Posted by Katie on February 1, 2010

Jaunty Green Kitchen

Yep, you heard right. My plain jane kitchen has had a facelift. icon biggrin Jaunty Green Kitchen

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Here she is before, look­ing pretty… neutral.

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And after! A cou­ple wash­ings with TSP, a cou­ple coats of Valspar Jaunty Green, and doesn’t she look so pretty? To the left of the fridge is where the chalk­board wall will be. I’m excited to get that done. But first I need to fill in the knock­down wall tex­ture and slap on some thick coats of primer before even THINKING about start­ing that endeavor.

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Rowan’s being coy.

I didn’t paint the wall with the win­dow and sink in it because it’s one con­tin­u­ous wall the goes into the boys class­room. I don’t think I could han­dle THAT much bright green.

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Oh hey! Why yes, yes I am wear­ing only under­wear, a hoodie and Ketchup.

If you look closely at  the first after pic­ture there is a very small space above the upper cab­i­nets that’s use­less still unpainted. I think I’ve decided it needs to be painted too, even though the only thing small enough to fit up there are the cats.

So there ya have it. My other color thoughts for this room were an aqua (but that seems to be my first thought for every room) or a smoky pur­ple. What would you have done?

Please don’t for­get to vote for me daily, if you would be so kind. Thank you!

Posted by Katie on October 14, 2008

Contests Galore!

It seems alot of peo­ple are really get­ting into the spirit of the giv­ing sea­son early this year. There are some really spec­tac­u­lar con­tests and give­aways going on right now.

First off there is this lovely beauty:

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Just head on over to Pig­tails and Snail’s Quilt Give­away and leave a com­ment. There are more chances to win listed also.

 

The sec­ond give­away is over at Indie Fixx. She’s giv­ing away more than $750 worth of hand­made good­ness. I totally love the bag by Faite Designs in the sec­ond prize pack­age shown below. Be sure to tell her I sent you!

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The third give­away going on cur­rently is The Sew Sweet Give­away hosted by Fabric.com.

Here’s the Scoop:

Who says sweet things are only for kids?!  Enter the Fabric.com “Sew” Sweet Give­away for your own grown-up treat pack­age cus­tom tai­lored for a sewing fanatic.  We have 2 grand prize pack­ages that were designed with apparel design­ers and quil­ters in mind.  Both prizes come with a selec­tion of items spe­cific to your sewing “fla­vor” as well as a $300 gift cer­tifi­cate to Fabric.com and 1 year of free ship­ping.  You can even enter once a day, every day — so come back often!

You can enter every­day until Halloween.

 

And last but not least is the Sew Like a Pro Sweep­stakes from SeamsToMe.com and Anna Maria Horner

Enter now and you could win every­thing you need to sew like a pro! One grand prize win­ner will receive a Singer® Con­fi­dence™ Quil­ter sewing machine, a signed copy of Anna’s book, 20 yards of Anna’s fab­ric from West­min­ster Fibers, and the Dual Duty XP Thread Sam­pler pack from Coats & Clark. Thir­teen (13) oth­ers will win prize pack­ages con­tain­ing a signed book, fab­ric and thread sampler.

 

Of course if none of these catch your inter­est you can enter any­way and give my your win­nings. Yay!