For a Personal Progress Project, I decided to learn a new skill of decorating. Ohmigoodness. It is not my strong suit. So I settled on a budget of $50 and set off to the back of stores like Ross and TJ Maxx, looking for stuff to go on top of my kitchen cabinets. I wandered around and hated everything. I came home frustrated because I wanted the top of the cabinets to look nice and be a reflection of ME but not like I stepped into Tai Pan Trading. (That's hard to do, btw.) I decided on orange, yellow and green for the color scheme and found some flowers that I liked and went from there. I also wanted to keep my punch bowl and cake stand up there because they're kitcheny. :) This is what I've got so far.
The pictures for the picture frames are ordered but haven't arrived yet. The frames are up there so I can get an idea of how it'll look done. All of the pictures are of my family in eating or of orange food.
Also, the oval orange sign is going to say Jamie's Cafe. It just doesn't yet. My kids came up with the name. (I love orange, it's almost red but not.)
There's a grassy bush thing on the left and a vase full of fake oranges, lemons, and limes. This experience has taught me something: I loathe 90% of all fake plants. URG! Silk plants look so fake to me. I went with the grassy thing because it looked real and the other green thing has a variety of succulents in it. (It seriously looks genuine!)
Moving on, I decided to make the curtains that I've been thinking of making for 3 years. Their main purpose is to black out my bedroom windows at night. They work great. I had all the fabric for those so final cost was zero. I don't think they're particularly cute but they do the job.
I bought those blinds because I liked the bamboo. I didn't realize that they filter, NOT BLOCK, sunlight. I'm pretty sure my neighbors could see in at night as well. Sorry neighbors.
My garden is looking good. Especially the peas. (left) The tomatoes are looking healthy and I've got carrots and onions doing well. I tried lettuce this year. Turns out, I struggle with lettuce and the chipmunks like to eat it.
Merril and I got the grape trellis built today. The grapes aren't tied to it yet, maybe Monday. For now, they're just hanging out down by the bottom. I have lots of little grapes on them! Hooray! This will be my first year for a grape crop!
I tried corn as well this year. I can already tell the wind is making them lean Eastward more than they would otherwise. And something from the squash family planted itself in the corn bed. I have no idea what it is but if it'll plant itself, I'm going to keep it and see what it is.
And then my blackberries are going to produce some fruit this year! Yeah!
The prophet said to plant a garden and I really get a kick out of watching and waiting for my food to grow up. I really, really, really, really do.
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