Green, Green Grass

I am obsessed with Grass today...yes grass, like the kind that grows in your yard. Like I mentioned an an earlier blog, I want to grow grass in glass containers for centerpieces for my new dining room table (like the table I saw in Pottery Barn). I did a little google researching today and found that the grass I want to grow is Wheat Grass. Very interesting, I didn't really know there are types of grass...Who knew? I found a perfect container at Michaels today and pebbles were on sale for $.99 from $2.29. What a great deal! I need to get two more containers, but will wait till I can use another Michael's coupon. I have never and will never pay full price for anything at Michaels. Now I just need to hunt down Wheat Grass seeds...where do you find that?

My other grass obsession is in the form of cupcakes, chocolate ones to represent the dirt, iced in grass for easter, and topped with some Jelly Beans for eggs! Guess this means I am headed back to Michaels for a new tip to pipe out grass. I love decorating cupcakes. I wish I had more time to decorate and learn how to use new tips. I'll let you know how the "Easter Egg Hunt" Cup Cakes go!



Update:
Well I got one and a half down of the grassy things I wanted to make. I have been searching for the wheat grass and luckily enough I found it today at Whole foods!! Can't wait to get the rest of my pots and get the grass-a-growing! The grass cupcakes turned out awesome considering it was my first time using that tip. Everyone thought they were adorable and delicious. I'm sure I will be making more.

Sitting Around the Table

We have been in our house for almost 2 years now and wondering what we were going to do with our formal dining room. Most of you are probably thinking...duh...put a dining table in it. We went back and forth between putting in a game room or a dining room. This past weekend we picked out a beautiful table and will begin decorating our dinning room. Does this mean more dinner's at home...hopefully!
New Table:

I need to get some place mats and a centerpeice for it. I found these grass centerpeices on potterybarn.com that I love and could totally make myself (or at least I think I can). I don't like anything too frilly or girly in my living room/main area. Any suggestions on how to make these or other ideas for centerpeices? I think I am going to go with a sage green curtain since the walls are such a pale, boring Khaki and we don't want to paint. We have been looking at wine painted canvasas to add more color and spruce up the walls. I have no clue where a good place to get placemats? Homegoods? Target didn't have much. Can't wait to get it all pulled together!

Grass Centerpeices:

Waa-Laa! Complete

So I finally got motovated last night to finish my frame and I'm extrememly happy how it turned out. I'm not sure I'd make another one, but the next one might go smoother now that I have one down...but I think I'd rather pay $30 for one already complete.

Theta Love and all Mine

This is by far one of the best chrismtas presents ever (maybe 2nd to when I got a puppy for christmas my senior year of high school). Jesse had all my old Theta t-shirts turned into a quilt, which I love and have yet to find a place to display (because I am so afraid the dogs are going to destroy it). I got a throw pillow that goes with it for Valentines day as well. I have to give credit where credit is due! Megan Smith did an amazing job putting my memories into something I can keep forever!

Nikki-Wikki

Nikki is graduating from Doggie class this week and I will have to say it has been an adventerous six weeks. The first week was okay, we learned the basics: sit, down, and heel. The second week I wanted to cry by the time the hour was up because Nikki was so bad. The whole hour she did nothing but try to eat my arm and the leash everytime I made her do anything. Week three was pretty much the same; she would do great practicing at home and as soon as we were around other dogs it all went out the window. The next three weeks were cancelled due to the ice storm and the national guard coming in (we meet at the armory). Week four was okay, we made it through 45 mins before she got too crazy to handle. We just completed week five this week and I have never been so proud and happy. Nikki is learning so much. She can (by word and hand command both) sit, stay, heel, down, turn/heel. That seems so simple but it has been a tough road to get there. Next week she graduates from level one and I am so happy that I decided to do this training with her. I think we will see even more progress once it warms up and I can get her outside more and about around other dogs and distractions. Way to go Nikki!!

Update 3.4.09
Nikki graduated level one dog training class tonight. She even got a graduation cap to prove it (and some special treats and toys from Nana for doing so well!)

Baby Fever

I was going through my pictures and found this and had to post it (mostly because I was so proud of how it turned out). It is a diaper cake made out of size one diaper's that I made for a guy that I work with (we through him a baby shower). On top is a frog wubbanub and a inital letter for baby Kayelynn. I am happy to make one for other showers.

Lonely bed

Back in December, Jesse and I found this amazing deal on craigslist for a luxury king size bed. If you are married and sleeping in a full or queen size bed you know how glorious the thought of a King is! We had talked about getting one, but they are so expensive we just couldn't see spending the money right now. THEN we came across this deal and we (I) couldn't say no! We moved our old queen bed into the spare room and sold the head/foot board (also on craigslist). Now we have an amazing Kind size bed, on a frame, but no head board...King beds/headboards are so OUTRAGEOUS! Our poor room looks so sad with this big bed and no headboard. I have seen DIY projects where you take an old door and turn it into a headboard (inspiration pic below).



My mission this weekend is to hit up some Salvage stores and see if I can find an old door to re-purpose and make my bed complete. I'm hoping to also come across an old window pane, that i can turn into a mirror (not sure where it's going to go, but I really want one). I'll let you know how it goes! I'd really like to get an old armless chair to recover too for our bedroom. If anyone knows of a good used furniture store to get something like that at, let me know.

Slacker: aka Me!

So it's a almost a week since I started on the frame project and it's still laying on my table waiting for some love...LOL!

On a trip to Michael's today, I completey decided to re-do the whole frame process. I was going to go with a khaki/cream polka dot them...but decided it was going to look to plain in my khaki walled bathroom. I hope to get to it tonight or tomorrow! We'll see if motovation comes into my life in the next 24 hours...

OH and I'm so excited because I got tickets for Jesse and I to go see Dave Matthews in Nashville the weekend after our two year anniversary! Our hotel room is free, thanks to all the travel I do! Hopefully we can treat ourselves to Ruth's Chris for dinner and get some yummy crab cakes and steak (if you love crab cakes, you have to have them from Ruth's Chris!) Although, I will have eaten at 5 really nice restaurants (one being Ruth's) for work by the time Dave rolls around and may be tired of steaks. I tried to get us Kings of Leon tickets in Cinci, but they were all sold out. Jesse would have loved me forever if I'd gotten those!