i still exisit

Almost as proof to myself that I really am still getting to do my fun creative things now that school has started again, I am posting this massive post about the (small) improvements I have been making to our home! I still have not taken down the wall paper or painted or bought the new couch that I really, really want but I do need to be grateful! I love our home!
So here are some fun , and easy crafts I have been doing!

 

I took the kids to the park last week they were so cute playing!

Mitchell and the boys made cookies a while ago all by themselves it was so nice!

 

Kayden got a late gift from nana hill and he loves it!

 

I finished the kitchen table and chairs (mostly) and I made a quick pleated slip cover for the office chair too.

 

I made some lavender satchels and will monogram them from the lavender in this picture. And a lavender wreath.

 

Eli learnt how to blow milk bubbles. New favorite activity.

 

Here are Eli and kayden making drums out of old ice cream tubs. We have also made some jingle bell wand things, and we moved the keyboard downstairs so it gets used more. It’s like music month here.

 

I painted some cheap terra cota pots black with chalkboard paint and use them for storage.

 

This is the 2 dollar garage sale office e chair I got this summer I reupholstered it in drop cloth but my mom gave me this wonderful velvet-like fabric and so I slipcovered it.

The little antique chair I redid this spring that used to be here is now in our bathroom, it really works well in there but the pictures don’t show it. (its late and I have bad lighting but really I won’t re-do this tomorrow anyways) The picture of that is at the end.

I moved the temple picture to on top of the TV cabinet.

 I made the giant chalk board for the kids but I moved the painting that was above the fireplace and so I put the chalkboard up there for now.

 

This is an old music wreath I made, miss mustard seed style.

 

On the shelf are some cloth pumpkins I made and a glass pumpkin dish that I redid with spray pain to look like a mercury one,.

I rearranged the library and moved the small bookshelf here.

I took the painting from the living room and have temporarily hung it in our room and the mirror in our room I want to try above the fireplace. I love it, Mitchell’s mom gave it to us when we got married, and want it to be more showcased. The problem is that it is old, old, old and weighs like 200 pounds, seriously its is very heavy so I can’t move it and Mitchell is hesitant to put it somewhere outside the safety of our room.

I rearranged my room !