Christmas Decor 2010 - Part I

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas decorations. As soon as I can get blogger to upload the others without taking forever I will. In the meantime, here you go (MOM!)...

The family room entertainment center has decorations on most of the shelves, with lighted garland in front of the tv.


The only decoration in the kitchen, besides dish towels, is above the sink.

I wanted to do something different on the dinning room table and this is what I came up with. I already had the tins, place settings, and mesh. All I had to buy were the trees, ornaments and chargers.

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DIY Headboard

Two weeks ago Sven and I spent most of our Saturday building this headboard. We just followed the tutorial with only one modification - I didn't buy the 2 inch foam squares but instead bought 2 full size foam bed toppers each for $10. I saved about $40 going that route. Here is the final product...

The fabric is an upholstery fabric from Calico Corners. Since it was so thick the hardest part was making the buttons. I highly recommend the above tutorial if you're considering making a tufted headboard.

Wordless Wednesday: Our Fur Child

I can't believe we've had this cute face for a little over a year. Even though he takes up a lot of our time, attention and eats a lot of carpet, we wouldn't want it any other way. He sure does make us laugh a lot!

A List

I currently don't have any pictures taken of some of the projects we've been working on, so this post is just going to be bulleted list.

This past weekend we made a tufted headboard for our room. I followed this tutorial and am very pleased with the way it turned out. It was definitely time consuming but very well worth the end result.

We also worked on cleaning up our backyard and preparing for cooler weather. This included raking leaves, mowing the yard on last time, weeding and taking apart the vegetable garden.

On Saturday we got together with some friends and went to a local bar/restaurant to watch the Penn State football game. Unfortunately we didn't do so well.

The rest of the weekend involved cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping. Fun, fun!

This week is going to be a busy week at work, but as soon as I have time to post pictures of the upholstered headboard I will. So stay tuned...

A Good Read

I'm not a reader. I don't enjoy it like my mom and sister do. However, when I do find a good book it is usually read in a matter of days. The problem for me though is finding a 'good' book. I decided awhile back that I need to start using my daily train time for reading. So a few weeks back I went to our local B&N and got an Emily Giffin book, Love the One Your With.

It was an easy read, but I loved it. Then while I was out shopping with my sister and mom I picked up Something Borrowed, by Emily Giffin. That too was a great book that I was done with in just a few days. So tonight I decided to bite the bullet and order her other three books, Baby Proof, Something Blue and Heart of the Matter. I cannot wait until they get here!

Do you have any good book recommendations?

Wordless Wednesday: Our Wedding Venue

Ridgemeade Photo

January 21, 2010

It was a typical Thursday, or so I thought. Sven ended up picking me up from the train station, since he didn't have to work, at 8:00pm. Once we got home he suggested that we go through the front door, instead of going in through our garage like we normally do. Not thinking anything of it, I followed him. As soon as I walked in Sven was down on one knee and a ring box was sitting on the table right next to me. And before I knew it we were engaged. Afterwards Sven took me downtown to the Penn Square Grille to celebrate. The proposal was simple, sweet and just what I had hoped for.

Ridgemeade Photo

LET'S GO STATE

Long Time No Talk

Well, I'm going to give this whole blogging thing another try. I mean it's only been eight months since my last update. A lot has happened in the past eight months including:

Sven and I got engaged
Another work busy season has passed
Visits to NYC, North Carolina, Baltimore and Erie
Lots of Wedding Planning
Many house changes/updates
Promotion at work

Posts about all of the above will be coming, starting tomorrow!