Aliese's b-day, Dante, Reupholstered Chair...

Let's start with Aliese's birthday. Aliese (my niece) turned 12 this month. Rebecca has been working her TAIL off to get this dress done, and not just get it done, but make it look beautiful! I think she did a marvelous job myself. Aliese loved it and looked so so pretty in it.

















































For her birthday we went to Olive Garden, and it was great! Then we went home and opened presents and ate cake (except me).


















































I wanted to make Aliese something for her birthday- so I had a TON of fun making this cute purse.


























































It's lined on the inside, and I made the ruffles myself! So fun.

This is how Dante looks right now. HUGE! His back hits my upper thigh. I still call him "puppy" all the time though. He still has such a cute face and I just love him. He is really annoying cause he slobbers like CRAZY! But...........still...he is seriously soooooooo sweet. I love him. He is so big now that he can easily put his head on our kitchen table, as well as the kitchen counter. Kinda scary. Forces me to keep the kitchen slightly in order:-)




















































So- one thing I've been doing with my friend Lori, is reupholstering this ugly chair.


We took pics of the entire process...but I'm getting tired of blogging...so I'll probably put that together tomorrow...but it was surprisingly easier than I thought. I think it would've been harder doing it by myself...and if you do it, I highly suggest having a partner help ya. This is the final product.

I love love love it. If you can't tell, the arms and legs are painted purple...and we used a lot of what it already had. Like...batting, those little thingymabobs (tac/brad/thingys). I think it's perfect. I have another chair just like it. Patty bought 6 of them at a garage sale...and she gave two to me, two to her sister, and two to herself. So...I'm going to make another. If you want to get a head start on how to do it- we were inspired by allthingsthrifty.com. They have a tutorial on their site on how to reupholster.

Well, some big news I haven't mentioned...Clay has a new job. He starts Monday. He hated his old job, and so we were looking for jobs here and there..applying to some here and there...and whata ya know- he got one! Not just any one either, but the one he wanted most! He is now working as a web developer at a web developing company. We are so excited because he LOVES doing that kind of stuff...and it has full benefits, just like his old job, and a tincy tincy raise. As in, basically the same amount of money. But we are so excited.

I got my hair done...but I look gross right now, so I won't take a picture till lata. I love it though. I'm tired of blogging though..........so I'm gonna jet. Cya.