doing stuff...

I'm doing a little of this...finally





And taking pictures of him.

He's Wolverine. "Now I can go around and call people Bub."

curtains...

Remember my curtain fail?

Well I finally made it to the fabric store to see if there was any fabric I liked enough to make new ones. I HATE making curtains for some reason. I think because it's boring sewing rectangles.

As I was wondering the aisles I found the perfect fabric.


However, there was a problem. It was $45 a yard. Yikes! But it was 50% off. Still not good but no other fabric would do. I calculated that I would need 6 yards. Um, no. Way too much money. So I decided to get 2.5 yards and just make shorter panels. I don't like the look of the shorter panels but I also didn't want to spend a ton of money. Plus these curtains are in the dining room and full length panels always got dirty and trapped food behind them. A bonus is you can see the board and batten wall better. Does it sound like I'm trying to hard to justify them? Well I am.

I decided to stretch the fabric further (I actually needed 3 yards), so I went to the quilting section and bought a cheap fabric that would match to make the top part of the curtain.

Want to see them? Wow! My dining room is actually clean. It doesn't normally look like this.



I used every inch of both fabrics to make them. I love the how the fabric on top matches but doesn't. Well of course I do, I planned it that way.


The new fabric pulls the colors of my Ikea rug in my living room. The rooms are open to one another.

I ordered a stencil for the dining room walls so I will show more pictures when that project is done. Most likely in a few months. Ha-ha.

my boy...

My sweet love Graedon will turn 6 this Sunday. I have mixed feelings about this. I don't want him to grow up but then again I'm enjoying watching him grow up.

All he wanted for his birthday was a leather bomber jacket like the one he saw at the Air Museum. The one that was $60. I almost caved and bought it when he looked at me with those wonderful Graedon eyes but sanity returned to me and I told him we would look on eBay when we got home.

So we did. We found a size 5 bomber jacket for $10. We got it and this is what it looked like.



Um, it was a size 3T. Grae loved it of course but I told him we had to send it back. So we did.

Then we found a size 6/8 bomber jacket for more money but nicer quality. We got it and this is what it looks like. (excuse the bad picture and the Molly blur in the background. Oh and the mess).


Perfect fit. Of course it's too hot to wear it today but it's big enough for winter. And Grae is happy which doesn't look like it in this picture. He had on his "serious" face. His serious "I'm going to bomb people" face. Or at least that's what he told me. Now he wants bombs for his birthday.

fly to the beach...

I'm finally posting pictures of the June trip I took flying to the beach. It was soooo much fun and so beautiful. This is my 3rd time in a small plane. The first time was for my birthday!

We flew in the new Skycatcher. It seems like a fun plane to fly but I really don't know since I didn't do any actual flying. :) It was nice to ride in though.

I won't include all the pictures I took but only my very favorite ones.

On the way out flying over the Tillamook forest. Love the patchwork.


A look back. You can see the tail of the plane as well as 3 mountains.


Tillamook Air Museum. We landed there for a touch and go. So fun! I actually visited the museum a few days before this.


First look at the beach. I thought it was the horizon and not water.


Tillamook Bay I think.


The color of the water was amazing and look at the little tire. So cute.




Behind the Twin Rocks in Rockaway.


Flying over the clouds. Look at the waves near the beach.


Perfect circle rainbow!


The pilot who I think was telling me not to take his picture. I didn't listen obviously. Whatever.


So beautiful. I didn't want to leave. I hope to go back someday...sigh...

fail....

I decided to repaint the frames in my dining room to another green. Turns out I loved it. Then I decided my black and white curtains could use some color. So I picked up a bottle of Apple Green dye from Joann's and dyed them.

Fail...they turned out dark and drab. So I decided to bleach them to see if I could fade the color. Double fail. They turned out light and drab.



So I can either remove the color and try to dye them again or buy new fabric. I'm thinking of new fabric. ;) I do like this one.



It would be fun and colorful. We'll see. I wish things turned out how they look in my head!