It's been a while...

It has been a while since i posted so beware this post will have a lot of pics and will be very random!

Thrifty Finds

Mirrors 

Oval $1.98

Octangle $2.50

Mason Jar .39 cents

Polka Dot Shirt $2.50

Chair $3

 Skirt $1.50

Chair After

(You can see the before pics in the two previous pics)

Afghan $5 

 I have been meal planning and try new recipes lately.. not my favorite thing but one of my new recipes was Pioneer Womans Grilled Chicken with Lemon Basil Pasta and it was INCREDIBLE.  You should try it :)

 I made this planner out of an old Readers Digest book.

I found these at a yard sale for $2.50 for all of them. 

I got this tray for $2 here is the before

 And after

I also got this beautiful dresser half off at the thrift store for $36

 I got this cart from a friends yard sale, here is the before

and after

My friend hosted an incredible Mad Hatter Bachelorette Party at my house last weekend and we made this Cafe Menu Board for the party out of old cabinet doors.

Our dear friends got married last weekend :)

And my sister came up to help me make a 100+ cake balls for their wedding.

Seriously i have the BEST family in the world!!

The last couple weeks have been crazy but don't worry i'll be back with our regular scheduled programming soon!

Out with the old, In with the new!

A few weeks back the the hubs and i did a few updates to our living room that i forgot to share. First we made a new coffee table.

This was our old square table.

 And our new oval table, you can read all about that here.

We also added some crosses to the wall and moved the furniture around, which i talked about here.

We also added some new curtains the ones below we have had since we moved in, they are table cloths from world market and i love them but i was ready for a change...

 So we now have drop cloth curtains. These guys are all over blog world partially because they are so cheap, only $10 a panel and because of their neutral cottagey (i know that's not a word but it's Friday) look.

Just wanted to share with y'all a little living room update before i get my last work day and weekend started! hope you have a great one!!

the light bulb went off...

Ok so i mentioned here that i needed to figure something out to go on this blank wall in my guest bedroom...

Well i got it...

I'm going to a bunch of mirrors but all right next to each other to create a full length mirror, kinda like this...

or maybe this

or this...

(last 3 pics from pintrest)

So i'll be on the lookout for many many mirrors! if you see any let me know :)

Life Update

It's been crazy around here! but no worries i'm back :) I hope you check out Joon and Meredith's blog last week where I aired my big coffee table renovation and my pallet shelf! Anyway on to some house updates and thrifty finds..

I found this metal table at the thrift store for $2.50 i knew it would be perfect for my porch, i'll do a before and after post later.

 I got this lovely mirror at a yard sale for $5 

This mirror is so incredible because not even two days prior to finding it i saw the door below at a restaurant back home and said to my mother "i want to paint a piece of furniture like that."
(Sorry for the sideways photo)

How crazy is that!!
And it is perfect for my entryway!

I also got this bike basket at a yard sale.

I made over this lamp,

 it used to look like this...

 then this...

 and for a split second it looked like this...

I covered the shade with linen and tacked the brown ribbon it so i may end up changing it a little. 

I also scored this vintage tile for .50 cents.

and i got all of these embroidery hoops for $3! I have been looking for wood ones for a while so when i saw these i scooped them all up.

Maybe one day i'll be able to do something like this...

 or this...

or this...

I got this mirrored tray for $2 i spray painted it with Krylon's Caramel Latte to keep it's antique look.

it's perfect in our bathroom.

This past weekend was the hubs and i's first free weekend in a while so we decided to reno our master closet. it's not finished yet, we are still waiting on the closet system, but we re carpeted, repainted put up some new trim and took down some drywall. i'll do a longer post on the closet when it's finished.

I also thought i'd do a WIWW post.

Tank-target

Cardigan-target

Belt-thrifted

Skirt-thrifted

Shoes-target

And last but not least, A few weeks ago i mentioned about the tornado's that hit down in the southeast. Well we help do some relief work and of course while we were dragging huge limbs to the burn pile i was keeping an eye out for some household items :) i found way more than i could take home but this is a little stump i found, it's teeny tiny, and i carved the hubs and i's initials in it for a personal touch. 

Well there you go, that's why i've been MIA for a while, but i'll be back with a closet makeover soon!

Guest posting again

hello there, today i am guest posting over at Welcome to Heardmont.

If you have never seen Meredith's blog you've gotta check it out. She has a beautiful home , some great DIY projects, and an incredible Master Bathroom Renovation!

Some come on over and check out what i'm talking about over at WTH!