“Who dies on their birthday? Nobody! People are born on their birthday”

I decided to start off the New Year right and celebrate my birthday with a few skydives! To quote this hilarious video promo for Fat Cat Lager, “who dies on their birthday? Nobody. People are born on their birthday.” Sounds legit to me! Time to jump!

Usually jumping in the middle of winter is pretty brutal, but I lucked out! Weather was great…well great for January. Let’s put it this way I could still feel my hands by the time I landed. Success!

*I'm sorry there is no photo credit, but I can't remember who took these shots*



Out we go!



Is it to late to change my mind?







Happy Birthday to me!

I'm over this winter weather already. Come on summer! What is the craziest thing you’ve done to celebrate your birthday?

Glass Knobs

Last weekend I was picking up a french provincial dresser that I had purchased for restoration, when I came across an amazing looking antique sideboard. 

Of course like everything I buy, it had seen better days (the doors were actually falling off of it). However, I have never fixed up a piece like this and for $30 why not! So instead of going home with one piece I got two!

The handles were completely missing on the sideboard, and I thought glass handles would look amazing on it. I am now officially obsessed with glass handles, particularly Anthropologie’s! So many choices!

Changing the handles is a quick and easy way to completely change the look of a piece. Although, depending on how many handles you are going to need it can get a bit pricey. While I absolutely love Anthropologie’s knobs the prices range from $6-$14 each. Yikes! That can get expensive pretty quick. I might check out Home Depot and see what kind of selection they may have.

Have any good suggestions of places to check out?

DIY Pottery Barn Acorn Vase Fillers

I’m obsessed with Pottery Barn! The majority of my posts so far have been about recreating their decor and designs. I’m like Rachel from Friends when it comes to Pottery Barn, except I can’t afford it! Boo.

I love that apothecary table too!

 

My latest project is to make my own version of Pottery Barn’s acorn vase fillers. Very festive for fall. I like it! However, I’m not going to spend $15.00 for a few acorns when I have a bunch in my backyard for free!

$14.99?! Really?!

So I spent a few minutes collecting acorns and acorn tops from my backyard. I wasn’t sure how much I would need to fill a vase, so I collected an entire boxful. Next I cleaned off the dirt from the acorns and threw away the ones that were cracked or had holes in them. 

 

I baked the acorns for two to three hours at 250 degrees to kill anything and everything (weevils!) that might still be in living in the acorns. Not interested in any pets thank you. Every hour or so flip the acorns over so they don’t burn. 

Yummy!

 

The next night I flipped on the TV and went to work hot gluing my acorn tops back onto the acorns. This was time consuming, but watching White Collar hottie Matt Bomer run around chasing art thieves made time fly.

 

Next I sprayed both sides of the acorns with Krylon Satin Finish spray. This took away the dullness, and gives the acorns a shiny look.

It took a lot of acorns to fill my vase, so I put a empty toilet paper roll in the middle of the vase to help fill some space and placed the acorns around it.

Ready for fall!