Card Box Reveal

So I realize I've dropped the ball on post-wedding stuff (sorry, Susan!!) and part of the reason for that was because I was waiting for our pictures to get to us, but there weren't pictures of my diys at the wedding, so I'll just show you the ones that I had taken before the wedding.

 

Three months ago I shared with you the card box inspiration I had been eyeing.  I mentioned that I had come across a grey AND yellow suitcase at Value Village for $3.99.  What are the chances!?  There was a bigger size that I was going to get, but I'm glad that Darryl put his two cents in...the bigger one would have been too much.

 



 

The inside had a nice sunny yellow...fun!

 

 

I painted some wooden letters to spell "cards" in white

 

Then cut some burlap triangles and hung them on a scrap piece of fabric I had.

 

 

 

Then I decorated the interior with my left-over brooches and some doilies, just cause they're cute and tied in with my brooch bouquet.

 

 

The grey ribbon was an extra from our invitations

So many pretty brooches, but I had just run out of room in my bouquet...and I knew I wanted to decorate the card box with some too, so it all worked out well in the end. 

 

I kept the doilies in place with pins, with little yellow tips

And we topped it off with Darryl's favourite picture of us, from the early years of our relationship, camping with our first joint purchase (a $4 one-man tent from a garage sale, we paid two dollars each.  It was a big moment for us lol)

So while I didn't catch any pictures of it all set up for the wedding, a few days later we snuggled in to open and read our cards.  It was fun, we tried to guess who each card was from(based on the writing on the envelop, the style of the card and it's placement in the pile of other cards lol) before looking inside.  It was a fun way to draw the process out and make it last a little longer. 

 

So there you go!  That's how our card box turned out - sorry it took so long to post!

Mason Jars

Hello!  Hope the weekend was good to you...we went camping and had lovely weather, got to some bike riding and trail walking as well.  Lovely! 

Last week (before my VV trip) we went Garage Saling (how do you spell that!?).  It's something we both highly enjoy, which is nice.  We just drive aimlessly on a Saturday morning and are sure to come by a good number of sales.  Darryl bought a couple of old chainsaws which he assures me are "works of art" and I picked up a box of old mason jars from the 30s from a lovely old man for $2.  We may use them for holding candles for the wedding, but there's also tons of other ideas out there so we're not sure yet...

Here's some inspiration shots I've come across.  We could do something simple like this...

I like the idea of some family members wedding pictures in them too (found here...)

Or maybe we could use them for table numbers like these...

Or maybe one flower floating in it?  (found on pinterest, but can't find the source)...

We have various sizes, so maybe something more like this...

Some of the jars date back to the 30s, Darryl came across a lid that said 1910.   We love old things so this was a cool find for us. 


The trouble is when you start to come across too many ideas that you like and can no longer narrow them down.  That's where I'm at not.  I have to stop searching pinterest!

Any other ideas or fun things you've come across lately on how to use mason jars as centerpieces??

Can You Even Stand It?

Haha cheesy title.  Couldn't help it.  On my weekend trip to VV I first saw a great 6 foot dresser that I thought about converting to a buffet - it had 9 fabulous drawers to make up for the lack of storage we have in this house, it had great little legs and some interesting detail...it also had a great bow in its center which caused the center drawers to jam.

I walked away from it and went down another aisle and passed by 2 matching nightstands.  We have gone 2.7 years without nightstands by our bed which is highly inconvenient.  Then I noticed that they were the matching set to the buffet I had turned down.  At $8 a piece I decided to call Darryl and have him come down and see if he liked them too.  While I was waiting for him I had to ward off a drooling mother-daughter team that were eyeing the big buffet and then came by and saw the matching tables I was trying to hide (I had it pulled to the side with my purse on top, clearly claiming them and they still went in for the grabskie!)  I kindly explained I was just waiting for my bf to help me take them home and they begrudgingly walked away.  Phew. 

So, with that...here they are...

Yes, that is the leg of a stuffed bear in our bed

We have touched absolutely not even one square inch of this room since we moved in. Like not even painted it yet. Actually that's not entirely true, last week we did a minor tweek that had major practical payoff that I have to put up here too once I get some pictures.

And yes, that is a club of some sort behind the pillow on Darryl's side of the bed to ward off any potential crazies.  You've got one too...right?

The plan is obviously to paint them, but as of right now we have no idea where we want to go with our bedroom so I don't imagine I'll be getting to them anytime soon.  I'd love to give them a pop of colour instead of playing it safe with just white or something.  Maybe add some pattern with wallpaper over the face of the drawers - the possibilities are endless!  But I love that they have 2 great drawers to fill with the random junk that makes it's way into our bedroom, and I love their pretty little legs.  We may even keep the hardware, I've never seen something like them before so we'll see (maybe give them a coat of paint to bring them up to date).  For now I'm just enjoying not having to reach down to the floor to turn my alarm off every morning.

Nice legs!

Are your nightstands something that you transformed or were they bought new?  Any ideas/thoughts on how to refinish them?  What colours are you loving for master bedrooms lately?

Value Village Finds

After a hair appointment on Saturday I couldn't help but pop into Value Village on my way home.  I was in search of some centerpiece inspiration, but ended up coming home with something completely different.  I'm sure you've all seen pictures similar to this one floating around pinterest and I really love the idea.  We have a couple old suitcases here that I thought would work perfectly (passed down from family members which makes it more meaningful).

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But then at VV I saw this cute little guy which just happened to be in our exact colour scheme for 4$ so I decided to pick it up and see how it would look with the suitcases we already have here - I like the idea of stacking a few on top of each other.

What are the chances??

We picked up something else at VV that I'll share this week too.  Something we have been needing and putting off for a while now...Also, I'll let you know what I was so looking forward to on Sunday once I get some pictures up.

What did you get up to this weekend - any thrifting like us?