Alberto Cerriteno

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I think this artist is so talented. This video is so awesome in a cool creepy/ artsy way. And if you leave a comment on his blog right now he is giving away one of his awesome prints. Check out his blog and etsy shop.

The Fabric Came

The Fun Stuff

We had a nice bbq to celebrate Sam's birthday over in Linda's garden room. It is a beautiful and cozy spot just like an English Cottage garden. (She found the 2 yellow chairs at the Farm Chicks sale)

We went to Riverfront Park on the 4th of July. We saw Away we Go. We walked around, had bad chinese food and good tacos. TJ and Andrea joined us later for fireworks.

We signed up to win this. Surprisingly there was enough leg room even for me.

Weekend of Work

I'm still waiting on some fun fabric to arrive in the mail to cover the seat of the now turquoise chair.

I considered painting the whole chair, but I can't get too carried away with the spray paint. I also discovered a new miracle product- mineral oil and furniture polish. I thought I would have to completely sand our butcher block, but after a coat or two of mineral oil it's looking good.

If you have known me forever, you might remember this director's chair. It marked the beginning of my treasure hunting/thrifting passion. I bought it at a garage sale when I was in 7th grade. Sadly I don't have the picture of the Under the Sea fabric that it had before. It was also one of my first sewing projects. If this didn't get finished soon, it was going to be thrown out. Now we have some outdoor seating. There are also about 4 more projects in the works. It was so extremely hot this weekend it was hard to paint. I am thankful it rained last night and has cooled tremendously.

This was a quick transformation. I was considering ditching this piece of furniture, or completely painting it. After painting the hardware with a metallic chrome I now love it.

I don't know if it's because I was stressed, or just plain crazy, but just about everything in sight was painted. It felt good to get some of this done, some of these ideas have been in my head for a year or more. After doing all of this, I always wonder why it takes me so long to do these projects. So many of them only take a few minutes.

Other exciting news, I finally tackled the room where I work. It now has air conditioning :) and I can walk through it. I might even invite someone in there. Sam even came in last night. (The air conditioning might have had something to do with that.)

$1 Chair Before and After

Before

After

Thrifting was good to us this weekend.  I bought two of these beauties for $1 each at an antique store on the way home from our camping trip.  Ah, how I love spray paint.  Our dining room is going to get very colorful soon!  So what do you think, should chair #2 be painted the same green color, or should I go with a soft yellow?

Camping Trip

We saw baby loons?, and loons, a skunk kept returning to our camp, many birds, a wild turkey, deer, huge turtles sun bathing, (thankfully) no bears, and we heard a weird animal and we can't figure out what it was.  We heard wolves at night.  This is an awesome place.

We headed north on a quick little overnight trip to a nice little secluded place on a lake.  I love camping.

Happy Birthday Sam

I love that Sam has led us on all of our little adventures.  Sam is a great guy.  He's not afraid to pave his own way and go outside of the box to do things that aren't really normal.  If you are ever moving, call him- he is a pro.  He has crammed more crap into a VW van, car, and U-haul than you could possibly imagine.  I love hearing him play the bass.  I love going into Office Depot and watch his face light up because they finally invented the item that he thought they needed to have.  I love him, despite the fact that he doesn't love q-tips as much as I do (pet peeve!).  He's always doing sweet little things for other people.  I love that he always is prepared, he never forgets anything when we go backpacking, or any trip for that matter.  He makes the best coffee.  He loves and worships God, and that's hot.  I love his love for journals.   I love him, even if he does weird things with his hair.  He loves typewriters.  He is an awesome skier, he's a dreamer, he can weld and he's an awesome thrift shopper.  There's so much good stuff, it's just a sampling of the little stuff that makes me smile.

Sam, I would get you a puppy, a bike, and an upright bass if I could.  

Happy, happy birthday