Cute Leather Bows!

After binding a bunch of books we end up with a lot of scrap leather, because I don't like great material to go to waste, I made these cute leather bows!  To make them unique I used Joe's leather stamping tools to add cute patterns to the leather. 

What do you think?

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Vampire Kitty!

I know cats are nocturnal animals, but I have always thought my cats, especially River are different.  River is special; he lovingly bites me, hides in the shadows, prowls at night, and although I haven't seen him change into a bat personally, I believe on the night of the full moon, he changes into a bat and flies around our apartment in search of his prey! 

In the wee hours of the morning I found proof of my suspicion, that River is a vampire kitty!

See the tooth!

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Checking Them Twice. . .

A good motivator for me is to write lists or just brainstorm in general.  I have a love hate relationship with writing lists; I write them all the time, use them to get my thoughts in order, and then I misplace them and don't really use them.  Right now I'm making my lists and checking them twice! 

     

What motivates you?

Out with the old, in with the new!

My whole life I've decorated my home in the same color, red.  My kitchen was themed in apples and the rest of my home was themed in old American flags.  Moving to Texas, Joseph and I literally got rid of everything; what we didn't sell we gave away, and that included all of the decorations I've been hauling around from house to house, to apartment to apartment, to storage shed to storage shed.  I think I'm ready for a change!

Having the opportunity start over again I thought I'd completely change the colors I decorate with.  Funny thing; seeing how I've decorated my house and kitchen over the years one might think my favorite color is red, when in fact my favorite color is purple.  I love dark earth tones, nothing pastel, and nothing too bright.  I'm thinking of decorating in dark teal, eggplant or dark purple, and gold or a light brown hue. 

Here are the color samples I picked out. 

Thank goodness for the internet!  I Googled "Teal Kitchens", "Eggplant Kitchens", and "Colorful Kitchens" and found these pictures to help guide me in the right direction.

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I love the dark teal on the lower cabinets and I love the vintage gold lights hanging from the ceiling in this picture.

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I love the dark purple on the lower cabinets in this picture!  

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I love the how the gold contrasts with the teal tiles in this picture.  Of course I'd choose a darker color of teal if this were my kitchen.

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I love this shade of yellow, add in some purple and teal, this kitchen would be perfect for me!

It's fun to throw around ideas and see how other people decorate with the colors I love!

Do you have a color theme for your home?

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2013 Independence Day

This was our first holiday together in Texas! 

We drove around town to find a good firework show and we stumbled upon a great show in Allen!  

 We miss our family and friends back in Utah but our first 4th of July in Texas was fantastic!

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