Redecorating updates

So I redecorated my kitchen a bit...here are a few pics:

I haven't finished what I'm putting inside the shelf yet. The basket and chalk need to find a home too.
Thinkin about putting jars filled with art supplies in the shelf.

Love our last name! It fits pefectly in the kitchen seeing as you cook in the kitchen:) My dad gave these to me after he closed his popcorn store and I just glued music note paper onto them.

 And I also added a few things to my living/family room:

Don't mind my smudged mirror:) Along with the letters, my dad gave me this book shelf (I have 2 more in my craft room) and the baskets too! Love him:) I want to put some sort of cute quote made of vinyl underneath the mirror or a cute board with hooks to hang up jackets/purses.

Pardon the flash. These pics are ones we took in California back in February. Cute huh? Unfortunately I didn't think to take one of all 3 of us next to the "C" lifeguard post until AFTER we got home. Boo. The frames and anchor are finds from D.I.

This is a watercolor painting I whipped up real fast and put in a cute deep brown frame. It's about 16x24" and is across from the circular mirror. It fits in perfectly with the rest of the room.

Mia Cucina

I love my kitchen and am so grateful to have it! Here are a few pics of how I decorated it...

Here are my favorite pictures of my Europe trip that I took back in high school.

Here are two little plates that Bryan and I received as wedding gifts. They were given by my dads friend who lives in Paris. I can't remember the meaning behind them but they were hand painted and they are collectors items. I think they are adorable and go along with my European pics:)

I have other parts of the kitchen that I need to finish decorating before I show them off:) I haven't had the desire to decorate in a long time so my house has been neglected a bit! I finally have gotten my groove back a bit and am ready to craft away. Stay tuned for more!:)

Have a wonderful day!

Pictures of Home

Here are a few pictures of our updated home. We are still moving in (it's a longer process than we expected) and still have a lot of things to put up and put away before I will be completely satisfied with how everything looks. So if you see in these pictures something that may look out of place...that's because it probably is and will find a home soon:)
Enjoy!

This is our hallway and lots of our photos. I love pictures
and I love framing them. It's my way of scrapbooking:)

Other side of the hallway.

Master bath. Needs a few more touches of decor and it will be complete.

Amaree's room. 

Somehow my photos went out of order...Anyway this is the kitchen!

Front room. My hubby playing with his early Christmas present. HP touchpad thing.

Amaree's tinkerbell green room. That is the actual title of the paint and when asked what
color her room is, Amaree will answer with "Tinterbell deen"

I'm happy with how this turned out. It took me FOREVER to finally decide where to put all of
these pieces. BTW I only paid for the shelves ( D.I. for $1 a piece), and the blue jar (50 cents).
All the rest were lovely gifts we received!:)

My weekly calendar! I took 4 frames (all from D.I. for either 75 cents or $1) , put scrapbook paper behind
the glass, and use the glass as a white board!

Once everything is complete and decorated for Christmas I will post more pictures.
Have a wonderful day!

For my mama

Alright, this post is specifically for mia madre. She is redecorating her whole upstairs (pretty much) and needed some ideas for artwork/decor for each room. I told her I would find awesome examples of DIY artwork that I would happily make for her:) I LOVE doing this type of thing!! So here it goes:
First up fabric flower artwork by Make it and Love it.

It is complete with tutorials on how to make each type of flower as well as how to put fabric inside the frames:) Incredibly easy and cute! Ashley has a million other ideas on her blog that are just as adorable. Go to  www.makeit-loveit.com to check out her tutorials:)

This next one is from lemontreecreations.blogspot.com. It is a simple wooden board with a quote. Very easy but I just love this one! 

www.aglimpseinsideblog.com 

www.diyideas.com

brassyapple.blogspot.com

iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com

iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com

alisaburke.blogspot.com

Well that's it for now! I will post more awesome ideas another day. But for now enjoy these links. They are all incredible blogs that I love looking at to get ideas:)

Have a wonderful day!