Woodland Craft Room Progress

after living here for over a year i've FINALLY started working on my craft room. it still doesn't feel finished but here are some pictures from what i've been working on so far. starting with the embarassing before pictures.

so this room is called the third bedroom but it's really a room you pass through to get to our bedroom. it had turned into kind of a catch all junk pile room, and i hated looking at it every day.





see? awful!

i got an expidit shelf and a cheap rug from ikea as a place holder until i find a rug i LOVE.

the shelves are so hard to organize! i haven't gotten it just right yet.



currently obsessed with framing old children's books for art.

a rail to keep stuff close at hand.

map to show where we've been. all together it doesn't look like we've been very far. hopefully we can remedy that later this year.

phyllis needs a special spot of course.


i bought this adorable 1950's game in knoxville. i think i'm going to hang it up in my room. woodland theme of course.

Terrariums

terrariums are all the rage now so i decided to try my hand at making some. we looked for jars at the flea market. i learned making these that containers with a wider mouth are much easier to use. cuz once you shove all the moss inside it's really dirty, then it is a pain to clean the jar.



little plants have sprouted up in this one. very cute.

A Collection

here are some of the new additions to my "vintage pictures of dogs" collection. i need some more shadowboxes so i can hang them up.



boxer puppy!

i liked his mad face

hunting dogs.

Ode to Istanbul

i'm going to do a little series about my favorite places in nashville. istanbul is a non de-script restaurant that is really close to our house off of nolensville road. dana introduced us to the wonder of their falafel and fries. incredible. best fries in nashville. travis brought home take out from their all the time. so the other day he made me go with him.




travis got a falafel plate. oh man, i've never had better. it's always crispy and perfect.

we ordered so much food! platters and soup AND fries. he wouldn't let me get baklava.

my sandwich. mmmmmmm i want another one right now.

lovin his soup.

my lilac bush! the blooms are already gone. it got messed up in the storms recently so hopefully it will come back stronger next year.


my pretty pink dogwood is blooming too. i'm so glad the lady who lived here before us planted so much pretty stuff.

First visit to Radnor Lake

i took phyllis to this beautiful park near us that we hadn't been to before. it has a great paved walkway around a lake.

phyllis has been doing really well with walks. i like to think it's a combination of the weather warming up, the supplements and good food she's been getting since we got her from the pound, and us starting out with short walks and making them a little bit longer.
i'm also really excited that i FINALLY found a harness where it doesn't matter that she is missing a leg. with the other two she had it was always slipping off and even though she probably couldn't have wiggled out of it i'm really paranoid since the accident and this one makes me feel a lot less crazy. and it's martha stewart pet, my favorite.


it was so beautiful. and a really nice day.

i carried her a backpack when she got tired. she seems to really love it.

she didn't seem that impressed with the views though.

we probably only walked half a mile but it really wore her out. i want to back with travis soon and do the whole trail.

when i got home she passed out and we lazed around on the couch watching "long way round" all night. we were totally obsessed with that show! ewan mcgreggor traveling around the world on a motorcycle? yes please!

Raspberry Coffee Cake from Heaven

my buddy Rhiannon posted this recipe on her blog. i have made it, not once, but FOUR times and it is freaking amazing. and it's so easy and takes almost NO time to put together. make it. seriously.


1/4 stick unsalted butter, softened
4 oz. cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups frozen raspberries (helps keep their shape when mixing into thick batter)
2 tablespoons sugar for topping

Beat butter and cream cheese with electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating well. Add egg; beat well.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture. Stir in vanilla; fold in frozen berries.

Pour batter into greased 9-inch round cake pan. Spinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over batter.

Bake at 350 for just under an hour; cool on wire rack. Serve with coffee; die from the deliciousness.


rhiannon said she dumps in the whole bag of raspberries. i second that motion.

here is a tip if you are using a handmade clay dish you should preheat it in the oven or it will take FOREVER to cook.


seriously, it is AMAZING. we usually eat it all at once because we can't stop until its all gone. mmmm, i want some now.

Flea Market Finds

Of course i have to show you what we got at the flea market. I was excited about finally setting up my craft room and i was thinking it would finally have a spot with good light to photograph stuff like this. but no, still not very much natural light coming in. i guess i just have to accept that my dining room table is the only decently lighted place in the house. so here are some weirdly lit pictures:


we found another butter dish we liked. if the cats break this one i give up.
vintage knobs for our kitchen cabinets! i was really excited to find these, and for 3 bucks each! i was thinking about getting some reproduction ones that were going to cost more. now all our knobs match! we also finally found some matching little crystals to hang on the light in our dining room. there was an annoying gap.



i have a cute vintage thread holder so was on the lookout for wooden spools. the first place i found them was selling them for a buck each, so i only got three, but then in the horse barn i got a whole box full for 2 bucks! yay!




no i have too many. i'll find something to do with them though.
the rabbit and deer are from another day, but i was really excited to find that dog. it is exactly like one my parents have that is from my great grandpa's house. i love it.



this is from another day too. but i love him and had to show him. i got him at the goodwill outlet. 23 cents!

creeper.

that vintage photo was so silly i had to buy it. same with that trading card.

cute vintage books for 50 cents a piece. i had to get socks because he looks just like murray!

loved this page. did you know zoo vets hide medicine for bears in ice cream cones? haha.

scampi jumped up on my chair and stared at phyllis every single time i got up.
my friend brittany brought me the front unicorn from her trip to arizona. the one in the back i bought at a yard sale when i was 10 years old. i was SO excited when she presented the new one too me. even though it's horn seems weird to me after all these years with one with a broken horn.