Lamp Lovin’

I’m in love.

With this beauty.

It’s okay, you can crush too.

You know that line from Austin Powers/Goldmember, “I love gooooooold!”

Picture me saying that with lamps.

“I love laaaaaaammppps!” 

Any lamps. I am obsessed with them. Last night I had two gorgeous ones in my buggy at Marshalls but I literally had not a flat surface left in my house to put them. So I sadly put them back. But I did separate them so they had a better chance of not being bought for if I decide I need to go back and get them. Lamps in pairs are my weakness.

Sigh

Anywho!

Betcha wouldn’t have thought that this svelte little lady looked like this before?

Oye.

I saw her sitting lonely and sad on a Goodwill shelf for $7.99 and knew I could bring her back to life. She’s unfortunately been sitting in my laundry room for several months while I searched for the perfect color.

{If you buy used lamps, have the cashier put in a bulb and check to make sure they work before purchasing!}

Well, remember when I was looking for some aqua spray paint and couldn’t find it? Unfortunately yesterday I searched a few more stores and still couldn’t find it.

I was definitely bummed. Especially since my lamp was primed white and ready to go. I almost sat down and ordered it online last night but really didn’t want to order spray paint online and have to pay shipping, so I held off.

It had become kind of an obsession to find it. Even some friends knew I was looking. It was bad. It was consuming me.

Kidding…sort of.

So imagine my surprise when I got back from lunch today and get a text from my sweet friend Erin that Hobby Lobby has it in stock AND it’s on sale.

Thank you Spray Paint Gods!!

I kind of freaked and got way too excited and thanked Erin far more than was probably necessary but THANK YOU again Erin!

HL was one place I hadn’t checked yet, and go figure. They had it!

Anywho, here’s that blasted color I’d been searching for forever for the past three days since crushing on it from this project I saw it used on.

Krylon Catalina Mist

But let’s rewind a little.

First I primed her with my new favorite spray primer.

This.stuff.rocks.

She’s even pretty just after priming.

Rem helped. And by helped I mean I kept having to holler at him to quit digging because dirt dust was flying everywhere while I was painting. No bueno.

After several days of the primer setting (while looking for paint) today I finally painted her.

3-4 light even coats. Don’t want any dripping!

Once the misty aqua was pretty dry to the touch I sprayed it with a Glossy Clear Finish so she’d really shine.

The result? I love.

I stole the shade off my bedroom lamp, but it’s okay because I replaced it with a fun new one I’ve been eyeballing forever at Target

My lamp’s future’s are so bright…they gotta wear shades.

womp womp

Beautimus! And rather Springy I might add!

 

Like my new chair cushion? It was with the outdoor patio furniture for $12 at Ross. Perfect.

And so you don’t have to scroll all the way up, here it is one more time for your viewing pleasure.

This little lady definitely got better with age!

I can’t stop staring

St. Patty's Day

Saturday we went downtown with the Collins fam for some green festivities! Basically it was a downtown get down with a green theme. It was really hot and since we weren't there for the beer, we hit up the food! It was an ok time but we had more fun at the mall and then Chili's. Good times!

David, Fisher & Tanner

Funnel cake - yum!

Sarah and I.

Hope your green day was happy!

Spring = Happy

Happy first day of Spring, friends!

Although it’s been feeling like spring for a while now, it’s official. We are out of the dreary Winter months!

So, in honor of the first day of Spring, I am sharing a few things I picked up recently to celebrate

Fringy/Tassely bathingsuits. I’m obsessed. This one is from PacSun.

I need to grab some bottoms to match these as they did not have the size I needed in stock (extra large small in case you were wondering). 

Love this baby. Target.

I folded the bottoms so they wouldn’t look so large would fit in the picture without changing lenses.

After lunch with my Momma at the mall today, we raided Bath and Body Works and came out with some goodies! The Spring/Summer collection is soooo yummy! I ended up with Caribbean Escape and Peach Bellini. Uh-mazing.

The three wicks are on sale 2 for $20 right now…my FAVE deal.

I also got that cute little white ceramic pineapple candle holder. That way I can purchase the 2 for $5 baby candles and have a place for them!

My sniffer tester approves!

And lastly, fresh tulips.

What says Spring more than fresh flowers? Nothing!

Flowers stolen from the baby arrangement for yesterdays spray painting post!

DIY: Avocado Painted Mason Jar

I have been MIA lately. Sorry about that.

Until I can sit down and catch up on some substantial blog posts, I wanted to share a little afternoon spray painting project.

I saw this on Pinterest.

So cute!

Well, I searched high and low for this spray paint today. I went to three different stores. Two didn’t carry it and one was out. Looks like I may be ordering it online because I have a sweet brassy lamp re-do in the works and it is going to get this color on it whether it wants me to find it or not!

Anywho, I decided to give it a whirl with some Krylon “Avocado” that I had on hand.

It’s okay. I like but not love…it’s gonna need to grow on me. Perhaps because I loved the blue so much it’s hard to accept the green?

Anywho, here she blows!

Springy? Check!

PS – Sticking to my “always having fresh flowers” deal with myself

It's Wednesday

I'm finding that I'm having a hard time adjusting to the time change. It's 11:00 and I feel like it's about 9...I'm wide awake! Anywho, nothing too exciting to share on this late Wednesday eve. I'm sitting here at my coffee table browsing the web and listening to the storm with this sweet face sitting next to me :-)

Okay I don't feel tired but I sure look it. Yikes.

Puppy love.

A Little Bench Makeover

I recently acquired an electric organ from my Great Grandparents. It was offered to the fam before being given away and I decided to take it. I’m still not sure what I’m going to do with it (hope to give it a spiffy new paint job and let my future kids play on it someday) but for now it’s hanging out in my spare room.

In addition to the organ, I unexpectedly got a cute little bench with it.

I’ve had it sitting by my front door and it was a good drop-off point for purses, shoes, etc...

It was cute but I knew as soon as I saw it that it’d be an easy makeover and a perfect size to do something bold to it and get away with it.

So, I painted it yellow!

Yesterday right after I painted it, it was taking on an orange-ish yellow hue. I wasn’t happy with it at first but decided to let it grow on me. And then lo and behold 24 hours later it set and the color magically appeared sunshine yellow!

This was a super easy piece to re-do.

Cover areas you don’t want sprayed. I decided to leave the inside the natural wood so I tin foiled and taped the areas I didn’t want painted.

Give the whole thing a light sanding. The primer says it doesn’t need it, but it was small enough and easy enough that I went the extra mile.

Go me.

Wipe it down real good with a cloth, and use some primer. This was my first time using Zinsser primer and I’m never using anything else again.

This stuff was THE BOMB.

Primed and ready for some happiness!

One coat down.

The box is stolen from work…my boss asked if I was moving when she saw it in my office. I told her no, I’m just spray painting. Hah

Three light even coats later. Such a sunny little disposition even on a drab day.

It makes me smile.

Hmm, I should have dusted out the inside first. Whoops.

And so you don’t have to scroll all the way up, the before and after!

Oh and one other thing, this weekend I was at Marshalls with a friend and I found this amazing entry table. (Pic below)

But wait let’s rewind a sec cause this gets fun.

On Tatertots and Jello recently I saw this entryway and fell in love with this table.

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So cute right?

Well, that’s where the idea came from to paint the bench yellow. I just loved the table and the color and since I didn’t have the table, I’d do the bench that color.

Friends, it was meant to be.

Friday night I won $46 (!!) at Bunko and Saturday…

 

…I found this awesome table for $60 at Marshalls so it only “cost” me $14!

It’s not nearly as big but that’s okay because I already have a large-ish entry/sofa table so this cute one is perfect! I just styled it in this spot for the picture, and although it looks great there, it’s too close to my sofa table so it’s going to live in another area of the house. I LOVE the dark sooty grayish blue color.  

But isn’t it so cute?! I snatched it up so quick in the store and walked around the whole trip clutching it to my chest with the legs sticking out perpendicular to my chest. I set it down once to look at something, a lady touched it, I gave her the evil eye and picked it back up and held it. I wasn’t going to let it go home with anyone else!

Because I’m sure everyone in that store was there to buy that table…hah.

One other thing to note, I got a new toolbox! I love the one my Dad gave me, stocked I might add, and I use it all the time. But my tool collection is growing so I decided to upgrade.

I got this big green one on sale at Lowe’s for $15. Can’t beat that with a stick!

Drool is Cool

I put this on Facebook but forgot to put it here for all my non-Facebook peeps! For your viewing pleasure, my beautiful K-9 and his delicious slobber. This one was sooo long and lovely!

Frozen Yogurt Dots

AKA a Pinterest project gone not so great.

I saw these recently on (where else) Pinterest.

source

Find the how to here.

Looks cute and easy right?

Well, it was…

…until I took them out of the freezer and tried to get them off the pan. They melted almost as soon as they came out as I was trying to scrape them off.

So, they were still yummy, but I think if I do it again I’ll lay saran wrap or tin foil down so they won’t stick. Word of advice

Me and Remi enjoyed them. (Yogurt is apparently good for dogs) They wanted to melt so I kept them in a bowl in the freezer to walk by and grab a few!

My not-so-pretty-but-still-yummy version!

Hey, everything can’t turn out like it’s supposed to. What’s the fun in that?

Oh Rem

Perhaps making him wear what he pulls out of my laundry basket will make him quit? Haha

Bloom

A few months ago I came across Kelle Hampton’s blog, Enjoying the Small Things.

I read the Start Here if You’re New tab and I was hooked.

You should check her out.

I am so excited to buy her book Bloom which comes out April 3rd. It’s her first and I can’t wait to get it.

Click the link below to watch the book trailer. You may want to grab a tissue.

Bloom Trailer

Happy Hump Day!

I took the time to fix my hair this morning and I'm sporting a new scarf. Two things that make me happy! Life is good friends!