I'll MAC it fit!!...Again!! :)

Ok. So remember when I posted about my serious MAC eyeshadow addiction? Well, I still have it. Haven't kicked the habit, don't know if I ever will! Anyway, when we moved into the house a few months back I literally heaped all my makeup on this little table in my closet and have been trying to get to organizing it.
Well that day finally arrived this last Saturday. I couldn't take it anymore! So once again I made a trip to home depot and bought 6 sheets of 6x12" roof flashing material. I spray painted them white this time with what I had in the garage, cause I'm lazy like that :)

Then the hubby taped off a 6x36" square (cause he hates how I "eyeball" everything) on each side of my little dressing table.

Next he painted both the wall and the back side of the metal squares with this really stinky contact cement.

And here's where my really awesome disgusting albeit trusty pink glue gun makes her appearance. I glued this ribbon to the edge of the metal to finish it off.

I also added this sweet pom pom fringe to an old marble lamp that I had too! And can we have a moment of silence for my trusty pink glue gun? Sadly, she died midway thru this project :(

And voila!! Here they are! All organized and verrry happy! (and still room for more!)

Sorry for the horrible pics. Took them last night at 10pm. Yup, procrastination at it's finest :)

** And after reading this I realized that I totally forgot to mention that I put magnets on the back of all my eyeshadows too. You can read all that on the original post here.

I told you so!... :)

Every time I've moved (and if you know me, you know that's been a LOT!) I always go into this crazy mode of giving EVERYTHING away. I've given away so many things that I wished I hadn't :( My hubby always stands there shaking his head and saying "honey, slow down. I'm thinking you might want to hold on to some of this stuff." Nope. I promise. This is all stuff I won't need, I would always say. Well check out these lovely old french doors.
The hubby and I found them in Carmel, California about 4 years ago. I LOVED them. We bought them not really knowing where we were going to put them. Well about 2 years ago, after we sold the beast, I was sitting in my garage staring at them and wondering what in the world I was going to do with them. Once again I was moving and had never done anything with them. They narrowly escaped me giving them away SEVERAL times. Just a few weekends ago, while cleaning out the garage, I was once again staring helplessly at them. I begged them, PLEEEASE tell me where to put you! I can't put you inside, you're too tall. And then....they answered.

Put me on your back porch, as a little separator between your dining and lounging areas! YAY!! They have found their forever home. Finally. Aren't they beaut??? They hang out there with a pair of old windows we found at a garage sale in Dana Point, CA for $10!! Yeah, that score makes up for what we paid for those stinkin doors!

Then my sweet and oh so incredibly talented hubby made me a table out of....the old fence of course!

Still looking for some weather proof fab chairs to go around the table.

Oh, and it's been such amazing spring like weather here ( 79 degrees) we could eat our din OUTSIDE!!

In other my hubby spotted and scored the best thing ever at a garage sale this past weekend news- Check. It. Out. Ooooooh yes! A perfectly worn red granny bike!!!

Her basket, so perfectly rusty from someone leaving her out in the rain. I LOVE it!!

Mostly because this handsome guy gets to join me :)

**ok. so remember my post a few weeks back about making flowers? Well my daughter Rio has been busy making the CUTEST ones ever. Check them out here. They'd make adorable Christmas gifts!! :)

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!

Warning: This post is a little picture happy!
I can't get to Christmas without showing you my Thanksgiving. What a grand time I had with my family, I always do!

Everyone in my family cooks. So I had a lot of help. I think at one time we were ALL in the kitchen!

We ate outside because the weather was PERFECT!! It started out a little chilly for here in AZ, but soon warmed up nicely :) (Oh, and that's my son there on the end. If you know him, you know it's a RARE thing for me to get a pic of him, especially one of him smiling!)

Here's my sweet mama. The one who created this kooky girl. Isn't she the cutest??

And what's a family get together without silly pics with your sister!!

We played Bocce ball in the sunshine,

While my sweet niece held on to Wallace so he wouldn't break his teeth chasing the Bocce balls! (no, he's really smart. I promise!)

Then Friday came around and it was time for CHRISTMAS!!! Yeah!!! We worked on the outside first :)

My favorite green feather wreath. Found it at TJ last year :)

Then came the inside. As I looked at my beautiful china cabinet, I couldn't help but feel like my Christmas china was going to get washed away in all it's whiteness. Sooooo...

I grabbed my tools, (my husband silly!) and went to work. I had a little sample of green paint in the garage and in my typical instant gratification fashion, I used it. I mean, who wants to go to the paint store and take the time to find that perfect shade? Not this impatient girl!! Case in point- I'm already painting while hubby is taping!

Anyhoo, she turned out like this!!

She's happy, and I'm happy :)

I filled her with my green Alfred Meakin china and a few of my fav Krinkles that I found at (a moment of silence please) the now closed M&Co.Papery :( I keep thinking if I blog about it enough, my sister will reopen her fab store?? I wish... :(

I think they add just the right amount of red doncha think?

The tree I had last year in the little rental bungalow just seemed too sad and Charlie Brown like to grace my front window. So I (was an idiot) braved Target on Saturday to buy this 9 ft. beauty. Sooo much better!

This sweet snowman sits on my kitchen island smelling the heavenly scent of a fresh rosemary tree I bought at Trader Joes :)

This Santa was my first really "expensive" Christmas decoration. He's sitting on my counter near the candy maker cabinet.

And the Charlie Brown tree? Well, she ended up in the front bedroom window :) She's happy there :)

Happy Decorating!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I've been sitting here trying to figure out how to start this post, and my brain is not cooperating . Maybe because I'm high. I came home from doing last minute Thanksgiving preparations, (getting a mani/pedi! Duh!) to a house with every window open, ceiling fans on, and the heater cranking. Not one foot in the door and the fumes hit me. My sweet love of my life decided to put a coat of something that will forever damage your lungs, on the cellar floor.
(This is a custom carving that my daughter had our carver in our shop make for the hubby 2 years ago in anticipation of his beloved wine cellar. Our last name is Understiller- get it? Cute huh.)

I held my breath and braved the toxic elements to get these pics for you. Anything for my blog buddies!!

This is the cellar floor (originally a root cellar). The brick we found in the back yard when we bought the house, and the wood is again- our old fence. The hubby spent all weekend putting it down. No easy feat! The boards being so old were a pain to work with. But with much persistence and my constant cheering "you can do it!!" he completed it! How cool is that!! The hubby is nothing short of amazing I tell ya :)

Yes, I'm soooo very thankful for my husband. His talents many, his heart huge :) He puts up with more than his fair share of crap from me, and still wakes up every morning and says "good morning beautiful". I don't deserve him, but somehow the Lord thought I did :)

Have an amazing Thanksgiving everyone!

Craving a craft... :)

After spending what seemed like an eternity cleaning the garage these last two weekends, I was dying to do something a little creative :)
I came across this blog a few weeks back where Susan showed this tutorial on how to make these cutest felt flower pins. Susan suggest sewing hers, but I just used hot glue.

They were soooo easy. I'm not kidding easy. So I made a bunch, and I love them!! I made this one out of a scrap of burlap I had lying around :)

You can wear them on sweaters,

Or on a scarf,

Or on a scarf on a sweater!! :)

I wore this one to work yesterday :)

Now git to gittin!! Christmas is right around the corner!! :)