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Upgrades and the like

I know! two posts in one day! ^_^ *does the runnin' man*

Well, we've been doing a little bit of sprucing up around these parts lately.  We've been painting our living room and I must say it's been quite the adventure.  I actually like painting, it's sorta fun.  Well, when it's your house I guess.....I couldn't imagine doing it as a living.  Ugh.  Anyhoo, we decided to paint each wall in the living room a different color. We're not quite finished but I'll show you the red wall.  It came out so lovely.  I was a little apprehensive at first, red is such a strong color and I just couldn't see painting the whole room this color.  So we did just the one wall. (I'll show you the room as a whole when we're finished.)

As you can see my workstation has had a bit of an upgrade as well! Wooot!  I fell in love with the idea to use the Ikea Asker Series as craft storage.  Where did I see it?  Craftapalooza that's it!

So I made a little Ikea run this weekend and nabbed a couple items to clean up my desk.

Asker series stuff, Rajtan spice jars, some Kassett magazine files and boxes, and  two cutey plants and Billig plant holders for good measure.   

These jars are perfect for holding all those buttons and things that we love so much!

My goal was to make it a little more funtional and have my tools really close to hand.  (Oh and to get rid of my ArtBin toolbox.  It made me feel like I was still at design school.)  Also, my fabric stash has grown so large that I can't store it on the table anymore.  It now resides on three, yes THREE shelves in my linen closet.  The sheets and towels now have a new home. Sorry guys.

Let me also introduce you to my new baby.........

It was time for mama to get a new machine.  My old one has served me well, but it literally was like a no frills sewing machine.  Like it shouldn't have even had "Singer" printed on it......it should have just said..."Sewing Machine".  No cool features or anything, it just did what it was created to do.  Sew. 

But this new machine......*faints*....it's a Janome Memory Craft 4400, computerized, tons of different stitches, drop in bobbin (I had the old fashion bobbin case before...ugh), and it looks super cool when you turn it on in the dark! Tee heeeee!

Can't wait to start cranking out some new projects on this baby. I feel like such a grown up now! ^_^

Fun with the new iMac's built in camera

We we're having fun......but Elijah decided to ruin it by pulling his sister's hair!

Bella & Raccoon join us......

Elijah likes exotic meats......

Word up! Hey, what's that stuff on her head there?

 

Let me just grab some of that.

Mommy tries to stop the inevitable.....

Too late!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Just thought I'd share a cutie pie purchase I made on Etsy.

How lovely is this necklace? I found it in this quaint little shop by the name of EmilyE Jewelry.

Take a look at some of the other oh so pretties Emily has:

I'll definitely be doing some more shopping here.  I think my paypal account is in serious trouble! Happy shopping! ^_^

I'm so proud!!

Hello all!  Long time no see! ^_^  Thank you so much for your comments on my last post!  I think you'll be seeing a lot more of those little coasters around here. 
So, some of the wonderful things I wanted to happen fell through last week.  So, I guess I've kind of been pouting around and didn't feel like posting.  Until I got a little bit of news from my Mom!

Her shop in Miami is featured in the April issue of Lucky magazine!! How cool is that?! You rock Mommy!

She and two of her friends spent two months in Capri, Italy learning how to make wonderful sandals, like the ones below, all by hand.  You can choose what style, colors and adornments you want and they make them right there in the shop while you wait! 

I'm so proud of my mom!  We'll be going to see her in Miami for a week in April.  I don't know if I'm more excited to see her or to get my hands on a few pairs of handmade sandals!  ^_^  They even make little girl sandals!  Bella and I will have the prettiest feet in NY this summer! (After I get a pedicure of course.)