Guess whose back …back again??

Rebekahs back.....tell a friend...
You Eminem fans might recognize that little tune!! 

Yes! It's true! I am back from a looong blogging hiatus. Seems life took me in a different direction for a while but now I am back and feeling the need to join blogging society again. Lots has happened since my last post. In fact, my last post was made the day after my ex-husband moved out. Sounds sad, I know, but it was a good thing. And WOW have things changed since.
Brief overview -
Split from hubby
Decide to date again - promising myself NOTHING serious - only fun
Met a great guy
Fell in love with said guy ...and his 2 girls!
kids met said guy -what do ya know! They love him too!
Lost my house - devastating for us all
moved 25 miles away into said guy's house - now a family of 6
got a job which I LOVE

and now, finally after nearly 15 months of so much 'stuff'..so much heartbreak, so much happiness, so much craziness and confusion, life has handed me a little peace for which I am so grateful. Lots of lessons learned along the way. The phrase which I always seem to repeat in my head is 'The best laid plans of mice and men'. Just when you think you have a grip on anything in life, look out!! It rarely goes as planned and many time will end up better then planned!

Anyway, We moved into this house in Aug. not knowing if we were going to be here a month or forever. Turns out it may be for a while now...which is a good thing. This house is adorable and the kids LOVE the school. It is a 3 bedroom and it is a TIGHT squeeze but it has worked better then we thought. I am going to begin some decorating of my own in a few weeks...many ideas going threw my head. But for now, here are a few spots in our house I enjoy.

The top of the hutch I had in the dinning room of my old house.

 

A cozy little corner of the living room

 

…and the bathroom! Perhaps the most decorated room in the house!

AND the room which is going to be getting a slight overhaul this week. The ceiling needs to be painted and I need to clean the tiles on the floor…ANY ONE KNOW A GOOD TILE CLEANER?? I also want to do something pretty with the closet….. 

Winter Yard

last minute on the cheap -Monogrammed Christmas Balls

 

 

I finished all 6 of these in about 20 minutes and for about $1 a piece.

Materials used -

1. Scrapbooking Rub-Ons ( already in my stash)

2. Shredded basket fill

3. Glass ornaments ( 50% off at Michaels)

4. Ribbon- 3 spool @ .50 each

5. Self-adhesive ‘dots’ (found in scrapbook isle)

 

How to -

1. Remove cap from ornament and fill with basket-fill. Replace cap

2. apply Rub-ons and self-adhesive dots

3. String 4 or 5 lengths of ribbon threw the ornament cap and tie in a bow.

 

See!! Easy and cheap!!!!

Oh my the difference a few weeks makes in one’s life.

Well, the big news in our household is that hubby and I are divorcing. Its been a long time coming and we both know it is for the best. He are friends and will be working very hard to keep it that way. Out kidos are having a hard time but are getting better and better each day. We will be staying on our home which will make it a lot easer. This may sound like bad news but I am confident it is just the beginning if a lit of GOOD news!

Anyway...that is why I have not been blogging. But I have been CRAFTING!!!!

Here is a Christmas countdown chain I made using my Cricut. Do you have one??? Oh you must get one!! they are sooo cool and can be used in sooo many different ways!

I am also close to finishing my kitchen curtains! I hope to hang then sometime this week!! 

See ya then!!!

A man’s opinion on chandeliers

Went shopping with Hubby last week which included a trip to Lowes. He was after a piece of pipe and of course I wanted nothing to do with the plumping section. How boring!!! So I high-tailed my patootie over to the lighting section. (start the harps and trumpets)…I LOVE the lighting sections. I walked around for at least a half hour with my nose up in the air admiring all the pretties….ooooo…ahhhhh….ohhhhhh!! I Love the lighting section!

I found two I fell in love with and wanted to show Hubby for the kitchen and dining room.

            

             

 

His reaction “No way! I don’t like all those ‘beads’ and things. They look like they should be hanging in the back of a gypsy’s van’.

 

….huh?….’in the back of a gypsy’s van’????? What???

Do gypsies HAVE vans??? What exactly IS a gypsy??? ..and why would they have chandeliers in the back of their vans????? Do they HAVE vans??? Really??

I googled Gypsies and saw no such thing.

But I have a feeling this is the image in his mind…..

                      

 

I have some work to do on him, huh???

So Many Projects…..

soooo little time!!!

I have spent a lot of time lately at my local Goodwill store hunting down and finding a ton of great deals on all kinds of fun stuff! Yesterday was .99 chair day (YES!! .99 CHAIRS!!!) and let me tell ya…I went to town baby!

I found 2 chairs in great shape…just in need of a little love. One will be used in my dining room the other…maybe as a desk chair??

 

 

I also found 4 child size chairs I plan to recover and give to my daughter as a Christmas present. Hubby made her a table so now she will have an entire settee.

Here are some of the fabrics I plan to use for my daughter’s chairs, curtains and the headboard I also found. (forgot to get photo. Trust me…its ugly!…for now, anyway!)  I have plans to reupholstered it and use it in my daughters room which is slated to be REdone the beginning of the new year.

 

I also found this urn..love it..not sure where it will end up yet.

 

Kitchen progress is slow but chugging along! I am almost done the curtains. I am attempting to make faux feed sack curtains. We’ll see?!?!?! Here is a sneak peak…

 

 

and here is my inspiration! From BHG

I also made this little hand cloth. Simple straight stitches and foam stamps used to make this. Cheap and easy!!

 

I have missed blogging over the last week! I am excited to check around and see what everyone has been up too!!

Figuring out myself

Hanging out at home today with sick kido #2. My daughter was home yesterday..bad cough and an eye DR appt. My son is home today…sick belly. And my house it a disaster area..no joke.

But I am taking a few minutes to write because I *think* I may have figured out myself! Maybe …at least for today. What I mean is …I think I am beginning to understand the difference between what I like, as far as decorating, and what I like AND will WORK for me long term. See, I love drama…not REAL drama..just the appearance of it.

LOVE this room! The drapes…..the chair covers…THAT chandelier!!!!

 

Oh man!! Do I ever LOVE these chairs! They contrast so well with the darker floor! And that table base…TO DIE FOR!! Love the urn and the candelabras!

I can not tell you how much I LOVE this color combo! SO different, vibrant and FUN! Again I LOVE the contrast of the lighter color chaits with the dark wood of the table! BEE-U-T-FULL!!! And do I even need to mention THAT chandilear!!! HOLY SMOKES!!!

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA!!! i LOVE it!!

BUT…not sure if drama jives with my lifestyle! While I LOVE the above rooms..LOVE them..I seem to fit more comfortably into the following rooms.

 

Oh my gosh!! This paint color looks just like what I have in my dining room now!!!

Notice the colors and wood tones are similar in all these rooms. They all have beautiful, dramatic chandlers. These last three dinning rooms, while still dramatic, have a sense of ‘lived in’, if you know what I mean. 

So…to my point..While I love drama, I seem to be able to live with it in smaller doses. I have a sure appreciation for it! I would never turn down the chance to have a super dramatic dining room..but one that is slightly more relaxed with just a hint of drama seems to work better for me and my family.

Now, I just need to remember this when coming up with my ideas!!!

photos from House Beautiful and BHG