It’s been such a big job getting the new house set up. I really started to make progress a couple of weeks ago when I hired a mother’s helper to come for 3 hours once a week. Highly recommended! All work and no play is never recommended, though, so Saturday Axes and I headed to PollenNation. What an amazing event. An entire arena filled with bug centered activities. My favorite was of course the honey tasting. I think Axes liked the butterfly tent best.

John and I also had a lovely dinner out for my birthday at a delightful restaurant called Gamble Mill that everyone had been recommending. Dessert was my new favorite- Rita’s. Pumpkin Pie gelati. Oh Yeah- as my friend Angela said. It was definitely birthday worthy.

Sunday, I amazed myself by completing 3 projects that did not suck. Whenever I make something not terrible, I am reminded of the truly awful birthday invitation I made for my ‘soulmate’ for my birthday party sophomore year of college. Kristin and Lexi, I am sure you also never forget that glitter bomb. I started with the simplest, which was spray painting a frame that didn’t go with our decor.

Before:

After:

I’m glad I did the frame first, because I learned a little bit for my next projec- updating a dresser, which also didn’t match our new bedroom theme. It was also super easy. I just used Rustoleum Primer + Paint. Once I got the hang of spray painting- multiple light coats, maintain a 10 inch distance, frequent shaking, sweeping motion, I think I did okay. I forgot a before, but here is the finished piece.

Finally, I spray painted a plant stand that I wasn’t using and added a tray to make a little side table.

You can’t really see it in the photo, but the stand is glittery! It was a busy weekend, but it definitely had a lot of fun in it!