Taylor made this instead of coming to my championship volleyball game tonight. He's nerdily pretty excited about the idea of more Star Wars movies ... though he says he's been burned before.
11.01.2012
10.03.2012
wedding photo wednesday | part two
It's time for more wedding photos! It makes total sense. We're celebrating our year anniversary at the end of the month. Today I've shared some family+friend shots from outside the temple. Next week I'll post some more of Taylor and me and some reception photos too. Can't stop, won't stop! Don't we have good looking families?! Answer-yes.
[ All photos by Rachel Thurston ]
10.02.2012
DIY | kitchen chairs
So our kitchen chairs have been making me want to puke for a while now. Today I decided to do something about it. Here's an easy how-to if you're looking to do the same.
You will need:
- nasty chairs to recover
- fabric to cover chairs (7/8 of a yard covered 2 chairs for me)
- screwdriver or electric drill
- stapler
- scissors
Step 1: Use your drill or screwdriver to remove the seat from the chair.
This is probably easier than you think. I pretty much took out every screw I could find when I only had to take out 3 to get the seat off. Yes, I went to college.
Step 2: Lay out your fabric on a flat surface and put the seat on the fabric face down.
I would also recommend ironing the fabric. I skipped that step because I am lazy. You should get most wrinkles out by pulling tightly but it wouldn't hurt to iron before hand.
Step 3: Pull fabric edges around the seat, pulling tightly. Start stapling!
I would start with one straight side and work your way around. Corners can be tricky, especially if your fabric is thicker. Do your best. Mine looks pretty crappy underneath but no one can see that. Just pull as tight as you can around the corners and staple as much as you need to. Don't be shy. Staples are cheap! And you can always pull them up if you mess up.
Step 4: Staple everything else.
One tip I would give is to leave more room than I have in the picture below. You want to make sure the fabric stretches enough to be covered by the chair when you put the seat back on. This edge was cutting it close.
Step 5: Screw the seat back on. Bask in your awesomeness.
10.01.2012
October baby!
I thought I'd make a little fall board today. It consists mainly of things I want that I cannot afford ($795 bag), with a few things I already have (JT cd), and a few things I can afford (the leaves).
Happy fall, peeps!
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9.27.2012
I want to go to there | switzerland
I am starting a new segment on my blog entitled I want to go to there! (à la Liz Lemon). We don't really have plans to travel abroad much in the next 5-20 years, thus I stalk Pinterest for all the places I want to go someday. First up, Switzerland!
[ original image found here ]
9.26.2012
wedding photo (a year later) wednesday
I figured 11 months in was a good time to start posting some wedding photos! You know, when everyone has completely lost interest in us/has moved on to asking us when we're having babies. I realized today that I've only posted 7 photos from our wedding day on this blog. Out of the 527 photos we have, I have posted 1.3% of them. Now I don't want to go overwhelming anyone with a million photos from our perfect day so we'll start small and I'll continue to post them until you don't realize you have seen every last one of them.
9.25.2012
fall drive
On Sunday we ventured up the canyon with the fam to roast some hot dogs and s'mores. It was such a pretty drive! Fall has officially arrived. And I hope it lasts through oh, December 18th-ish, and then it can snow a little bit right before Christmas, and then it can be spring! Best idea ever.
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