Building Furniture

I recently became a fan of a blog called Knock Off Wood. The creator of this blog puts up designs to make home furniture - whether it is for tables, beds, bookcases, etc. She even gives you a shopping list when you go to the lumber store. Here are a few projects that I am dying to try!!!!

Look at this kitchen Island!! If only I had a bigger kitchen!


What a lovely farm style bed!!!!


I'll start on these once I really get some time - looks like any free time I get now through October will be spent on 'the wedding'.....

I want!

For those of you who have been to my house, you already know that I have a craft room - and if you have been a guest in my house, you have stayed in this room. I have moved furniture around, and added storage, but I'm still
not happy....

Here's what I want:

This office that can been seen at Knock-Off Wood (more on this site later!).
or this which can been seen at Remodelaholic:
I love the peg board idea!


Or even this one:


Mike said he would switch his 'man room' with me so that I could have the WHOLE room to myself (making the 'man room' one with the guest room). Time to go shopping for a peg board and get started!!!!!

Did you notice that banner at the top of the page?? Yeah - the one that is counting down to the wedding?!?! We have officially hit the six month mark (well, we did a few days ago!)

This month - I have to send out the Save the Dates, order the wedding invitations (as as you all know, I'm making mine!), and choose a florist.

I'm currently working on the Save the Dates which should be ready to mail this week - I hope!

I haven't talked to a florist.. probably should do that - Maybe this weekend since I have nothing on my calendar!! Whoa! Having an empty/nothing planned weekend is rare!

I really don't know what kind of bouquet to get. I worked at a florist for a few years, and I know what kind of flowers I don't want... but what about the ones that I like??

Maybe a white and green wedding bouquet?


Or maybe a colorful one??


Perhaps white with some color?


Remember me mentioning the engagement session that Mike and I had to model for?!?! Well here are a few pictures:


We drove about 45 minutes down to Crawfordville -what was the location?!? A random spot on the side of the road where old, rusty cars were laid to rest. We had a blast!! Can't wait to share the rest with you!

Sneek Peak

Just thought I would post the latest development on the wedding invitations....!

That's all you get for now!!!

Why?????????

I'm not going to say I'm the cleanest person out there, but I do not live in filth.. nor do I let the outside of my home look like filth.....

Last week, we found a very large pile of trash next to one of our properties.... (for those who do not know, I work in property management - rental homes, apartments, etc.) It was discovered that this one property (who I will not mention the name of in case someone reading this happens to live there) has a few individuals that like to live in and around filth...... which is NOT ok!!!!

Take a look at these pictures.... the first one is looking from the edge of the building. As you can see, this is the property line - on the other side of the fence is an 8 foot drop - nothing is on this land except trees and wildlife.

Getting closer to the filth.... Can you see the trash???

OMG!!!! Someone (or persons) have been throwing their trash over the fence for months!!!!! Yes - there is a large dumpster on this property.. in fact it is maybe 50 feet from the building. But apparently that was too far for someone to walk.

Today is clean up day.... we have hired a company to cut our fence, and some how (still not sure how) haul all this trash up the 8 foot wall and remove the trash. The fun part!?!? We get to dig through the trash to find a name or address. That person will be getting a lovely (and probably quite large) bill for cleaning up their mess.

How can someone live like this??? Why do they think throwing their trash over the fence is ok?? The only reason we found it (and trust me, because of the trees, bushes, and large drop, you would never know it was there!) someone complained of the smell. I guess trash doesn't do well in heat!?!??!

Come on people.....!

Wedding

Alright folks! I have posted the wedding countdown on the blog!!! And I'm actually surprised by what little time I have left to plan.....!!!!!!

Picked out the bridesmaid dresses last night!

I have put together a 'mock' wedding invitation - that's right, I'm making them myself!

Here is a sneak peak! (The yellow square will have our initials on them - or so I plan to do that!)

This Sunday is our engagement session! I cannot wait! We have picked out a location that has lots of old, rusty cars! Should make for an interesting day! I will post pictures as soon as I can!