20 days of school left!!

Here's a summer bucket list I made.  The idea is to sit down with your kids and write out all the things you want or plan to do this summer.  Go swimming, blueberry picking, camping, drive in movies, splash park, have a pic nick, etc.  Once you do the activity, take the paper down and put it in the little bucket. (Found at Michaels).  Made the blue one for a donation and sold the yellow one, but I plan to make ours very soon.  After all... only 20 days of school left.  What?!

It's like Christmas!

Recently our neighborhood had our community garage sales which we can only have 2 times a year.  Seriously, it was like Christmas for me the night before.  I was so excited.  I found this cute little shelf for $5.  Oh, and the juice plus also for $5 each.  Score!  I hear it's usually $40/box.  I never bought it before so I'm not really sure.

I turned this little shelf into a shelf to hold my inspiration words which I spray painted as well.  Taadaa.

Put with my other shutter and frames I'm starting to like the look.  Still need to do something with that little table but it's down on the list of things to do right now.

More step stool love...

Yes I AM obsessed with vintage step stools.  I have about 5 right now and one is even hidden so my husband doesn't freak out.  But what's not to love?  Ok, here's my latest find.

You can see the potential right?  I changed the seat with some white vinyl I already had in my stash of fabric.  I found it at a thrift store and knew it would come in handy some day.  Used some yellow spray paint I already had and here's my new sunshine.

I know some of you love the cream and chrome but if you know me, you know I love yellow.  I'm trying to sell this one.  Currently listed for $30.  I'll keep you all posted and we can have a farewell party for her.

"The house is starting to look like my grandmas."

There is a new Facebook page I'm a little obsessed with.  But...I have found some really good deals.  It's pretty much like craigslist, but local.  Anyway, I have been looking for little side tables and I saw ONE at a thrift store for $35 but couldn't bring myself to buy it.  Even though that seems pretty cheap for furniture.  When someone posted these TWO tables for $30 I couldn't resist.

A little lemon oil and they are so pretty.  I love them.  My hubby is starting to get scared and said his house is starting to look like his grandmas.  But I think deep down he's fine with it and it keeps me busy doing something I love!  Besides, he has his own weird hobbies.

Chair redo

I told my friend Keri I was looking for a chair to redo for my desk.  She was out at garage sales and found this little guy and bought it for me for $10.

It's so cute!  Love the shape.  With a little spray paint and new fabric to cover the seat I can now get rid of my old one that my dog loves to sit in.  I don't think he will fit in this one.  Yay!

Oh, I also scored the little side table at a garage sale for $5.  Added the cute little bird from Kirkland.  When you buy stuff for a few dollars it doesn't really matter if you mess it up.

Tough week for all.

This week was the first time my son came home totally deflated about his work at school.  He was actually crying (don't tell him I told you).  He thought he wasn't as good at math as everyone else which seemed very strange because that is something he actually received a good comment on from his teacher.  I felt bad for him.  I had emailed the teacher asking what I could do to help him and what he wasn't understanding because I thought he was doing good.

After she emailed me back I realized they were doing their "mock" testing and it was a stressful time for the kids (and her too she mentioned).  Apparently they had a test with 65 questions and it was overwhelming.

I had asked one of my good friends and neighbors who is a LEUSD teacher if she was going through this too.  Yep, it was everyone and she was just as stressed as everyone else.  The teachers get so much pressure for their kids to get good grades so it's just as stressful for them as my little 7 year old who thinks he's "stupid" now.

Anyway, I just wanted Kale's teacher who I really like and my neighbor to know they are appreciated.  Made them a little gift right before spring break which is well needed!

Had the jar, paper and ribbon.  Soap, jolly ranchers, smarties and sharpies cost a total of $4 from the Dollar Tree.

Bunnies, Eggs, & Chicks Oh My!

The other day I was at TJ Maxx and under a stack of Easter stuff I found these beautiful grey eggs! Ok and btw.... why is it spelled gray and grey?  So confused.  Anyway.... Easter.  Eggs.  Grey (one of my new favorite colors).  I HAD to have them!  They were in a box of 6 and cost $9.99.  

I looked for more but didn't find any.  Boo.

  

And later that week I was looking at an antique store and came across these cute little nests.  $3 each.  Kind of a lot but I thought they could be cute together.  I bought 6.

Nope.  Bad idea.  The nests were way too small.  Hmmm.....  Think. Think. Think......

Well, yesterday I took my hubby to a Brewery for his birthday and as we were leaving I saw a broken tree branch in the parking lot.  I said "Waaaait!!  I need this."  And he already thinks I'm crazy buying old, used, broken stuff so he must of thought I was drunk AND crazy, but I wasn't.  I remembered how my friend Sarah had told me she had found branches on a construction site before and used it as a centerpiece.  Good idea!

And Ta-Daaaa!  I love my pretty decor!  Used an old mason jar I picked up at a garage sale for $1, broke up the branch and hung my pretty eggs.

Pretty, pretty!  Kale said he loves it too. 

So basically, I think you can make a cute Easter center piece with a jar, twigs, and pretty eggs.

I'm still working on my Easter table, but I did find some smaller eggs for my cute little nests.

Go ahead, say it.  "Awe...."