Our Yard..

We have lots of dreams and plans for our backyard...

This is a before picture of the view from the back of the yard.

Here's the after..we trimmed those poor trees a bit.

..Now it seems like they can breathe better!

Here's a before of our tree that lives on the left side of the yard.

I don't understand the placement of the shrubs..they will have to go

- we just haven't gotten there yet!

This is another before picture of the area

And now the after..

He still needs more trimming but already looks sooo much better!

This is my goofy paint doodle lol

We'd love to have a pool to cool off in and enjoy, me and Sher both love swimming..

So we are dreaming of placing it long ways in the yard and having a pergola at the far end.

More trees are also on the wish list with many others such as roses, a fountain, hydrangeas.. etc.

I love this picture...I envision our pool something like this:

Surrounded by a walkway leading from the patio to the pool in either something like this:

or this:

then I'd have my Honey build some nice furniture to relax on...

Perhaps a swing somewhere in the yard?..

Sher is dreaming if a hammock..so we will definitely have to put one under a tree

Hey maybe someday a dog too!! haha..a cocker spaniel though :-D

Our patio is gonna need some furniture also, thank God I can "order" whatever I like from Sher :0)

These are some inspiration photos for our backyard..

I miss GRASSSS...so we will be putting some in eventually and we can't wait!

this is a GORGEOUS inspiration photo I saw here on the blog Oliveaux

It's so beautiful, and such an inspiration, it just makes my heart sing.

I LOVE this photo also ..we want to put in some lanterns too, maybe one on each column of the patio and then some around the yard because at night it is pitch black out there!

*sigh* I am SO looking forward to enjoying this yard once we get it a little greener, and get rid of the sharp rocks lol..Just to walk on grass again would be a dream for us :0)

Rest In Peace

I Love You Michael Jackson...

I can't remember a time that I didn't love Michael,

some of my earliest memories revolve around him..

I remember when I was in first grade that I had my own pair of glitter socks and would wear them every single day until I just wore them out.

He had such a gorgeous smile..

When I saw him dance in Smooth Criminal I just thought he was pure MAGIC!! ...How could he lean like that?? Haha it just boggled my mind :0)...

Me and my sister would even sometimes wear that curl running down the middle of our faces, just like Michael...

I will never tire of watching him dance...he was like no other..

and there will never be another like him..

I still can't believe it...

I love you Michael, thank you for all the wonderful memories..I know you are happy and free now..I will never ever forget you..

I pray for God to watch over your children.

Let's all continue to try and make this world a better place...

We Had Him:
Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing
Now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer wind
Without notice, our dear love can escape our doting embrace
Sing our songs among the stars and and walk our dances across the face of the moon
In the instant we learn that Michael is gone - we know nothing
No clocks can tell our time and no oceans can rush our tides
With the abrupt absence of our treasure
Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone
Piercingly alone
Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him
He came to us from the Creator, trailing creativity in abundance
Despite the anguish of life he was sheathed in mother love and family love and survived and did not more than that
He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style
We had him
Whether we knew who he was or did not know, he was our's and we were his
We had him
Beautiful, delighting our eyes
He raked his hat slant over his brow and took a pose on his toes for all of us and we laughed and stomped our feet for him
We were enchanted with his passion because he held nothing
He gave us all he had been given
Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana's Blackstar Square, in Johannesburg, in Pittsburgh, in Birmingham, Alabama and Birmingham England, we are missing Michael Jackson
But we do know that we had him
And we are the world.

~Maya Angelou

Our First Place!

We've been busy moving and painting and cleaning and trimming lol!

Thank God for dollies and hand trucks!!!

We finally bit the bullet and bought our first home. ....We'd like to move out of Las Vegas someday but for now this is home sweet home :0)

These are some pics off the listing, it needs some work but we have a lot of plans for it :0)

The home has a 2 car garage but it's as big as a 3 car because of extra space in the back of it, so Sher is very excited since this will be his new shop space!

(from which I will get plenty of goodies made, woohoo!)

These uglyyy and dusty curtains have already come down - and with a new coat of paint called "popcorn" the living space already looks and feels better and more like our own.

..we'll post those pics soon...

The kitchen is actually bigger than it looks here, it seems as if the previous owners never even used it ! LOL

I have great dreams for this space...Sher will be making me new cabinets and we want to change the flooring also.

I can't wait for it to become a French Country dream :0)

One of the biggest reasons we love this house is the yard...in Las Vegas having a backyard is almost non existent so we were so excited when we saw this BIG one!

The spa needs work and the patio is nice and huge, can't wait to have bbq's out here!

The yard needs a lot of work -but it also has a lot of potential...

We've already trimmed up some of the trees and we'd like to have a pool back here someday and some GRASS!!

So there it is, as I write it already looks better than these pics so I'll have to take some new ones to show you :0)

Inside Sher wants to make mahogany doors throughout and eventually hard wood floors for most of the space, the bathrooms and kitchen will probably get something other than wood though.

I've gotta get going now, I have tons of trim to paint :0)

Come On In, Have a Seat...

We need chairs!!

Building them is a lot more complicated than it looks lol!

This is how far we have made it on our first chair:

As soon as it is done, it will be the comfiest thing because Sher molded the back to exactly fit me!

Figuring out the angles in which to attach the seat part of the chair is the challenge though...

So this comfy back has been sitting on the sidelines of woodworkville for a while.

This will be what it looks like whenever we get them done, except they will be made of cherry wood - and finished in a natural way to allow the aging process to take place and grow into a lovely rich patina..

These look great in so many colors, I especially like the green:

AND THESE! MY FAVORITE PART!

Once we have our chairs built, Sher is going to make me some kid sized ones!

I can't wait for that!! I think I look forward to the kid size chairs more than the regular sized ones haha...

So, since our chair project is hanging out on the sidelines, Sher tells me I should pick some easier chairs to make first. Then with them under our belt we could tackle our dream chairs and their crazy angles..

SO.......

Do these look any simpler??....

(*plugs in her halo*)

or these??

Perhaps I could paint something on the back piece since we are not carvers LOL

And this one is nice, but the upholstery takes it out of the running..for now...

This one has a lot of carving detail...perhaps we could simplify those?

Well....maybe not, since that 's the whole point of this chair!...

This one is a little more straight lined...

Hmm....Do these look simple?? haha...

Then we come to Bar stools....need some of those too!

...I like the back on these, but not the legs!

These are nice too...also love the color ..

I guess I just don't like simple chairs??...Haha, poor dear husband...

He has such a long list of things to make and I can't find any boring chairs to like. :0)

Only interesting, carved and curvy chairs catch my eye!

Hopefully he will pick one of these, or maybe we can even mix and match and come up with something... We WILL conquer this and make some awesome chairs!..soon...lol

But right now all I know for sure is..

We need chairs!!!

;0)

I'm CrAzy For These!

I don't know what it is but I'm just crazy about these!! I just totally love anything to do with trees, leaves or birds lol...Living in Vegas I don't have much need for this coat tree/rack, but isn't  it just the coolest one you've ever seen!?!?!

...And these cuties!!! I love how they are all crooked and curvy!

But this one!!! the big daddy!!! I LOVE IT!!!! I would LOVE having this cool lamp in my art room!! LOL...I have to drool for now though..but I'll definitely be dreaming about this one!

Too bad I can't just make my own hehe

What Was Around The Corner

      Well here they are, I'm so glad the other seller changed their mind! LOL 

I think these are much cuter, I love the shape and they are pretty comfy too!

The blue is pretty blue in person lol, so I hope to re-cover them someday...

right now we are busy looking for a home!

So as soon as we find one and I know where these will go, I can choose a nice fabric and take on the challenge....wish me luck! lol

This was our first attempt at upholstery, we built the wooden sofa frame out of mahogany and then had to build the sofa mattress from scratch.....YIKES! That was quite a project LOL..

We had to tie the springs twice because we had made some mistakes lol..

...Here's the finished project.

After we finally finished the sofa we swore we wouldn't do it again haha, but now here I am with these cute couches in need of new fabric! 

I'm sure it'll be a fun little adventure  :0)

A Tale Of Two Tables

These are our 2 latest projects. I really really wanted a cute round cherry table for the "library" room, so I begged and bugged hehe ... and Sher (DH) made this beauty for us!!

I really love the color, the graceful legs

and the nice apron that it has...

I'm not exactly sure how it happened but we miscalculated the measurements for the top lol, therefore leaving us with an extra one! So we just put our heads together and came up with a plan ...out of our little problem, a second table was born...

I actually love "Happy Accidents" 

I asked for 1 and got 2!!

...here we are dry fitting the pieces together, 

and attaching some nice details.

This is what the top of the table looks like..it's so prettyyy!!

It is also made of cherry but Sher finished it in a different way so the two tables wouldn't look alike.

...It's actually pretty different from the first one.

Here's some of the details close up....

Voila! Here it is! ...I really love it...I love how it's so different from the other one, different from most of our stuff in fact.

It's really a joy to eat at it everyday...Me and Sher are both crazy about wood since he's been building lol. Watching a pretty piece of wood that starts off just as a board evolve into something so pretty is always amazing.

I'm so blessed to have such a handy and crafty husband!! :0)

Thanks for checking out the 2 new arrivals to our household.

Take care and God bless.