Rocky Rocky

I thrifted this little beauty with my sis and mom last week.  I pretty much fell in love instantly.  Shena and I spotted it immediately.  I practically ran to it and hugged it.  The yellow paint was so cute and chippy.  The only issue was the dingy fabric.  I actually liked the original fabric but it was really gross so it had to go.  

After a good scrub down and some pretty new fabric, aka, old curtains, this little guy shined up SO CUTE!  I mean, I didn't even have to paint it:)

Originally I wanted to keep it, but my monkey of a 19 month old took a head dive off of it leaving a big old goose egg on her forehead.  At that point I decided it would be better off in a home with an older... slightly less top heavy kiddo.  Not that she won't find something else to climb up on.  I basically would have to live in a completely padded house to keep that kid out of trouble.  I guess that would classify as an insane asylum so really that would be fitting in our house.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Mullets Rock

My baby has... or should I say HAD a mullet.  I am not proud of this, however, it was the cutest darn mullet I had ever seen.  My mom convinced me that it was time for her first hair cut... and this is how it went:

It was basically a circus trying to get her to sit still.  I was blowing bubbles, my mom was singing songs, Shena was dancing in the background with Stella and we had Mickey on the T.V.  

Dance monkey, dance.  

She looks very cute with or without a mullet in my opinion:)

I guess we can check "first haircut" off our list of things to do.  My little girl is growing up:(

Thrifting Queen

Check out my new stash!  Ok, I may not be the queen of thrifting yet, but I think this last trip at least gets me duchess or princess status or something.  

This rocking chair is absolutely adorable.  The chippy yellow paint is perfect.  I will just change out the seat fabric and it will be ready to go. 

This coral polkadot dress is so vintage chic!  I feel like I should wear it to a derby party or something... with pearls.

I know the sled is a little off season but it was way to cool to pass up.  I figure I can hold on to it for Christmas.

The cherry on top of all of this junk is this beauty!  I can't wait to paint it white and clean up the cushions.  It is FABULOUS!

Guess how much I paid for this chair... go ahead and guess.

$1.99!  It is so cute with the chippy white paint.  It is solid as a rock too.  SCORE!

Oh, and this little scarf and hat made me happy.  Who doesn't need a hot pink sun hat right?  

The ARC by my house is probably the best thrift store EVER.  I never walk out empty handed or disappointed.  So that's it for the latest episode of my thrifting adventures. 

Cheyenne Mountain

THE ZOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

April 30th was my dad's, or as Luci would say "Papa's", birthday.  It was a perfect opportunity to get us all to the Cheyenne Mountain zoo.  This is the coolest zoo EVER.  The first thing you get to do when you get in the front gates is feed the giraffes!!  This was my original sentiment when I saw their creepy tongues:

But after getting settled in a bit, I ended up having a lot of fun feeding them!  Luci was nervous at first too, but they ended up being her favorite.

HIPPOS!!!

So freakin cool.  It is a smaller zoo but it was so interactive.  Luci loved every minute of it... except for the bears.  She hated the bears.  Guess that is a healthy fear to have!

Hope you all have a happy weekend:)

Is that Another Bench I See???

Cute bench right??  I thought so too. The finish wasn't in great condition with some scratches and dings but the bones were in perfect condition.  I didn't have to whip out the nail gun or anything!  

Oh, and let me show you the best part...

It has STORAGE!  As a mother this is crucial to survival/sanity.

As I mentioned before, my sister is in town visiting.  I was thinking I would just do the entire thing in white and make it shabby.  My sis suggested, in all her brilliancy, to paint the little details and front panel in a really pale (I totally just had to google if it is "pail" or "pale"... blonde moment) green.  I LOVE this suggestion!  What do you think?

And don't forget about the extra storage!

So, that is the second bench I have attempted and I have to say, I am very happy with it!  THey might be my new thing... look out chairs, I am replacing you with benches!  Good call on the green Shena.

Clip Boards + Modpodge =

My sister is in town and on her first night in I put her to work:)  I am nice like that.  I made a little sweat shop and busted these bad boys out in just a few hours. 

I have had a bunch of these old clip boards laying around my house and I finally decided I needed to do something with them!  I just took a little card stock, and a little modpodge, and put them together to make this:

What do you think of my little creation??!!

Happy Friday everyone!

Turquoise and Chalk

Here is one of the wonderful treasures my mom brought me the other day.  It needed a little fixing and a little painting but it had great potential.  My dad did the fixing and I did the painting... of course.

And here it is after a little love:

I thought it would be so cute with a little chair in front of it for a kid's table/desk.  

Sorry for the short post, but my sister is in town and I have been busy catching up:)