Back on the bandwagon- part 2

Hop over to http://littleredsreflection.blogspot.com/ for my New Years resolution!!!!!

Which includes blogging again! I feel so revitalized now that the holidays are over! Maybe I can be a functioning part of society again?

Did you know....

Did you know that I got to go to.......

Paris

London

and Oxford.

It was a lovely trip. Full of life. Energy, and beautiful memories.

Announcement !!!!!

While I have slightly jumped off the blogging bandwagon the past few months. I have actually been mulling over the idea of creating a new blog. Now that it is set up I would officially like to invite you to preview ...... drum roll please. http://www.littleredsreflection.blogspot.com/

Check it out!

p.s. Its finally sunny in Utah! I am officially getting a suntan line from my seatbelt! I can't believe that it was snowing a week ago- it feels like it turned into summer over night!

favorite of the week= Moms.

What a beautiful day. We got to drive with the top down on my new car. We got to spend the entire day with our moms. Whom we love very much! Thank goodness for loving tender moms! And we got to spend the day together, could today have been any more perfect?

My family

For starters, can I just say that I love my dad?

I have not been with my entire family for over three years! It was so great to see everyone again! But I missed the family that couldn't make it!
I heard the my nieces L& G wanted to see my latest hair color- its pretty much back to normal. Just a little more red then brown! Since I was going to arizona where I saw LOADS of family, I wanted to look a bit more like myself so I changed from the blond. I also couldn't help to remember that my grandma never like my hair blond and so I felt it fitting to go back to normal when I was going to pay my respects to her.

The kitchen saga.

This is what our kitchen looked like when we moved in!

Our Kitchen has had a major overhaul in the 2 1/2 short years that we have lived here. But in our home, the kitchen is defiantly the heart of the home so I have always wanted it to be perfect. Here is our kitchens little saga..... so far! ( Will I ever be done?)

#1: This is our kitchen with the original tile work that my Dad helped us put in back in 2007.

#2: In 2009, I painted the walls tan, blue, gray, blue/gray and then a creamy brown color! It was a very colorful year!

The blue was so awful, I never took the plastic down, I just painted it again!

#3: I found some beautiful tile at home depot and decided it was time to GLAM up the existing tile job. As you can see from the pictures below, the tile is a mix of sea blue, gray and copper glass pieces, and a very white natural stone. After putting it up on the wall, the white pieces were WAY to light!

4: To fix the problem I got our my trusty Walnut Ink Crystals, which you mix with water and use to antique things. In the past I have used it when scrap booking, and canvas painting, and it worked really well. So I decided to give it a try on the tile. It worked like a charm!

Here is a sample of the white tile.

This is what it looked like after I antiqued it! not to shabby huh?

5: And the finished product, which I LOVE......

Doesn't it look fantastic? I am very happy with the finished product! I am feeling very proud of my little project. I am feeling lucky to have a very talented and crafty father to help me with these projects. As well as a very understanding husband who lets me take my creativity out on the house whenever I get the urge.

6: The only thing left in the kitchen to do is our flooring. We go back and forth between wanting to lay tile down, or wood flooring down. We wont have to decide for a while since the next 6 months or so will be dedicated to yard work.

7: Keep tuned for the stories of weed picking, rock laying, seed growing, sun burns and sore muscles that are sure to come!

A prickly pear- the desert flair.