11/29/2009 Bumper - The Sending Church Campaign Recap from Justin Crutchfield on Vimeo.
I bought these at Goodwill for 25 -50 cents a piece.
I've been wanting to do something over my kitchen cabinets, but didn't want it to be cluttery, so I decided to try some plates. I saw this post from the Nester before I went out and bought 13 $2 plate hangers. Thank you, Nester. So, I did this:
Yep, I hot-glued paper clips on the backs of the plates. There is a possibility that the paper clips won't hold, but if they don't and the plates fall and break, I've only lost a quarter!
I love the way it turned out. I like how you can see the plates peeking out above the cabinets.
I'm posting to Rhoda's party!
I bought these at Goodwill for 25 -50 cents a piece.
I've been wanting to do something over my kitchen cabinets, but didn't want it to be cluttery, so I decided to try some plates. I saw this post from the Nester before I went out and bought 13 $2 plate hangers. Thank you, Nester. So, I did this:
Yep, I hot-glued paper clips on the backs of the plates. There is a possibility that the paper clips won't hold, but I've only lost a quarter if they do!
I love the way it turned out. I like how you can see the plates peeking out above the cabinets.
I'm posting to Rhoda's party!
We've been really busy lately with flag football...
K is the one faking the hand-off. The Panthers are undefeated after their first two games and I think K has scored 3-4 touchdowns and several extra points. Kris coaches and I'm still unsure who is enjoying it more- my husband or my son!
I've done lots of projects in the house, but no pics to show you. I begin to wonder if it will ever be done!
Anyway, I wanted to share a quick recipe. I haven't made it in like 5 years probably, until last weekend and now I'm wondering why I waited so long!!
Here it is:
Mexican Lasagna
floured tortillas
refried beans
taco sauce
taco seasoning mix
ground beef
cheddar or mexican blend shredded cheese
Toppings: sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, corn chips, avocado, olives, ....whatever you want!
Brown ground beef in a skillet. Drain beef and add taco seasoning and water. Simmer.
In a casserole dish, layer ingredients as follows- tortillas, refried beans, ground beef, taco sauce, cheese. Continue layering until dish is full with last layer being cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Serve with desired toppings.
I don't have a picture, but let me just tell you, it is GOOD! My kids loved it, too, which is always a plus!
This past week, I finally finished a project that I have been itching to do since we moved in!! Here's the realtor's pic of our house the way it was when we bought it. It's nice, but I HATED how the trim, the brick, the siding, the door and the shutters were all the SAME color. It needed a little contrast. So, while looking through the unwanted, mismixed paints at Lowes one day, I found a quart of Valspar exterior paint in a blackish brown shade and it was ONE BUCK! Oh yeah.
I painted my door almost immediately and boy did that help! But, I finally pulled off those bland tan shutters last week and painted them. I hung out my 2nd story window to get one pair. It was so worth it!
Isn't that much better!
Here's another before:
and after:
That can of paint may have been the best $1 I've ever spent!
Ooohhh, I also found this pic taken by the realtor before we moved in of our backyard.
Before:
And now, the after:
If you missed the posts about our Backyard Makeover, check it out here and here.
I'm linking to Frugal Friday.
A couple of weeks ago, we started making over our backyard that looked like this when we moved in (minus the fence posts!):
and this
and this
and finally this.
We did get the fence completed which made a huge difference in our yard. We chose 6 foot privacy in the back and I think 4 foot non-privacy on the sides.
The houses in our neighborhood are way close together, so we wanted to create our own little spot, but not shut the neighbors out.
Something else we decided to do is move our playset. The new placement really opened up the backyard.
If you saw Part One of the makeover, you know we built a pergola.
We are loving how it turned out. So the next thing to do was to add in shrubbery and trees.
You saw the before, here's the after! These are river birch trees lining the back of the fence.
We love the playset in it's new spot!
Here's looking the opposite direction to other side of the yard. The river birches again which run in to a bubble of mulch in the corner. There are small holly bushes, monkey grass and my favorite, hydrangeas. There's a cherry tree in the middle of all of that.
I know, our grass looks like it has the mange. We didn't overseed last fall, but we will be doing that this year. I almost put these in photoshop and greened the lawn up a bit, but I had laundry to do.
The trampoline area.
I LOVE the stained fence but I NEVER. WANT. TO. DO. THAT. AGAIN! I won't have to either. It won't need a touch up for 7 years so we figured our then 14 yr old boy will do it!
And here's our patio. I really want to get some really nice outdoor seating to replace the bench, but I'm going to wait until the end of the season and try to get something cheap!
We are thinking of mounting a small t.v that we have in the corner by the backdoor. That would be fun for football games and when we are grilling.
I also want to do something on that big blank spot of brick over the bench. Not sure what yet, though!
And lastly, our wonderful, magnificent, beautiful pergola. Can you tell I like it? I do so!!
So that's it! We had some awesome friends that helped us move the playset (a few times) and with planting and mulching. Thank you guys! I can't wait until everything is in bloom. It will be a different place back there! One of the river birch trees is getting some leaves on it. I will definitely repost some pics when all the blooms and leaves are out!
We have also been working on the front yard. Now, the front lawn is the way a lawn should look! No mange there! There are a few finishing touches and I'll post about it soon!
Linking to Transformation Thursday!
This frame and it's twin previously held portraits of our kiddos, but when we were staging our house to sell, I replaced them with these botanical prints which were actually just pages from a calendar that I bought at a yard sale for a buck years ago.
They aren't bad, but I'm trying to create a more comfortable, less formal feeling in our living room and these were NOT furthering my mission!
I really didn't want to put up more pics of my kids since they are everywhere! By all means, I love my kids and looking at their sweet faces, but I needed something different to create some balance!
But, I needed something CHEAP!
I remembered taking tons of pics of flowers when we were in Seattle last summer and decided to try and use them.
So for the price of two 8x10 prints, I got this:
I like the corner much better now. I am trying to decide if I like the color of the frames. They could go cream....just not sure about that yet. I'm thinking of taking the gold undermat out also.
Never finished, but it definitely feels better than before!
By the way, I had to include a pic of the kids on Easter. What an awesome Easter weekend it was!! So glad to know that Jesus is RISEN!!!
Hopefully I'll have Part 2 of the Backyard Makeover posted tomorrow! You can see the pergola we built in Part 1 here.
Linking to DIY day, Posh Pieces and Today's Creative Blog.
