Anniversary Book

In November Bryan & I celebrated six years of marriage- and since the unemployment, we don't have much money to spend on one another....BUT I did still have a LOT of scrapbooking supplies. So, I put the supplies to use & I made him a little book about us.

Most of the supplies are American Crafts- but really, it's just a hodgepodge of what I had. And, I used my Zutter again! Yay!

Blue dresser

Unfortunately I don't have a before of this piece- it is one of my favorites & hard for me to let go of. It was just an ordinary brown dresser, but then I painted it my favorite turquoise blue & put some new crystal hardware on it...and proceeded to fall in love. Today it sold, which makes me both happy & sad. I was secretly hoping it wouldn't sell so I could just keep it for myself.

Sideboard

My mom picked this one up at a garage sale last year- it's an Ethan Allen Sideboard and it was $20...so I put a couple coats of this great gray we had leftover from the previous owners of our house, distressed it, put some black glaze on and polycrylic and put it in the shop!

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In certain light it has a little blue tint to it- I love it & I think it would be so great as an entry way table.

My little hutch

This adorable hutch was supposed to go in our boutique, but I loved it so much I had to keep it for myself. I found it with my mom at a garage sale this summer for $20...and she bought it, I painted it and yes, I kept it. =)

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Knobs from Hobby Lobby...love them!

New Store

My mom & I opened a little "boutique" in a local store called the Parker Shoppes here in Parker, Colorado. We sell refinished furniture (most of which I try to keep for myself) and little home decor items/frames, etc. It is a lot of fun! If you are ever in Parker here is the address:
The Parker Shoppes
10685 S. Parker Road

Stop by & say hi!

I am loving these posters....

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I think I need to get one printed & put it in my scrap room. What do you think? Oh & my work has been put on hold with the holidays- I have been busy snapping pictures to put on pretty pages!

I did make it!

This is the pennant banner I made for my scrapbook room! Yay! I love how it turned out thanks to adorable (and cheap) fabric from Hobby Lobby.
Also, this is my desk chair that I got for $7 at a garage sale & used a shirt that I got a "free sale" to cover it- hooray for pink!
And I have been scrapbooking- A lot- but I just have been too lazy to take pictures. But I will soon!