The Write Stuff

So things have been pretty crazy 'round here. Work has been pretty busy, especially with Valentine's Day on Friday. Also, we got keys to the new house and moved some essential items so I don't have to commute as much this week. My next post will be about the house. However, right now, let's talk about that Valentine's Day at work I was talking about.

I decided to make Valentines for all of my speech kiddos. I usually see them when they are writing and they always, I mean always need better/new pencils. So I knew that I wanted to give pencils (especially since the last person who had my office left a bunch) as part of the Valentine. I bought some more pencils and found this printable. I printed it off on some colored paper, used my scissors, and handed them out. Here is what they looked like:

I hope you liked it! The kiddos loved it and gave me a bunch of candy (which I totally need right?). I thought I would share this with you while we try to get situated at the house and get some Internet set up there.

Tuxedo dresser

Since we are moving, we tried to pack our booth full. That way, we didn't have to move the pieces from our house to the new house. This time around, we put three new pieces in the booth: an antique sideboard dresser, a teal vanity, and a tuxedo dresser. Here is the before of the vanity:

We got it at Goodwill, a place I love to buy furniture. It was pretty cute before, but it was a little too shabby chic for us. Here is what it looks like teal:

The chair is one that we painted and reupholstered. I think the teal makes it so much more fun! Here is a picture of the antique sideboard dresser:

My favorite part is the little mirror on top! And finally, here is the tuxedo dresser:

The dresser was completely blond wood when we bought it. At first, we were going to paint it all black, but we just loved the details. So this is what we came up with.

 Kyle calls it a tuxedo dresser because the knobs look like buttons down the middle and it's black color. I think it looks pretty awesome! Stay tuned for a DIY project!

A Fresh Start

Before we put our house for sale, we spent some time fixing some things up and freshening things. One of the things we had meant to do from the beginning, but hadn't gotten around to was the bathtub. As soon as we moved, we immediately put down a bath mat. The paint was chipping and dirty on the floor. Therefore, we knew we had to fix it before we left. Here are pictures of the tub before:

A new bathtub can cost tons of money and we didn't have a ton to spend. So we looked into other methods. We ended up buying two bottles of bath spray paint/resealer from the hardware store. They were about $20 each. We also had to get some CLR, goggles and a mask. This stuff reseals the tub and is water proof. That means it has some serious fumes.

Here are the directions:
1. Scrub the tub with CLR and rinse.
2. Take off all of the handles and such on the bathtub. Make sure you keep all of the parts when you do this.
3. Take some old sheets and cover anything in the bathroom that you don't want sprayed. We cut holes in a sheet and put it on the shower curtain so we didn't have to cover the other half of the bath. We also used aluminum foil:

4. Put the mask on and start spraying the bath and shower evenly. Make sure everything is completely coated. We used two bottles of the spray. Here is me in the lovely mask:

5. Let the paint dry for a couple of days. This is when you beg your friends or neighbors to take a shower at their house. Thanks Mina! Here are pictures of the bath after:

It looks so much better and it only cost us about $60. That is so much cheaper than replacing it! And our house sold quickly, so I call it a success. Let me know if you have any questions and stay tuned for a booth update!