Happy Halloween

Robby and I carved pumpkins this past weekend. It was something that we had done last year and I loved. We were both very excited to get pumpkins and even more excited to carve them. When we were scraping out the pumpkins to get all of the seeds out mine started to fall apart! I was pulling out stuff that looked like shredded carrots and it was unraveling the pumpkin! it was weird. I had never seen anything like it, and was very concerned for the fate of my pumpkin.
Robby managed to console me and assured me it would turn out fine.. and if it didnt he would buy me a new one. Well i went for it and I carved a evil big pumpkin eating a smaller pumpkin. It turned out great. I had such a blast and really liked the effect. Robby went with a scary face after much deliberation. He is such a perfectionist and his face looked amazing. Now they will greet the imaginary trick-or-treaters that never come to robbys house :(

Hope everyone has a happy halloween!!!

a little before and after

So about three years ago my mom purchased these kitchen chairs and a cute little table from a garage sale for me to take to college. I really liked the modern look of the set but the black fabric was a little plain for me. And it got these weird stains on it? idk. So anyways I was bored one weekend and looking for a fun little DIY make over. I decided to just look at the fabric store and see what they had.
I found this cute little print it is gray and green (i know it looks kinda purple? i dunno why) and decided to recover them. Robby got really excited and helped out too! It was a very fun little project. I think they turned out great. I am still unsure if I like the color of the wood. I am thinking about either painting it white :) :) or staining it darker brown, an espresso kinda color? Any thoughts? Let me know.

A fun night preserving another fun night

I have been looking at encaustic art for a while now. I think its a very interesting style and have been wanting to try it out. After experimenting on my own for a while Robby suggested that we use this method to make a collage of our Virginia Teach trip pictures and game tickets! It was a wonderful idea. We spent last Saturday night melting wax, arranging photos, and having fun with the heat gun. It was awesome and turned out super cute!