One of the best wedding gifts we received was handmade art from Adam's nephews, who specifically directed me to hang them next to our bed. With our walls painted, they were the first things to go up:

To "frame" them, I decided to paint the edges of the canvases black. I just taped around the front of the canvas, painted the edges with acrylic paint and removed the tape.

We were married on a lake, although Adam's parents' driveway is definitely the focal point in the top painting :) The painting on the bottom says, "Dear Adam and Amy, I hope you have a gret wedding. Love, Evan." How could we not want to wake up to these everyday?

Image credit: Oh Happy Day

I'm working away on my advent calendar/bag project still - ALMOST done! But when I woke up this morning and read this post on Oh Happy Day, with my morning coffee, I thought it was soo good not to share. You can download the free template from Jordans site when you visit the post, and these are actually the exact same bags you can buy in my little shop. Oh, the uses of bags - the only limitations are your creativity. :) xo Linds

I know what you're thinking: "Is she seriously blogging about painting a bi-fold door?"

Yes, yes I am.

Sure, closet doors aren't all that exciting when you have them. But imagine that you've been staring at a mess of your husband's clothes and a basket of dirty laundry for the past 9 months, and now you have a way to hide those things behind a door. Closet doors are suddenly more exciting than all-you-can-eat sushi.

When we moved in, our bedroom had lots of closet space (yay!), but no doors (boo!). I found them stacked in our garage. So, this is what I've been doing most evenings (door #3 from last night):

Each one takes two coats of primer and 3-4 coats of paint, which has taken me through all three seasons of The United States of Tara and several episodes of the new 90210 (don't judge, netflix.ca's tv selection is severely lacking). I picked up replacement hardware to hang the door (around $10 per door at Home Depot), which I was able to do all by myself (I heart my powerdrill). I also added new knobs:

Still can't imagine yourself jumping for joy over a closet door? Here's a little before and after:

I still have to finish painting and hanging the doors for my closet (it's a double, woo hoo!), but progress is a huge motivator (and I've got two more seasons of 90210 to get through).



The lovely folks at ETSY e-mailed me awhile back to let me know that West Elm had picked my shop* to be a part of the Holiday Handmade Night at the Toronto West Elm. Apart from the fact that I will be there, it sounds like a really fun night of shopping. If you do come, I hope you say hello! xo
*My 13x19 Prints are sold exclusively in my Etsy Shop Here www.PennyPeople.Etsy.com

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

Okay, so here I am on vacation, but when Shabby Apple (a wonderful source for women's dresses) contacted me about doing a giveaway, well I just came right out of vacation.

I love Shabby Apple.

And I looooovve this skirt that they are so generously allowing me to give away.

It's called the Francine and it just makes me happy to type that name.

Francine lived in 1940ish.

She is a snappy dresser, wears horn rimmed glasses while she works and her hair piled high on the weekends.

I like Francine.

So here's all ya got to do:

1. Go to Shabby Apples Facebook Page and LIKE them!

2. Leave a comment for me to let me know you like them.

That's it!

Giveaway ends Monday, November 28th @ 12AM Central time.

*Giveaway is open to USA residents Only :-(

New to Shabby Apple?

Be sure to stop there and just enjoy perusing through some of their wonderful dresses and skirts for women and girls.

No need for clothing?

No problem cause they have jewelry too!

Great place for gifts!

PS. I'm having fun on vacation. Be back soon!