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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Let's play catch up!

I know I know, it's been a while. Here is a brief update of what's been going on.

While it was still cold, I made an ear warmer headband from this tutorial by PrudentBaby


I found a great deal on more wooden crates to add to the collection.


We've gone to see this cool bluegrass band called Off the Wagon at the Station Inn. That made me want to learn to play mandolin. 




I made a kinda-sorta costume for Read Across America day. It's supposed to be Max from Where the Wild Things Are. Basically I sewed ears onto this fluffy white jacket I found for $8, and I made a crown.


One of my neighbors lost their kitten so I got to hang out with this cute guy one afternoon.


I got this awesome wreath made from wood shavings that I'd been eyeing at Target, and I found it at TJMaxx for cheaper. Also, you may notice I hung the drop cloth garland above the bed. 


My man had a birthday. (And my Max crown got some extra use as a birthday crown!)


We have been doing some spring cleaning/sorting/simplifying.


The mantle got a spring update.


But the most exciting update is our urban garden that is thriving on our back patio!
We went to Lowe's and stocked up with strawberries, bell peppers, cucumber, zucchini, spinach, romaine lettuce, and a tomato plant. We also got this beautiful anemone flower and a plant called sea pink. 


Luckily we already had most of the pots we needed. We repurposed an old kitchen island what we no longer had room for as a plant holder. (You might notice it was on the far side of the bed as an ugly side table)


Now they are getting so big! It's been great since our patio gets full sun, and that's exactly what they need.



And we have evidence of our first fruits!


I tried my hand at tea dying. My first victim: a pair of lace curtains.


One found a home behind the ladder. The other is on the lone window in our bedroom. It is lovely to wake up to each morning. 


My next victim was our new set of sheets. Hopefully I'll do a full post about this process. 


Oh, and I collected a bunch of those little pink helicopters. They will now and forevermore be known as "fairy wings." Because that's what they look like. And I'll tell my kids that the fairies shed their old wings at the beginning of each spring and get a new pair. Or not. 


So yeah. Now you are up to date on my life. Kinda. 

Tomorrow I start working as a young toddler teacher at the preschool. I have been explusively in the infant rooms since November, and you better believe I'm going to miss holding those itty bitties and hanging out with my infant coworkers. The plus side of moving rooms is that I'm getting awesome hours! I'll be off at 4 every day. I hope that helps me be more productive this summer.

We'll see.
Stay tuned,
Haley