Outside My Window

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! Things have been busy

with my ballet coming up soon and with my brothers

starting baseball.

I'm starting a new theme called Outside My Window.

Every other week, I'll (try) to post pictures of what's

happening outside my window. Here's the first one!

It was raining yesterday, and after it stopped,

I took some pictures of my plants with water droplets on them.

This first one is a lilly-of-the-valley.

I was playing around with the camera,

and took this shot of a drop of water on the tip of an iris plant.

I was surprised the the picture came out as nicely as it did!

This last on is my favorite. After I figured out how to take close ups,

I knew that I had to get one of the lilly-of-the-valleys

After many tries, and lots of deleting, I finally got a very nice picture.

That's all for now. I'll try and post sooner next time!

Chalkboard Crate

Yesterday I made a chalkboard crate.

First, I took a clementine crate

then I painted it with chalkboard paint.

The chalkboard paint is fun to use, although it takes a while

to dry. First, I painted one layer, then I let it dry for an hour,

then I painted another layer, let it dry for another hour,

then I finally painted it one last time and let it dry overnight.

Next, I covered the bottom with paper because of the holes in the wood.

The crate will be used in my mom's office for her papers, but it

turned out so nice, I might have to make one for myself!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy New Year!!

May God bless you all in this upcoming year!

Dollhouse Bookcase

Books.

Creating something new.

Two of my favorite things.(Along with many others!)

I've had a dollhouse for a while, but never really played

with it. We were going to get rid of it unless we

could find a use for it. So I painted it up, filled it with books,

and it became a dollhouse bookcase.

Here are some of the books that I've put inside.

A much-loved copy of Heidi.

Eight Cousins and some Nancy Drews.

Ballet Shoes, Pippi Longstocking, Strawberry Girl

and A Little Princess

And finally, the Little House series.

I really like the way it turned out and I'm glad to have

somewhere to store my books.

Happy reading!!