Green Patterned Wall

I am FINALLY finished with my green circle patterned wall.  I started on this wall April 2010.  The wall stayed unfinished since August 2010.  When I started on the wall last year, I knew I wanted to be finished before the school year ended.  Now that another school year is almost over, I wanted to hurry and finish the wall.



Hammer Time

My nails remind me on MC Hammer.

My Baby's Bassinet

So, since I'm doing the whole "Montessori" esq thing I'm not buying a crib since the baby will be sleeping on the floor eventually.  I found this crib on Craigslist for $20. 

(Sam was really worried when we picked this up from a church that children died of malaria in the crib.  I told him that the woman that sold it to us used it for all of her kids.  He said that he didn't see any kids when we picked it up so that means they all died while sleeping in this crib.)

It's a vintage crib with super ugly lace around it.  Just thinking about lace makes me itch. 

So I knew I was going to recover it but I didn't know what fabric to use.  I forgot I found a twin flat sheet at Goodwill originally from Target.  I love all things colorful and graphic so I decided to make a cover for the lace.  If for some crazy reason I wanted to have the lace back then I could just rip out the seam of the new fabric piece.  I also made a fitted mattress sheet with the same fabric.  I've never made one before so it looks kinda crazy underneath but it will last through washes and such. 

 

I love this print and would paint my walls in this pattern if I had the time or the money to pay someone to do it.  Now I just need some baby pop art to go with it.  I'm sure it's what Maria Montessori would have wanted.

My Coupon Experience

So I started on the coupon bandwagon.  I have been doing it for about 3 weeks now.  It's super awesome and a great hobby to have.  Everything pictured below I got for either free or close to free.

These are JUST the toiletries.  And I have wayyyy more coupons that I haven't even redeemed yet.  Also there are 48 rolls of toilet paper that I didn't photograph.  I didn't get the toilet paper for free but it was only $0.16/roll.  I am used to paying around $0.70/roll.  Last Thursday I went to the grocery store and saved 50%.  I am definitely going shopping more often (nearly every day) but I am not spending anything except gas.  I don't even consider myself aggressive as far as the couponing goes.  This is super mild.  I don't go out and buy newspapers.  I print coupons at home and there is usually a limit of two coupons per computer.  Definitely not extreme.

Also, yesterday Sam and Russell bought me an Azalea bush for my Mother's Day present.  So sweet of them.  I used to have one in the back yard that my dog ripped out of the ground when we first got him.  Russell's so cute.