Project Central Update: Chairs

Last night, we finished the two chairs sitting in Project Central.  Each of these chairs came from a family friend.  They were old, dirty, and sitting in the barn.  He was going to throw them into a big bonfire, but we rescued them and they are now refinished.

They had already been painted.  One pink, and the other ivory.  I will explain later why they don't match.

First, who would have thought that the materials for a seat cushion would be more in cost then any one piece of furniture located in Project Central?  It was crazy at the checkout. 

All of the materials were laid out. 

I then traced the seat onto the foam for cutting.

Dad cutting the foam with a utility blade.  If you look closely, you can see that he just finished painting my cabinet.

Then, it was time to wrap the cushion.  Mom was helping with this part.  She is trimming the fabric here.  Make sure you don't have too much fabric when it's time to wrap the cushion.  Too much fabric is too difficult to work with.  This is where the staple gun came into play.  I didn't get a picture of it because it was a heavy duty staple gun and took all of the effort I had to use it.  I finally got Dad's muscles to help.

Now, Chair One is completed:

And, Chair Two:

I am really happy with how they turned out and can't wait to use them.  Our friend is going to think we bought two new chairs.  These are almost unrecognizable.   

After completing the chairs, I took a look at my poppy pot and check it out!  They are finally starting to break the soil!  I am so excited.  I hope they grow large and pretty.

Mike and Ike are Fighting?!

I went to the shop today to get a package of one of my favorite candies, Mike and Ikes.  As I was paying, I noticed that Ike's name was scratched out.  Upon further inspection, I discovered that the package came that way.  When I asked the clerk, she smiled and said, "Oh, they're fighting."  I looked back at the display and sure enough, the green boxes had Mike scratched out.  Hmm..

So, like any other nerd, I looked it up.  Apparently, it's true.  Mike and Ike are fighting.  Huh.  Well, what do you know?  I guess this happened a while ago and I just now noticed.

Memorial Day is this Weekend

What?!  Can someone please tell me how it got to me the end of May already?  I can't believe it.  The first 5 months of this year have gone by way too fast.  Does anyone else feel this way? 

We plan to go camping and I get to take some more vacation time.  We also get Monday off where I work, so that is a very big deal to me.  I am not used to having holidays off at work, so I am trying to get used to it all while thoroughly enjoying it.

What do you usually do for the holiday?  The weather is forcasted to be nice but really hot.  I am concerned because where I live, it almost always rains Memorial Day weekend.  It's somewhere around a 90% certainty.  We shall see.  Hopefully I didn't just jinx our camping trip.

Weekend Recap...

This weekend was busy but fun.  Actually, I have been really busy for the last couple of weeks.  It's been Project Central at the house and I can't wait to finish them all and show them to you.  This weekend recap will be short and sweet, but I promise that you will get to see all of the projects very soon.

Friday:  I spent the evening sanding a chair.  That's right, I got a new (old) chair from a family friend.  They were going to burn it, but I have been looking for a great chair to go with my desk, so we took it and are in the process of refinishing it.  Here is the chair before: 

Here is the chair after a fabulous paint job by my Dad:

Check out that color!  When he was painting, I swear the paint smelled like bubble gum.  This color is Frosted Berry by Valspar.  It's so pretty!

Saturday:  I went to my cousin's baby shower at a really fancy golf club.  I kept an eye out for some good looking guys, but alas, they were all on the links because the weather was fantastic this weekend.  The baby shower was so much fun and it was great seeing my cousin.  They live in Chicago and I haven't seen them in years.

She is doing the nursery in grey and yellow, so all of the decorations matched the theme.  The favors were little ducky cookie cutters.  I thought they were so cute!

I spent Saturday evening priming my desktop.  This project is almost completed and I can't wait to show you guys.  It's coming along so well and looks so great!  I'm excited.  Can you tell/

Sunday:  Another cousin is graduating from high school, so Sunday was her party.  It was great BBQ and family time.  Again, the weather was nice and we got to enjoy it outside.  I always like hanging out with my family.  I didn't get any pictures at the party though.  When Mom and I got back, my parents and I went out to the local brewery (surprise!) and had some drinks and munchies.  Once we got home, I went back to Project Central and began sanding a piece of furniture I was a little intimidated by.  It's a wood laminate cabinet that we picked up from someone who was selling it.  They wanted $25, but my Dad got it for $10 because the door fell off.  The sanding didn't take long at all, thanks to an electric sander, but the priming and painting will take a long time.  I am sure of it.

That was my weekend, how was yours?

Look What I Got!

I signed up for a coffee mug swap this month.  For more information, or to join, check out the cute graphic link over there-------->.

Anyway, my swap partner was really on the ball because my package arrived yesterday!  I have hers ordered, but it hasn't arrived yet.  When I looked at the box, I thought "Whoa!  That's a big box.". 

I opened it up to find another box wrapped in two layers of thick bubble wrap.  I hope she won't mind that I might consider reusing the bubble wrap.  :)

Then, there was this adorable box!  I tried to untie the bow, but then I realized that the whole ribbon just slid off the box.  Isn't it cute?

I love opening a box to find a nice handwritten note.  Those are so rare, and yet, so wonderful!  She has amazing handwriting.

After opening the box, the mug I pulled out was huge!  I don't know if you can tell just how big this thing is, but that is a regular sized note card next to it.  I think it has to be something like 14-16 oz.  Such a big mug!  It's funny that she sent this one because I have been on the hunt for that one mug that has character and is bigger than normal and can be considered the "cool" mug in the collection.

Check out those colors!  The design is so pretty and I am so happy.  Thank you, Courtney!  Be sure to check out her blog because this lady is a fantastic photographer.  I love looking through the photos she has on her site. Really, go look at them!