From Here to Eternity: projects

Friday, December 9, 2011

October 31, 2011--Our House

Here is what our house looked like back in 2004.

This is what it looks like now in 2011.

Just a splash of color on the bricks and shutters, and viola!

It looks completely different. Dale and I LOVE it! It is totally us!
No more white!

Here are the projects Dale's been working on lately.

Dale built a new house for our chickens.

The new one has more vents for the warm summer.

And a roof that you can lift for the nests (and yes, he did finish painting it).

Look eggs!
Also, the side roof opens up for easy cleaning.

Lucky girls!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

So, my projects lately have been very much baby oriented or at least getting ready for baby. While I have been collecting "piles" of things, I have time to sit and look online for ideas of what I can make on my own. I recently bought a "Boppy" at a second-hand store. These things are very expensive brand new, so a used one will have to do. Of course you get what you pay for, and this one had an extremely ugly cover on it. I will spare you the ugliness. So, I decided to spend money on a "new" cover. $30 later and I realized it wasn't even cute--it was just the less expensive cover. I returned it after realizing I had TONS of fabric leftover from a "project" that I never even started (maternity tops for when I was pregnant with Clara, who is almost 6 now).
My finishing project:

Isn't it cute! And it is so soft and stretchy! It would have been a lovely maternity top.

James loves it too!

He wouldn't let me get a picture of it without him.
I, also, had a great find at our local Goodwill. I found an adorable Winnie the Pooh crib set (quilt, bumpers, and fitted sheet) for $11. I was so excited! It is like-new!

As a lover of etsy.com, I found a really cute blanket with adorable Scottie dogs in it. I really didn't want to pay the $28 (+ shipping) for it, so I looked all over JoAnn's fabric. It took several trips, but they had it! I copied the etsy shop's idea and ta-da!