So, I haven't even logged onto my blog in like 2 weeks. I started school last week, and before that I was busy making sure I was all set for school. I am currently taking Human Anatomy and Physiology I.....
and it is TOUGH!! I mean I definately just bombed my first lab quiz, all because I was too darn busy doing the 2 chapters of lab homework to study. :PP
I'm PRAYING that I get through this class. This class is only 5 weeks long because it is a summer course, and the normal length of the class is 15 weeks. So, there's definately a reason its so tough.
Wish me luck!
Lauren
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oopsie daisy...
Soo.... A few days ago I posted about my 10 Insecurities... And well, its gone now. I went to edit post to fix a misspelled word, and my computer lost the internet connection. My computer froze, blah blah blah, I started clicking everywhere to make it UNfreeze (because I have no patience for these types of things). And now its gone. :P
I will try to Re-Do the previous post though because I had a lot of fun with it. ;)
I will try to Re-Do the previous post though because I had a lot of fun with it. ;)
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Thrifting Goodness
erhm, hey!
So thrifting is about my number one favorite thing in the world to do, and I thought I'd share some of the lovely things I've gotten in the past few weeks!!
So I've decided I want a mirror wall. I've got a couple more mirrors at the moment, but I didn't take pictures yet. This one was found at Front Porch of the South. Funny story... I saw this mirror about a month and a half ago, but it was 25 dollars. I'm a cheapskate, so I decided that was way too much to pay. Apparently, so did a lot of other people. I came back a few weeks later, and the mirror caught my eye again. I checked the price once again, and they had cut it down to $18. I figured that it wouldn't be there forever, and if it caught my eye both times I saw it in the store, I'd regret NOT getting it. So, I did. :)
This little guy was at Michaels, so its not necessarily thrifting, but I did get it on sale. It was only $3.
I found this birdcage ($13) at a thrift shop called The Attic, as well as the window photo frame ($4). I plan on putting some pretty scrapbook paper in the frame. You can't really see it but theres another bird. I got that one for $2 at Michaels. And a gold candle holder with rhinestones at biglots for $4.
I've been seeing these painted vases everywhere and I love them. So, I made my own. Spray painted and glued on lace or twine.
I've also been seeing these stacked book decorations. I decided to give it a try. Ripped the covers off, hotglued burlap, lace, and pearls.
This is a wire basket I came across at Angel's Antiques. $23.
Byee!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
My First Quilt
So yesterday was my boyfriend and I's 3 year anniversary. For the longest time, when I dragged him to JoAnn he would pick up random fabrics, and say, "Hey! Make me a blanket out of this!" And I would just look at him and say "No thats stupid" haha Little did he know, I was planning on making him one for our anniversary. :P
So, I know its very simple, but it was my first quilt and I know nothing about quilting. teehee.
I wish stores made more masculine fabrics sometimes, but I think it turned out pretty okay.
Monday, June 13, 2011
White Trays
So I bought two wood trays at Front Porch of the South. I don't have before pictures, but here they are after. :)
I love them. :) They are on my bookshelf and holding my perfumes/lotions, which used to just sit there on the shelf. They are now organized, even though they are still very cluttered. ( I have wayyyy to many perfumes and lotions) :)
Byee
Lauren
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So once again, horrible phone pictures.
I bought the trays, painted them Flat Ultra White. I bought the burlap ribbon at Resurrect in Opelika, AL. Sewed on some pearls and beads I took off of a shirt that shrunk in the wash. Then hot glued the ribbon onto the trays. I love them. :) They are on my bookshelf and holding my perfumes/lotions, which used to just sit there on the shelf. They are now organized, even though they are still very cluttered. ( I have wayyyy to many perfumes and lotions) :)
Byee
Lauren
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Friday, June 10, 2011
A couple things...
I've been working on. :)
This is a window I got off of Craigslist before they were all over thrift stores. haha I probably would have saved myself a lot of trouble by just checking a few of stores around town. It was in pretty bad shape when I got it. I scraped all of the old paint off, sanded, painted, and stained. I got the so-so fabric on sale at JoAnn, and the very small detailed wood trim (that you can barely see with this phone picture) at Michaels for about $3.
I got this lovely lady at Front Porch of the South. Its a really big neato thrift/flea market in Georgia. She was only about $13. I spray painted her white as you can see. She was this horrible black/brown/green color, and it was so dark that you really couldn't see the detail. But now she's beautiful. :D
So, I made these canvases following a tutorial I have lost track of about 4 months ago. (sorry!) But they are made from book pages and a school glue mixture. I bought this iron gate at Front Porch of the south also, and tied up the canvases with twine. I love it. :) It makes me smile every time I look at it.
This is a tomatoe sauce can. I modpodged scrapbook paper on, and got the image from The Graphics Fairy.
And I got this lamp at a cute shop called Sweet Briar. It was brown :P I spray painted it white, then blue so that when I sanded it the white and the brown showed through. :) The lamp didn't come with a lampshade, so I bought one for like 5 dollars at BigLots. I covered with a lovely linen fabric from JoAnn, and made the pretty flowers from the same fabric.
Byeee.
Lauren
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