{completed projects}

I have been dying to post these projects....because I'm so thrilled with how they are turning out....and am so glad I've had time to craft. :) I'll start with the laundry room. The room will never be pretty. Thanks to the furnace/hot water heater/etc mess that greets you right as you walk in. I'm fine with that. I know we won't live here forever and someday I can have a pretty laundry room. I just needed it to be more functional. Here is the before picture:

Not a great picture, but you can tell, that poor shelf is busting with stuff.....and if you can imagine how easy it was for Kolbe to get his paws on all of that stuff.....you can see why I needed a change. So we bought some boards and some shelf brackets. I painted both of them a cheery turquoise color to try and make this place less WHITE. And here are the after shots:

Like I said....it's not my dream room, but it will do for now. :)

I've also been trying out some things I've seen on Pinterest. I've seen these flowers everywhere and it turns out they're super easy to make. Now I've got plenty of time to make flowers GALORE for our baby girl to sport on her headbands. I've just used scraps of fabric I had on hand so far, and Mark had some old uniforms that he gifted my little "craft shop".

Can't you just see a little daddy's girl with a camo flower on her headband? My wheels are turning for something to do for Kolbe so he can match. :) I glued one onto one of my headbands, and it doesn't look too bad on a grown up girl, either! I've also been thinking about making a wreath for our door out of the uniforms, too. Stay tuned. :)

My last project was a new flag for our front yard. I used my old ratty one as a pattern, cut the burlap (super cheap), hot glued the top, made a stencil on my Silhouette (check it off the list!) of a J and used a Sharpie to trace it onto the burlap and added some Sharpie stripes to the bottom using a ruler. Super easy and crazy cheap!

The front of our house needs a little lovin'. Don't worry....it's on a list somewhere! I'm ready for Spring so we can have some flowers to spruce the place up and make it look a little different than every.single.house in our neighborhood. Oh the military life! :)

You know I always have to share a picture of this sweet thing......

He just woke up from his nap and had to tote Clifford everywhere.....all while saying "Pup-pup" with that sad look on his face. Poor child is begging for a puppy....but with a Baby Sister coming soon, this Momma isn't giving in! We'll just have to make more frequent visits to Gma and Gpa Jarding's so he can love on Max. :)

Have a great day everyone! Drop me a line....I'd love to hear from you! :)