mark montano is my hero

yesterday was a red-letter day.

i opened my mailbox to discover that my impatiently-awaited copy of mark montano's newest book, The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor, had finally arrived!! let me just assert here that if you are a fan of having quirky things in your house that you made yourself, you and i and mark are all kindred spirits. i got mark's The Big-Ass Book of Crafts for christmas from my friend kendra and it has been a fantastic addition to my library. this is the kind of book that i spend hours poring over and planning how i can implement the ideas and projects into my own abode. so when i saw that he had come out with a sequel, well, i will honestly say i was about as excited as an eight-year-old at their birthday party when they find out that mom has gotten a bouncy castle.

i have several pages marked already for things i want to try. as soon as school is over for the semester i will be a crafting maniac! and of course i will share all the wonderful weird stuff i end up making with you all here on the blog.

hg

new beginning...almost

i am entering the blog world . . . again. i tried to have a blog the semester i lived in europe to appease family, but found it a chore for some reason.

but there is a better reason for this blog i think. in 54 days i will be given the keys to my very first apartment that is all my own. no parents, no roommates. just me and my loving schnauzer, sgt. pepper. being the artsy type that i am, i have lately been spending my free time dreaming of how fantastically beautiful and thrift store chic my new place will be. so i thought it might be fun to document how i will be transforming a cheap, not-so-new apartment into my own 760 square foot paradise. all on a budget that one could hardly even call shoestring.

i am going to be beginning some of my projects for my new place soon, so stay posted :)

love, hb