Lucky Kitty

Dainty, delicate, and breakable.

Dainty, delicate, and breakable - this is the theme to my office decor.  You see, I live with a husband, 4 pesky destructive felines, and one crazy pants toddler man, so, dainty, delicate, and breakable are three things that I am not allowed to have at home.  It's a recipe for disaster and disappointment.

Now that I have my own office, however, I have decided that I can fill it full of things that would most definitely get destroyed in my house! 

 I've also decided upon white as my main color in my decorating palette - yes, white, because there's nobody here at work that's going to throw a sippy cup full of milk at me or throw up cat food on anything... at least I hope not.

It all started with two delicate vases from my favorite Swedish modular furniture store...

 
Ooooo!  Look how big they are! Look how thin that glass is!  So delicate...

Then, I wanted to have a deer head mount - thought it would help me bond with my Work Daddies...

 
Not what you were thinking?  This super sweet little fawn is made out of something so amazingly breakable it was shipped in a crazy container surrounded by a foam mold of itself...

I've always wanted a set of these tiny dainty Ashley G porcelain mini's...

 
So small!  So cute!  Made of porcelain... fits all three criteria for being in my office!

I happened upon this beauty at Room Service one day...

 
Unicorn bookend?!? Yes, please!!! So fragile...

It dawned on me over the holidays that I didn't have anything green or alive in here, so, had to get some cute planters and a plant or two...

 
Thanks once again to my favorite Swedish modular furniture store for the awesome $1.99 white planters... woot! 

But the real gem here is my amazing mini terrarium...

 
Behold!!! This is quite possibly the most dainty, delicate and breakable thing I have EVER owned.  Ever.  In my whole life.  Seriously.  Okay, maybe my newborn baby might have been a smidge more fragile...

Where did I get such a dainty, delicate and breakable object?  Check out Sea & Asters over on Etsy... 

Off to see if I can find an occassional chair made from a single mold of one continuous piece of glass...

xoxo

... six months later...

Yep, it's true - it has almost been six months to the day since I left my poor little blog for dead. Didn't even come back to check on it, didn't leave an extra bowl of water out - none of it.

I did keep my sad lonely little blog in my thoughts - always hoping that I would return to it someday. 

You see, not to make excuses, but things got crazy. 

I became a mommy.  Not just a mommy, but a mommy with a full time job.  Not just a mommy with a full time job, but a mommy with a full time job and a full time student husband. 

I moved all of my sewing and crafting supplies out to the garage to make room for the high chair in my kitchen.  Now, whenever I want to make something, I have to sneak stuff in the house and make out with it while no one is looking... I'm like the bad babysitter keeping my boyfriend in the shower until the parents leave...

I got a new job - which is amazing - not only because it's the type of job that will grow with me and that I can depend on, but I'm pretty sure nobody wants to fire me because I have to pick my kid up from school... so, that's an improvement...

Needless to say, all of this has quickly and effeciently made sure that I don't have much free time for making stuff, and since my blog is about stuff that I make... well, you know the rest.

So, this afternoon, after lunch I was hanging some pictures up in my new office and it dawned on me that I had created something crafty, fun, and super easy to do... oh, and cheap too!

It's so good - I had to share it with you guys... which I think means that I just might be blogging again...

Alright - to my project... it all started with some cheap Ikea frames - $2.99 a piece to be exact.  I think they're called The Ribba...

Next, I went over to the Snapfish, picked out some pics, made them all Sepia tone, and ordered them for a mere $ .79 a piece.

Finally, I wanted to have more than family photos on my wall - I wanted to have some color and texture too.

I've always dreamed of having awesome vintage wallpaper on a wall, but have always been too scared (or lazy) to ever attempt it. Not to mention, rolls of awesome vintage wallpaper come with equally awesome price tags... but samples of rolls of awesome vintage wallpaper are super dupes cheap - $1.00 for an 8x10 sample to be exact.

Go check out Bradbury & Bradbury to get your wallpaper lovin on!

...and voila!  I present to you a totally awesome homage to my family (and awesome vintage wallpaper) for my office wall for only $34.65 total!

Next project? Making this side of my new office look more like an actual human inhabits it... Stay tuned (I promise I'll be back before it's been six more months)

 
 

This just never gets old...

Happy Labor Day Everybody!!!

It's my third official "Paid Holiday" and I'm so in love with that!

No more of this on Holidays for me...


Thanks Corporate America, I owe you one!

Yes, those TPS Reports will be done first thing Tuesday... promise...

Working at work?

Hello Dear Readers!

It's been a while, I know... but I've actually been given work to do at work lately... I know... crazy...

I'll be back in touch soon, but for now, here's a little something for you...



Of course I couldn't find the actual scene from the movie, but these guys get the job done...

xoxo, N-