August Fields

Painted Piano.

sooo…………..i decided to take the plunge and just paint our piano this weekend!!! this was the piano i had growing up and we use it now, essentially, just for lessons and practice.
so far i have it 98% primed and tomorrow will be adding the color. i’m going to keep it a suprise though 🙂 🙂 any guesses????
so here is a before, during, and after of the priming process only.
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i’m adding this to Met Monday over at Between Naps on the Porch. head on over and find some more fun makeovers!
**updated to add a link to the finished piano! CLICK HERE TO SEE IT! **

40th wedding anniversary outdoor party

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we hosted a party last night for my mother and father in-law. they have been married 40 years and for the love they give eachother, to each one of their children and grandchildren, and to God gives us much to celebrate!

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the weather was gorgeous….warm with a light breeze. fabulous music echoed in the background from an ipod and portable speaker.
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food was divine……conversation was meaningful and memorable.
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for their gift mr.daddy and i made a donation in their honor to a local pregancy care center and i made this little embroidery project….super easy and i think it turned out really cute 🙂

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this picture is pretty ‘grainy’ but i loved the lights flickering during our evening and tried to capture it. still in love after 40 years……
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i am posting this backyard party for metamorphosis monday. click the link to check out more!

Crazy About Chalkboards

Gina over at The Shabby Chic Cottage is having a fantabulous Chalkboard Party!!! How FUN 🙂

This is the chalkboard in our school room. The story is: my dad found four great chalkboards leaning against a dumpster right outside a local bakery. They were changing their displays and were just going to throw them out! Yikes! He gave this one to me.

I wiped it down and proceeded to hand paint several little whimsical designs on the borders, right on the wood. I did this last year before I began blogging so I didn’t even think to document the process. 🙁

I didn’t want it to look “perfect” just FUN! 🙂 I just used the paints I had on hand..some craft paints and some off the lids of the cans of paint we have. I used a water-based poly sealer clear coat on top.

Typically it will have the kids’ memorization work for the week on it.

Tin Tray Magnet Boards


I saw this idea in…I think Country Living. Super easy! 🙂
I found two cute tin serving trays at a local antique shop. Wiped them down, and used these mounting strips from 3M to hang them on the wall


and Wa…La!!! Perfect by the back door for shopping lists, reminders, mail, love notes etc. 🙂