Goodbye....

downtown brown

Goodbye..
















Hello...

Angel Eyes (blue)

Utterly Pink

Whipped Apricot

Soft Green

Calabash (Yellow)

Lilac #3

This was my Spring Break Pinterest project.

I repainted my dining room table and chairs. These pictures do not do it justice. I am so pleased with the way everything turned out.

I created my own chalk paint by adding a tablespoon of Plaster of Paris to 8oz. sample size paint can. I applied the paint to the chairs and table with sponge brushes. I didn't sand or prime or anything. That is the glory of chalk paint. Depending on the color, it took between 3 to 6 coats of paint to cover each chair. After the paint dried, I sanded each chair with 200 grit sandpaper. I then mixed one Tablespoon of Clear glaze with 1/2 tablespoon of Asphaltum Antiquing Glaze. Brushed on the glaze, wiped it off, and left the excess in the grooves. I sealed with min wax poly-acrylic clear satin (2 coats).

For the table, at the last minute, I decided to the leave the very top of the table brown. So, for now I just painted the legs and sides of the table Victorian Linen. I followed the same steps as above. I love, love, love the way the antiquing glaze looks on the white. What do you think, should I leave the top brown or paint it. too?

This entire dining room set re-do only cost $40.00, but it took me about 40 hours (seriously) to complete.


Until next time..

XOXOXOXO

Spring Break

Whoop Whoop!!  Spring BREAK!! We spent most of our time off on the boat and at the beach. It was bliss.

Beaux loves to ride on the bow of the boat!

Dolphins

My guys in my favorite place

The Happiest Guy I Know

Surprise, It's your Birthday

My mom and I share March as our birthday month. Now that we all live so far apart, it is hard to get everybody together twice in one month to celebrate 2 different birthdays. So while my mom thought everyone was coming home to celebrate my birthday, we planned a little surprise.

Surprised?

My dad didn't even know that we were going to surprise her at dinner with presents, cupcakes, and a crown!

Until next time...

XOXOXO

Paint Par-tay!

My friend, Julie, organized a paint party to help me ring 31. All my friends gathered at BYOBrush Studios to paint an oyster shell. It was so much fun, and I was especially happy to see Katie Tupy there. We even had a cake pops!!

 Until next time..

XOXOXOX

3.0 glad to see you go

I am going to post several blog posts, today. If these come to your inbox, I apologize.

March 4, I happily said good-bye to thirty and welcomed thirty-one. If you have not turned 30, yet, and you are wondering what it is going to be like, let me tell you it is true what they say!! Things start to go downhill. Just for funsies, here are some examples:

1. I lost 2 toenails and almost lost a pinkie fingernail.
2. I ran a 5K (a little under trained, I will admit) and about a week afterwards, I get this strange pain in my hip that is so awful I can't even walk down the hall. I just lay in the floor and cry. Wes stares.
3. Sitting on the couch one night, I notice my hand is hurting in the joint below my thumb and right above my wrists. The pain keeps getting worse and worse until I can't even touch my thumb to my index finger. I sit on the couch and cry. Wes tells me to go to bed. In the morning, I am fine! WTH!?!?!?
4. All of sudden, I can't remember things, I am not organized, and I don't care half as much as I used to. (Maybe this is good!)

Well, anyway, that is the short list of why I was happy to see 3.0, go!

Wes planned a wonderful day for me to welcome in 3.1 in New Orleans. We at Muriel's. They serve contemporary Creole cuisine. I ordered the special. After the waiter left our table, I said to Wes, "I have no idea what I just ordered, something about a puppy and a turtle." He assured me that I would not be eating a smaller of Beaux. And sure enough, I dined on a fine fish called a puppy drum and ate turtle soup which was very tasty. I highly recommend this restaurant the next time you are in New Orleans. 

After eating, we shopped for hats for the Kentucky Derby. (Yep, I am going to that next month!) Then filled ourselves with candy and candied apples. We took a carriage ride around Quarter which was very informative and entertaining. Now, I have a long list of new places I want to visit on our next trip. We considered eating a beignet, but decided we were too sugared up, already. It was  great day.

Thank you, Wes!