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My 15th anniversary love letter to my husband

Dear Jason-We have been married 15 years today.But, as we joke.... only 14 of those years have been happy.The first year of our marriage was undoubtedly the hardest year of our life.We struggled to learn how to be married. We struggled to grow up. We struggled to think of the other…

October 19, 2012

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A video on spray painting pumpkins (and Ava is a star)

I am scheduled to be on the local morning TV show called "Kansas City Live" again this Tuesday. On the first show, I showed how to paint a chalkboard. You can see that blog post with the video footage here. For this show....I am demonstrating different ways to paint pumpkins.…

October 1, 2012

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Desk transformation…..and my favorite color of RED paint

We just finished painting and glazing this red desk. I found it and this pile of treasures from a garage sale that my momma recommended I go to! SCORE! Thanks, mom!!! I had the Magic Brush girls paint it for me in Sherwin Williams Red Bay. It's my favorite red as long…

September 28, 2012

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My new favorite dresser – a mix of paint and stain

A friend of mine from church recently gave me this dresser in exchange for "painting advice". Ok....she is the sweetest EVER. Doesn't she know I give advice for free to my friends!!!!!????? (This post contains affiliate links for products I use and love) This is the finished product that the…

September 11, 2012

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Triathlon #3…..the one where I became a swimmer

(Disclaimer: muscles in this photo are not really as big as they appear! LOL!) So if you have followed my blog for any length of time, you'll know I couldn't swim 2 years ago. Well, I could swim with my head above water.Like a turtle.A reaaaaaaaaaally slow turtle.And that…

August 22, 2012

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Veryyyyyyyyyyry distressed cabinets

I wish I could show you all a "BEFORE" shot of these cabinets. They were plain white. The paint was chipping. They were beat up. They were scratched up. They were far from perfect! We could have sanded them. And filled. And sanded. And primed. And painted. And etc. But…

August 17, 2012

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Fireplace tile: you CAN paint it!

(Fireplace tile BEFORE) A few weeks ago, we had a client who asked us to paint her fireplace tile that is shown above. The tile is pretty standard for Kansas City. I thought it was gorgeous. But, it was just too dark for her....she wanted more creams and whites and beiges…

August 6, 2012

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Riding the AMTRAK–put it on your bucket list

My husband turned 40 a few months back and he wanted to take this good looking group of friends to St. Louis with us on the Amtrak train. I was skeptical about how fun this would be. But, now I gotta say..... you MUST ride the Amtrak once in your life!!!! This is…

July 30, 2012

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Reminding MYSELF why I am doing a triathlon this weekend

I am competing in the WIN for KC women's triathlon this Saturday. I competed in it last year for my 40 birthday (that blog post was here). It was such a huge deal for me. I spent a year learning to swim before I competed. The Today Show caught wind…

July 25, 2012

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Making sure the paint on your stripes doesn’t bleed….

We have had several stripe jobs lately. Horizontal stripes are my FAVORITE!!! So much more interesting than the traditional vertical ones.I often get asked how our stripes are so perfect. I have several tips:1) stripes are a 2 person job.2) we use my kid's sidewalk chalk and a tape measure…

June 22, 2012

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My 15th anniversary love letter to my husband

A video on spray painting pumpkins (and Ava is a star)

Desk transformation…..and my favorite color of RED paint

My new favorite dresser – a mix of paint and stain

Triathlon #3…..the one where I became a swimmer

Veryyyyyyyyyyry distressed cabinets

Fireplace tile: you CAN paint it!

Riding the AMTRAK–put it on your bucket list

Reminding MYSELF why I am doing a triathlon this weekend

Making sure the paint on your stripes doesn’t bleed….

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