Our first Glamping Trip!

I never thought of myself as the glamping type and I still don't but there is pink, lace and turquoise so yes it's now Glamping!

Here are some pictures of the motorhome after the paint job and during our glamping trip! Right after I installed the doors and hardware. Relax? Don't mind if I do now!

Pardon the mess :-) organization and decoration are last on my list!!

Happy Labor Day weekend!!

Bridal Shower DIY Gift

I thoroughly enjoy making handmade gifts for special occasions such as baby showers, bridal showers, and holidays. Our friends are getting married in October of this year and the bride's bridal shower is this weekend. So project diy began.

My original thought was to make a crate on wheels that could act as a floor storage for blankets or pillows or magazines, whatever. I had the idea to use some of my recycled pallets to create a rustic look of sort. I looked up online what the best way was to disassemble a pallet. Looked easy and so my first attempt ensued. Well it didn't take my look to realize this was not as easy as it looked. I could barely get the crowbar between the pieces and when I did the wood started to split. So out the window went this idea.

I still wanted a crate of sort so I went to Lowe's bought some wood and built my own box. I used their directions for the decorative herb box, you can find it here.

It was easy and fun to make. Extremely rewarding to see the finished product!

After the box I needed to add the applique to my blanket. Our friend loves his name and we usually only call him by his last name. I love making little lap blankets. I love personalizing them also. I am starting to get way better at them too so that is always rewarding.

To add a little fun to the gift I printed out some tags for wine bottles that I found online. Very cute and something they could look forward to with every milestone. I found the printables an idea here.

Here is the finished product. Love!

Called in the Recruits - Day 2!

What a weekend!! My mouth is still swollen from getting my wisdom teeth pulled however that did not stop our motorhome renovation weekend!  

The ceiling and moulding is done and our primer is on!! Hopefully within the next couple days we will get a coat or two of paint on and be rocking and rolling for the weekend!! We used Kilz primer and it worked amazingly!! It covered everything with one coat!

Dreams are becoming reality :-)

Called in the recruits!! We have a ceiling!

Oh what a crazy summer it's been! We have participated in 5 separate softball leagues with one still in progress. Yesterday, 10 yrs too late, I got my wisdoms teeth out and today I'm pretty much useless. However my boyfriend and father are not. My niece is really looking forward to camping with us and my father is taking it as his responsibility to make sure we don't let her down :-). 

Just in one day and we have a ceiling 

So as I lay here with a swollen face and a mouthful of grossness I send out a huge THANKS to those two. Couldn't have done it without them. 

I usually like to give cost estimates in case other people are looking to do the same thing. I purchased 4 sheets of luan plywood for about $50 then picked up the wrong moulding for about $20. Then with addition to some liquid nails I spent about $80. All-in-all I'd say it was a good investment.

Cheers!