Mum’s the word

Ok, ok so the title’s a little corny but I had to!  Forgive me.  So in yesterday's post I mentioned that I had a mum-related project that I was working on.  It ended up taking me more than one day, but that’s ok.  So to me, fall is all about mums.  Literally, as soon as the word “fall” is uttered I’ll be the first girl down at the nursery snatching up some beautiful mums.  This year was no different, except that usually I end up paying a fortune a little too much for a nice, big, full mum and this time around I didn’t!  One of the girls I work with was selling them for her kid’s school and they were only $6 a piece!  It was a steal so I got three, 2 crimson and one orange.  They were HUGE when I got them and I was oh-so-happy.  Now, fast forward a few weeks and my mums are wilting…*sad face*…and I know why.  It’s because the little plastic pots they came in were waaaaaaaaay too small for them to flourish, and I knew I needed to do something about it.  Here’s one crimson one, all wilt-y.

  Lately, there’s been absolutely no “budge” in our budget, if you will.  That means no extra money for pots to repot my precious mums!  Pots are expensive, not to mention that I unfailingly have champagne taste on a Natty Lite budget, so I knew it was best to not even go looking and just figure something else out.  Enter: The Dollar Tree *angels singing, heavenly light shining down on local Dollar Tree*.  I scooped up 3 black buckets for 3 bucks, some cheap potting soil and hoped for the best.   
                                                                  
The hubs helped me drill some holes in the bottom, ya know, for drainage and what not. This took about 5 seconds.  He’s so cute, I love him!

Then I filled them up with potting soil and repotted my plants and gave them a good soak.  The “pots” are a little big, but the black color goes well with my Halloween décor and there’s plenty of room for growth. 
 
So of course after I finished I thought to myself, “Self, these pots need a little something extra.”  I thought about all sorts of things, like ribbon, some braided yarn, or something really Halloween-ish but none of those options seemed right.  And then it hit me, OUR LAST INITIAL! PERFECT!  So I printed out a huge L in a font I liked, laminated it and cut it out to make a stencil.  I taped the stencil to the pot with some painter’s tape to see if it fit and it did!
 
Then, I used some old newspaper to cover everything else so I wouldn’t get anything on the rest of the pot.  Fancy, huh?

I busted out my handy white spray paint, as seen in this post, and got busy.  Now, I kind of figured that my stencil wasn’t leak proof and that some paint would get under the stencil and I would need to do some tough ups.  And booooy, did I!  Here’s how it looked after the spray paint and removing the stencil.

It was a full on Monet.  From far away it was ok, but up close it was a big ol’ mess!  So I grabbed my giant Sharpie and cleaned things up a little bit.  Muuuuch better.

And here they are!

Disregard the gourds, they’re temporary until I can get my hands on some pumpkins from the farmers market.  The L turned out great and I love that it breaks up the 3 blank “pots”.  I still think I’ll add something else to the other 2, but we’ll see once I get some pumpkins and such up there.  Anyone else have any fun fall activities goin’ on?? I’d love to hear all about it!  It’s fall, ya’ll!!!
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The little things

It really is the little things that make me happy, so it’s only typical that the smallest project I’ve tackled lately has been making me the happiest!  I recently started noticing how flat out UGLY the light switch plate in our family room is and it really started to bug me.  Once something gets in my head I fixate on it and MUST.FIX.IT.  So, while cleaning the house a few days ago I just kept staring at the switch plate every time I walked past it…and it was seriously eating at me.  It’s like it was staring right back at me, taunting me with it’s hideousness!  Did I mention I fixate?? Here it is..  Nice, right?  Yea, I know you’re jealous.

I decided to just do something about it, so I yanked that sucker off the wall and slapped some white paint on it.  Now, you might be wondering why I didn’t just replace it.  Well you see, it has lots of character and even though it was unsightly I just couldn’t part with it!  A plain switch plate would have been boring!  So down it came, with the help of my trusty screwdriver.

I plopped it down on a piece of scrap cardboard…

Shook up the can of white paint I keep on hand for these types of emergencies…

And BAM! It’s white.

I’m also terribly impatient, so I let it cure up for about…ohhhh, I dunno.. 5 minutes?? and then veeeeery carefully hung it back up on the wall.  Here she is in all her white, satiny beauty!

Love it!  Now it does not taunt me, it just blends and looks like it actually belongs in this century.  Yayy!

Tomorrow I will be sharing my fall mantle, it’s so cute! Can’t wait!
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Come On In and Take A Look Around

Hey there!  My name is Megan and I'm married to a wonderful man named Nick.  We've been married for a little over 2 years and my how the time has FLOWN!  We have two fur children, Peanut and Jacobe.  Peanut is a five-year-old Golden Retriever and is INCREDIBY energetic.  She is our baby, as we've had her longer than we've even been married.  We raised her from a puppy, which is most likely why she's a total nut bag.  Our other fur child is Jacobe, a two-year-old Siberian Husky.  We rescued him from a bad home when he was a year old and thought it was only temporary.  Boy, were we wrong!  He had major issues when we first got him but we've worked out the kinks and couldn't imagine life without him.
We decided to start this blog as a time capsule/scrap book of all the goings-on in our new home!
There's a lot I could talk about right now but we'll start small.  Here’s a little bit about us…
-I’m Megan, I’m 26 and I’m originally from Southern Indiana.  I moved to Kentucky when I was 18 to go to school, met the love of my life and have been here ever since! I love living in the south and will probably never leave!  I love decorating our house and doing all things DIY and crafty.  I tend to be messy but I’m trying to work on it.  I love color in my world but I also find a sense of peace in all things white.  My love affair with spray paint is in it’s beginning stages but is already very serious!  I will tackle any project put in from of me around the house but sewing ANYTHING scares me to death.  I love cooking and eating, reading books and magazines, swimming, being with my family, hosting friends for a night of food and drinks, being at the beach and all things pretty!  I have champagne taste on a Natty Lite budget, so things can get kind of interesting around here when it comes to home decorating.  Now I will introduce you to my husband Nick and let him tell you a little about himself…
-I’m Nick, I’m 26 and I’m born and raised right here in Kentucky.  I could think of no better place to buy our first home and by the grace of God and some wonderful family we were able to accomplish that early on in life.  I enjoy working on projects around the house, even if it’s only to keep my wife happy, at least until she changes her mind again!  The yard is where it’s at for me and although I don’t particularly love mowing, edging, trimming and weed pulling I like for our yard to look good.  I love my wife’s cooking(do I get husband points for that??), being with our friends in our house, working out, being in the sun, playing golf and hanging out with our pups.  There’s lots to be done around this old house of ours but we’ve got plenty of time and lots of inspiration.  So keep checkin’ in with us, because things can get pretty hilarious around here!
That’s all for today, but as a parting gift I’ll leave y’all with the picture of us on the day we signed our contract for new(to us) home! 

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