Triumph of Life

After years of having this print hanging as is, I finally got a frame for it. Still one of my absolute favourites.

A couple days before my birthday a bunch of good friends came over to hit up some toboggan hills. JD was anxious to test out the new GT and gave its first run down the hill at the side of the house. After weeks in pain and all of us calling him a wuss turns out he did in fact crack TWO ribs!!! Needless to say I felt terrible and made him a batch of homemade vegan strawberry applesauce! Yum!

Tonight's project

Weekend Projects..

Good ol' Saturday mornin' soap stone carving..

oh so pretty

Some more shots of my birthday gift..





All the old sewing needles and threads were still in the little drawer.






Miss nosy

Happy Birthday to me!

Although he knew it was what i wanted, i was still ever surprised and pleased to find this when I walked in from work this evening...





In other exciting news we put up a bathroom door!
Peeing has never been so private!
We still have to work on the hardware but it's almost there..




Lastly, sometimes making a little change goes a long way.
Taylor's parents kindly donated 3 kitchen table chairs that were much needed.
I wasn't all too fond of the vinyl coverings. So with some new fabric and a staple gun, I had my new and improved chairs.

Inspiration

antique accents

One of my biggest passions is antique hunting and restoring.
Here are just a couple of sweet finds...



Towards the end of summer I found some pretty sweet hooks...



However, for the most part their covered by my Grandfather's old hats..




One of the biggest finds was this sweet old work bench.
Perfect for a kitchen island.


My Grandfather's old deck of Italian cards. The very same deck he taught me with when I was little.