customized

I found a bathroom on Pinterest that was exactly the look I wanted to go with when redoing my bathroom. Only problem was, I didnt plan on laying down that kind of dough to improve my space, so I found a nice cloth shower curtin on sale at Target in the exact color and decided to make my own.

What you'll need:

Shower curtin

Fabric paint 

Contact paper

foam brush

scissors

Using cotact paper cut out your desired design, peel off backing and firmly stick to your intended area of fabric.

Once your patern is laid, using your spunge brush, paint your stenciled out areas. I found it easier to paint along the contact paper first, then fill in the rest as you go. 

Allow drying time and botta bing botta boom you have a one of a kind shower curtin. I plan on using the techniqe on other fabric, like clothing. I am still looking for items to complete the space but im very excited to see it coming along gradually.

xoxo

the wrap up....

Sunday was a lazy day in the Klingmeyer household. We read books and took naps, indulged in yummy freezer pizza and drank wine coolers. There was no schedule to keep no place to be, just the hot summer sun pounding through the windows and the AC running at full blast. Even the pups snoozed most of the day away in their over stuffed dog beds, only getting up to follow us to the next room, just to flop down again and drift back off to dreamland. I enjoyed the lazy day seeing how we dont have a pool and it was one hundred and stupid out, staying in and lazing around just seemed the right place to be.

xoxo

I'll take the B.B.Q. ribs!

Friday night my friend Jason and I went out to dinner at Joe's B.B.Q. for some scrumptious food and deep conversation. When we got there, Jason turns to me and says "i have never eaten here." I look at him dumb founded, quickly recover and say prepare to have your world rocked. Yes guys it is that good.  

We waited our turn in line and finally when we go to order, before the lady can quite finish her sentence, I say I want the ribs. Well apparently I was really excited to eat because I have no idea where that came from, or maybe it was that I was thinking about it all day, practically salivating at work. They load up our trays, we pay and find a good seat in a somewhat secluded area so that we can talk about all the junk we need to get off our chests, without being distracted by all the other family conversations.

After we finished our delicious food and we had unloaded all our concerns/goings on in life on each other (mostly mine) we found ourselves relaxed and ready to tackle new adventures. So we made a summer bucket list. We thought of fun inexpensive things we would like to experience this summer. Here is a bit of the list that I can remember.

* Make sure Laurel's camera is charged(it died as soon as we got there and Jason had to use his phone)

* Ride light rail to down town Phoenix and walk around.

* Ride light rail to Tempe and explore all the historical buildings and pubs.

* Have a pool party on the first official day of summer

* Cliff jumping

*Tubing down the river

*Hike the natural bridge

*Find dive bars with live bands

Because Jason had never been to down own Gilbert before, we decided to walk around and check out all the fun things they had going on. (and took lots and lots of pictures)

I hope you find some summer magic this week.

xoxo

Its monday already? how did that happen?

This weekend I had my schedule jam packed. Every day there was something going on. By the time Sunday came I was pooped. I left the house Sunday to teach Sunday school, as I was on the way home I popped into Walgreen's and grabbed a pint of sherbet and headed home. I boarded myself up in the house for the rest of the day, turning off my cell, popping Harry Potter into the DVD player and digging into my sherbet as fast as I could, no bowl needed, just me and the carton. Halfway through my sherbet infused Happy Potter bender I put away the carton and started putting my new sewing room together. As I got started I became more and more excited, no more sewing supplies strewn about the house, and I mean it was everywhere people. Now I have bins for all my needles, scissors and fabric, amongst many other sewing gizmo's. Overall I'm very happy with how it all turned out. When I finally had the room just the way I wanted it, I popped in the next disk in the HP series, slunk down in my new chair and got to work .The sound of my sewing machine humming away along with the movie was utter bliss. I sat there for a couple hours working in peace, no more digging around trying to find this or that it was all in its place and I was one happy lady. Now I can just sew at my leisure, without having to dig everything out. I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. here are a few clips from mine.

From old to new again

I took this old desk I had and gave it a new look for my front room which I'm in the process of making over. The desk just sat in my room for awhile collecting junk, I moved it to the front room to give me more space in my bedroom. I like the idea of having a cute table next to the dinning table to set up dishes during parties but this guy needed a face lift first.

I took some extra fabric from my sewing box and cut it into long strips. then secured the fabric strip to the top of the table and began to wrap it in a downward motion, covering the leg.

After I had fully wrapped the leg I secured the fabric with a strip of tape. I then did this same procedure to the three remaining legs. I kept all the tape facing the same direction, so that when placed against the wall the tape would not be visible.

To finish the look I took a scrap of burlap and lined the middle of the table and added some candles and a photo for a clean finish. The whole project from start to finish took a grand total of ten minutes. I am satisfied with the result and look forward to more projects that warm up this once cold bare front room of mine.  The 2 Butter Rum walls were painted a few weeks ago and really added warmth.

What do it yourself project do you have going on at your home?

xoxo

The Science behind a great weekend

Saturday the family and I took the light rail up to the science center. This was the first time I had ridden the light rail and let me tell you it was nothing like the metro in D.C. The ride seemed to go on forever and some of the people that were getting on and off were quite the character, one man kept screaming FIVE MINUTES! THEY ARE FIVE MINUTES LATE! J and I just kept smiling and nodding, I leaned over to him and whispered I think the light rail is five minutes late and we both busted up laughing.

We final arrived at our stop, and I just about bolted from our car I was so excited to be getting off. Before the Science center we stopped to grab some lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. Lunch was pretty darn good. I ordered the mac and cheese. Now on the topic of mac and cheese there is something you must know about me. I enjoy trying different styles of mac and cheese at restaurants I visit to see how they can take an ordinary dish and make it something unique. That aside we finished up our lunch and walked the remaining blocks to the Science center.

When we arrived, Royzie upgraded our tickets to include seeing the Vangogh exhibit. I myself was giddy from head to toe, in thinking we were going to see actual Vangogh paintings. Well imagine my surprise that the exhibit was actually all done through video. Don't get me wrong I still liked it, and the music was the kind that creeped into your soul and just warmed you from the inside out, like a joy that I am just finding a hard time describing to you. Yes it was that good.

After we sat through the Vangogh exhibit we headed back down to the bottom floor to start at the beginning and work our way through the museum. In all the excitement of the knowledge around us I forgot to take pictures except for this one of J watching a presentation with all his minions. Notice how the six foot giant is in the front row, while all the littles try and strain around him. It just cracked me up, I mentioned it to him later and he told me he wanted to have the best view, it wasn't his fault they were so small. That's my best friend for you, always looking out for the little people. ( insert a few coughs throughout that last sentence.)

After exploring the four levels of the science center, we were pooped and starving. Royzie has been wanting to go to the Pizzeria Bianco and said "I have always wanted to eat there" so we went and grabbed us a seat at the bar and scarfed down some delicious pizza.

On our way back to the Light rail we took a few pictures by the buildings that surrounded the science center.

We went home with full bellies and talked about our favorite parts of the day.

Until the next adventure!

xoxo

Summer Loves

1) cap ; H&M 2) Dress ; Zara 3) Shoes ; H&M

4) Sunscreen ; Neutrogena 5) Zuko 6) Clutch ; H&M

I have been going gaga over coral tones lately. Every so often I go through color fazes where the only color I want in my life, is the one im addicted to. Meaning when shopping im drawn to that particular hue. As of now that color is coral. With finals being over I finally have had the time to take a breath and am now getting jazzed about all the wonderful summer happenings. I cant wait to eat cool Popsicles on hot summer day, after playing volley ball, and traipsing through down town Scottsdale in a flowing dress with my hair pulled back off the nape of my neck, ducking in and out of little boutiques escaping the summer heat. Oh summer you and I are going to enjoy ourselves.

Its Friday!!!!

xoxo