garage facelift complete.

We have now been working on the exterior of our house now for nine months...

we should be giving birth to the finished project soon!;)

LOTS of Scraping & Sanding

TONS of Priming & Caulking

and loads of HOURS have gone into improving the exterior of our home!

we aren't quite done yet, but I have a little sneakity peekity to share!

I did a post last July about an idea for our garage.

it was in serious need of help!

I wanted to add some charm and personality
without breaking the bank...

and.......

 I'm happy to announce that we've

finished the garage facelift...

and we are super happy with the end results!

it definitely upped the charm factor on that end of the house!

now we just need to get after it and finish up everything else...

I can't wait to share the rest of the exterior with y'all once it's complete!

Hope you have a happy Monday!

feliz navidad.

i really had fun with our Christmas cards this year!

i got the idea for this silly card from a funny pic

 of the hubs and i at Jordan and Clark's gender reveal party.

 I showed my idea to Kristina @

everyday lovely and she totally

got my vision and with her crazy skillz

made our kitsch-tastic christmas cards...

i love them!

and I really enjoyed working with kristina...

y'all should check out her stuff. She is super talented,

 super sweet and was really prompt.

Feliz navidad, friends!

girls, snow, paint.

I had a lovely weekend with the ladies in Dallas....

we ate great food all weekend and

 just really enjoyed being together!!!

 supper at Mattito's / breakfast at Bread Winners

 a little bit of shopping...

the weather was dreary but the company was cheery! 

(check out that cute little pregger belly on jor....)

 and to start off the work week...

SNOW!!!

here is our house sans shutters and paint.

We have scraped, sanded, primed

(we used a tinted primer on the body), caulked and now

we just have to wait

 for a warm spell to paint!

(We've been working on this since April...

so don't be surprised if it takes us til April to finally finish :)

We decided on white eaves/trim and black shutters/door

I think they will be a nice contrast to our selected paint color

Kelly Moore's - Beachcomber.

just a reminder of what the house looked like when we bought it...

Can't wait to get it all done and show finished pics!

hope you all have a great week!

hoopy.

I'm not sure where I saw this idea...most likely pinterest.

Fabric as art in needlepoint hoops.

I had a few fabric scraps that had all the colors

that I want to incorporate in our guest bedroom...

so I slipped the hoops over the fabric and cut off the excess.

 we have a pair of twin beds in there

and these hoops were just the thing for over the headboards...

please note my sweet husband's craftsmanship in the

beautiful headboards that he made:

 hope you all have a lovely weekend!

So excited to get Christmas underway at our house!