moose in rock creek

Last friday DH went to the city to get our new bunk beds (post coming soon) So I decided to take my mother and the boys to the mountains for a ride. I love the mountains they are just so peaceful. I was so excited to see this little guy. I have never seen a moose in real life. I am so glad it was one of those rare occasions when I have my camera.

This is the rock creek river. I am not sure if that is what it is called but that is what I am calling it.


At the yellowpine camp ground there is a little trail that takes you past little streams and it leads to some stairs. You can see them in the back ground in this picture. The stairs go up for a little bit and them it comes to a trail and the trail takes you to the upper still water dam. Well we walked up to the top of the stairs and we were standing there letting the boys play. Then max starts to growl and takes off running. Mom says "time to go" I agreed but the boys being boys wanted to see what he was growling at. Then I see a deer run off. Which is really relieving, I thought that maybe it was a bear or something that we didn't want to see.

summer haircuts finished projects and more!!

It was time to get a haircut they were getting so shaggy.
Ok so this isn't a finished project but I had to post about it. This is my first time buying flowers I can't wait to plant them. I will post pictures when I plant them.
So I needed a box to cover my tissues so I covered this box with coffee stained fabric. Unfortunately the tissue box wouldn't fit in so I had to take them out of the original box and put them in this box. Sorry there is no before and after pics:(
This is a cute little tea pot I found at The thrift store while I was on a girls weekend.
I made a secret box from a book. I guess it isn't secret any more if I just told yall about it lol. But I had some old books that I got from the High School my mom works at. They were just going to throw them away so a got a few. Which reminds me I made a book lantern but I forgot to take pictures of it so it will have to be another post.
Here is the book in it's spot.

This I also got at the TS on our girls weekend.
I love this cake dome I was looking particularly for one of these on our girls weekend and there is a plate that goes with it but it won't fit on the shelf:( but it is okay. The box also came from TS.
This book shelf is my favorite.( yes it too came from the TS on my girls weekend). I (well mostly DH) will be turning this into a pie safe I want to paint it pistachio green. Won't it be so cute.

This cute little shelf my sister in law gave it to me for my birthday and i painted it and primed it up. The little sign on the top is not finished it says welcome but I want it to say primitives or something like that. The pictures are my grandparents on the top and DH grandparents on bottom. Oh and also i haven't put knobs on the doors yet.

This is my toaster cover. I love it I think it is so cute. Hopefully we never have to get a bigger toaster:)
I made this doll I have always wanted a doll so I made one. I have made one before but it didn't turn out the way I wanted.
I started this about a year ago and I have just barely gotten to it again. It turned out a little darker than i wanted but hey at least it is finished right?
I found this and TS but it had hearts and sheep and geese on it. It wasn't my cup of tea so I sanded them off and stained it. I am not sure I like it maybe some day I will change it I don't know.
So there is a story behind this one. I found one like this at the TS on our girls weekend. My mother in law saw it and she fell in love. She told me that we would have to get the pattern so she could make herself one. So that gave me an idea. The next week was mothers day and So i set out to make one. Well I am not a carpenter so my first attempt failed (but i was using recycled wood from an old desk and the wood just split) So i had to go buy wood. And recut everything. But this is pretty much my first wood nail project so I have to admit I did pretty good but I couldn't give it away for a gift because it is not very straight and the edges don't meet together very well. So I gave her the one I bought she loved it.

Wow that is a long winded post. Hopefully next time won't be so long between posts.

Love you all Have a great day.