, or you will be downloading the entire album as a zip file.

Enjoy!

Our garden

It's coming along! We've got some green now!

And here's our first flower for the year!

Have a good weekend! And Happy Mother's Day!

My husband....

had a nice surprise for me the other evening. I came home from work, and as soon as I walked in the house, he made me close my eyes. He guided me over to the couch, and when I opened my eyes, there was a big spider-man gift bag on the couch! I always did like spider-man.... : )  Inside was a sweet card, a flat skillet, and sunflower seeds!

Sorry, no picture of the skillet. I used it this morning....

So, I was thinking of how to arrange the flowers in the yard. Any suggestions? Should I group them all together? Or spread them out? Should they be in the middle of the yard or along the house? I would rather have them in the front yard so people could see them as they drive by; although Ragan said they would probably do better in the back yard because they would get the most sunlight back there. He got so many of them, I can probably put some in the front and in the back. One idea I had was to line the driveway with sunflowers! Wouldn't that be so neat to leave your house in the morning for work, and drive down your driveway through sunflowers! I think so. : )

But don't worry; I'll definitely be taking a lot of pictures of them when they start growing, so you'll see what we decide to do with them!

Have a good day!