New Project

Happy Weekend Friends!

Eric and I have been working diligently on the house the last few weeks to get our "green" room ready for some big updates.  The "green" room will no long have that title after this weekend as we are taking up our hunter green carpet and getting new floors installed in our family room!

While I wait until that big project is done to post pictures, I wanted to post a few pics of a project I recently took on....art.

Here was my inspiration...Restoration (surprise!).  Can you believe these sell for $200 EACH picture??

Restoration Hardware

I loved the look but not the price.  Plus I had seen a similar project on another blog a few months back and had loved the idea of trying this at home.  Note:  I'm not the most artistic person, but this craft was so easy that anyone can do it!

Here is my finished project...

What enjoyed about this project is that it gives me the same type of look I liked in my inspiration picture, but at a fraction of the cost.

Here is what I did:

I first went to amazon.com and bought this book, Wild Flowers of America, for $3.42.  It has over 400 color prints included so I had a lot of options to choose from.

After I picked 7 prints, I cut them out and put them in cheap black frames from Hobby Lobby.  The frames plus mats were about $7 each.

So all in all I spent around $55 for 7 pieces of art...not bad, right?

I'm planning on putting them up in the kitchen to give that room some more color.  I love trying new things and creating things on my own, so this project was a success in my book.

Until next project...

GIVEAWAY: Red Letter Words

Hi Friends,

I'm really excited about a special giveaway this week, and I think you will be too!  The giveaway comes from Red Letter Words and the winner picks any 12x12 piece (valued at $55) of art from their website!!

When I came across Red Letter Words, I was so excited to use these pieces in my own house.  I am thankful that Red Letter Words is kind enough to partner with me, so I can share this wonderful art with you all!

Dee started Red Letter Words with the purpose of creating meaningful, personal, and beautiful faith-inspired art for the home.  She chooses inspirational words and phrases to encourage.  Red Letter Words uses clean, bold, vintage-modern typeface on a distressed background....and let me tell you, it's beautiful!

This piece below is my favorite:

These pieces are great for birthday gifts, wedding gifts, house-warming gifts, etc.  They also create custom prints if you want a more specialized piece!

You can see there products on their website or visit them on Etsy as well...go check it out!

Here is a fun Chicago-themed piece....

Don't you love it?!  I thought you would.


Here are the details on how to enter yourself in the giveaway:

1. Become a follower of my blog.  If you have already, I love you & this step is already covered. 

2. Go to Red Letter Word's website and comment (on my blog) on your favorite product.  That's easy.


3. Tweet or Facebook about the giveaway.  Spread the love, folks.  Spread the love.


4. Mention the giveaway on your blog.


Just make sure to leave a comment on this post for each of the entries you do because I'll be randomly selecting a winner from the list!

Giveaway closes one week from today at 6pm.  Thanks again for stopping by, I am SO glad you're here! 

Courtney