Happy tax season!

Not...

Anyway, the ides of April bring on a number of things that aren't related to forking over money. Warm weather, longer days, spring projects... the list goes on.

With spring cleaning in mind, I declared that my lamp shades are a hideous shade of cream that shows dust, cat hair, and any other flaw you can imagine. The before:

A few layers of Mod Podge, a 75 cent yard of scrap fabric and an X-Acto knife later:

With Easter passing, my lovely egg wreath is no longer relevant.

I couldn't bring myself to take the eggs and yarn off of the form to make a new one, so I just bought another form and wrapped it in some tan yarn I already had. A few shells and some items from the 97 cent aisle at Walmart, and you have this:

I'm in love with it. It makes me want to put up an umbrella and sit in a cushy chair with a margarita. (I hand painted the little margarita glasses, btw.) Side note, only 384 days until this is actually my last initial. Every day is more exciting than the one before.

Speaking of cushy chair, my soon to be in-laws have a great little teak bistro set in their backyard. My MiL asked me to look at the table and see if I could come up with a way to maybe remove the wood and replace it with a concrete slab, and mosaic the top. I looked at the table and chairs and much to my surprise, the wood was still mostly salvageable. I took the table top off of the legs, took the wood out of the frame, and sanded the pieces down to clean and smooth them. After staining the pieces a pretty redwood, they look like new. I'm mad at myself for not taking a before picture, but once the pieces are back on the hardware, there will be plenty of afters...

Last thing. I made a journey to our local antique shop this week and found this gem for $10. I cannot wait to finish it. The top panels still have the glass intact, but the bottom is sans glass. To me, it screams cork board. I'll post the after hopefully by this weekend.

I must've lost my rear end from working it off this weekend... :)