Theme for today is blue. Recently, we visited family in El Paso, and hit up a couple thrift stores. One of my favorite items I brought home is this lovely lamp. I believe it was $6, but now I’m on the lookout for the perfect shade to compliment it. Any suggestions? I’m thinking something more rectangular might be nice with the detail on the lamp. For now, I may just rip out the rusted old lighting and use it as a nice decor piece.

Another absolute favorite item I brought home is this lovely ceramic pitcher my mother-in-”love” gave me. I was admiring it during one of our many late night talks, and before I knew it she’d given it to me! So sweet of her. She picked this up when she was 19, I believe, while living in Florida. This will make a lovely container for displaying flowers or using as a pitcher. Love it!

Foodie Friday is tomorrow. Is your mouth watering yet?

I have been putting off this post because there is nothing good to share with you except one lesson: Always finish your projects before going out of town for the weekend.

This wonderful ball of stringy goodness is what I left hanging in the kitchen last Thursday. Dustin and I went out of town for the weekend to see family which might I add turned into an exhausting bout of food poisoning for me. Needless to say, I was excited to get back home to see how the light project turned out. 
 

As soon as I walked into the kitchen my heart sank. I had come home to a big white shriveled raisin. I cannot say this shocked me. You see, because I ended up making such a LARGE light, I started to run out of the Stiffy I was using on the string. Also, due to the size, I could not tell exactly where I had covered and where I had not with the Stiffy. We were already late heading out for the weekend, so I chose to leave it to dry (even though Dustin offered to get me another bottle to pour on before leaving.) Looking back, I would have taken him up on this offer, but at the time the food poisoning was starting to kick in, and I was just ready to get into bed for the night. 
 
Lesson learned. I will finish my projects before leaving town for the weekend, especially when it involves a really cool light that could be hanging in my living room right now.
Will try again. Will work next time. Will make it work.

*note: Did you see my AeroGarden? It’s growing so nicely! I have a hard time keeping plants alive. Thanks Dustin, that was a great Christmas present!

Well, I was on a roll Monday night with my project for the week (which quite frankly I thought would be finished by now) but wouldn’t you know I ran out of string, which of course ends up taking two days to replace. Then, finding the time to finish that project always, of course, seems to elude me. Now, in the midst of getting the apartment cleaned, finishing up some work, caring for the dog, packing up to go out of town for the weekend for some family birthdays (HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX & KYLE!) and preparing to have a house guest for the next week… I am frantically trying to finish up this DIY Light Project before we head out tonight. 

Does anyone else feel like this week went by way too fast??

My progress so far on one of the many projects on my TO DO list for this week. You can find the recipe here: ReadyMade. I love these huge string ball lights found here: Random Light. However, who’s got $600-$1500 in these crazy times to buy a light… or anytime for that matter. When I saw this project in my 99 cent thrift store copy of last month’s ReadyMade, I knew it had been waiting just for me!! Hope to share the final product with you before week’s end!

What are you doing this week? 

*please excuse the yucky photo, I was too impatient to NOT use the webcam!

How lovely is this? I am insanely attracted to this idea due to my wild obsession with type. One of these just might be in my future.

You can customize these lovely lights with your favorite saying or poem. Seen on The Style Files blog. For more information on this product, click here.