first dinner

11/365 The Hands That Make Us 2013: "First Dinner"

Fajitas as our first dinner on the new reclaimed wood and pallet table my father and I made. Love how the table turned out. So excited to have dinner on it for the first time!

pizza night

10/365 The Hands That Make Us 2013: "Pizza Night"

Pizza night with my Love. He insists on getting those disgusting black things aka olives aka food roaches. Yuck!

bookshelf restyle

The color scheme for my living room decor consists of mostly white with a few touches of earth tones and natural woods. In order to fit within a teeny budget, I've been repainting some of my old furniture and thrift store finds bright white. I am obsessed with this color! I just love how it makes your home so much brighter and open feeling. I'm an artist, dangit, I need openness and light in order for my creativeness to survive. :-D

This little old bookshelf I bought from Wal-Mart in college is my first piece of furniture to get the bright white make over. Here's my bookshelf restyle.

 Bookshelf before, just a simple metal and particle board shelf dreaming of a solid white make-over.

After sanding the entire shelf with my, I mean Dad's, wonderful, little Craftsman sander.

Krylon spray primer and flat white spray paint. Love this stuff! 

After priming, already getting an idea of what it will look like when complete. 

Starting the first coat of white. 

Second coat, third coat, fourth coat, ughh, are we done yet?

After letting it dry for a day, then comes the most fun part, decorating. The vases are all from flowers given to me from my Love over the past years. At first the shell filled vase was empty, but it needed a little more color, and I had recently bought a box of shells at a flea market, soooo ta-dahhh!!

A little wooden totem bird I previously painted white, and one of my favorite gifts, a carved rock from Arches National Park that Peculiar Pigeon gave me. It adds a beautiful touch of earth tone to the shelf.

Detail shot of my beautiful roses from my Love, and a peek at some painted frames from a project to be shared in a future post. **AM

spontaneous hugs

9/365 The Hands That Make Us 2013: "Spontaneous Hugs"

Irritating my Love with spontaneous hugs while he plays his juegos de video. Also, having fun learning about all the never before used aspects of my photo editing software. Though I am only shooting hands in this project, daily photography really helps improve my editing and photo composition awareness. I'm enjoying it.

late night snack

8/365 The Hands That Make Us 2013: "Late Night Snack"

My Love eating his late night cereal snack before bed. So cute with his socks. Sorry I did not get this picture up before midnight. **AM

bit of yellow

7/365 The Hands That Make Us 2013: "Bit of Yellow"

Guest for today, my great friend, Peculiar Pigeon . Painting some adorableness. Paint party at the Rehcy studio! **AM

cinnamon swirl

This was my 40s inspired do for my Love's office party. I wanted to style it elegant and different.

Little pinned, cinnamon swirl with some freaking amazing, discus looking vintage clip-on earrings.

Completely ended up loving this hair-do, and will be wearing it more often. **AM