I'm a Pirate and House Things.

Not much to report but I feel the need to post anyway! I'm feeling rotten today. Something is wrong with my left eye. My lower eyelid is extremely tender and a little swollen, I may need a patch 'cause I just want to close it. Did something bite me? Do I have pink-eye? I just woke up like this. Aaaaay.

OK house things now. I love this little group. I picked it up at Pier1 a few years back. It may be time to update the photos, Wyatt's practically an infant in the one of him. I think it goes well with the new paint colors.

I painted these wooden letters from Michael's and hung them in, well, Emily's room. I think they turned out pretty good. You can't really tell but her walls are a lavenderish color.


And then there are the lovely wall words I purchased from this place. I put it in the pancake room. I have had ideas about using these vinyl rub-ons in my head for some time now but was waiting until I finished painting and all. I have seen at least three different websites that print these up for you. I picked this up impulsively from a link I followed when I was browsing sk*rt.

It was on special for $10 (it ended up being $16 after shipping) and I got to pick the font and color. I wanted to order a few more but I was holding back so I could test drive it first.

I don't know what happened, but unlike the testimonials and the actual people I know who have used these, it was not easy. It took me almost two hours to apply this thing! I'm so jaded now I don't even think I like it anymore! At one point it almost went in to the trash can. Was it because of my font? It is thin and wispy, not bold and chunky like some. I had to use tweezers and it broke into so many pieces because of all the thin wisps. Patching microscopic wisps of vinyl while standing on a counter stool with tweezers was not exactly the greatest way to spend a morning. Especially when you have a bad eye. Aaaaay.

Was it the company? The quality? The font? It definitely wasn't my wall because the problem was that the letters did not "rub-on", they wouldn't even come off the backing without me peeling and plucking them off. I don't know if I will do it again, if I do I'll go for bold and chunky.

The last word: Emily just came in the room and said, "Oh Mommy, I just love the "Happiness is Homemade.""