Tuesday, July 1, 2014

A Wreath and a Break-in

This really doesn’t qualify as a house project but it will be hanging in my house, so close enough. I’m not a huge crafter but I like to do them at times when I become especially inspired. And by inspired I mean I see a photo of something I want to copy. A few weeks ago in one of my too many hours perusing Facebook I saw a photo of a 4th of July clothespin wreath.  I thought it was really cute so I was determined to make it.  However, as all projects go, I procrastinated. Realizing that the 4th of July is less than a week away I decided I needed to get ‘er done (vom). Anyhoo, I spent yesterday buying the supplies and painting all of these little pins by hand.  I was told I just should have done them with spray paint but I like the brush strokes and there is just something kind of relaxing about painting. It took me all afternoon but I rate this as a great success. I am very pleased and usually I’m a tough critic of my own work. If it’s not perfect, it’s terrible. So this is obviously perfect. J



Also, random home story…

A few weeks ago we had a bricklayers move an exterior window in our master bathroom.  The bathroom is completely gutted at the moment and we are moving the window in order to install a bathtub. On Thursday I pulled into the driveway, when it suddenly hit me that I had no access into the house.  My husband had taken my car to the shop so I had stolen my mom’s car. I never grabbed a spare key so I was shut out.  I spent about a half an hour at my parents’ house looking for a key to my house to no avail.  I finally returned back to my house in hopes of finding an unlocked window. I angrily stomped to the backyard to see if one of the windows on my deck would let me in… when I saw my uninstalled bathroom window, duh. I proceeded to un-wedge the window, drag a chair over to the gaping hole and very ungracefully slide through. I was so happy I was actually inside of my house. However, I’m even more concerned about how easy that was. Hopefully no one decides to un-wedge in before we can get it fixed! I think it’s time to buy a fake rock to hide a spare key.


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