Unicorns & Glitter!

In addition to lots of bike riding, gardening and chalk drawing, warmer weather means playing in the summer volleyball league! I have been playing with the same team for several years and I always look forward to spending week after week with my friends in this hot and sandy setting. This year we decided to change our team name to Unicorns & Glitter - super fun, right?

My friend and I decided that the name Unicorns & Glitter calls for colorful sparkly t-shirts. So I did a little research and found that we could each get a different colored shirt for screen printing our sweet unicorn logo. If I designed it in such a way that it was almost like a coloring book, then we could all paint our shirts with puffy paint. 

Shirts, waiting to be puffy painted

I haven't used puffy paint in probably 20 years, but there were lots of options, including glitter, iridescent and neon - perfect! We had a little t-shirt painting party where we all bedazzled our shirts. And boy, did they turn out awesome!

Puffy painting party

I wouldn't say we're the best team out there in terms of skills, but we sure do know how to have fun! And if nothing else, the glare of our glittery shirts in the sun has to help a little, too...right?

Team Unicorns & Glitter

And of course, our volleyball had to match, as well:

One of our super fans, Stella, holding the team ball

It's funny - I didn't think I could be more excited to play volleyball - until now!

House Project {Dining Room Chairs}

Well hello there!


I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Ours was fantastic - spent some time at the Farmer's Market, hung out with our old friends, played in the pool and worked in the garden. Great weekends make it even harder to go back to work on Monday! 


You know what else I FINALLY completed? A house project! My first project in our new house, which we've lived in for almost a year. Wow - how sad is that? My to-do list is long, but unfortunately the home projects don't take priority. 


Last year, shortly after we moved in, I found a beautiful Lane wood table on Craigslist. We had a hodgepodge of chairs that would work for the time being, but they weren't a cool, funky mix of chairs like this or this. So for the next several months I kept my eyes peeled for a set of 6 chairs on Craigslist. I had been collecting a lot of great room inspiration on here on Pinterest, but apparently 6 chairs in good condition at a somewhat reasonable price is hard to come by. Finally, the post came - hooray! Upon seeing them in person I thought the wood stain was a pretty close match, so they came home with me.

They looked really nice by our table, but that floral fabric had to go. I could barely look at it. Once I removed it, though, I was met with a lovely surprise - the underlying fabric was pretty sweet! I wish it had been a different color, though, because it kinda blended in with the wood dining set and the wood floors. But I definitely appreciated the idea of it!


I found some pretty blue fabric at The Sewcial Lounge and decided Saturday to take the plunge and reupholster these chairs. I've never done anything like this, but it seemed pretty simple - and it was! Other than the fact I got some bloody knuckles from removing the staples, of course. And I cannot be happier with how they turned out:

It is amazing what a little fabric and elbow grease can do - it completely transformed the room! 


And since we're on the subject of the dining room, here are a few more corners. I'm still in the process of hanging things on walls, so it's still a bit sparse, but you get the idea. In case you're wondering, the "We're All Normal..." poster is by The Little Friends of Printmaking. I have no idea who designed the Wilco badge poster.

I just found that little cart at a garage sale last week, and though I love it, it's a little beat up. I think I'm going to tackle refinishing it. Have any of you had any experience re-painting metal?


I still have a long way to go on our house, but I'm glad I can finally say I've accomplished something!


Cheers,

New in the Shop {Runts!}

Happy Hump Day!


Remember when I posted about Madison Gallery Night? Well, I had a few new Fuzzy Runts left over after the show, and I just put them up in my Etsy Shop. 


Do you need a baby shower gift? Or maybe you just want some more sunshine in your life. Whatever the excuse, you may need to check out the new additions - they're pretty fab, if I do say so myself! You can find them here.

Meet Abigail, Dalton, Baird and Carla!

I will share my experiences with Gallery Night soon, I promise!


Until next time,

Commission {Monster Peek}

Well, hello there!


I want to FINALLY start sharing with you a VERY exciting project I've been working on for the last month and a half. I still can't say too much, but I figured a few sneak peeks won't hurt anyone.

Let me just say there may be a few monsters involved, and a really funky color scheme. I can't wait to show you the rest!


Miss y'all,

Desktop Calendar {May 2012}

Today I bring you another downloadable desktop calendar - hooray for May! 

This little kitty is enjoying her cherry popsicle - my favorite!


You can click on the above image and save it to your computer, or you can also find it here.

Please note that this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Unfortunately, not a lot of time for chit-chat today. I gotta keep plugging along for Gallery Night. Will you be there?