Who doesn't love the weekend? Well, I especially loved this one. Scott surprised me, truly surprised me. My birthday was on Thursday, and we went out for dinner and ate cake and did the birthday things. (Birthday things include ALLYOUCANEAT crab legs, my most fave, and fancy birthday cake. like, really fancy. and homemade. with lemon curd inside. ) Friday afternoon, he came home and said that his sister and brother-in-law wanted to come over for dinner. He cleaned up and started cooking, so I didn't think anything of it. Well, as I was washing dishes, I heard a car door close and just assumed he would greet them at the door. He asked if I would go help them in, and I thought.. I am elbow deep in soapy water, you can open the door! He insisted, and after several pleas, I turned around and my friends were walking in the door! He had invited my friends from college over for dinner. Kristen, Ben, Erin, Brandt, and their son, Smith were walking in with sunflowers in hand. I was so shocked!
He truly did a good job! We had fun, ate great homemade pizza, strawberry cupcakes, and played my favorite game, Tenzi. I didn't want the night to end! Saturday morning, since I had expected to see Brittney and Chris the night before, we decided to have them over for dinner, too. Again, the PIZZA! I love making homemade pizzas.. but Scott scored with this combination: Garlic, Sweet onion fig and rosemary jam, basil, prosciutto, sundered tomatoes and parmesan cheese. The second pizza had zucchini, shallots, fennel, red sauce, pesto and cheese, with truffle sea salt on the crust.
Sunday, I woke up thinking I had to go to work, and was so relieved when I realized I could sleep in a little longer! Scott and I were up and moving by 7:30 though. I absolutely LOVE the mornings at my house. I love how bright and still everything is. I love having a cup (or three) of coffee on my porch and watching everyone walk by. I love cooking breakfast and enjoying it at my table outside, no matter how cold it is.
And the Browns love some weekend projects! S had brought home some pallets sometime ago, so we decided to cut it up and make a coat rack. We originally wanted to make a herringbone type pattern.. and my brain just would not work! So, I decided to just piece it together. S got to use his new nail gun and sander that he got for christmas.
And the Browns love some weekend projects! S had brought home some pallets sometime ago, so we decided to cut it up and make a coat rack. We originally wanted to make a herringbone type pattern.. and my brain just would not work! So, I decided to just piece it together. S got to use his new nail gun and sander that he got for christmas.
We started out with a piece of plywood that we had in the back and cut it to a size we wanted. I started piecing together the pallet wood, and we glued them down and tacked them in place with the nail gun. I didn't worry about the edges matching up, we were just going to take the jig saw to it afterward to trim them to the edge of the plywood.
Once they were all cut, we sanded and stained it with all different colors. We had quite a collection from all the wedding projects last May.
Scott bought some hooks from Lowes, and I found a few IKEA frames that were laying around. We stained the frames and popped in a few wedding photos. I absolutely love how it turned out! It was quite heavy because of the plywood, but with the right anchors in the wall, we put a wire on the back and hung it up.
We have talked several times about painting the mailbox. It was just unsettling for an art teacher to not have some color, or something, on it! I started out painting some flowers, being super-inspired by the artist Lulie Wallace. I have been drooling over her artwork for the last week. We had some leftover paint from the dining room, and decided it was the perfect color for the post.
Oh, I must add: Before I started painting, S asked "Can it be something gender neutral?" Of course…
After it was painted blue, he added that I should paint some green on it, too! When it was all said and done, I felt it only perfect to tack up my paintbrush, too. And for the chalkboard (S tacked that up during football season to update everyone on the GA games!), I felt it appropriate to add an artist quote, and since VG is who we are studying in class, I added his quote:
Once they were all cut, we sanded and stained it with all different colors. We had quite a collection from all the wedding projects last May.
Scott bought some hooks from Lowes, and I found a few IKEA frames that were laying around. We stained the frames and popped in a few wedding photos. I absolutely love how it turned out! It was quite heavy because of the plywood, but with the right anchors in the wall, we put a wire on the back and hung it up.
We have talked several times about painting the mailbox. It was just unsettling for an art teacher to not have some color, or something, on it! I started out painting some flowers, being super-inspired by the artist Lulie Wallace. I have been drooling over her artwork for the last week. We had some leftover paint from the dining room, and decided it was the perfect color for the post.
Oh, I must add: Before I started painting, S asked "Can it be something gender neutral?" Of course…
After it was painted blue, he added that I should paint some green on it, too! When it was all said and done, I felt it only perfect to tack up my paintbrush, too. And for the chalkboard (S tacked that up during football season to update everyone on the GA games!), I felt it appropriate to add an artist quote, and since VG is who we are studying in class, I added his quote:
" I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
Its totally gender-neutral, right?! No, its not, but Scott still loves it. And that is one of the many reasons why I love him!
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