Once Upon A Cammode...

pleasant enough, don't you think?
and yet the need for something fresh and
new was as strong edward's need for bella's blood!
{sorry...all the twilightapulooza with the latest
premiere has gotten into my brain...}




but this is Kae's bathroom...she's no fan of the sparkly-
skinned so i will xnay the vamp talk and get back to her
toilet!





the basic idea was for a bit more space in a severely
spatially challenged room...that 3 grown boys share!
{yah, they were raised on pink and lace and shabby...
consequently they play hockey and the sweaty drums...
and are stinky...boys are boys from the womb...you just
can't change that! }






yah...yah...she's all pink and lace and shabby...but expect to
find a cat on her ironing board when you stop by for tea! ;}
anywho...weren't we talking about a bathroom? sometimes
i get a little distracted...



well, it was a nice bathroom...





the only thing more destructive to a bathroom than 3 sons...
is the contractor you actually pay to destroy it!
and didn't he do a fine job! ;}
they only had one "potty" for about 3 weeks...
but that is a whole other post...story...etc!





luckily, they have a contractor with some mad skills...





so, he built them a new medicine cabinet so they could
get rid of the under-sink cabinet and free up more space...
for Mitchum...Axe & Lotrimin!





and how about some cool new tile instead of the one-piece
fiberglass thing! niiiiiiiiice!





rockin' new fixtures...very House Beautiful!




so, let's recap...


from this...






to this!






this...





to this...






this...






to this...






not bad, eh?
ok, it's not like you can fit the entire mormon tabernacle choir
in there...but at least it "appears" at tad more roomy!
who can't use a more bead boardy, pedestaly, tile-y space?! ;}

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Farm House Friday @ Laurie Annas

Candy Land!

all these Christmas treats were so cute and pink
and delicious i wanted to eat them up...but i just took
pictures instead...i'm sure the shop owner was pleased
with my restraint!
if i had seen a display like then when i was a kid i
would have flipped! but then we all become kids
at Christmastime, don't we?
{some of us more than others! ;}

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet The Sound

Two Minute Thankful Decor...

now, i realize that not everyone has 144 peat pots just sitting
around taking up space { get them HERE ! they literally cost cents...
yes, ¢'s! which is precisely why you will end up buying way more than
you need, like i did! ;} but even if you don't happen to have a gross
of peat pots...you could use terra cotta pots...
glass vases...
or perhaps a wooden vessel you have artfully whittled from a tree branch? ;}




this actually takes lazy to a new level...of well, laziness...ahem.
although "taking something to a new level" implies a certain
amount of exertion...so, that is a poor choice of words since
the exertion level required for this project is a 1...no, let's make
that a 0...a -1...hmmmmm....




just pop yourself on over to The Graphics Fairy ...peruse, gather &
print up any of her Thanksgiving prints {the link above will take you
right to the Thanksgiving selection...yes, i did all the work for you...it
is that time of year...and all the "goodwill towards men" is just coursing
through my veins! ;}






then just lash {"affix with string" sounds so boring! ;} them to the vessel
of your choosing! but first you might want to give them a festive
edging! or use an expensive yet fabulous paper punch {i find that i
like to use my expensive punches quite frequently so that i can mentally
amortize their uses over the year and feel that i have made a wise investment! ;}












fill and fluff with bits and bobs...or corks...which actually can bob...






vintage shreds with glittered & decoupaged acorns...
or even something less whimsical/borderline nutty!
{to each their own...so, i went with the whimsical/
borderline nutty! ;}




team them up with your other fall-icious treats to create
a festive vignette in a jiffy with NO sweat equity needed!
after all, you need to save your precious strength for
all the chewing you will be doing on Thursday...followed
by a nap, naturally! ;}

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Pink Thx!

a little touch of PINK for your Thanksgiving preparations!
are you ready for all the family?
all the food?
the promise to yourself NEVER to eat that much again! ever!
{ok, forget that one! ;}

it's almost here! chop! chop! ;}

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet The Sound

Time Flies! {..and other insects}

busy, busy week! ok, weeks!





hard to believe it's already thursday...





harder still...Thanksgiving is next week!
{HOW DID THAT HAPPEN??!!!}






then Christmas!
remember when you were little...and weeks crawled by
like months!
where did that feeling go?
sheesh!
ARE THE HOLIDAYS SNEAKING UP ON YOU???
here's wishing you some extra hours in your day!!! ;}

Mixed-up Media...

this is what i had in my head...sort of... ;}
i thought, 'oh, i'll just glue the material to some cardboard,
then i'll draw on a fabulous pattern, then i'll just cut it
out...zip...zap...zoom...all done...looks great...so pleased...'
blah, blah, blah.
it did not quite work out that way! ;}





there was no small amount of carnage involved first.
hacking and sawing!
what i really needed was a chain saw!
apparently, when you glue fabric to cardboard, the cardboard
becomes all bendy...the already-hard-to-cut-material becomes
impossible to cut and you just end up with something that looks
like beavers chewed all around the edges!
ok, maybe you don't end up with that...but i did!!



so what began as my triumphant butterfly ornament making
session...fizzled out rather quickly!
what the heck was i doing! ACK!









and in my usual LAZY manner, i just freehanded the butterflies...
which is probably the reason that they don't really look like any
butterflies you have ever seen! they are a tad bottom heavy and,
actually, they look like they are wearing pantaloons! I know!
butterflies in pantaloons...you heard it here first! even my cats
were pointing and laughing!



the one saving grace...i just happened to have champagne colored
GGG that looks tres fab against the vintage patina of this graphic
i borrowed from the fairy...this butterfly is a keeper. the others?
well, i think i'll open the window and set them free! ;}


but i was feeling ornamenty...and you guys keep pinning cool
things that i see on my pinterest page, so i had a plan b...b is
as far as i go...plan c, d & e or beyond...well, they are just too
much effort to even contemplate!


corks & prisms...that's the ticket and i know that's what you were
all thinking, right? who wouldn't be!




a cork...
and a prism...
how hard can it be?
well...


i just tried not to overthink it...
take a cork...
then add a prism...
but i wasn't in love with it.
too plain...too boring.




so, i added some vintage sheet music & hand stamped seam binding.





some burlap and a tiny shell...









this and that...
scraps, left overs and the like.
how green am i?
not green at all...just a cheap hoarder! ;}





a mini-starfish, string & fabric shreds...
{nothing screams "Christmas" like fabric shreds! ;}





a seriously Lazy Girl project!
corks, glue gun, bits and bobs...then let your imagination run wild!
it's a great idea and a good way to use up all your hoarded odds & ends!





hanging dangling objects within paw's reach of felines?





nope...not such a great idea!
i didn't take pictures of the carnage that ensued...
i just wept silently and lamented my moronitude!
live and learn..or in my case, live...and 20 cats later...
still never learn!
{but if you heard his howitzer purrrrrrr...you'd forgive him anything too! ;}

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