Out with the old and in with the new...sort of

When we built our house 6 and a half years ago we got bar stools as a Christmas Gift from Chris' aunt. I LOVED them!!! They had a cream seat cover...they stayed nice & clean until we had kids and along with time they started looking really bad...I mean BAD. So it was time to do something.

I really liked the style of them and hated to buy new ones so I decided to recover them. The process of me finding the material that I liked took some time. You see we never put curtains up in our kitchen...yes 6 and a half years of no kitchen curtains...wide open. I was never in a rush for any until Chris' cousin built to the backside of our house. And here I will admit...that if you were to show up at our house in the morning before 8 or at night after 9 I would be totally embarrassed and you would be totally shocked/embarrassed. I usually sleep in a old big tshirt. It covers everything but I would still be embarrassed. I know I am not the only person who does this. So it was time to cover up the windows.

So for Christmas I ask for this to hang on the wall in the kitchen...


This is from Bed Bath & Beyond. I love all the different colors. I ended up getting curtains in the blue to match the big plate in the center. I really didn't want to use a blue for the bar stools. It is so hard to find something to exactly match so I went with a something that matches the plate collage.

Here is a picture of the before...

and here is the after...

I love how they turned out. I had never done anything like this before. With help from my mother in law they look awesome. That is one thing checked off the list of things to get done.

Here is a little sneak peak of something else I am working on...

Hopefully I will get this finished within the next week or so. Keep looking back.

Bethany

On the search

I am on the search for one of these....

To do this....


or this to it...


I found this while doing a search for shabby chic office ideas. To see the article on it go to www.homesteaders.wordpress.com.

I have been looking on Craig's List and Local Sales Network for a good deal. If you happen to know of one let me know.

Thanks,
Bethany

Hubbys Birthday

As usual I am late with another post. We celebrated my husbands 37th birthday in February. We didn't have a big to do. We went out to eat with family and friends and came back to eat this...

The boys worked hard on this and they were so proud of what the created...and so was Dad & Mom. After cake we went home to give Dad his present from us.

They were from Shari's Berries. www.berries.com They were awesome! 1 Strawberry had 120 calories. These were the biggest strawberries I have ever seen.

As you can tell they could not wait to take them to the kitchen table. Opened the box right in the middle of the kitchen floor. Carson was so funny watching him eat it. He loved it!! I will be ordering more in the future.

Have a great day
Bethany

Just a little post

Just a little post...not anything big.

We have been working on little odd stuff in the house lately and I am redecorating our bathroom and bedroom. So that means some things have got to gooooo.


I made this collage of all the bathroom and bedroom decor' I am selling and posted it on the local sales network. I didn't get 2 of the square pictures in the collage cause I ran out of room. I am asking $80.00 for all of this. I paid close to $200.00for it a few years ago. Everything is in great shape and ready for a new home. If you are interested email me bethanytramel@yahoo.com.

Last week I ventured back to the world ETSY and while I was there I ran across this wonderful little store called DandyApple... . I ended up purchasing these....



and this....
I was so excited when they arrived in the mail today. I can't wait to wear them. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Bethany

Wordless Wednesday

Bethany

Andrews Valentine Party

I have been so bad lately about blogging. I just can't get it together, as you can tell by the name of this entry...Valentines Party and it was 13 days ago. Anyways, I was able to go to the party for awhile. I am so blessed to have a job where I can attend the parties and other preschool functions.

Each party I try to make a little something for all the kids from Andrew. This time it was little red buckets with their initial on the front filled with candy and a cookie.





Andrew is not sure if he wants to eat his Ice Cream Sunday or not.



And this is Andrew's take on "What Love Is"

At least we made it on there even if we are 2nd on the list..lol Oh, I LOVE that boy!!!

Now it is time to start think about little treats for the Easter Party. If you have any ideas please leave me a comment. I love comments!!!

Bethany

A Few Of My Favorite Things

OH how I love thee...let me count the ways...

I love thee like the picture...I could eat a big bar of milk chocolate.
I love thee on pretzels
I love thee in the form of fudge
I love thee in the form of the Godiva Chocolate Pearl Drops
I love thee melted so I can dip bananas & strawberries
I love thee with caramel
I love thee in a pie
I just LOVE chocolate!!!

Can you tell I want some chocolate...lol



Now this may not mean anything to most of you...but when I see this I know we are just minutes away from this....



Destin, FL...my favorite beach!!! I know we are about to have a week of making family memories, making memories with the kids that hopefully they will remember forever. No worries, no stress...to be carefree for 7 days. Oh how I long for summer to come.

During the summer I love this place also...Center Hill Lake in my hometown.



We live just minutes from here and for the past few years (since we had kids) I have not been that much. Since the kids are getting older (5 & 2) I hope we can start going as a family and making more memories.



Now my husband goes fishing ALOT so he gets his time on the lake but I hope to get mine this year. I love to be outside at home at night...sometimes we can hear the boats in one of the coves near our house.

My list could go on and on but I don't have time and you would get bored reading it (if anyone is reading this) so I must stop. Next time I will be posting my Favorite Blogs.

Bethany