The Adventures of a German Girl

I found this little guy over at our local thrift store this past weekend. It was just $7.50 and I saw all his beauty! :) Brian thought I'm crazy and asked me about three times if I'm serious about taking it home. I was very serious and it took about two minutes (until I had all my tools together) to start working on it.  Taking off that flowerly layer of fabric, a nice orange ottoman came to present. Ugh.. One layer of batting to make the cushion a bit more stable I chose a beige fabric with black print (which I received by mistake from Jo-Anns couple months ago and was able to keep it for free) Turning the ottoman over and starting to staple the fabric to the bottom. Of course Steele helped me. Working all four sides until all of the fabric is tucked away underneath.    I love it, it gives our couch and the living room a little more style. Of course I had to sew two matching pill...

Isn't s ignage always a plus? My american parents bought a beach rental house in Florida. A beautiful home directly on the beach. It is the same style as the 14 others next to it. Unfortuntely if you sit on the beach and want to go back, you better count houses, because they just all look alike. BJ, my american mom asked me a while back if I could help her create a sign for it. I love creating signs - I was all in. Instead of helping her, I decided on giving it to them for their 25. Wedding Anniversary this past August. I bought some ply wood 2'x3' in size, cut vinyl letters with my silhouette, painted the complete board with a creamy outside paint and stuck the letters on it when it was dry. Peeling off the backing and making sure everything sits in place, I painted over all of it with dark green Let it sit for a couple of minutes,  then carefully remove the letters. After two coats of outside wood sealer,...

I know most of you thought I was stuck by lightning, lost my internet connection, fell off the planet... BUT I'm still here. I haven't been that busy in months, and wasn't able to even think about blogging. My work schedule was ridiculous and still is. Unfortunately life goes on and on without me posting about it. This has to stop. I wanted to share an update on our sweet boys which we took to the beach a couple of weeks ago. Toby is now 9months, weighs 70lbs and is growing like a weed. We had a blast, seeing Toby run into the ocean for the first time ever was so cute. He jumped over waves with all fourth,noticed he can't stay on the ground anymore and swam back to the shore to roll in sea weeds and sand. I just share some pictures with you, they say more than 1000 words. Toby Steele digging holes in the sand Steele joining him! :) This was their favorite place. waiting for the next wave ...