tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41384575317545743112024-03-13T22:11:12.305-05:00tales of a domestic goddessbrandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-32910929515870176382010-08-30T20:54:00.000-05:002010-08-30T20:54:33.273-05:00my beautiful new wall...<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">it's been so long i've almost forgotten how to blog...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">JUST KIDDING. but really it's been FOREVER again, i know i know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i hope most of you haven't forgotten about me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">this is the LAST week with the puppies... HOORAH! then they go their new homes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">well besides one... he's still available if anyone is interested ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i've been having lots of trouble getting inspired lately. i've done a few things, but not like i was. i hope to get my mojo back after puppies are gone and i can just take care of 3 kids (yes, i included my husband in that) insteand of 9. that takes a lot out of you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">anyways, on to my project. you remember my book wreath <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-first-wreath.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i could never figure out where i wanted to put it. i hung it in my bedroom (which is not decorated AT ALL, i mean we don't even have a matching comforter set but SOON!) but the walls are tan and it blended in. so i knew i had to move it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so i finally came up with this wall above my couch. it's been blank and so have i... UNTIL now =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i've been stashing frames and finally got to spray paint them. i've been wanting to do this forever, because IT'S AWESOME, and finally got hubs to hang stuff (that's like pulling teeth for him) BUT we got it done, and other stuff (stay tuned, more posts i PROMISE!) but it was easy so easy!! i would do it again in a second (might very soon, i am the WORST at rearranging things, haha, poor hubs). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">anyways, hope your monday wasn't too horrible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">commenter #20, <a href="http://projectnaptime.blogspot.com/">Liz from Project Naptime</a> who said</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Congratulations Liz... step down and claim your prize!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">{no really, email me at talesofadomesticgoddess{at}hotmail{dot}com with your mailing address :) }</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">yay!!! AND thanks to all you wonderful followers!! i enjoy reading EVERY comment!!</span></div>
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<br />brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-64056213752480908232010-08-12T22:28:00.000-05:002010-08-12T22:28:50.124-05:00a GIVEWAY....<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">DON'T forget to enter... TWO ways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">ENDS monday... TELL everyone!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">=) =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">happy friday Y'ALL!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this is a project caitie and i did last summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">pre-paxton!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">we had fun doing it and it's something i'll keep forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i need wall coverage in her room, we'd never done any hand/foot prints so i thought "exactly what we're going to do!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">we bought two 2 packs of small canvas, 50% off of course!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">picked out pretty paints and got to work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">we painted the canvas and then took her feet put them on two and then the other two canvas we used her hands. we wrote the date on the back and then hubs put hangers on them and up they went. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">when she outgrows them, they will be mine!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so i was looking through my craft closet {yes i only get a closet} =(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">across this mirror! i had completely forgotten about it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i first posted about it <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/05/flower-mirror-redo-part-i.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">it didn't turn out the way i'd hoped. the paint cracked and i wasn't sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so after i'd rediscovered it i thought i was going to mod podge it with some cute paper...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i couldn't decided which paper to use so i decided to polka dot it since it was going in caitie's room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so i took a spray paint can lid and traced circles all over the mirror. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">first time ever. it sure made the black pop after it had dried!</span></div>
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<br /></div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-91944857870448396922010-08-08T08:00:00.002-05:002010-08-08T08:00:03.794-05:00my FIRST giveaway...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i hope it's the first of many!! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">should be excited & i'm nervous {but i won't go into that}...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so what's up for grabs??</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">ONLY a $20 hobby lobby gift card!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">what you couldn't hear me??</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">a $20 HOBBY LOBBY gift card!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">okay so i'm done yelling!! =)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">how can you enter??</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">only 2 ways...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1. follow me and comment letting me know you did, if you already do, let me know that.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2. blog about my giveaway and link back here.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">the giveaway will go on for a week and end MONDAY, AUGUST 16th at midnight!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">GOOD LUCK ALL & let your friends know!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" /></a></span></div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-90650847656612821752010-08-06T22:57:00.000-05:002010-08-06T22:57:07.648-05:00more birds {i think i'm in love!}...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so did i ever mention how i loove birds, and well bird houses? well i do!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">they are SUPER cute, small, cuddly, and they eat worms. {not a reason why i love them, ha}</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">but i keep finding more of them, and of course more ideas!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so do you remember this bird from <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/06/little-birdy.html">here</a>?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">that white paint helped so much, but it was still bland.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">plus i have TONS of upper cabinet space that needs some lovin' so i wanted more for the little fellow, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">plus if it wasn't perfect i was just going on top of the cabinets where no one could admire it from up close. =)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so i started out here:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob89E3_mr1_2uIY-Q0gVyCScVzvzuxBGBZ3FQe7Yure5Yk7KkzEbd6uU-v1hU2Y7gBBul4hy41pJei8Ddzhco4tJ-8QscooT7qEGnQl5Unm2-Ma2tnB8s-OP6ixuLsYhJTbcu5qkNf2Sc/s1600/DSCF2096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob89E3_mr1_2uIY-Q0gVyCScVzvzuxBGBZ3FQe7Yure5Yk7KkzEbd6uU-v1hU2Y7gBBul4hy41pJei8Ddzhco4tJ-8QscooT7qEGnQl5Unm2-Ma2tnB8s-OP6ixuLsYhJTbcu5qkNf2Sc/s320/DSCF2096.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i did some experimenting with that pot so it wasn't in the best of shape, but like i said, top of the cabinets. so i decided to paint the pot yellow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-83890530516884097322010-08-06T22:42:00.000-05:002010-08-06T22:42:52.977-05:00the summer blues...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">hello everyone!!! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">hope you didn't forget about me... the hard puppy days {aka late night puppy feedings} are ALMOST over, i can <strike>sleep</strike> function again!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i have so many projects i need to get done...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">hello, my name is brandi, and i am an addict!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i love to think up, buy, and then NOT finish my projects. anyone else as bad as me?!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">my kitchen still is NOT painted. but hey, i work a full time job and are taking care of 9 kids {and yes i included my hubs in that, haha} i think i'm doing pretty good to remember to brush my teeth {only kidding}!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">but all in serious-ness {is that a word?} anyone else live in the south?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">it has been HOT! i mean H-O-T all week long. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">OVER THE 100s!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">which means i run from my car to my front door, i don't like to sweat! hot days = no spray painting = no projects!! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">thursday we got rain... HOORAY! after it stopped i realized it cooled off, so i got something ready to paint, only to walk outside and it was raining again. POO! </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i went out tonight and it was cool enough to paint.. YIPEE!! so off i went on some projects, plus i had ME time!! <--- that does NOT happen often! dishes were done, laundry done, puppies fed... so i got to work. be sure to follow up on what i started AND what i finished. i seriously think that not finishing projects should be my new years resolution!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-30426560275492823922010-07-29T11:43:00.000-05:002010-07-29T11:43:38.944-05:00i am ALIVE...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">wow!! it's been a LOOONG time since i've had a post.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">wanna know why??</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">ANYWAYS, redoing kitchen, or at least i think i am, by bits and pieces, oh what a mess. i need some new wall decor... cheap wall decor is even better. i seen this picture around and knew it would be cheap, easy, and beautiful to redo.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so i started out with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QrQjBSlszR25242f7u4SE2WW-GOqWiCcpRIByetqIL5qTnU_g7nP_flnmadDjG08DcRC5xcsIpDR0x3vLeWFGSFNB1DZc_QrD_HJibDb6jm7_XD7G0t6pPEDUpEk5OHWw34NI_81Qmzj/s1600/DSCF2094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QrQjBSlszR25242f7u4SE2WW-GOqWiCcpRIByetqIL5qTnU_g7nP_flnmadDjG08DcRC5xcsIpDR0x3vLeWFGSFNB1DZc_QrD_HJibDb6jm7_XD7G0t6pPEDUpEk5OHWw34NI_81Qmzj/s320/DSCF2094.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">of course you remember <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-thriftin-goodies.html">my thriftin' goodies</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">on THIS project i used:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1. picture frame $1 at salvation army</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2. 1 knife, 1 fork, 1 spoon .75 at salvation army</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3. a piece of lace from a curtain .25 at salvation army</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4. spray paint {had on hand}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5. glue gun & sticks {had on hand}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">TOTAL = $2.00</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so to start i took the frame apart, kept the cardboard and i'll save the glass for another project then i spray painted it with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAxeJiIPItzAW0JnS8fEpZhyZSNH6JtudWIXvmwMUPS4FJpTnc1uMW7rUS5BTFb0_wcdHSZvMItq9WOFZI9iQp27BUIR7Tzq3A4yjYkRyZJP2C3lNlmCOGQPJzdXU30GfAoeXcMKGehIY/s1600/DSCI0163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAxeJiIPItzAW0JnS8fEpZhyZSNH6JtudWIXvmwMUPS4FJpTnc1uMW7rUS5BTFb0_wcdHSZvMItq9WOFZI9iQp27BUIR7Tzq3A4yjYkRyZJP2C3lNlmCOGQPJzdXU30GfAoeXcMKGehIY/s320/DSCI0163.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{i'm a big fan of black, can you tell?}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">then i took the lace and wrapped it around the cardboard and hot glued it down. then i put the cardboard back in the frame</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">AND it looked like THIS: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPKZ2_F_FWpprgIgxBIfAp1NMGjfL1RGexblZGhJC9Xp3wq9wNt8qODa96-hJvjUkhMdlPbkJnKGen5V-LBkYG9vc2GvA3QwR8NwNS7ke2joLVg6gC7El_bnEXDDzQpZiNV-Qvn1F1OAW/s1600/DSCF2111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPKZ2_F_FWpprgIgxBIfAp1NMGjfL1RGexblZGhJC9Xp3wq9wNt8qODa96-hJvjUkhMdlPbkJnKGen5V-LBkYG9vc2GvA3QwR8NwNS7ke2joLVg6gC7El_bnEXDDzQpZiNV-Qvn1F1OAW/s320/DSCF2111.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{i looove this lace, don't be surprised if you see it in another post, cause i got LOTS left!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">then i glued the knife, fork, and spoon to the front,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">THAT looked like:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTtMzHkkuaBFD3wSbpkj9Kx7vElG7WYxY6mzK1suuUj2mPHAqkZMN9wjErp5s4GjjDjdJri4gxbS7K2Pnw6xc6rTX6bKQCJu7q37wEfIj_JMZb1uPIbwE4Uf4ZBTY8KJzFyrQsd_gco_D/s1600/DSCF2112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTtMzHkkuaBFD3wSbpkj9Kx7vElG7WYxY6mzK1suuUj2mPHAqkZMN9wjErp5s4GjjDjdJri4gxbS7K2Pnw6xc6rTX6bKQCJu7q37wEfIj_JMZb1uPIbwE4Uf4ZBTY8KJzFyrQsd_gco_D/s320/DSCF2112.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{yep you guessed, i already love it!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">then i had a dilemma... i couldn't decide how to hang it up, with ribbon or lace. so after much deliberation between my co-worker and i {yes, at work again, but only half of it, and we have been REALLY slow} we decided on lace. so then i glue it to the back of the frame like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK_ZcXAH9N5v4EWzKaS7Nf11tmiMbe5dnv7QE_M1Sm5oBymKdmO1PMq1-69LrYPDXlxz5mLiJYdfBwJpwQvDwic4pbASz0bNhWaows_9xxRCHXGaght5UJrLnapYPitTmSjUQjY5KN4Q8/s1600/DSCF2113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK_ZcXAH9N5v4EWzKaS7Nf11tmiMbe5dnv7QE_M1Sm5oBymKdmO1PMq1-69LrYPDXlxz5mLiJYdfBwJpwQvDwic4pbASz0bNhWaows_9xxRCHXGaght5UJrLnapYPitTmSjUQjY5KN4Q8/s320/DSCF2113.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-35951968959049524182010-07-21T14:26:00.000-05:002010-07-21T14:26:22.750-05:00my paxton...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is 9 MONTHS today!! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">that means, in 3 months, he'll be ONE...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">he is 3/4 of a YEAR old.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">did you get that, my BABY will be ONE... my last baby {knock on wood, we're done, haha} ever baby will be one. </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">where does the time go?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">he's went from a 7lb 3oz sweet little prince </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">to a</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">21lb rotten little boy... and i'm not kidding =)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">he is such a momma's boy and he's never</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">slept a day in his crib!! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">BUT that's A. okay with me.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this picture is from saturday. it's of paxton and my little brother {even though he isn't so little}. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i just love the shirt pax is wearing, if you can't read it, it says...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">"THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">off of the office... we loooove that show!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">if you haven't watched it, well you should!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">anyways</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">happy 9 months pax!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">AND</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> happy hump day!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-77545575702692293972010-07-20T13:11:00.000-05:002010-07-20T13:11:53.130-05:00my first wreath...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so today's post is about my very FIRST wreath EVER!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">can you believe it, i've never made one.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">kinda makes me sad when i think about it because i LOOOOVE the way this one turned out!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">{i LOOOVE a lot} </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">AND with every post i'm getting more confident in myself... in the crafts i do which will make me more brave to try the bigger projects that i have in mind. =)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">this wreath i first seen over at <a href="http://livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html">living with lindsay</a>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">her wreath is beautiful, inspiring.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so of course i had to <strike>copy</strike> recreate it. =)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i started with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOF8sNzpZb2jjbn2GgyeP-VUuyf8ANEVOx767-aZwgWZHkiwm6Dp4P_Fm8b6H1OForl8GJgTLVFDmAVP1v3afJEyaibPtPheJeqh0gmF4RZwBZjFev7tBLbI2408LUB3v_FuuZFewSrIN2/s1600/DSCF2076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOF8sNzpZb2jjbn2GgyeP-VUuyf8ANEVOx767-aZwgWZHkiwm6Dp4P_Fm8b6H1OForl8GJgTLVFDmAVP1v3afJEyaibPtPheJeqh0gmF4RZwBZjFev7tBLbI2408LUB3v_FuuZFewSrIN2/s320/DSCF2076.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{minus: glue gun, pen, ribbon, and pins}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i then tore out all the pages of the book that didn't have pictures. my co worker {yes, i did this while at work... shhh.. it was a very slow day} couldn't believe i was tearing apart a book. i wish i couldn't gotten a picture of her face for you guys!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i took the pen and stuck it in the middle of the page and sorta wrapped the page around it. when it looked pretty i put a dab of hot glue on the end and stabbed the foam wreath. it's <strike>good</strike> great therapy! =)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and that looked like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMZ4w93uFpG6WEODAsYgBOa4rUELrwR__AhdYy7wg4fX6apktALjfv30vYOznjfXH6nHA8Ro0mQrAcSyLkn24wOJLUqi5o97rrHVqj2oHjPw8l4nXFBGb56Mic66kg4z72lIUOzxwgfug/s1600/DSCF2077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMZ4w93uFpG6WEODAsYgBOa4rUELrwR__AhdYy7wg4fX6apktALjfv30vYOznjfXH6nHA8Ro0mQrAcSyLkn24wOJLUqi5o97rrHVqj2oHjPw8l4nXFBGb56Mic66kg4z72lIUOzxwgfug/s320/DSCF2077.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">my co worker kept saying... "oh yeah, that's different, really different"</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i just smiled, i knew it was going to be beautiful!!</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJJyfR2wYK7fXf-t8fVFSCGvhiJy8W336enuMFYh1Ys7wn-AZQjHZXutIgZUTlECXuv1GKn1tk5nnkmfzzfLknsMtaug3BB6tdYab3QFw1TZ3qFx8YszQvM3mAvFyFWfWAgqkbqWs8Skf/s1600/DSCF2078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJJyfR2wYK7fXf-t8fVFSCGvhiJy8W336enuMFYh1Ys7wn-AZQjHZXutIgZUTlECXuv1GKn1tk5nnkmfzzfLknsMtaug3BB6tdYab3QFw1TZ3qFx8YszQvM3mAvFyFWfWAgqkbqWs8Skf/s320/DSCF2078.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{this is before it was full}</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i kept doing that... i think it took about 3 hours total... but HEY, i had the time. =) when i started on the insides and sides it was taking too long to hold the paper on and letting the glue dry and i got a <strike>couple</strike> lot of wounds {all worth it of course} so i got out sewing pins and stuck them in. held up and hurt a lot less!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo8b6LXFEIcMQeU-moX3JlKQv_K8JprltFA15EeVUZIv4MaatE40dWYYxjbrHepEWJfm-EqZxx4DyBRJJestgLz-5LB6UOrfMqSS4FJGNbNQFKUG9aj2aC5aSkLJwRU6U2LB8HGG2LbsE/s1600/DSCF2082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo8b6LXFEIcMQeU-moX3JlKQv_K8JprltFA15EeVUZIv4MaatE40dWYYxjbrHepEWJfm-EqZxx4DyBRJJestgLz-5LB6UOrfMqSS4FJGNbNQFKUG9aj2aC5aSkLJwRU6U2LB8HGG2LbsE/s320/DSCF2082.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At this time she was saying "wow, that really is cool and beautiful" again i just smiled, i <strike>didn't</strike> did want to say "i told you so" =)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTUBAxbkFFn4iF5dXHXM_Ffj2_vheyUQWFwMaphvwrUaE0eIKWWyJBmy96XhC37FTOufddBZR7jMhZQtU7KML8pdhKwQpJAlz5BaEPxH5bzsn3rhZpFFDHp6a8dZzkB2qBEQMP70Jzc98/s1600/DSCF2083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTUBAxbkFFn4iF5dXHXM_Ffj2_vheyUQWFwMaphvwrUaE0eIKWWyJBmy96XhC37FTOufddBZR7jMhZQtU7KML8pdhKwQpJAlz5BaEPxH5bzsn3rhZpFFDHp6a8dZzkB2qBEQMP70Jzc98/s320/DSCF2083.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{i put the ribbon on the back with pins... super easy!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16FtQ6W8zvSr9PxVBpZ9MbPLaKH3E2y5hg6Kd-HnHf2-i_-pDs8Zo7HLKU41jeAuDmYw6EvsdbQEJ_Ba1ZHXDdMLl9a7alk6LKQMRfkXxiIhORwgl4h2XDVh5iHxOy9aPX4WUf8ct0a6v/s1600/DSCF2080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16FtQ6W8zvSr9PxVBpZ9MbPLaKH3E2y5hg6Kd-HnHf2-i_-pDs8Zo7HLKU41jeAuDmYw6EvsdbQEJ_Ba1ZHXDdMLl9a7alk6LKQMRfkXxiIhORwgl4h2XDVh5iHxOy9aPX4WUf8ct0a6v/s320/DSCF2080.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{this is on the wall at work... still looks fabulous!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPzK7KnuWECUveEKZHEliEzQR6tVn882Ldt1fxz_sIICyypTcM2PXwFLGiqfpPG1SFsMwrM_nOF_tx5SoQZg7wcIpglbftL1cztJR-dsAbr5ZtSVwm7WEwZOln3m5aXht4dYPql2gSLet/s1600/DSCF2085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPzK7KnuWECUveEKZHEliEzQR6tVn882Ldt1fxz_sIICyypTcM2PXwFLGiqfpPG1SFsMwrM_nOF_tx5SoQZg7wcIpglbftL1cztJR-dsAbr5ZtSVwm7WEwZOln3m5aXht4dYPql2gSLet/s320/DSCF2085.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i took it home at lunch... i <strike>wanted</strike> had to know what it would look like next to my walls. i didn't hang it up though, my 3rd shift hubs was sleeping, i don't think he'd be too happy, me waking him up. =) </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">break down of costs:</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1 foam wreath $7.99 {hobby lobby, didn't have a coupon}</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1 book .25 cents {salvation army}</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1 inch of ribbon $0 {had on hand}</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">glue & glue gun $0 {also on hand}</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">TOTAL = $8.24</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">under 10 bucks, can't be that for this awesomeness!! =)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so what do you think? was it worth the 3 hours it took?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">what kind of wreaths have you all made??</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hope you all have a terrific tuesday! </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i'm linking to these parties <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/p/party.html">here</a>.</span></div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-80036643359548914632010-07-19T11:30:00.000-05:002010-07-19T11:30:29.634-05:00mingle mondays...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i am participating in </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.kdbuggie.blogspot.com/"><img alt="mingle mondays button" border="0" src="http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/b441/kshisley/th_MingleMondaysButton-1.jpg" /></a></span><br />
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<center></center>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-13800605482163313342010-07-17T09:35:00.000-05:002010-07-17T09:35:57.313-05:00yay!!! 50 followers...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">hello!!</span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i am super excited... i have <span style="font-size: small;">50 followers</span>!!!! YAY!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i know, not huge, but <span style="font-size: small;">HUGE</span> to me!!! =) =)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> i remember when i got my first. that made my heart pitter-patter and now to 50. <span style="font-size: small;">WOW!</span></span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">you guys made my weekend!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so when i get to <span style="font-size: small;">100 </span>we will have some sort of giveaway! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">you guys let me know what kind of giveaway you would prefer!!</span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">in the meantime, everyone have an <span style="font-size: small;">AWESOME</span> weekend!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" /></a></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-34646271227771509962010-07-14T19:02:00.000-05:002010-07-14T19:02:37.197-05:00mellow yellow...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so happy wednesday everyone!! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">my vacation is over and back to work for me. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i looove my job so i was A. okay with it, it was sad to leave my pax man again.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">we were nap buddies... did i ever mention how much i LOOOOVE naps? well if not, now you know! =)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74apY1lQo5jUniKIdJRXjl2OV3V4vHBEM1xSXqsW91mAbNzj2sDUMOuRECD3sYwQDYor-si1vGuvf7tpwoozL3izQhsb07ySUJ7rH8A5go-wHZ99whe0W-S_C9ZnfY1vzPUrdMLOQ9e1v/s1600/DSCF2017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74apY1lQo5jUniKIdJRXjl2OV3V4vHBEM1xSXqsW91mAbNzj2sDUMOuRECD3sYwQDYor-si1vGuvf7tpwoozL3izQhsb07ySUJ7rH8A5go-wHZ99whe0W-S_C9ZnfY1vzPUrdMLOQ9e1v/s320/DSCF2017.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so you remember these goodies from <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-thriftin-goodies.html">here</a>?!? well minus the paint. =) </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i paid $1 for the glass dome and $2 for the bottom!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">plus $2.67 a piece for the spray paint... i was out =/</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">total=$8.34... under $10 i can live with that!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">anyways. so i gave it a good cleaning. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">sanded the bottom</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">{i am SO bad at taking pictures, i usually get SO excited. =) you know how it goes}</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i primed it with white</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">then when it dried, i whipped out the yellow</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">{which is part of the scheme to my new <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/07/rainy-vacation-no-projects.html">kitchen</a>, in the works =) }</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">when it dried i put in some spanish moss,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">put a little birdy in... </span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3T62552bjXTw1TofpWtkgqBJkb1DKGQEUKX4_0WTD_d_gXRPlMNFcbhrYW8HMCJHpwM46iSLqNyqvCYQb6Z6sc2UG1nj5RkSZ8VKIsH59NZc0wJU-G2vbcviuf1o740P_P5kKNdirM/s1600/DSCF2024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1k3T62552bjXTw1TofpWtkgqBJkb1DKGQEUKX4_0WTD_d_gXRPlMNFcbhrYW8HMCJHpwM46iSLqNyqvCYQb6Z6sc2UG1nj5RkSZ8VKIsH59NZc0wJU-G2vbcviuf1o740P_P5kKNdirM/s320/DSCF2024.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">isn't she beautiful??</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd4lju2I2lZ51V2MQH0JgSb6hf0UyS1CX9hs4c4DO1PtHd1B7bISWiJfbXqtqDKBnnmNP-1y8ByPP8ZkT80P-OmS8opJ3pLM5E-graPFdpVrwKeWtkoxc3ImfYpEMpBvXXuTxvd1oNXbO/s1600/DSCF2026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd4lju2I2lZ51V2MQH0JgSb6hf0UyS1CX9hs4c4DO1PtHd1B7bISWiJfbXqtqDKBnnmNP-1y8ByPP8ZkT80P-OmS8opJ3pLM5E-graPFdpVrwKeWtkoxc3ImfYpEMpBvXXuTxvd1oNXbO/s320/DSCF2026.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">YEP! i think so too!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">this is my FAVORITE project TO DATE!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">L.O.V.E. L.O.V.E. L.O.V.E. it!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">OF course i'll have to find her a permanent home when the kitchen is done!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">hope you guys have a great night...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i'm off to watch BIG BROTHER!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">{i think i have TOO many addictions!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">=)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-36727558076697627572010-07-13T13:49:00.000-05:002010-07-13T13:49:46.126-05:00yay!! another bloggy award...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i got the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo75kg-_Xbj1CZLVwLPuZDyPQnwWXC7NlexWwa8AK0_t12rMwYkcuT5w8cwL_ho2Xvs68NUsMJN9w9zbpCH17r1cGjbBR_nXSBYTTuBy6j1BTpZdeOPW38k6fTAKuLzF9waZJFi5xusk5/s1600/sunshineaward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo75kg-_Xbj1CZLVwLPuZDyPQnwWXC7NlexWwa8AK0_t12rMwYkcuT5w8cwL_ho2Xvs68NUsMJN9w9zbpCH17r1cGjbBR_nXSBYTTuBy6j1BTpZdeOPW38k6fTAKuLzF9waZJFi5xusk5/s320/sunshineaward.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">yay! thank you <a href="http://www.poagfamily.blogspot.com/">kaley</a>!! bTw, YOU should check out her blog! super cute!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so the rules are - </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. Thank the blogger who gave it to you </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. List 7 things that people may not know about you</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3. pass the love to 15 deserving bloggers that you have discovered recently</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">4. let them know that you gave them an award</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so the 7 things people MAY or MAY NOT know about me are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1. i have have been pregnant 3 times, 2 children, 1 miscarriage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">our english bulldog is due with puppies ANY day now. =)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3. i cannot stand to hear whinning & i have a 4 year old. ha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4. i am addicted to mocha frappe's from mcd's.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5. i just watched twilight a week ago and have already watched all of them! i love it, but not the overly love. haha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">6. i L.O.V.E. ebay!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">7. i don't drink cokes... EVER!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">ANDDD the award goes to....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thisismydepartment.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this is my department</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tatteredandinked.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">tattered and inked</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sceneofthegrime.blogspot.com/2010/07/window-grilles-on-cheap.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">scene of the grime</span></a><br />
<a href="http://thehandmedownhouse.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the hand me down house</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mssharlottessouthernreflections.blogspot.com/2010/07/workstation-turned-buffet.html#comment-form"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ms. sharlotte's southern reflections</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.craftedition.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">sugar bee craft edition</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.sillylittlesparrow.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">silly little sparrow</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.thegypsyscorner.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the gypsy's corner</span></a><br />
<a href="http://simpsonizedcraftsandthensome.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">simpsonized crafts and then some</span></a><br />
<a href="http://thriftyredisigne.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">thrifty REdisigne</span></a><br />
<a href="http://gorgfabgoodies.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">drab to fab</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.frillydetails.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">frilly details</span></a><br />
<a href="http://dejavucrafts.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">dejavu crafts</span></a><br />
<a href="http://trentenemmy.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1 boy + 1 girl = a happy mommy</span></a><br />
<a href="http://sonotdonnareed.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so not donna reed</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">okay ladies... now go pass the torch on and ENJOY =)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">happy tuesday to everyone!</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-49089033560392083402010-07-13T08:00:00.001-05:002010-07-12T13:35:03.731-05:00adios snowman...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so i bought this beastly thing for $2/$3</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1KgYzM6hbJNgbO9sHTUCpFpePp60NydopE3K6SOSzaYAkFaYpszc1e-rVeqbXm9kU6Tlre2tyw9Xe517XiwHEEDtnMkbuRkZsaFJR13b_ZePjsGKh7SVNN1nzCVHJbHZTBj0GL0c0cXw/s1600/DSCI0278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1KgYzM6hbJNgbO9sHTUCpFpePp60NydopE3K6SOSzaYAkFaYpszc1e-rVeqbXm9kU6Tlre2tyw9Xe517XiwHEEDtnMkbuRkZsaFJR13b_ZePjsGKh7SVNN1nzCVHJbHZTBj0GL0c0cXw/s320/DSCI0278.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{yes i seen past all that beastly-ness}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i sanded it some {i'm not a big sander so the less sanding the better}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and then i took it outside to spray paint it black.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">after i was done spray painting it, it looked like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40VeZS7UkquZT0sD7ri9TD5ziB6mz1QUd6FAWEKprUBdhl67xfAZZEp9JgI8HbHNXq9xpNd0Cm3ZGcjovwo5P1xcEY5GInEdEfYY9z9L1UNJy82VZzfMlW7uMo23ukePSz2LI0fkPlu1R/s320/DSCF2019.JPG" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{remember this paper from <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/07/bird-gets-house.html">here</a>?}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i had my paper picked out and i got out my mod podge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">this is the biggest surface area that i have mod podged.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">it was a challenge, harder than i thought it would be.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">wanna see the end result??</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjobl29PhScW5Op7dCSpKo0dY4BABhhQnWOuZsKk0W15U411_g4hCa3JzVgbP0D5dJiGnSQMMzLOOwf1tZHccbVXPCPuW5Gr2WA69dPIzvSQafpOS_8s4W6gmOC8-OGOBSR9cmDnAGAst/s1600/DSCF2022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjobl29PhScW5Op7dCSpKo0dY4BABhhQnWOuZsKk0W15U411_g4hCa3JzVgbP0D5dJiGnSQMMzLOOwf1tZHccbVXPCPuW5Gr2WA69dPIzvSQafpOS_8s4W6gmOC8-OGOBSR9cmDnAGAst/s320/DSCF2022.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxus3hltB4WTd1ZBK16HAeqHZYlDbeLoOwpFcfzee17b9lozbaldyDwcqLM9I-SVKNnjIY_iCEMPyYaQRCM7-DT-RrldSDKx8PpoNOAylnfyE4BEdEu-gIR0ON6TEMyMylHFxr8DB-dP4/s1600/DSCF2020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxus3hltB4WTd1ZBK16HAeqHZYlDbeLoOwpFcfzee17b9lozbaldyDwcqLM9I-SVKNnjIY_iCEMPyYaQRCM7-DT-RrldSDKx8PpoNOAylnfyE4BEdEu-gIR0ON6TEMyMylHFxr8DB-dP4/s320/DSCF2020.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">{<span style="font-size: xx-small;">don't you love all of my picture taking places? haha!}</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">yes it is glorious!! it will be my center of my kitchen table... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">although it does need some friends other than the salt & pepper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i'm linking to these parties <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/p/party.html">here</a>.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-45234458231021035122010-07-11T23:54:00.000-05:002010-07-11T23:54:20.822-05:00rainy vacation = no projects...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so i've been on vacation for the past couple days, yay!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">but...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">the weather here has been awful! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">nothing but rain! i haven't been able to paint or get any projects done that i'd planned to do. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">it finally held off for awhile and i got started on...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">makes me oh so happy!! =) and i'm actually doing it,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">instead of making hubs do it. man it's some hard work. that's okay i need the exercise!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">oh, and my mother in law got a new camera so i got her handme down (can't beat free!) and it's wonderful! so much better than my pink polaroid. i told the hubs he could have that one, he wasn't too keen on that. ha!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">hope everyone had a great weekend!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">be on the look out for a couple of more projects from me. =)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so then i took outside, gave it a good coat of black spray paint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i let the dry and brought it in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i had found some cute swirly paper from HL and decided to add that to the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">AND then it turned out like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">what do you think?? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i was going to put it outside but it's too cute, sorry birdies!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">YEAH, i pretty much love it!! all under $3, can't beat that!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">you can find the parties i'm linking to <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/p/party.html">here</a>.</span></div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-22836294691774434952010-07-07T20:51:00.000-05:002010-07-07T20:51:48.304-05:00kitchen makeover part I...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so i decided i was finally tired of my bright red/cow kitchen.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">this is epic! i've had a cow kitchen as long as i've had a kitchen. :) </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">long time now.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so i've been thinking/dreaming of grey, yellow, black, and white.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">completely different than what i have!! i <strike>think</strike> hope it will turn out awesome.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so the first thing i did was take down all of my pictures... {boy did i have a LOT of pictures!} </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i covered the holes with putty and started sanding them.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">next i wiped down the walls.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">then i brought out the paint and gathered my supplies...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">what did i forget??? paint pans!!! i have NONE. so painting has been rescheduled for tomorrow. haha, go figured. i'm ready to paint and i don't have the supplies. =)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-9954235663550242172010-07-01T21:44:00.001-05:002010-07-02T14:58:46.367-05:004th of july blocks...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so with the 4th of july right around the corner i thought i would do something festive. i headed to hobby lobby and came home with all this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YuRqQfe01RzL9J8CKv9ugvixizuGVeK4iZ9G3YPVwVuK8REGyZoEEgrTQl2kard9kJvxerUmPKIdXDLYCKSnEuM11bv2PfrXk6LgyVNiiC2JbMpD2IA8vGzx5UkIwvlwoYeicscKg2cC/s1600/DSCI0289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YuRqQfe01RzL9J8CKv9ugvixizuGVeK4iZ9G3YPVwVuK8REGyZoEEgrTQl2kard9kJvxerUmPKIdXDLYCKSnEuM11bv2PfrXk6LgyVNiiC2JbMpD2IA8vGzx5UkIwvlwoYeicscKg2cC/s320/DSCI0289.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1. "u" "s" & "a" blocks... .72 cents a piece</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2. wooden stars... .99 cents for the pack of 5</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3. 2 cordinating paper... .29 cents a piece</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4. red & blue paint... .66 cents a piece</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">AND i had the mod podge, white & yellow paint, and brushes on hand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">TOTAL: $5.05 {not bad at all!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so first off i painted the whole blocks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbswyXkVfMTxHAj-LfBI08Iqa_G4xJO_G0_fI5WneVxviHYyrtEgzRDZNusx2z1PCRAXLnu5CHYYXc-6BDrmn48fmoDjESCBKFS5iKL4GmRYuAmPpNfssHDiBVB9mIfjZW5GweSlHUTY0/s1600/DSCI0291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbswyXkVfMTxHAj-LfBI08Iqa_G4xJO_G0_fI5WneVxviHYyrtEgzRDZNusx2z1PCRAXLnu5CHYYXc-6BDrmn48fmoDjESCBKFS5iKL4GmRYuAmPpNfssHDiBVB9mIfjZW5GweSlHUTY0/s320/DSCI0291.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i had a wonderful helper, she wouldn't allow any pictures though. haha</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">secondly i decided what paper went where and then traced my letters. then i cut them out and made sure they lined up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">{forgot to take a picture of that step, sorry}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">thirdly, {is that a word?} i mod podged' the crap out of 'em.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hOmCdHsNqJpIXGE_huEtfK8yPr2g67EAauczt3WqLQORhLHv6rXIUum1Y7Sh0jHpYSIb4upMYyfONk3NQPqOsFHS9okdKi03CtCDoFBI76JwMFNvrs3hjo_Ox8lBg61Du-tMr6WYN7dc/s1600/DSCI0292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hOmCdHsNqJpIXGE_huEtfK8yPr2g67EAauczt3WqLQORhLHv6rXIUum1Y7Sh0jHpYSIb4upMYyfONk3NQPqOsFHS9okdKi03CtCDoFBI76JwMFNvrs3hjo_Ox8lBg61Du-tMr6WYN7dc/s320/DSCI0292.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">yep, i slathered it on waaay too much. oh well. =)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i had to wait patiently for them to dry. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">in the mean time i a star yellow </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">{no picture of this either, bad bad brandi!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">then when they were both dry, i got some wire from my cute hubs and twirled it around a pencil to make it look like a pigs tail, {pretend that there are pictures... k?}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">then i hot glued the star to the wire and then the wire to the block,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">AND it turned out like this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXypGT4e4eGrJmKKnYa6W6NtusGEGF6nHonVMnh3eAxbgLkdXOC3wbvvol6RtI6P2vwGJwS2Y7hoPLj9SzDBaqNqWi_SpXxfb6yJlmCHyO9s6de-Cu7l6DcSpqryDK3vU4osNciGj9boF/s1600/DSCI0308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXypGT4e4eGrJmKKnYa6W6NtusGEGF6nHonVMnh3eAxbgLkdXOC3wbvvol6RtI6P2vwGJwS2Y7hoPLj9SzDBaqNqWi_SpXxfb6yJlmCHyO9s6de-Cu7l6DcSpqryDK3vU4osNciGj9boF/s320/DSCI0308.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">what do you think?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">yeah, they are awesome aren't they?</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">not bad for a little over FIVE dollars!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i'm linking up to these parties:</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1.<a href="http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/">the shabby chic cottage</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2.<a href="http://www.somewhatsimple.com/">somewhat simple</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3.<a href="http://733blog.blogspot.com/">seven thirty three</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4.<a href="http://www.houseofhepworths.com/">house of hepworths</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5.<a href="http://www.everythingetsy.com/">everything etsy</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">6.<a href="http://www.fingerprintsonthefridge.com/">fingerprints on the fridge</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">7.<a href="http://itsahodgepodgelife.blogspot.com/">it's a hodgepodge life</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">8.<a href="http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/">the shabby nest</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">9.<a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/">remodelaholic</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">10.<a href="http://theinspiredroom.net/">the inspired room</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">11.<a href="http://frugalfabulousdesign.com/">fabulous design</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">12.</span><a href="http://kojodesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">kojo designs</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">13.</span><a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">romantic home</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">14.</span><a href="http://itsablogparty.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">it's a blog party</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">15.</span><a href="http://thehillsarelivin.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">a few of my favorite things</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">17.</span><a href="http://www.lbratina.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">tales from blogaritaville</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">18.</span><a href="http://decormamma.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">finding fabulous</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">19.</span><a href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">chic on a shoestring</span> </a></div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-61669659062152501292010-06-30T14:31:00.000-05:002010-06-30T14:31:08.145-05:00yay!! a blog award...<div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">YES, you read it correct. i got my FIRST blog award...</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i'm very very excited!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i received it from Amanda at <a href="http://thehandmedownhouse.blogspot.com/">the hand me down house</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">if you haven't checked out her blog, you should, she is super sweet </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and has <strike>great</strike> AWESOME projects that you seriously should check her out ASAP!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so with the award i have to tell you 7 random things about me,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so here they are:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1.my husband and i did everything backwards {not on purpose though}, we had caitie, went on our honeymoon, bought a house, and then finally got married. backwards seemed to work for us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2.i am a flip flop girl. i would wear them everyday if i could get away with it at work, even in the snow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3.i absolutely love my job, most parts anyways.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4.i love peanut butter, anyway anyhow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5.i am addicted to my ipod touch and secretly wishes it was an iphone, darn verizon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">6.my son paxton wasn't named until he was 5 hours old, {boys names are hard!!}.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">7.i grew up in a town with a population of 17,000 and now my kids are growing up in town with less than 1700. i couldn't love it anymore!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and now i have to pass on the award.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so the award goes to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1.chelsea at <a href="http://vandylandmommy.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-first-giveaway.html">adventures in vandyland</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2.L at <a href="http://avidaccents.blogspot.com/">avid accents</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3.kelly at<a href="http://kpolizzi.blogspot.com/">crouching mother, hidden toddler</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4.carrie at <a href="http://dittledattle.blogspot.com/">dittle dattle</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5.beckie at <a href="http://beckieandbrad.blogspot.com/">these creative juices</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">6.kristan at <a href="http://anythingthatglitters.blogspot.com/">anything that glitters</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">7.brittany at <a href="http://mackenzieseverdaymom.blogspot.com/">everyday mom</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so congrats girls, now go pass it on!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">hope everyone had a happy hump day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" /></a></div>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-7561605419206312322010-06-27T22:41:00.000-05:002010-06-27T22:41:55.537-05:00so the weekend is gone...<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so how was everyone's weekend??</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">we had a good weekend for 3 reasons...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1. no work for me on saturday... yay!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2. we finally had a yardsale and made lots of $$</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3. i got to take a long nap... oh how i L.O.V.E. naps!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">well reason #1 is the best... no work on saturday doesn't come very often.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">#2 was exciting because it was our first yardsale since we've lived in our house... 4 years of junk. sadly we didn't get rid of all of it... but we made lots of money! my husband and i decided to split it down the middle... i'm pondering what i will buy. i'm thinking a criket!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and #3 well just because i have an 8 month old who has yet to sleep through the night... so well all the extra sleep is LOVED!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so tomorrow is monday, back to work, and i'll have some posts. </span></div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i've been a bad blogger, but i know you all understand.</span></div></div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<center><a href="http://thetrendytreehouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="New Friend Fridays" border="0" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/4731192098_60e98411a4_o.jpg" /></a></center><center> </center><center><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">come over and join us!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" /></a></span></center>brandi @ tales of a domestic goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118393407493633420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138457531754574311.post-18637295894133727302010-06-23T22:11:00.002-05:002010-06-25T11:14:03.860-05:00swirly vase gets a makeover...<div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">so you may remember this vase from this post <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-thriftin-goodies.html">here</a>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">we had a good thriftin' day.</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">anyways, i got this vase for $1.50!! </span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i seen so much potential in it, had to have it, got it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">so i took it outta my stash and got to work...</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i got project happy and didn't take a before picture. =( </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i know. i know. </span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">imagine this ugly pinkish orangish color on this beautiful swirly vase. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxlw_YCteR7xwMP3uf_JshutjnQtLWBvWLDudOqq2NArLUmPVCUut5EDowLOSHx7yz0U_ptgLxWyNVeOIEyfoZ16hHCHBc6JRmYq8vVyZ0yGdQF8fT564W1tCRVI0GQGZNshFT29YsMtz/s1600/DSCI0221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxlw_YCteR7xwMP3uf_JshutjnQtLWBvWLDudOqq2NArLUmPVCUut5EDowLOSHx7yz0U_ptgLxWyNVeOIEyfoZ16hHCHBc6JRmYq8vVyZ0yGdQF8fT564W1tCRVI0GQGZNshFT29YsMtz/s320/DSCI0221.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{pretend it's not in black and white, k?}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">anyways, so i broke out my...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtO3mNZ0BKZHhe59gsfAK-kYDpmh5LIyBliXtOU2APW2FdQLFyXRZ3yX7I6p8VHJKA-ysuCcf8PVUpMVvEeBMWYObRfilX7KbU3GhE0ZgRox-uQXzwk-A9lzbznNwHGIvpysfaOebRgfS/s1600/whitepaint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtO3mNZ0BKZHhe59gsfAK-kYDpmh5LIyBliXtOU2APW2FdQLFyXRZ3yX7I6p8VHJKA-ysuCcf8PVUpMVvEeBMWYObRfilX7KbU3GhE0ZgRox-uQXzwk-A9lzbznNwHGIvpysfaOebRgfS/s320/whitepaint.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{who doesn't loooove heirloom white is craaazy!!}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and then i worked it's magic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i am always thrilled by the way it turns out... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">well besides this project <a href="http://blakadomesticgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/05/flower-mirror-redo-part-i.html">here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">but THAT is a different day a different story. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">ANYWHO, this is how my vase turned out...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl01rk2y4x7MMHtcA8B0JjbjNKeV7Q-1DiJdc-vhxDpEHyJm9u-MpwgDyCasGOzK3IWOO9ljc6ebr1vdEH7UddbwGOsi3EC3eO1dLCFv57unBBc7XnFxuo0FuJrlWchDCP4pRG13mDeRw/s1600/DSCI0286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl01rk2y4x7MMHtcA8B0JjbjNKeV7Q-1DiJdc-vhxDpEHyJm9u-MpwgDyCasGOzK3IWOO9ljc6ebr1vdEH7UddbwGOsi3EC3eO1dLCFv57unBBc7XnFxuo0FuJrlWchDCP4pRG13mDeRw/s320/DSCI0286.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{can you see all the swirly goodness?}</span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YC-9OaMsm7qgoyA7MTvlSm-02gNxRpd_4klCul5SxMees3D9E_6ezEoeijnOWAXhnIHbRSnPGtJ74xUieSqj6hSdZycKlUjtcODZgTQRBEpgqxEDm1mbqvsUUqsEImwTmLIC19nro6Q9/s1600/DSCI0287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YC-9OaMsm7qgoyA7MTvlSm-02gNxRpd_4klCul5SxMees3D9E_6ezEoeijnOWAXhnIHbRSnPGtJ74xUieSqj6hSdZycKlUjtcODZgTQRBEpgqxEDm1mbqvsUUqsEImwTmLIC19nro6Q9/s320/DSCI0287.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">{i didn't have any flowers to put in it, sean if you're reading... hint hint hint!}</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i am completely and truly happy with this vase.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">i will not do one single thing to it besides get it some flowers {sean...!!!}</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">and find it a "home."</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">hope everyone had a happy hump day!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af43/talesofadomesticgoddess/Untitled2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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