Well, I have put two coats on one section of the lower cabinets and they are way too pinky! When I was putting the primer on (tinted the same color) I was worried that it would be too pink and it did darken to a reddish color. Phew! So one coat of paint later, I was not too happy to see more of a pink that red tone. This was not what I had expected..and Hubby didn’t care for the color. He said it looked like someone put lipstick all over the lower cabinets. And he was right. Ugh. So I looked up more red colors on Benjamin Moore’s  virtual fan deck and found Caliente. A nice dark red. So off to Ace Hardware and after telling the manager my story, she graciously offered 30% off of a quart. While she was mixing my paint, she accidentally added too much red so we will see how this turns out. Also, this red does not need a primer. I could have save a bundle of money! Sigh…so let’s see how Caliente turns out. I am ready to get my kitchen back in order! Stay tuned for the results…

My baby girl has pinkeye and a bit of a head cold, (I think?). I’ve been taking care of her along with painting the kitchen cabinets. I’ve went with Benjamin Moore’s Satin Impervo paint.I am using the waterborne paint and BM’s White Dove for the upper cabinets. I am using the oil based for the lowers and had Ace Hardware color match Behr’s Farmhouse Red. Since I am using a dark color I have to use the oil based or the color will yellow over time. The waterborne (latex) does not as long as I am using a light color. I had went back and forth on paint brands and white colors. I didn’t know there so many whites out there! I really like the White Dove and will get more of it when I install and paint the crown molding and beadboard. I still need to get drawer pulls, spray paint the existing knobs, and get some embossed gingerbreads for my fake drawers and paint them as well.  It is going to take me a while to get everything completed so I will be taking a bloggy break to get it all done. I will be back soon! I want to get it all completed before showing you. Or I may get the painting done and then show you the parts I get done.

I’ve got this cute candle lantern from my Best Friend April as a wedding gift and the candle holders from my Grandma as Christmas gift, I think. They are on the mantle and I wanted to lighten them up on the mantel. I bought some more Heirloom White, gotta love that color, and spray painted them.

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After

The seashells in the candle holders were from our day at the beach last year. I have my newest ones in my jar I posted a few days ago.

We are almost done with our landscape project! I went to the landscape place and bought Lorapelums and a Hydrangea. Hubby planted them in place for me and all I have left is get the Mini Azaleas and pine straw to keep the weeds done. I can’t believe how many weeds have popped up in this area! I also plan on getting a garden hose reel to keep my hose nice and neat.

We’ve had this dvd cabinet since we’ve been married. I was looking around at the living room and noticed that it was dark and I am trying to lighten things up a bit in there. I took some left over Heirloom White and painted it. In hindsight, I should have primed it first, but since it isn’t going to get used too much I slapped some paint on there. I tried to paint the inside, but the paint wouldn’t stay on and dry. It is made of some sleek particle board or something. Since no one will really see the inside and the dvds will cover it all I just left it alone. I painted the brass hardware with some leftover Rustoleum in satin Black. It looks much better!

Before

after

Still need to redo the lamp!

When we were at the beach, the family and I collected tons of seashells. We picked up all kinds of shapes, sizes, and colors. Most of them are perfect, but there a few that aren’t and I thought they complement each other.  I had a nice glass jar that I wasn’t using that would be perfect for my shells. I washed off my shells and placed them inside my jar. I have them on my kitchen window and they are really nice to look at when I am at my kitchen sink. I may move them to another place, but for now will leave them there so the kids won’t break my jar!

Here are more pictures of our day at the beach.

Sugarpop with her Mimi and Papa.

Sugarbear and Hubby.

Sugarpop and her Papa.

We passed by a couple of booms on the way there.

Last Friday, my family and took a day trip out to the beach. We went to Cape San Blas, and had a great time! I was worried at first that the oil had reached that far, since there are reports of oil hitting the beaches of Panama City, Pensacola, and Destin. Luckily for us, there was not any there that day. It was cloudy and overcast due to Hurricane Alex. The water was not as pretty and clear like it normally is. But the hurricane caused choppy and murky waters. The sun did peek out for a little bit.  Sugarpop had a blast! She loved playing in the water and Sugarbear wasn’t so sure. He would see the water and get scared calling for me. Eventually he warmed up a bit and would walk to the water’s edge and helped me pick up seashells. I collected quite a bit of seashells and will display them in a pretty glass jar I have. I’ll have a post on that later on. Here are some pics of our day.

Beach house my in laws stayed in all last week. It was nice!

I’ll be adding more pics in another post soon. We really enjoyed ourselves and I am *hoping* we will be able to do this next year, but sadly the oil spill may have reached Cape San Blas and our waters and wildlife will be ruined. I am also saddened at the loss of our fisherman’s livelihoods along with anyone else who depends on tourism for their income.

I made some cards based off this sketch. They are Thinking of You, Get Well Soon, and Happy Birthday.

I believe I got some sketches elsewhere. Goodness, if I remember I’ll come back to post. I don’t take credit for a sketch that I did not do. I give that credit to the original owner.