A Little Bit of Nothin'

I don't really have anything interesting to share about this last week. I have been busy, but I haven't really gotten anything accomplished either. Now that's a yucky feeling! The dining room table and chairs have been s-l-o-w-l-y getting sanded, but I think I inhaled too much dust, so now I have a sore throat.

Hobby Lobby is having a 66% off sale on their "home accents" {aka baskets}. Baskets are a wonderful thing. You can't have too many of them!

These little guys are normally $18.00 - I can't justify paying that much for them! But, with the sale, they were only $6.20. That's still more than I like to pay, but I knew I would regret not getting these...even though I don't know yet what I'm going to use them for.

Another item that's been on my shopping list for months is a nice, but cheap, clothes hamper for our  room. While at Hobby Lobby, I found this one for $80.00 $27.00!

The picture isn't that great because Paris kept barking at the camera for some reason and I needed her to be quiet since Jeff was making a business call. I finally just snapped a quick one - apparently before it finished focusing. That lamp was given to us about a year ago. I've almost trashed it several time because it doesn't match anything, but I finally realized the other day that I could just recover it. Silly me!I should have thought of that before...

{warning! random comment ahead!}

 So, I am quite happy because I finally found out that there is a discount fabric store in the Tulsa area. It's actually in Pryor which is about 45 minutes from me, but it's totally worth the drive! A girl at work told me about it. Happy day!

Anyways, where was I? Oh yes, my unproductive week...

Here's my mantle. I can't figure out what I want to do with it, so for now, I have just put some of my favorite things up there in a very random way.

I have several ideas for the mantle. On Tuesday, Kev and Layla Palmer from The Lettered Cottage wrote an awesome DIY post on a Pottery Barn inspired art piece. Here is their inspiration:

You can find their tutorial here. And while you're there, sit and browse awhile! They have an awesome blog loaded with fabulous ideas. They are one of my favs.

I have been reading up on a lot of fabulous blogs this week too. There are so many creative people out there! Here are a few of the fun blog posts I discovered:


From The Speckled Dog: Glazed, but Not Confused - Glazing 101 & A Glazing Link Party
From Jones Design Company: 5 days of favorite projects {day 4}
From Pretty Petals: Ikea Ektorp Sofa + Comfort Works Velvet Slipcover = Beautiful
And from my new favorite: Kara Pasley Designs: DIY Integrated Book Shelf

Have fun!