Thank You!

When I started this blog I had no idea that I’d “meet” such wonderful and generous people. Like fo’ realz, you are some of the best people I’ve ever known. So now I want to take the time to send out a few thank yous.


First, I want to thank a couple awesome ladies for featuring my kitchen artwork.

Christina’s Adventures and Fabulously Flawed!

 

I also want to thank Rhiannon from My Handcrafted Home and Janny for Que Linda for awarding me the Versatile Blogger Award!

One of these days I’ll think up 7 more interesting facts about myself. For now, you can read the ones from my February acceptance speech.



I also want to thank Meaghan at This Messy Business for name dropping me countless times: here and here for example.

Meaghan is my bloggy bestie, so you should definitely check out her site. If you like The Junk House, you’ll definitely like This Messy Business!

Meaghan, Now is probably a good time to tell you that you’re my BBFF (Best Blog Friend Forever)!



And last, but certainly not least – Ringo and I want to send a big thanks to Bonnie at The Bonnie Burrow for sending my little bear a present! Yep, Bonnie sent Ringo one of her Hoots! dog toys.

He loves it and I love that it keeps him entertained!



I know I probably missed someone, but hopefully I’ll cover myself by saying thank you to everyone for following along. I appreciate all your comments and putting up with my slacking! =)

October – A Look Back

Time to look back at all that was (or wasn’t) accomplished during the past month.

October was full of outside projects. We finally have a place to sit.

We brought in some heavy machinery.

And ended up with a pile o’ dirt!

My boyfriend’s dad built us (and Ringo) a new gate.

I also posted a list of 16 projects (maybe someday I’ll post the entire list…although that list would be scary).

And I finished 3 of them.

The ol’ blog got a makeover and new buttons.

And I did some Pinterest cooking (and reviewing).

You also learned who my first movie star crush was at jodie noted.

And finally, some Halloween fun.

It was a good month at The Junk House! This month you can expect more outside projects and hopefully some more projects crossed off the list. And the usual nonsense!

Happy Halloween!

Tonight will be my first time giving out candy in this house!

I didn’t decorate very much for Halloween (only the mantle), but last night we did carve pumpkins.

I don’t think Ringo liked my pumpkin…

Happy Halloween!

New Button!

The Junk House has a new button!

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Take one and spread the love =)

If you already have a Junk House button you’ll need to update your code…Sorry, I know it’s a pain!



A special thanks to Elena at three little birdies designs for making my new button! If you are looking for anything blog-makeover related I’d definitely recommend her! She’s quick and very reasonable.

And no, I didn’t get compensated in any way to say that!

#8, Kitchen Artwork

8.       Make/Hang Kitchen Artwork

One more project crossed off the list!

This project took WAY longer than it should have...I was suffering from a serious case of design paralysis. I couldn’t decide what color the frame should be, I couldn’t decide on a quote, I couldn’t decide on the color of the paper, I didn’t know if the frame was big enough, etc. etc. Finally I (mentally) slapped myself across the face and made some decisions!

The first decision was a black frame. I forgot to take a before picture, but the frame was originally gold. I used gray spray primer and FolkArt Shiny Black to paint the frame and inner frame piece.  

The second decision was the quote. I found this print on Pinterest and fell in love. I would have bought this print, but it wasn’t quite what I had in mind.

Source: blimpcat on Etsy via Sam on Pinterest

I also loved this image from the Graphics Fairy.

Source: The Graphics Fairy via Sam on Pinterest

Combine the 2 and you have this:

You don’t even want to know how much time I spent in Picasa making this…

The third decision was all about the details. I printed my new artwork on a piece of gray paper from my scrapbook stash. Then I used a piece of aqua paper to make a little heart. I used my handy dandy sewing machine to stitch it up and then bent up the sides.

Finally after a week of being a wishy-washy baby, my wall went from blank:

to this:

I love how it turned out!

Cost

Frame – Savers $3.99

White Mat – WalMart $1something

Krylon Spray Primer in Gray – on hand

FolkArt Paint – WalMart $1something

Gray Paper – on hand

Aqua Paper – Michael’s less than $1

Total ~$7.00

If you want a copy of my print, send me an e-mail (or leave a comment). It’s nothing too special, but I’m willing to share.

Young House Love

house of earnest 

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Above My Skill Level

When I bought my house I knew the RV gate would need to be replaced soon. No sugar coatin’ – the thing was a piece of crap. I’d been planning to replace it for the last few months, but never got around to calling someone for an estimate. Then we got Ringo. And we knew that broken down fence wouldn’t keep our wild animal in.

I forgot to take a proper before picture, but these should give y’all an idea.

One night I’m looking at pictures of new RV gates,

My boyfriend:  “My dad can probably build that. I’ll call him tomorrow and ask.”

Me:  “Say whaaaa?! Just like this? The iron and wood and everything?”

BF: “Yeah, he has a welder.”

And that was that.

On Saturday the boys (my boyfriend, his dad, and his brothers) worked their buns off tearing down the old gate and hanging the new one. And on Sunday my boyfriend and I painted the gate and added the wood slats. Yep, I can only take credit for being an extra pair of hands and helping spray paint the gate and posts. Welding is not one of my skills.

Ready for amazingness?

The Front (and a peeking puppy)

The Back

Who knew you could fall in love with a gate?!

Cost

Material – around $300

(My boyfriend doesn’t track what every little thing costs like I do)

And I definitely owe my boyfriend’s dad dinner!

I can’t forget the most important thing: It keeps my little bear safely in the yard!

Blogger Q+A

Want to know my favorite place to relax? If I sing in the car? Well, I’m telling all today!

The adorable Jodie at jodie noted has invited me to participate in her Blogger Q+A series!

Stop by here to find out my favorite comfort foods, first movie star crush, guilty pleasure CD, and lots more!

And say hi to Jodie while you are there!