Cabinet Redo!

So we have this little brown cabinet.

Boring, right?

And we have no clue what happened to those missing knobs.

So I dismantled it, took it outside, did a light sand and spray painted it.

Ahhhhh!

The power of Spray Paint!

(the plastic bags are so I don't get any paint on our precious rocks)

For some reason, the color photographed more "cobalt" but in reality its a totally rad shade of teal.

Think peacock.

When it was dry, I rubbed some sandpaper along the edges and got some new knobs and

Voila!

(Sorry the pic is crooked, don't know what was wrong with me today!)

Also, if you would like some super cool canvas float wraps, click HERE.

Close up of the destressed edges.  I do think the shot on the left is a little truer to how the color reads in person.

All in all, I'm super happy with it. The spray paint was Valspar and had enamel in it so I only did one coat. I also chose not to put any polyurethane on it. I want the distressing of the paint to continue and I know that will happen around here!



The Canvas has a Home!

Ok, so I think I found a permanent home for my landscape. Originally, I wanted it to go above the bed in our Guest room and ordered it knowing that the 30x40 is the perfect size to go above the Queen sized bed that is in there. The more I looked at it, the more I realized that I really wanted to look at all the time. I can't help it, its just so lovely!

So this is the wall behind my couch. Previously it was FULL of framed pictures, some of my kids, some of just things that I photographed that I happen to love the image.

What else are you gonna do with such a huge amount of space?

So, I removed a bunch of the photographs and hung the canvas.

I adore being able to look at this piece all the time!

I do plan on filling in the empty space above the top with more photographs, I was just making sure that I like the canvas there. Its hard to tell, because I cropped it out, but there's at least 4 more feet above the top of all this pictures. (We have extremely high ceilings, must be a Vegas thing)

As Shown: Albuquerque Landscape, 30" x40"

You can purchase this canvas and others like it HERE.

Happy Friday!

Jake's been wearing his Captain America Halloween costume, everyday since we got it on Monday. Its absolutely hilarious!

Photography

Another excuse reason for my absence this summer is that I've been working my tail off trying to get my photography business off the ground here in Vegas.

This is what you get when you ask Shelby Claire where her dimple is.

Its been a lot of work and trying to keep up with a website,business blog, personal blog, Facebook Fan Page and now an Etsy shop, something had to give and unfortunately, it was my personal blog. I did take a little comfort in the fact that most of the people that read my personal blog are friends with me on Facebook so I knew that they would know that I was still alive.

So in honor of my triumphant return to the blogging world I'm having a sale on my fine art canvases in my Etsy shop.

Don't miss it! The sale starts tomorrow, October 8th, 8am PST and will end Monday, October 11th 8am PST. Please help me spread the word to make this sale a huge success and there just might be a give away!

As shown: Albuquerque Landscape in 30"x40"

(which happens to be the perfect size to go above a queen sized bed)

just sayin'

This really doesn't do the canvas justice! I promise to get a picture of it hung on the wall when I decide where I want it. Originally, I ordered this one for above our guest bedroom bed and it looks perfect there

 but

now that I have it here, I kinda want it out for the world to see. No one ever goes into the guest bedroom. In fact, the door stays closed most of the time to keep 2 certain little monkeys away since I keep all my crafting junk in that closet.

Anyways, I will decide where its permanent will home will be and I will show you a picture of it in the room so you can see the full impact of this stunning piece.

And, we're still here.........

Ok,

so Y'all,

I  swear, we are alive!

We didn't die of heat exhaustion.........

(.....or "The Vapors" if you're Southern)

barely.....

So, its come to my attention, (I'm lookin' at you McCall!) that I haven't posted since June,
yes June.

And, what's that you say?

Yes, I do realize its in fact, the month of October.

(Am I the only one this happens to? 

You're just coasting along and then, WHAM!, its October!

 Please click on "Wham!" link to totally kick ass your day)

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So, let me just first paint a picture of what life has been like since June:

~July was the hottest month on record here in Vegas.

Like, no kidding. For Realz, Dawg!

 Everyday in July was in the triple digits. In fact it actually started around June 22nd.
Our power bill for the month of July was $408!

Yep, I vomited in my mouth a little when I opened the envelope from Nevada Power.

 Now, I'm no Weenie

I grew up in Mississippi!

Um, Hello?

Mississippi is synonymous with Sauna

But let me tell Ya'll,
 All those people that tell you that," Oh you'll be fine! Las Vegas is a desert, its DRY heat!"

Obviously have never lived through a 117 degree day.

In the Desert.

That just happened to fall on grocery day.

And you can no longer get away with the mindset, "Hmmm, wonder what kind of meal I can make with Spaghetti noodles and Peanut Butter..."

Las Vegas is a de-sert People, so its full of sand. And wind! So stepping out of your house during that time is like putting your face up against one of those nasty hand drying machines in some groty  gas station,

(yes, I said groty! Gross + Dirty =Groty)

but add SAND!

So, instant facial!
Don't even get me started on the fact that I wear contacts.....

Also, a fun little trivia fact about my kiddos:

Apparently, they have a built in barometer, if you will,

that anytime the temperature rises above 104
one of them WILL PUKE
in the car.

Seriously.

Every time

No matter how far we go.

Like even, less than 2 miles.

Less than 5 minutes.

For Realz Dawg!

So, now its almost always Shelby Claire but occasionally it has been Jake so he has been lumped into this statement as well. Apparently this is quite common to the Peeps of Las Vegas or rather people that haven't lived here long. I had one friend tell me, "Yeah, it took us 2 summers before my kids stopped doing that"

Say, What?!
Um, yeah, that's not going to work for me.

 The kiddos either need to grow out of it and/or we need to "ghetto tint" the windows of Vanna, according to all the advice we have been given.

OR

We could just stay home.

Which is what we did.

Sucked Ass, but hey, it was free, right?

So, we were stuck inside the house.

All day.

Every day.

We have been suffering a SERIOUS case of cabin fever!

I know that seriously doesn't give me an excuse to quit blogging because, hey, I'm here in front of my computer, right?
But it actually has forced me to come up with more activities to do with the kiddos during the day.
The ole, "Disney movie and popcorn" in the Home stretch/Witching hour was no longer cuttin' it, every day.
So its been me trying to be incredibly creative (there's a reason I didn't major in Elementary Ed, Y'all)
in a city where there is theoretically everything at your fingertips but its too far of a driveable distance so that puke will ensue and/or down on The Strip.
Let me also just point out while there might not be all The Crazies out on the Strip at say, 10 am, there will be guaranteed a few. AND the hotter the temps, the less clothes people wear.

Pair that with an ALL BOY 4 year old and you end up answering questions.

"Why is that lady dancing on that Fireman's pole?"

"Why did that lady forget to put on the rest of her clothes?"

"I see her underwear!"

at nauseum

So, you see my dilemma. We're stuck way up in the 'Burbs with limited indoor activities.
Bummer.

On a Good Note:
The temps have finally started cooling off. We're out of the 100s and maybe even out of the 90s for good.

Its supposedly only going to reach a high of 74 today.

*squeal*

Happy Sunday!

Quote of the Day

"It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book...from the reading of 'good books' there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way."



— Gordon B. Hinckley

So I bought my next book (A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick) for book club this morning and Yeah, I'm halfway done. I can't wait until the end of July for our next book club discussion because its gonna be a good one! So much for my grandiose plans of scrubbing toilets today......

And yes, cute baby picture has nothing at all to do with this post, just a nice little additive to brighten up your dull Saturday.