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Little Red House: Well I finally found a use for all that butcher paper
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Friday, December 7, 2012. Well I finally found a use for all that butcher paper. Admittedly this post is only related to our house by the barest of threads. More recently, in the age of Pinterest. Which is how I found myself sitting on the living room floor for the last two nights, from after dinner until bedtime, surrounded by this:. So I had the good sense to do a trial run last weekend and made a nice long strip of scratch-off-paint stickers in advance. But I think the final product looks really cute&...
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Little Red House: Happy Halloween!
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Friday, October 25, 2013. As I'm wont to do this time of year, I was browsing Pinterest. Looking for pumpkin carving ideas. I'd long exhausted the designs that came with the kit I bought many years back, a kit intended for an 8 year old. These days, I rely on the interwebs to give me inspiration (read "something to crib") for our pumpkin. As I've mentioned in the past, pumpkin carving has developed into a little tradition for me and I don't feel Halloween is complete unless I do one. For the pumpkins to ...
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Little Red House: January 2015
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Sunday, January 4, 2015. This whole Christmas thing just keeps escalating every year. Admittedly, I have only myself and Pinterest to thank for that. I tapped Travis for ideas this year and boy did he come through for me. He's started taking some machining and laser cutting classes at our local TechShop. So he suggested he could make some laser-cut wooden name tags for all of our presents. Seen above and below. This twine has tied far far. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Better-than-thou"...
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Little Red House: Tile Day When Is This Going to End?!
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Monday, January 21, 2013. Tile Day When Is This Going to End? In real time, it's only day 5. But I'm living in weird, dilated remodel time where I'm nearing the point of losing all hope. I always hit something of a wall during these projects where I just think we're never going to finish. Travis claims he's not afflicted with this syndrome. Lucky for me, we're passed the tiling gauntlet. Travis scrubbed the tub clean too. It's all so shiny! Look at that beautiful red glass! I love organization. This ...
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Little Red House: Christmas Crafting
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Sunday, January 4, 2015. This whole Christmas thing just keeps escalating every year. Admittedly, I have only myself and Pinterest to thank for that. I tapped Travis for ideas this year and boy did he come through for me. He's started taking some machining and laser cutting classes at our local TechShop. So he suggested he could make some laser-cut wooden name tags for all of our presents. Seen above and below. This twine has tied far far. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Better-than-thou" contemplati...
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Little Red House: February 2013
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Monday, February 18, 2013. We were almost done nearly a month ago and officially done a week ago. I really lost all will to finish once we got through tiling which is why these last bits have dragged out so long. Hanging the shower curtain involved a masonry drill bit which was obstacle enough to keep me from completing indefinitely. Luckily, Travis wasn't nearly as wiped out as I was so he managed to push through. And some panoramas as well. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Little Red House: Happy Halloween! Part 2
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Thursday, October 31, 2013. You didn't think that because I spent some time putting together a craft pumpkin decoration, I would skip actually carving a pumpkin did you? Of course not. So here it is. Inspiration dutifully cribbed from the interwebs. That little pumpkin was a doozy to carve. It's got that tough outer shell of more traditional gourds and squashes that I think has been selected out of jack-o-lantern pumpkins. The doggies would like to wish everyone a "Happy Halloween" as well.
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Little Red House: December 2013
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013. First - a little backstory on the inspiration for the project. Our holiday schedule this year meant we wouldn't make it to Texas to be with family for Christmas. I knew this way way way back. So way way back in October, I embarked on a riff of a Pinterest- project. Is there another kind? Which suggested using black and white photocopies of photographs of the recipient to label the gifts. This is somewhat related to what I did last year. When wrapping everyone's presents.
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Little Red House: March 2012
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012. A quick update on our lights. That's it. Next time, I'm going to Wimberley Glass Works. Admittedly, that's partly because I have a soft spot in my heart for the Wimberley people since we got engaged there oh so many years ago. Links to this post. Saturday, March 17, 2012. Come on in. Grab a seat. But less dowdy. And less boring. And with a slot for a cushion on top. And with some shoe cubbies built in. And with the same trim detail as our entertainment center. Off he went to Home...