a work of mart

marty mcomber formerly known as orphan ace

for anyone who happens to read this and not my facebook, i have the best news in the whole world ever. JAMES AND I GOT A DOG!!!!!!!!! yes, this is a real miracle because as some of you know, james never wanted a dog. but after we went to the shelter to meet some pups and giving it some thought about how happy it would make me, he agreed. (isn't he the BEST?) anyway, our sweet doggie is called Marty (named after one of james' heros, martin scorsese -- i agreed to let james name him if we got one) and he's the bomb. some deets:

-he didn't bark at all when we went to go look at the shelter dogs, while all the other dogs were barking their heads off as if to say "pick me"! (the meek will inherit parents...)
-he still doesn't bark very much at all, except when he hears someone who might be a bad guy (mailman?) and he wants to protect us, cause that's just what chihuahua's do.
-like i said, he's a chihuahua and although i never particularly cared for his breed, he is SO much cuter than any other chi i've seen and much calmer and well behaved
-hes 1.5 years old, or (FUN FACT!) about 23 in human years. peers.
-all he wants to do is cuddle. no joke. he especially loves to be spooned.

so that's a little about our baby whom we love dearly. and overabundance of pictures (doggie pajamas, anyone?) and posts to ensue. for now, here's the one pic i have uploaded. aint he the cutest?

pumpkin berry

one of my items in my etsy store was featured! (top right) how fun.
funny enough it's the only thing i have listed right now. more coming soon :)

angel

this dog is cracking me up. he's bipolar!

sometimes he looks like this:

and sometimes like this:

go adopt him at http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/17782902 so we can keep him smiling.

house love

This weekend I...

took the doors off of our kitchen shelves for open shelving (with a little help from James!)

framed an [ugly] painting I made (at least it adds color?)

replaced the light cover with a mason jar

...fun right?

rearranged our bedroom

And made and added a headboard to our bed.

I love having a home that I can decorate all day long should my heart desire. :)

If anyone's interested in how I made the headboard, I bought a HUGE piece of foam (4 x 8) and cut it down to 61 x 30 inches, then covered it with fabric that I stapled on. (The staple gun is my new favorite toy.) Unfortunately, the fabric I chose and waited in line for 30 minutes to get cut was too little (there was only a yard left on the roll!) and I had to cut it 2 ways for it to barely fit. The unfortunate part is that I didn't have enough fabric to pull it and staple it behind the foam board... I had to do the staples along the edges of the front. Oh well, I still plan to put nailheads around the edges, perhaps right in between the staples. Still turned out alright for my first try and it only cost me $12 total!

Next up... DIY curtains and a mostly finished living room thanks to our new chair that should be arriving in a few days!

Sep 4, 2010

Some of my favorite wedding pics, vintagified.