Before & After

I've had several projects that I've been meaning to get to and I thought it would be fun to post before and after pictures as I completed them. BUT, in order to have before and afters, you have to remember to take the before, BEFORE. I keep forgetting! I did remember on my first project this past weekend, which was this table. I'd been wanting a small table to put on the wall across from the front door when you walk into my house. My mom found this one at a yard sale a month or so ago, but it needed some love. Love, for furniture, means black paint....or at least that's what it means in our house. So, here it is;

BEFORE:

And AFTER:

And from an angle so you can see the cute hearts on the sides:

My next project was cutting Camden's hair, and yes, cutting this boy's hair IS a project! Actually, he was pretty good this time. I've always kept it a little longer than I did the other boys, but my poor baby sweats like crazy. He'd walk outside and come in with his hair soaked to his head. So I did it! I did a short buzz around the back and sides blending into a longer buzz on top. I wanted to cry when I first looked at him after I cut it -- he looks soooo different! Still cute, but different. He seems to have emerged a new attitude to go with his new "do" too. I don't even really have a good after shot of him yet either, but I took this one later that day after he'd played in his splash pool:

I spiked it up with a little gel for church on Sunday and it looked really cute.

My last project (at least the last one I've completed) was staining my wishing well in the backyard. My mom made this wishing well for me when Jarek was a baby. I saw one in a plant nursery and thought it was so cute, but it was soooo expensive. So I convinced my mom that not only could she make one, she should make one for me. So she did, and then she made one for herself and several smaller ones too. I have one of the smaller ones in my front yard but didn't stain it today.

Now it just needs some flowers.

That's all!