Easy Peasy Wreath

I made this wreath on a whim last Saturday. Randy was outside working on the house, the twins were playing in their "jumpies" as we call them, and I could have been cleaning, but I felt like crafting. 

I went up to the attic to see what kind of stuff I had and sure enough had everything I needed to make a wreath. I did this one in 25 minutes tops. 

All you need is a wreath, fabric, scissors, fabric glue (or hot gun), twine and embellishments. I bought the felt flowers I used on this earlier in the week, intending to use them for some sort of craft. Yes, I did it the easy way and didn't make my own felt flowers. :) I've got a few wreaths stashed in the attic, and the fabric was left over from my crib skirts. 

I cut the fabric into strips and wrapped around the wreath. 

I glued down the ends of the strips to the wreath. After wrapping the entire wreath in fabric, I had a couple of scraps left. The felt flowers looked a little bare alone after I glued them on, so I decided to fold the leftover strips accordion style and tied twine around the middle to hold them. You could use anything to tie around the middle, but twine is what I had on hand. This is what I came up with.

I then placed these around the felt flowers and glued them down. 

That's it! 

Here's the finished product. Easy peasy. :)

This wreath hasn't made it to the front door yet since our screen door is down for sanding and painting. I'm not loving this as much as my coffee filter wreath, but it'll do! 

Preparing to Paint

This is what has been happening around our house the last few days. I am super nervous! We have finally decided to take the plunge and paint the brick. We've gone back and forth on this since we bought the house looking from a historical point of view. But many of the homes in our area have painted brick and when it comes down to it, we just don't care for the brick we have. BUT, I'm nervous because once it's done, it's done. We've spent many evenings riding around looking for the perfect color. This past weekend, Hubby even painted some samples on cardboard and we drove around comparing brick on houses we like. He even stopped and went up to a couple of houses and asked to compare our cardboard against their bricks! I know people have different opinions about painting brick and believe me, we wouldn't be doing this if we liked our brick to begin with. SO, here goes! 

 Randy priming the trim around the storm windows.

He can do ANYTHING, for real! ;)

He got half the windows on the house (and we have A LOT of windows) taped off and the wind kept blowing the plastic off. The wind has been crazy the past couple of weeks! We definitely can't paint until it's calm. 

We THINK we have decided on a light taupe color.....we'll see.

Painted Porch Table & Chairs

Posts two days in a row? I must have a fever...

I haven't shown you a house update in a while, so thought it was time....

We have this cute little iron table and chairs with bird and leaf accents that we bought at Ross' while we  were engaged. We just happened to run across it and it fit our wedding decor to a tee. I loved it.....but fast forward almost 3 years later (wow), and the table and chairs has sat in our backyard in the hot sun, cold snow, a little bit of rain (we're still in a drought) and so on. It was so dirty and getting rusty. I moved it to our front porch so the porch didn't look so plain. We've planned to buy rocking chairs or some sort of furniture for the porch, but haven't gotten around to it. So there the table has been for a while now, blending right into our tannish-brownish bricks. I decided to paint the table red so it would stand out. Hubby bought some paint over the weekend. I was heading out to get started on it yesterday morning, and what do you know...Hubby was already doing it. :) I had intended to take a picture so you could see how it looked against the bricks before it was painted and forgot. So the only "before" pictures I have is from the wedding. 

Here's a before picture, but it was more of the caladiums, but you get the idea how it looked against the brick. 

Hubby had it sitting on the porch this morning when I got home from work. I like it! 

We still have so many plans for the outside, like painting the brick, the trim, hanging black shutters, new screen door (check out that old one) etc. But it all takes time and we're not even finished with the inside. I'm very impatient when it comes to these things. In the meantime, little things like painting this table makes it more bearable. Ha! :)

Here's the house just before we moved in, but had torn all the old shrubs out. 

And here it is today.....It looks better, but I can envision so much more (and I think the pop of red helps)! Hopefully our front door will be red soon, too. :)

I've got more to post, so stay tuned! :) 

Til the next time,

kassie

Harrison & Lyla Say Happy Memorial Day!

We want to wish all the Veteran's, especially our own Paw-Paw's a Happy Memorial Day and say THANK  YOU for your sacrifice for our freedom! 

Our mom took some pictures of us today because we kind of coordinate and we're kind of patriotic and just downright cute. 

Mostly, we didn't look at our mom, though who was taking the pictures. We had to look at Daddy who was making us laugh. 

Our photo shoot didn't last long because we started aggravating each other! 

Anyway, we think we're kind of a big deal around our house! 

Happy Memorial Day! 

Love,

Harrison & Lyla

Best Friends!

I caught the twins holding hands yesterday while they were lounging next to each other. It was so sweet! I hope they're best friends forever! 

7 Months!

It's hard to believe the twins are 7 months old today! My blog is lagging way behind....I figured it was time for an update and some pictures! We tried to get family pictures yesterday since it was Easter. It proved to be a lot harder than it should have been. The babies were fussy yesterday morning at church, so we did what we could.

Here's what it looked like trying to get the kids together...

Yeah, they weren't gonna cooperate, but didn't they look cute? :)

They are growing so fast! The last trip to the doctor, Harrison was almost 18 lbs and Lyla was almost 13 lbs. He's a chunk, and she's little. Neither have quite caught up to where they should be since they were preemie's, but they are well on their way. Harrison is laid back unless he gets mad, and Lyla is feisty! Some say they're little replicas of Mommy and Daddy....hmmm..... 

Here's a couple of pictures from over the weekend that I thought were cute. 

Lyla loves to chew her toes!

Reaching for Mommy....

And here's a few from the last couple of weeks. 

We've come a long way in 7 months!

Til the next time,

kassie

Happy Valentine's Day.....

 .....To My Love's.....

Randy, you complete me. I love you.

Harrison & Lyla, you gave me the greatest gift when you made me a Mommy. I love you.