ROAD TRIP

In the third week of June, Kirsten (my sister-in-law) and I decided to take a road trip to Washington to visit some family and friends. Many of you may think that we are certifiably insane to willingly take two 12-hour drives with a 2-year-old, but I am pleased to report that they were both huge successes! I don't know what it is, but I think the Prius has some sort of baby magic in it that totally mellowed out Liam, my nephew, for the whole drive - it was amazing! Our car was full of delicious snacks (including some of the BEST cookies of all time - check out my review here), Etch-a-Sketch drawings, a couple of Pixar movies and Disney music, and happiness. I was so grateful to have this chance to visit my family, that our car survived the trip with ease, and was even more grateful that Kirsten wanted to make the trip with me! Also, isn't the way that Liam naps in his carseat the most adorable thing? He's totally boss of that back seat.

Pumpkin Possibilities

Owen and I are going to a pumpkin painting party this year through Qualtrics. I've never painted a pumpkin before but since they're providing the supplies, I figure we might as well give it a try! I probably will miss the gloopy insides of the pumpkin, but it will be nice to have a little more control of what I want it to look like. These were some images I found of painted pumpkins via Pinterest, what do you think? I definitely like the spiderweb one on top, and I'm kind of partial to the candy corn pumpkins as well. Plus they would be totally hard to mess up! 

Sorry I've Been Blogging So Much Lately...

But when I am off work this week, I just don't have that much else to do! And everything I do have time to do, I just want to share with all of you here on the blog :)

ANYWAY, so yesterday, I decided to do a quick little home improvement project! It was one that I blogged about a little while ago, as you may remember. I was so excited to get started on it, that I completely forgot to take a BEFORE picture. So you are just going to have to use your imagination here people.

Imagine this: a boring, typical old three panel medicine cabinet with two well-used, off-white, partially unfinished shelves and an off-white background.

BORING!

After:

And with all of our stuff in it...

SO fun and SO easy! I love the pop of color I get every time I go to brush my teeth now, it makes it so fun! And the whole thing probably took me fifteen minutes, at most. It was awesome.

All you have to do is get a few sheets of scrapbook paper (I used four) and some scissors/paper cutter and tape! First, take out the shelves. This may be tricky, but I promise you can do it! Unless they are nailed in of course. Then you measure out your paper to make it fit, cutting pieces as needed. I recommend purchasing paper that has a pattern that will easily overlap. Next, tape those pieces of paper on to the shelf, using a small piece of rolled tape in each corner. Then put the shelves back in, and you are done! Was that easy or what?!

I also painted the shelves with white paint to make them look a little newer, which is probably why this took me 15 minutes instead of 5. Seriously, this is probably the easiest DIY home project ever, and I totally recommend it!