Ideas…

Walking through the Bachman’s Idea House inspires one to be creative and crafty all at the same time. It is truly amazing how talented the designers of this house are as they repurpose countless items to encourage others’ creative juices.

Below are some photos of my favorite ideas from this year’s fall house…

A planter made from an antique sewing machine and stainless steel water tub…

Large Ball jars hanging from an antique bed spring…

Weathered shutter for displaying recipes, Christmas cards, notes, etc…

Valance made out of yardstick and metal grommets…

Burlap hanging behind simple antique windows…

Kitchen valance: Long stick, simple hooks, dried herbs…

Bookshelf made from antique books…

Wall art: small clip boards with stenciled paper…

Desk made from old drawers and door (as table top)…

Headboard: shower curtain with simple ribbon ties…

Bathroom organizer: antique soda pop holder or library card sorter (I’m not sure which)…

Ceiling light: pieces of old license plates…

Adorable kid-friendly headboard…

Toy ‘Sorting Station’:  Pegs, spray painted buckets & license plate labels…

Bedside table lamp: Stacked children’s books, simple lamp shade and yarn…

Dresser: vintage beginner reader cards, toy block knobs and distressed paint finish…

ADORBLE wall decor:…

Garden gate note holder…

Most quintessential ‘fall’ smelling candle I have smelled to date!

Antique chairs attached to make long porch bench…

Distressed Dresser=mud room organizer…

Wall décor: three pieces of distressed wood, vintage photos or drawings tacked to the wood…

Inspiration for our future flower boxes: birch branches, pine, twigs and mums all bundled together…

More of my hopeful vision…

House numbers: rusted watering cans…

Bird feeder: wrought Iron stalks of corn on the cob with dried corn attached…

Planter: antique kitchen pot hanger on it’s side with chicken wire across front to hold plants in…

Wreath: dried corn husks…

M, thanks for walking through the house with me…I am SO looking forward to the Christmas house and maybe making some of the ideas come to life in our neck of the wood!

Happy Crafting!

Be blessed.

Similar Toothless Smiles?

Me…winter 1982 (about 6 months)

Little A…fall 2011 (about 6 months)

Be blessed.

B’nana Bwead Routine

B has taken to asking for B’nana Bwead (banana bread) almost every morning for breakfast…he typically asks for the bread and then boosts himself up into his chair and waits for help getting buckled in.

From his chair he will say “b’nana bread pweese!” (I’ll admit the tone of his requests are often whiney which mean we have several exchanges about using a happy voice and manners before the bread even makes it to the table). 

When he finally utters “May I haav b’nana bwead pweese” we fold our hands, pray (his eyes typically remain opened as he can’t seem to take his eyes off of his breakfast waiting to be enjoyed)…and then dig in!!!

The other morning, he brought his book to the table. As he ate, he ‘read’ as if he was catching up on the day’s current events.

After the bread is finished, we typically hear “Get don pweese”…which means he is all done and it’s time for Ella to come clean the crumbs off of the chair and floor.

Happy Wednesday.

Be blessed.

Five and a Half Months = Rice Cereal Time!

Here is the initial progression…

With little/no hesitation…she was ready for more…needless to say, SHE LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She looked like a little bird waiting to be fed as she watched the spoon come up to her mouth…a couple times she even leaned over to watch us fill the spoon with more drippy mushey goodness.

We tried to be neat and tidy, but to no avail…it wasn’t long before the cereal was hanging off of her chin!

I love C’s face in this photo…it’s almost as if he is mimicking little A.

Little A savored her first spoon fed meal as is evidenced by the next several photos…

She headed to the bath after finishing her first ‘big girl’ meal and then headed to bed and slept a long long long time…much to her mommy and daddy’s delight as recently she has taken to starting her mornings about 4:30am!

Here’s to firsts for Little A!

Be blessed.