Pumpkin Carving

Ok, so if you've been reading my blog, you may have gotten the impression that I tend to go a bit over the top in the ambition department when it comes to something new. I'm the person who would (and potentially has) decided that she is going to get into gardening after never having done it, and go out and buy a greenhouse and all sorts of equipment. No starting small over here! It's not so much that I have a great opinion of my abilities as that I am extremely impatient.

And so it goes with pumpkin carving. Why make a standard jack-o-lantern in an hour with tools I have at home when I can spend a ridiculous amount of time attempting to make a masterpiece? So I got a cute little rechargeable Dremel with various tips, some pumpkins, and a couple stencils, and set to it.

This one is a tribute to a friendly puggle that will be be visiting for Halloween.

And this just looked cool :)

Overall, pretty happy with the results, but not sure if I'll do it again next year. It's a lot of work!

My house is watching you!

Yeah, it's probably cheesy, but I saw these window decorations at iParty, and couldn't resist. Especially since I have a white house with black shutters, and the front windows are so perfectly spaced.

And yes, I find it hilarious that the little yipping dog down the street was terrified by it. The little boys next door think it's "so cool!". I have impressed a five year old; my job here is done here :)

Work Bench

One of my first projects, primarily out of necessity, was to build a work bench. This was so easy and I use it constantly. It is built from Ana White's plans. I modified it slightly to be deeper, and since I was in a hurry, I just went with a cheap plywood top that I had. LOVE the extra shelf on the bottom; it's always packed with "stuff".

Bed - Post 1

So I just closed on my house at the end of July. For whatever insane reason, I thought it would be brilliant to have friends stay over the day after I moved in. No real appliances hooked up, everything is in boxes, but sure, great plan Melanie!

So, while my friends will endure a lot, I NEED to have another bed for people to sleep on! Right, talk about working with a deadline. I had intended to make myself a new bed, but a dead line of 24 hours is a bit much! Oh well, plowing forward.

The bed I had my eye on had plans done by Ana White (this will likely become a theme in future posts). I knew I couldn't get it stained and all that, but I figured I could get the frame done at least to have something to sleep on!




And look at that, I did it! It wasn't very hard at all if you ignore the fact that every cut was made with a circular saw and boards were suspended between two plastic containers in the middle of my kitchen. Definitely need a work bench soon!



Stay tuned for future posts on actually finishing the bed!