Fall ministries kicked off this week and boy am I glad I finished all my projects last weekend! There's been zero down time this week! We took 47 volunteer youth leaders on our fall semester leadership retreat this weekend--the Lord has provided an incredible group of young men & women to lead and love the junior high & high school students of College Station! I'm so humbled & excited that God has chosen to use me in this place! So onto the less important things--the non-eternal but more easily photographed things in my life! :)
First...I made this t-shirt & onsie for some friends as a gift on the birth of their second child (a boy) and a big sis gift for their first kid. This is the last 3-6mos onsie I'm sewing! Too teeny! I really liked doing the 24mos t-shirt--much more surface area!
Next...the dining room is (finally!) complete! I've never owned a dining room table (and still don't actually)--my roommate Erin bought this table from World Market & we decided we wanted to do mix-matched chairs like Monica & Rachel's apartment on Friends.
Not the best pic, but the only one I could find! Isn't her mix-matched table & chairs fun & funky? I wanted a similar look so decided to buy old or unfinished chairs & re-do them. I looked at a few antique stores around town, but then found some new chairs on sale at an unfinished furniture store (where my distressed book shelf came from). Two chairs were stained different shades already but two were totally unfinished. I painted one red & one turquoise, distressed them & and I love them!
Don't you just want to sit here & eat? And don't they look great with my new painting by my friend Janise? I love it & love how great it looks in here!
This one's my favorite--I love how the turquoise turned out over the dark brown base color I did.
Well, my free time is gone for a while, so I don't foresee any crafting time in the near future. I am loving the somewhat cooler temperatures right now (well it was 101 today, but a few weeks ago it was 112!). And I am super loving the fact that Starbucks is serving fall drinks! I love me a pumpkin spice latte!
Happy fall!
