Thursday, October 25, 2012

You... Light up my life...

So my head light went out... and since I don't like spending money right now, I decided to change the bulb myself.

I found instructions online that weren't very helpful, because they said to push some plastic knob, do you see a knob in this picture? Yep me neither. SO I looked up my car specifically (Chevy Aveo) and found instructions saying I needed to take the rubber black thing off first then unhook the power source.

Something that may or may not be new information to you, is that when you replace a light bulb for your car, you should not touch the glass of the bulb with your bare fingers. The oils from your skin will react with the bulb, and shorten its life as soon as the same day!!!!! 
Not gonna lie, I feel pretty awesome, especially with my red nails :)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Cake

My roommate makes cakes.
She bakes and bakes and bakes.
She frosts the cakes,
And fixes my mistakes,
All in all, she takes the cake.

 I only helped with the top layer, the rest I just watched. 

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Project: Beautify the Dining Room

Remember this old thing from a week ago? Well, there were four of them and now they have been touched by the graces of a can and given a new lease on life.


Say hello to my little friends!

These coasters are beautiful, vintage, and oh so shiny after I finally figured I could use silver polish to brighten them up. What is even better is that I bought these for under $4 at a second hand store. Curtis (my roommates boyfriend) told me he thought they were kind'of dingy when he first saw them. Now he likes to look at them. I must say I agree. 


The final setting is brought to you in part by my two roommates, the sister missionaries, Grandma, and myself.
One roommate helped sand down and paint the black table, it was an ugly greenish brown before. 
Another painted the yellow chair but ended up in somewhat of a mess because the paint she was using was quite thin and dripped a lot, plus she found the place mats that almost perfectly match the chairs.
Grandma is responsible for the awesome vintage orange candy dish that nicely ties everything together. 
Sister missionaries found the chairs on the side of the road and thought of me when they saw them. (They knew I was looking for wooden chairs with character)
It took a lot of time but I finally was able to finish the chairs and picture frames (along the back wall) today. 

The best part is that the only money spent on this project was spray paint, and cost of gas for me to pick up the table and chairs, and yes they fit in my car.

Our next project for this room will be creating the artwork for our frames!