A Sneak Peak at my New Office

Okay so first let me apologize for being absent so much but I have been having too much fun.

Between Australia, Aruba, A visit from friends, moms weekend away & Thanksgiving I feel like I have not even had a chance to stop.  It has been one of the craziest and best times and I have enjoyed every minute of it.  So in between this I have been doing a little shifting in our house, with one little man moving upstairs it freed up a room downstairs for me to have an office.  

So I thought I would give you a little sneak peek of what I have been up too.  Don't mind the mess it is still a work in progress.

This was the before but with a few more toys in it, boys are so messy. 

And this is the work in progress.  My husband came down today and just said wow because it is such a mess, lol.  I feel like this is the storm before the calm.

Here Comes The Bride

So the other day I bit the bullet and decided I am going to advertise my signs for sale.  That's right to complete strangers.  I have been wanting to do this for some time but just didn't have the guts to put my work out there, would anyone want to purchase them.  Well low and behold someone actually made an order for some signs.  

It is exciting to know that my signs will be included in someones special day, they will be part of their memories for a lifetime.  I couldn't be happier. 

Pretty In Pink Card Box

Oh how excited am I to be a part of such a wonderful day.  My cousin and his wife are celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary this month and they are throwing a big party.  

Us girls say make it look pretty and he says keep the cost down and make sure the bar is stocked.  Why can't there be both.  

They don't want gifts but I figured people might bring cards so I made this card box for all those wonderful cards.

The colors are bright and fun so I added a little bit of the pink to the box to add just a pop of color. 

The party is next weekend so I will be sharing some of the fun ideas we came up with for this party throughout the week.  

Bride & Groom Signs

I love how these turned out so I just couldn't wait until October to share these.  So thought I would give a little sneak peak at some wedding projects I have been working on. 

The bride I am working with is having a rustic/country wedding so I made these Bride & Groom signs for her special day.  

I can't wait to share some of the other projects I have been working on for this wedding, but I don't want to give away to many of her secrets till after October. 

Gardening Tool Box

For every good Birthday Party you have to have a good party favor bag

Every year I try to come up with something a little different, something that the kids can use and personalize them.

This year for my sons buggy party I decided to make these fun Gardening tool Boxes.  Each tool box included a gardening shovel, bag of dirt, a pot and a package of seeds.

For this I got all the kids involved helping me.  Makai helped get me the wood to cut, then we would pass them over to Keegan who would sand all the edges and last we would hand them off to Chase where he would stand them up together and let me know how many more pieces we needed.

If you want to make your own here is what we did.

We used 

1x6 cut at 12" for the bottom

2 - 1x6 cut at 9" for the side.  I then measured 2" down and cut on a 45' 

2 - 1x4 cut at 12" for the sides

1 - 5/8" dowel cut to fit I believe this worked out to 13.5" long.  

Once I had all the pieces it was just a little wood glue and an air nailer to put it all together. 

Each one of the boxes were painted.  I decided on Brown for the boys and Pink for the girls and then finished off with their names stenciled on the front. 

The next day my kids got right to work putting their seeds into the pots and are waiting for them to grow. 

The Start to a Perfect Office Area

I am so excited that I have finally finished this project.  Like I said before this has been a thought process for about 6 months and the desk is finally done.

I am so happy with the finished product it is perfect for the space.

Before

Our office area is just at the bottom of the stairs when you enter the basement.  Before we had this large corner desk that took over and looked so messy all the time. 

Thanks to Ana White  I found the idea for the bottom base with a few tweaks to make it my own.  I found these banister rails at a local Habitat for Humanity store for $3.00 Each.  I made the main part of the top just out of a piece of left over plywood.  

I then framed out the top with 1x2's and used 1x4's to finish off the top. 

 Don't you just love this color, a little white was and it was perfect.

Then came the fun part, I bought this tin from the local hardware store cut it out to size and after some research on discoloring and a few trials to see what would work.  I sprayed the tin with some oven cleaner and left it for the night. 

With a little hard work from the palm sander I sanded off all the oven cleaner that was dried on which gave me the look I wanted.  But to give it a little more personality I put a little bit of watered down paint on and then gave it another quick sanding. 

The front door I decided to just leave with no color and love both looks. 

I just need to add some accessories and wall art to finish off my little office corner.