Lifey as a DIY wifey

My inspiration

Hi friends!

I've been chewing on eye candy lately...

Pondering which project I should devote my day to, day after day now that I'm on vacation!!!

So, I'm blog hopping looking for inspiration, among other places, here's what I found!

This is from Thrifty Decor Chick's home :)

This beautiful scene is from the link below, life in the fun lane--I'm not sure where she picked it up, but isn't it gorge!?!

This white dream room is from Life in the Fun lane's home :)

Who could do without the lovely Sarah's house episodes to get your country renovation fix? :) the below staircase is from her country farm house!

This is a little peaceful reading area from the home of Restyledhome!

beach cottage white chair rescue shabby vintage

How could you not love this mudroom from sarah over at her abeachcottage?

This is kind of what I want to do...print out letters/words on my computer, but them on a canvas and spray paint over them, then peel off the letters, and I'll have the same ideas. This product is for sale at Red Letter Words but...honestly, anyone could do it! :) I want mine to say "FOR THIS CHILD WE PRAYED" ...the one that is on this canvas leads to a legalistic point of view...boo.

Jesus doesn't = SANTA.

this stool is from Dreamy whites too...see below :)

For a while I was theming our master bedroom off of this beautiful bedroom over at Dreamy Whites! AH! GORGEOUS! the thing is, finding old doors around here in California isn't as easy as it sounds. I still have closet doors, I was planning on adding molding to, and "distressing" them, for this look. but egh. its just not the same. we'll see. To Be Continued...

This scene would have something to do with my DREAM perfect day. :) It's from Brabourne Farm, love her!

How could we, DIY-er's, function without the lovely & inventive Funky Junk Interiors! I will be doing this project...See? I'm already inspired! I feel a trip to the "free" page on Craigslist coming on! Its an urge!!!

...

Ok, so, in all honesty, this is my True Inspiration.

He is my best friend,

my encourager,

my rock,

my hero,

my comedic relief,

my judge of reason,

my leader,

my handsome trophy,

my playmate,

my teammate,

my captain,

my husband,

my Love.

On our wedding day

~ September 6th, 2008 ~

Be Blessed!

~Brittany,

The DIY wifey

Gold at the Goodwill! MAKEOVER!

Here I go again!

On an "errand run"....I just H A D to stop by the Goodwill...

knowing it is mid-week (Wednesday) & the weekend-er's haven't had the opportunity to snatch anything yet, I had to stop by!

I'll start with the "AFTER"...then work my way backwards to the "BEFORE!"

AFTER!

What do you think?

Yup, that's my hubby in the back!

Isn't the detail in the rim just GORGE????? :)

I get this sigh of relief when I realize I just found GOLD at the GOODWILL!

After two layers of Stripping gel (ouch!) we found fake wood, so it scrubbed off with a rough sponge and a wet wash cloth...and a dedicated Husband's help!

DISTRESSIN' AWAY!!!! Ahh! I love this hammer!

For a short while, we thought it was a lost hope!...here's the top of the dresser being "stripped"...

The hardware was too small & round for my spice rack spices to lift it off the ground. So instead, I just sprayed it, then rotated it and sprayed more!...metal finish! :)

The Pups!

The wonderful hubby getting ready to strip the top of the dresser!

(Remember we are working our way backwards with the pictures this time!)

What I used....

Me!...Eagerly starting out!

Don't you Just L.O.V.E. The moulding?

BEFORE. ewe.

Be blessed!!!

~Brittany

The DIY wifey

Linking with:

Night Owl Crafting's Who's got Talent

Faded Charm Cottage White Wednesdays

Paisley Passion's Thrilling Thursdays

Wall Art Decor!

Happy Saturday!

I'm at it again, I couldn't keep away from some sort of art project for too long! :)

(Scroll down to see the finished art project!)

Remember my patient pups?...They're back!!

{...2 dogs sleeping + 1 cat yawning = 3 good furry kids}

This is a self portrait I did of myself on an important day in my life, a few years ago.

It was the first day I spoke with my birth father.

Overwhelming to say the least, so I painted instead of journaling or talking about it.

Can you decipher it? I can't! ...man, emotions are complex!

my painting...continued

I just used acrylic & paint thickener, and my fingers for the black.

So this is my art project today!...I decided this wall is too empty! So I free-hand-ed a bible verse. I just went on Microsoft Word for a font that I liked, then I made the capitol letters a different font because I liked the formality of the capital letters' calligraphy. Then, I just penciled it. I recommend using a great eraser,

...not the pink tiny thing on an #2 pencil for SURE!

I used blue wall-safe tape for the straight lines, then I just un pealed it when I had letters that went above or below the lines. My favorite letters that turned out were the "h" in "that" and the "6" in 46:10. It turned out exactly like a vinyl or a stencil and you wouldn't believe how easy it was!

I used cheap-o paint, "Olympic Interior Latex Flat"..its a charcoal grey

I work from left to right because I'm right handed, and impenitent, have I mentioned that?! :)

I did this because I like to be able to see the finished product as I'm working. Flat paint dries really fast too! :) So, as I worked, I peeled off tape and waited for it to dry, then I used my RUBBER ERASER to ears over the letters so NO pencil showed!...HINT: If I were to do this while any wet paint was around the letters, the lint chunks of eraser would get stuck in the wet paint. So, I wanted a section to dry all at the same time...is that too complicated? I tried my best to explain it! :/