Sexy! And I Know It!

This announcement is largely unrelated to anything DIY or house like. But it's still pretty awesome. As everyone knows I've grown up here in Colorado essentially my entire life, and I've met some really great people along the way. Just like anywhere else it's not always about what you know, but rather who you know. And I just so happen to know a really awesome author! Personally!

Her name is Patti Hill and she was my fifth grade Sunday School teacher. Patti and her husband own a gardening store called Bookcliff Gardens here in town. It's pretty awesome. Well Patti has written several books (you can find them all here on her website) and recently got the rights back for a few of them. A series  called "The Garden Gate" series. Now Patti wants to turn those into Ebooks to sell for Kindles and other ereaders online. The problem is that she has to supply covers for the ebooks herself.

Here's the original covers:

The character in the novels is actually about ten years older then I am (I'm 22. Yay.) But Patti asked me to be her model for the covers of her ebooks. Pretty sweet right? Sure they're not published but how many people can say they are on the cover of any books?? I'm pretty excited. I am also quite grateful that tall redheads are in short supply around here. I'll keep you posted on the progress!

Happy Wednesday! :)

The One Year Chair

Today I shall tell you the tale of the One Year Chair. My Mom found me this old office chair at Goodwill for 3.99 neigh on one year ago. It was for the room that once was my office and is now my roommate's bedroom. It was ugly, scratchy and had a horrible fabric. But it had a really cool shape. I spray painted the wood an ivory color and took off the seat..

And then I bought this amazingly awesome fabric from Hobby Lobby....

And that is how it remained for a year. Sitting in my Mom's craft room. Entirely useless. Until one day my Dad decided that he was tired of looking at it and was going to make it really pretty for me!

So he peeled off the back panels of fabric.

He very carefully lined up the pattern so that it fit nice and snug.

He measured and cut, measured and cut. Until it was perfectly fit.

Now thanks to my amazing father I have a gorgeous chair that I can sit in while I brush my long flowing Rapunzel-esqe tresses in my glorious master bathroom

I also have the best parents ever. Thank you!

Summer To Do List: Front Closet. Check.

Sorry for my post delay.... I found out that my computer has a mean virus on it and it is slowly dying. I've had it since 2007 so it's not too surprising that it didn't survive my college career. Hopefully I can at least get another month out of it. Anyone have recommendations for a good desktop? I want a lap top but not until a little further down the road.

Anyways! I finally got another project marked off my To-Do list for the summer. Reorganizing the front closet. I didn't do anything magical to it but it sure looks wayyy better.

Here's the chaotic before:

I suppose you could call me a paint hoarder. I don't have a garage so the only place that we can store paint is inside. Which turns into a fiasco like this:

Since we are working on selling/renting out/I"m moving away with the house, I removed most of the paint because I will simply use it to do touch ups or repaint certain areas as needed. I marked and labeled all of the other paint and neatly stacked it. I only left 4 cans and decided I have to use the rest or take it to the recycling place.

In my next house I will definitely have more closets then just this one. But it has a lot in it. All of my jackets, snowboard gear, paint, XBOX boxes, and extra linens. I'm a girl with a lot of stuff! Which I'm really discovering as I go through things to get rid of/Goodwill.

Yay for some organizational progress!