DIY canopy bed

We moved in about 2 months ago and I am now finally finishing my bed. This is kinda what we started out with nice plain black and white.

I got brave and decided to make my bedspread and all of the pillows. and this is what it turned into.

I have always liked the way that canopy beds looked but I kneew that right now we arent able to afford the whole BED part of the "canopy bed" so I decided that i could make the canopy.

I got some PVC pipe and cut them the length that i needed them, put some of the corner connector thingys on them (the HOME DEPOT guy helped pick them) then spray painted all of it black. (inspired by my mother-in-law who is the queen of spray paint) hooked them together. and got black zip-ties that have holes in the end of them and put a screw through the hole and screwed the whole thing in the ceiling. then put my "canopy" part up (complimets of the leftovers of my moms curtains.) totally this project cost me $3 for spray paint $2 for PVC pipe. and about $25 for fabric. this $30 makeover turned out better then i thought !!!

finally.....

When i made my pillows .... (forever ago) i decided that i was going to do something with my bedspread or the lack thereof. So i bought some fabric... sewed some pieces together. did a couple of frilly things and this is what i came up with. I hope brock likes it when he gets home from work. the only thing left i have to do is a couple of small pillows and a head board.

ARCHES

Black & White.

Ok so i took my last final today. AND I HAVE OFFICIALLY PASSED ALL OF MY CLASSES !!! (thank heavens) So now only 15 more weeks of school and i am officially an RN !! (woot woot) But in the mean time.... I have discovered that i get myself into more then i bargain for a lot of the time. beginning with this......

A while ago i decided that i didnt really like our bedspread. so i decided that i was just going to do something really simple and neat. And anybody that knows me knows that i love black and white. in fact if you look in my closet thats what i wear a lot of the time and my whole house is black and white its almost ridiculous.. well.. this is what happened and i have only just begun.

I am not quite finished with this one yet

I am wondering if i took the whole black and white thing too far??

the before

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Tess & Addisyn. I am a little early for Tess's and really late for Addisyn's I have taken up the sewing thing and i think i am getting a little bit better. I havent finished the sleeves yet. but i am still working on it! It was also nice to be able to get these done instead of studying for finals !!! Oh and it is Brocks 25th on saturday September 19th

some fair and being crafty is tuff !!

Addi's favorite animals were the pigs !!

ADDI LOVED HER HUCKLEBERRY ICE CREAM

MADDI HAD HER 4H PROJECT IN THE FAIR AND GOT A PURPLE RIBBON!!

ADDI WAS ONLY IN HER STROLLER FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTED TO HOLD HER

Brock and I got to go to the fair with some of my very favorite girls this past week! It was so much fun to get to spend some time with my sisters and walk around the fair (even addi was there) Also while we where there Brock had quite the time. On sunday we were out kicking the balls for the dogs and as dex let his go one of them had a rope still on and it gave brock a nasty rope burn. after that brock kicked and ended up giving himself turf toe !!

Maddi's new dog named "flash"

SO while I was skimming blogs i found this cute mirror that this lady had made, and instantly thought oh yeah i could do that easy. well it wasnt as easy as it looked that was for sure. (could have been because i didn't measure things right 100%) Also i got a mirror for a dollar, well like brock always says you get what you pay for. so its finished and i kinda like it but i am going to be redoing this project now that i think i have it down!

Lake Powell

BROCK !!!!

Brock caught this HUGE fish and needed a picture of it

Me & Jamie Jumping off cliffs AHHHHH i was terrified

Brock jumping of a cliff

Brock & stu

I had never been to Lake Powell before and Brock was dying to get away so we decided that we would go with some of Brocks friends. (thanks for driving Stuart). Brandon Bess & his family let us come hang out with them on their house boat and showed us the time of our lives! here are some pics from our adventures.