Life starts....in the FALL

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Pumpkin Play Quilt .... making progress

I have been working on this cute little quilt the last couple weeks. The faces are not actually finished yet so the quilt below is how it really looks. I will be using buttons to make the faces but I looked through all of mine and discovered I don't have nearly enough however before I had a chance to go out and buy buttons my mother offered to let me look through her collection...even better! I look forward to creating 5 little pumpkin button faces with her.

In the meantime, I am still looking for fabric for one border. I actually bought all of the fabric for this project in September at the Stitchin' Post in Sisters, Oregon during our family getaway. I had taken my pattern along knowing that we would make a visit{s} to one of our favorite quilt stores. I found lots of great fabric there for my little quilt but had a hard time deciding on one border section and decided to think about it since most of my family was sitting outside on the bench waiting for me. Our intentions were to go into Sisters one more time but unfortunately we didn't make it back and now I am still looking for the border fabric. Maybe I will get out today and search for fabric and hopefully have this finished soon.

Have a Super Saturday!!

J & C's Kitchen Makeover ~ PART 3: DIY custom kitchen cabinets { paint }

All the lower cabinets have been painted!

Next...
construction of drawers, doors and shelves.

Happy Friday!

J & C's Kitchen Makeover ~ PART 2: DIY custom kitchen cabinets { construction }

J & C's custom kitchen cabinets are 

currently under construction.

The interior of the new cabinets will be upgraded. They will feature sliding shelves, soft close doors and easy glide, self closing drawers.

The cabinet that will replaced the island will be approximately the same size but will be moved against the wall which will open up the kitchen and provide more floor space and the ability to add an upper unit for additional storage. 

Next step...Paint!

Have a wonderful day!

J & C's Kitchen Makeover ~ PART 1: BEFORE

Our oldest son and his wife bought a house this summer which was very exciting. It is a wonderful house in a nice location however it was in need of some updating, especially the kitchen.  Plans were made right away for

painting

and a 

DIY Kitchen Makeover.

The entire interior was primed and painted before they moved in. A majority of it was professionally painted however a few areas were left for a 

"family paint party".

The first thing to go was the old refrigerator which was donated.  The new one, which is not shown here, fits the space much better. The kitchen cabinets are old and not in very good shape so they will all be replaced by new DIY custom kitchen cabinets. The configuration will be about the same except the island will be moved to the wall and an upper cabinet added for more storage. I will be posting progress of the cabinets soon. 

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice ~ French Macarons

I made a batch of seasonal French Macarons today.
Adding the cute little faces was very fun.
I think this may likely become 
a new 
October tradition!

~ Happy Saturday ~