no really, what am I doing?

I don't sew.I wish I did....I just don't have the patience to follow those instruction thingies (patterns?)I have sewn a straight line....and.....that's about it.But seeing as though I still can't afford an adorable new Easter dress, and I want something new....what are my options?This pattern has been all over the www these last few weeks--it's haunting me!! Every where I go I see someone else

outside in

It's cold. and its windy. and its trying to snow.

It just makes me mad.
So today, we brought a little outdoors, indoors.
I have been wanting to make some little terrariums for a while now, and just never got around to it. Today's forecast of snow was just what I needed.
What you will need:

containers: they sell beautiful containers specifically for terrariums, but I am a lover of glassware

How to Build a Farmhouse Table

(the anti-climactic big reveal)So I had hoped to have a grand ribbon cutting for the big reveal of the table....complete with chairs around the table filled with happy guests, new (old) furniture in the room, our bookcases painted, art and photographs neatly hung on the wall......but come to find out, all that takes more than a few weeks! I'll keep you posted as we add to the room.....so for now,

progress....

The couch and chair are GONE! I now have money to play with. $800 (and considering we bought them for $1200 5 long years ago.....not too shabby)Moving on with our plan.My taste in tables was much too expensive for our budget....so that's when we improvise. So we headed out to look at wood (I love the smell of wood)I braved death by riding in the back, holding on to our precious sweet smelling

Projecting....

is that a word??That is what I'm doing.When we bought the little red house, we had only planned on being here 2-3 years MAX. Next month will be three years, (how!?) and it doesn't look like we'll be going anywhere too soon.....So here's the plan. My kitchen/"dining room" is probably smaller than your closet.....I don't know how they did it back in 1948! It is impossible for our little family to