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bathroom renovation: part two

well, it's nearly finished. i can see the end in sight. i just need a mirror, window treatment, pictures on the walls and an overhead light fixture and the bathroom will be done. what i thought would take about a month has been going on for a little over two months now.it always seems like the little stuff takes the longest to complete.

but it's nearly finished.

here's what the main bath looked like before:

and what it looks like now:

old vanity:

and the new double sink vanity:

another view of the old vanity that was falling apart:

and the new one :)

the kids love the new tub because it's very deep and charlie has tons more room to play during his baths. i don't have a picture of the tub because it's just white, surrounded by more white walls of cultured marble. but here's my shower curtain:

next up, i'll be showing you maddie's pink and orange room that i'm finishing up.

xo,

moon

pink and orange: maddie's room

the kids were on spring break this past week and i had promised my oldest that i would start on her room since i had done the younger ones' rooms. she's been patiently waiting until the weather turned warmer so i could start painting. i have most of her room complete but the bedding is on backorder so i won't be posting any pictures of it until the duvet cover gets here but here are a couple of peeks to what i have finished so far.

shelving units: the before

kind if a hot mess, no? really, i just need to get everything off and start from scratch. and that's what i did.

the after:

i took the plain backing off of the shelving unit and put glued gift wrapping paper that i found in target on it. don't look too closely because i put it on there crooked.

:) and yes, it is pink and orange.

here's a closer look at the tissue paper pom poms on top:

i need to add an orange one on there for good measure.

i will be updating with more of her room soon.

hope you had a wonderful easter!

 

xo,

moon

project life: week 10

hey folks,

i'm a little late on posting these and the reason is...i did an extra insert for last week and the extra scanning involved was too much for me to handle at the beginning of the week.

so sad.

but so true.

:p

here's the first page:

and the insert:

and the back of the insert:

just ignore the wonky black/white blank spaces where i've tried to piece everything together...

and the last page:

i really need a 12x12 scanner for this project. or i need to take photos of it like i've been doing in the past but i can't seem to get any good pictures due to the page protectors and the glare.

i took all of the photos with my iphone but the ones for the insert, i did pull out the big boy camera. here's a better look at those:

middle children are quirky :)

hope you're having a great thursday, y'all!

xo,

moon

a layout. project life. and a photo

i haven't done a real layout in months.

katie works better than his stuffed animal in most circumstances. she happened to be home from school that day due to a sore throat.

and here's week 8 of project life...or at least parts of it.

and page two:

here's the bottom photo that i cut off. my tribute to the hunger games movie:

hope you're all enjoying this monday. the kids are out due to snow so we've been having fun outside...

xo,

moon

bathroom renovation: part 1

we've begun our bathroom renovation.

and the pink tile is leaving the house forever.

i hope to never see pink tile again in my life.

xo,

moon

project life week um...i'm not really sure

i don't know what week this is but i'm surprised that i'm keeping up with the weekly layouts.

last week was a bit of a blur for us. so much going on; birthday party, playdate, gymnastic meet, academic meets, private lessons, allergy shots and the beginning of my bathroom renovation.

i used cz's free template and listed everything we had to do for each day.

i think my friend laurie and my sister are going to start their project life very, very soon. we're just trying to figure out a day where both can come over for a few hours and put their albums together.

:)

have a great day!

-moon

katie's room

i thought i'd post this morning of my latest renovation. well, it's not really a renovation but more of a redecoration since no walls came down. katie's room used to have off-white walls and the trim was a putty green. not pretty. when i asked her what colors she'd like for her room, she said red, black and white. those are her gymnastics's team colors. not the easiest color combo to work with but i did my best and this is her new room.

here's the view of her window:

and there's charlie. never far away from me...

another one:

her little end table will be painted either black or white and maybe even distressed if i can figure out how to do that technique.

and lastly of her desk and

shelving units:

the paint is this color that i got from lowes:

have a great monday,

moon

project life: week 4

you could say i'm a little obsessed with the weather. i always need to know what the temperature is going to be...like knowing that's going to make me smarter? make me sleep better? i don't know. but since i check it on a daily basis, i thought i would include it in my PL book. and i plan on printing out the week's temp each week.

cuz i'm obsessed, i tell ya.

page one:

page two:

*click on the pages to see bigger*

this week seems like it was all about charlie...

well, it was about the weather too.

:)

project life: last week

well, i got my spread done for last week:

and here's page two:

i'm already starting on this week's pictures and stories. so far, it's been going well because the kids have so much going on right now. i wonder if it's going to be as easy to do once summer break gets here. those weeks may just be filled with pictures of us by the pool.

ah.

wouldn't that be nice...

well, here are some of the things i've been using or recommend for some of you who are thinking about starting this project:

you will need a corner punch and photos. definitely. and a trash can. but other than that, everything else is helpful to have but not a must. if you have scrapbook papers, you can use those but having becky higgins' project life core kit makes things SO much easier. the other things pictured are my phone, adhesive, 6x6 patterned papers, chipboard hearts from american crafts, stickers by basicgrey,  and alpha stamps by hero arts. some of the digital kits i used are listed below:

cathy z's check cards

ali edwards day and month

cathy z's free cards

happy scrapping, y'all!

project life: the beginning

well, i started on my project life this past week. it's been a struggle, i must say, trying to catch up on the past three weeks. and find photos. and find stories to go with the photos. and make it look all purdy too.

but i finished the title pages:

i tell ya, having an iphone really does help. that's right, i said iphone...the thing that i didn't think i'd ever own in my previous post. well, my husband surprised me with one at christmas. he's usually the one that handles all the technology in our household and is an anti-apple user. and still is. he makes fun of my phone all the time. but i don't care because now i snap photos whenever i want.

and actually will DO project life.

:)

more photos to come...

ps. don't you think it's annoying that you can't pin photos from your fb page? just thought i'd share.