November 13, 2011

Dare to DIY- Apron

November 13, 2011/ Michelle Scheibe

The lovely Kim over at NewlyWoodwards is hosting a Dare to DIY Blog Party.

Being the party animal that I am, I decided to join in. (Cue laughter. That was a joke. I’m a hermit.)

This week’s challenge was “Dare to Be Thankful.” A challenge to make your own DIY Thanksgiving Project to share what you are thankful for.

I am thankful for…time in the kitchen with family.

One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving is bonding with family in the kitchen either preparing the meal…or watching others prepare it. I also love the warmth of the oven and those wonderful smells. Is it Thanksgiving yet?

I am, however, one messy lady in the kitchen so I decided to try my hand at sewing an apron to assist me in holiday food preparation. Or washing dishes. That’s usually my job. Who couldn’t use a cute dish washing apron?

I used this tutorial from Stitches in Play. The tutorial was very easy to follow. I finished the apron in 1 1/2 hours. I think I could make the next one in an hour because I will magically learn to cut straight by then. I’m a bad blogger and I don’t know the name of the fabrics I used. I purchased them both at Joann's.

I hope you appreciate the fact that I put jeans and a sweater on to model this apron. I failed to wash my hair and put on make-up though. Sorry. It’s Sunday. This is the only head shot you get.

What are you thankful for? Are you an apron fan? Who are my fellow dishwashers?

Head on over to NewlyWoodwards and check out all of the other DIY projects!

November 11, 2011

South Dakota Lovin’

November 11, 2011/ Michelle Scheibe

A few weeks ago while I was bargain hunting in Naperville, Nate was pheasant hunting in South Dakota. Both of Nate’s parents are originally from South Dakota. The boys make an annual trip there to go hunting.

Nate left the pheasants in South Dakota but brought back some lovely photos…

I want to kiss that fuzzy head. Oh gosh.

These photos make me want a farm. Ike and I will have cows, lambs, and elephants. Nate is not on board with any of the above.

I guess I will settle for my farm house table. Oh yes, it is being built…

November 10, 2011

House Building Progress

November 10, 2011/ Michelle Scheibe

Where did October go? I forgot to show you our house building progress from 3 years ago.

Here’s what happened..circa 2008…

We installed the floor of the deck. We used the Ultra Deck system. We have been very happy with this decking system. The only maintenance needed is a good power washing once a year.

The walls got paint and trim! (Please see our House Tour page for paint colors!) This was such an exciting time. The house came to life.

We enlisted the help of some family and got to work. We think it took about 2 full week-ends to finish all of the painting. We don’t remember for sure though. We try to block out this part of our lives.

I’m not sure why we didn’t keep the tub in the middle of the bedroom floor.

We also had to rig up some fancy contraptions to paint the high areas of the house…

Please excuse my husband’s rear. This stair assistant still freaks me out. It lives in our basement and haunts me.

Cabinets were installed in the office at the end of the month..

As were the kitchen pendant lights. That will soon be replaced…

We also had tile installed. We didn’t do the tile ourselves. It is the one DIY project that we could have tackled but we were running short on time. It was either spend the next 4 week-ends tiling or have the flooring company do it in 2 days. We went with 2 days. We do not regret this decision.