Spring Break!

I had a wonderful, glorious two weeks off for Spring Break this year. We didn't go on any big trips, but I had time to do all of those little things I never have the time to fit in during a regular work week. It was my favorite kind of week, really.

I made a dream catcher.

(almost) finished our gallery wall.

Redecorated a bit.

Listened to lots of tunes.

Got cranky because of this white stuff (but it is pretty).

...and read one of my favorites.

Vintage Photo Inspiration

I was telling Kels recently how I am on the hunt for vintage pictures of men with beards (don't ask, I'll expand on that later). She mentioned that the Library of Congress has a huge online gallery of vintage photos that you can download for free. Mind blown! You can search for just about any topic and find tons of scanned pictures for the taking. I browsed through the archives for over an hour today. So many interesting (and sometimes hilarious) photos to explore. Here are some of my favorites I came across. I see some decorating inspiration coming soon...

 

 

It's finally here!

It is finally the Christmas season! I look forward to decorating for Christmas just as much as the big day itself. So many great memories were made growing up...getting the boxes out of the attic, picking out a tree, watching dad break out from being allergic to pine needles, and then listening to Christmas music while putting up the Dickens' Villages on top of the kitchen cabinets.

Jake and I are making new traditions in our own home now. Hopefully those don't include the pine needle allergy. :) 

Marquee Sign Wall Art

Jake and I found the coolest antique store while in Grand Rapids, Michigan last month. While there, we found a huge bin of marquee letters. They're the letters you see on signs like this.

Hehe. Love that.

We bought enough of them to spell out a few phrases. I knew I wanted to do some type of wall art with them, but I just wasn't sure what. Here's what I finally came up with.

SUPER easy to create. Take a piece of string and use wooden clothes pins to attach the letters to the string. 

Because we are renting our house, I try my hardest not to put too many nail holes in the wall. Instead, I attached the string to the wall using thumb tacks. I didn't really like the look of the tacks, so I made a cover for them.

This is a cap to a 2-liter bottle. I cut fabric to the size of the cap and hot glued it on. Then, I hot glued the cap to the flat part of the thumb tack.

Start looking at Goodwill, thrift stores, and flea markets for marquee letters! They're a lot of fun to play with.

Why hello fall!

In honor of the first few days of fall weather (68 degrees!), I found these wonderful prints in one of mom's magazines that perfectly state what fall's all about. I can't wait to this fall to begin. It's going to be an eventful one!