Boating fun!

C is having loads of fun catching jellies off the side of our boat. How lucky we are to live where we do! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Last days of summer fun!

Having a lemonade stand has been on our list of summer fun all summer, now we can check it off! $4.00 made so far!!

Valentine Cookie fun!

I volunteered to make some heart shaped cookies for J's 4th grade Valentine's Day Party.  Apparently the 4th grade goes all out!  It was fun making them this evening (although I am beginning to think i have a hard time saying "no"!!)

the royal icing in just a tad of water so it doesn't dry up. 

the cookies after piping the border.

and the final product!  I have a lot of fun working with royal icing. :)  Good thing my darling husband is working on the laundry though, these took a while!

Happy Valentine's Day Dear Blogger Friends!

some snapshots of what we've been up to!

Just like most of the East Coast, we are buried under LOTS of snow (although to answer Lori's question, no I am not personally buried), and actually it is currently snowing again.  (sticking my tongue out and making raspberries).
Here are some snapshots of what we've been doing...
My dad helped me make a headboard for the Master Bedroom.  Plates make a great tool for creating that perfect curve!

getting ready to measure...

the finished product!  LOVE.  now I just need to tear down the wallpaper.  sigh.

 The boys have been having fun playing in the snow!

our back deck.

this is from before we got completely dumped on!

we have been skiing a lot!

And I have been doing a lot of this:

But really, would much rather be doing this...

I hope you are all surviving the winter, enjoying the first signs of spring (if you are lucky enough to live where that is happening) and I am hoping that this post will get me back to blogging!  Time to get the camera out again.  All these photos were taken with my iphone.

My office/studio take 3!!

The crazy fall updating continues here at Casa Tickled Pink.  You can see my old studio (the first one in this house) here and my inspiration for my studio here and here!  Phew!  Here is the room before:

  Here is MY finished product...

installed the chandelier!  yippee!!

the wall that was behind the bulletin board was very damaged, so I covered it with paper!

this is a trundle bed, so we can still accommodate guests.

close up of my ribbon/paint center (and the wrapping paper covered wall!!)

another one of my grandmother's dining chairs, and a desk I got at a rummage sale for $5!  fabric for the chair is from a shower curtain purchased at T@rget.

storage bins from bath section at T@rget.  hence the shower curtain..  Bins handy for tools etc!

Well, this is my space!  Oh, I will add a picture of the chandelier before once I get it on to my computer (it currently resides in my phone!)

All I want for Christmas...

Is my 2 front teeth!!!

How cute is he??  So excited!  The second one came out around 2:00 in the morning.  I sure hope he wasn't wiggling it all night....

Our Family Room makeover

You can go here to see the family room before before, and then our first after.  Here are pictures from our most recent after...
I had slip covers made for the striped couch and the two chairs, after being inspired by this and then TOTALLY lucked out by finding an existing slipcover for my other couch for $100.  That's right, $100!!!
I happened to have the curtains (from Target) on hand already, they used to hang in our attic in our old house, so all in all this was a fairly budget friendly makeover!

I still REALLY want to paint the brick, but John does not....sigh.

some fall decoration

love this whale!  A friend gave it to me for my birthday.

notice the leftover fabric from J's room???

this is my $100 slipcover!  Yippee!!